Sustainability Week is an annual event organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The program offers discussions and actions, exploring both societal challenges of today and hopeful visions for the future. Now you have the chance to contribute! With a programme of over 50 events held in Lund and online, the week has grown over the years into a well-attended and apprecia

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-2023-great-opportunity-present-your-research - 2025-08-24

A few examples of commentaries on Facebook that Linnea Jensdotter has studied. Sociologist of religion Linnea Jensdotter conducts research on the role of religion in politics. She has analysed 20,000 Facebook comments on articles from Sweden’s biggest news sites. Her analysis shows that religion is becoming more politicised. Some comments point to religion to assert “Swedish values”. Others displa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/religion-politicised-social-media - 2025-08-24

It is important to show what has led to the results and not simplify too much when research is communicated, means researcher Anna Jonsson. Photo: Ivelin Radkov/Shutterstock The idea that research results should be simplified and related to a media logic when being communicated to the public is challenged in a new report on research communication. “It is just as important, if not more so, to provi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/background-results-important-when-communicating-research - 2025-08-24

Adugna Negussie Gudeta, a doctoral student at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, teaches about coeliac disease to students in Ethiopia. Photo: Dr. Tamiru Coeliac disease, also known as gluten intolerance, has until now been all but unknown in Ethiopia. Yet as more people adopt a Western diet, the number of cases is increasing. “Few people here have heard of coeliac disease, not even amo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-raises-awareness-coeliac-disease-ethiopia - 2025-08-24

Karin Aggestam och Ronny Berndtsson, director and deputy director at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Photo: Jan Olsson Swedish universities and higher education institutions condemn the violence in Iran in which security forces have opened fire on protesting students. Collaborations and exchanges with Iranian universities, researchers and students may be in jeopardy. So argue Karin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-collaboration-iran-far-certain - 2025-08-24

Coastal engineer Caroline Hallin teaches doctoral students from the interdisciplinary ClimBEco Graduate Research School at Knäbäckshusen in Skåne, Sweden. Photo: Sara Håkansson The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks the same. Climate change is impacting beaches and the sea, but time is also a factor. Someone who knows a l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2025-08-24

What skills and qualities are needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Sarah Emond, CEO at By EMOND guides you through the Inner Development Goals framework, and Christine Wamsler, Professor of Sustainability Science, provides input from a research perspective. In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were created to provide a comprehensive plan for a sustainable world

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inner-development-goals-building-sustainable-development-skills-1811 - 2025-08-24

If you are a member of Saco-S or not a member of an employee organisation i.e. a non-union employee, you will soon have a salary-setting appraisal with your manager. According to the University’s timetable for this year’s salary review, the salary-setting appraisal will be held between mid-November and mid-December.   In the appraisal, you and your manager will discuss your performance during the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-it-soon-time-salary-setting-appraisals-saco-s-members-and-non-union-employees - 2025-08-24

All existing Adobe licenses are valid until November 30, 2022, and will expire thereafter. The handling of licenses for Adobe Acrobat DC and Adobe Creative Cloud will change in connection with Lund University now entering a new agreement period with Adobe. To continue to have access to Adobe software, an application is required in https://lucat.lu.se In the attached file there are detailed instruc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changed-handling-adobe-licenses - 2025-08-24

There is now a new platform for strategic work at Lund University. It will guide and inspire the developments the University needs in order to strengthen competitiveness and continue to be a world-class university. The platform for strategic work applies for 2023 and 2024. The platform consists of four prioritised areas with associated measures: Strong research today and for the future, Education

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/platform-strategic-work-will-inspire-and-guide - 2025-08-24

As a foreign citizen, what do you need to think about when you take up a position at the University? What terms of employment apply for those undertaking third-cycle studies? What are the different academic positions and what is the process when you apply to become a professor? For those wanting to pursue an academic career, all the different terms, policies and specific conditions can sometimes f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-hr-information-makes-things-clearer-academic-staff - 2025-08-24

Lund University wants to encourage initiatives relating to equal opportunities by means such as offering an opportunity to apply for targeted funding. Therefore, another opportunity has arisen to apply for funding for initiatives that aim to prevent discrimination, promote equal opportunities and gender equality, and finance visiting professors of the underrepresented gender. The application deadl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-funding-equal-opportunity-initiatives - 2025-08-24

A warm welcome to the Academy of Music’s traditional Christmas concert with a symphony orchestra, choir, soloists and ensembles – this year under the baton of Fredrik Malmberg. There will be three church concerts divided between Lund and Malmö. The Academy of Music’s Christmas concert will offer a cracking programme featuring the traditional Christmas repertoire as well as new and unexpected music

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academy-musics-christmas-concert-lund-16-december-and-malmo-17-december - 2025-08-24

Our IT security is only as strong as its weakest link. It is important that together we all help to keep our common IT systems as secure as possible and not give external parties an opportunity to exploit gaps in security. We can all contribute in small ways. An important element in this is not to ignore messages about security updates for too long. Security updates are messages sent to your compu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/take-restart-break-and-help-protect-lu - 2025-08-24

Let's talk about mental well-being when moving from your homeland to another country, with a professional psychologist who has personal experience of relocating and works with clients struggling to adapt to Swedish life. Get tips and inspiration to find your way to stay excited in your new life. It’s not easy moving to a new country for the first time and start from scratch, even if you are experi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mental-well-being-when-moving-new-country-2811 - 2025-08-24

The University’s cultural and public centres offer many events in the run-up to Christmas. Take the opportunity to check out the broad programme. As usual, Odeum, Lund University’s music centre, invites everyone to the traditional Christmas and Lucia concerts in the beautiful auditorium of the Main University Building. The Lund Academic Choir will conduct its atmospheric Lucia procession on three

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-and-lucia-our-student-musicians-odeum - 2025-08-24

There are many options for managers and leaders to develop at Lund University. In order to pinpoint and more clearly define what Lund University is to offer in terms of leadership development, I tasked Maria Flores and Andreas Bryngelsson at the start of the year with carrying out the investigation, Leadership in the Future. The aim of the investigation was to draw up proposals for the content, st

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-offers-many-leadership-development-options-managers - 2025-08-24

As of 1 February, all travel bookings are to be made via BCD Travel. Do you have future plans to travel? In that case, it is recommended that, if possible, you wait to book until after 1 February. This will make the transition easier. Bookings up to and including 31 January 2023 Are you going to travel in the next couple of months? In that case, we recommend that you book via Egencia, our current

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-travel-agency-1-february-2023 - 2025-08-24

For those of you who plan to take days of annual leave during the Christmas and New Year holidays, now is the time to apply. Remember that annual leave must always be applied for and approved in Primula before withdrawal. Reduced working hours for technical and administrative staff (T/A) For T/A staff, December 23 and January 5, 2023 are days with reduced working hours and employees who are workin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-time-apply-annual-leave-christmas-and-new-year-holidays - 2025-08-24

Teachers at Lund University now have the opportunity to apply for seed money in three different calls, all of them with the deadline of February 1. The founds can be used during 2023. You can only be granted founds for either the U21 call, or the EUGLOH call. Below is a summary of the three calls: Course development with EUGLOH partners As a teacher, you can apply for up to SEK 100,000 in seed mon

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seed-money-educational-development - 2025-08-24