Lund University's negotiations with the employee organisation OFR have now been concluded. The new salaries for OFR members are planned to be paid in May, retroactively from the salary revision date of 1 October 2023. Managers will shortly offer employees who are members of OFR a salary appraisal where the new salary will be communicated and justified.Notify changes in incomeFor OFR members who ne

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-negotiations-ofr-are-now-finalised - 2025-08-24

Join in and experience interdisciplinarity “in live practice”. Among other things, there will be a lunch seminar on what sound can teach us about democracy – and vice versa. Or perhaps a workshop, including performance, on ways to achieve existential well-being? Why not join the opening of the exhibition: "Coastal Perspectives" – an exhibition about the challenges and opportunities of the changing

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-goes-live-pufendorf-institute - 2025-08-24

In connection with Pride Week in Lund, the University invites you to join us in a pre-procession get-together, after which we can participate in the Pride parade together. The LundaPride parade takes place on 18 May and the University wishes to take part and highlight the event. All students and employees are welcome to go together in the Pride parade. We start at 11.30 in the Main University Buil

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/join-us-lundapride-18-may - 2025-08-24

Photo: Agata Garpenlind. The university's overall goals and focus areas for work environment management have been updated for the period 2024 - 2027. Lund University's long-term work environment goal is a sustainable work environment for everyone working at the university.Special focus on three areasTo achieve this goal, Lund University will during the years 2024 to 2027 - with the ongoing systema

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updated-work-environment-goals-lund-university - 2025-08-24

From left: Jason Diakité, Biljana Topalova-Casadiego, Patrick Amsellem, Nina Andersson, Helene Larsson Pousette, Jenny Lindén Urnes, Marcus McKinley, Anna Lyrevik, and David Polfeldt. Last week, Lund University's external Cultural Council convened and several interesting discussions about the future were initiated. The Cultural Council is an important part of the university's cultural strategy to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/culture-water-essential-and-enduring - 2025-08-24

Lund researchers Thomas Pugh and Raimund Muscheler have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant. Photo: Private/Kenneth Ruona. Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will receive EUR 2.5 million each over a five-year period to study historical solar storms and the rate at which trees gro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/two-lund-researchers-receive-prestigious-eu-grant - 2025-08-24

Sustainability Week in Lund has established itself as a recurring meeting place for challenging issues and innovative solutions. This year's program included over 70 events and gathered a few thousand participants in total. In mid-April, Lund was bubbling with sustainability issues. Project manager Stina Lundkvist breathes a sigh of relief after a successful week."We are very pleased with all the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-participation-during-sustainability-week - 2025-08-24

On Sunday (28 April) and Thursday (2 May), several of the University’s employees received two different sophisticated phishing email messages. Now the Division of IT wants to warn everyone in order to prevent deception. The first email was sent from a number of generated accounts at umassmed.edu (University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine) and was presented to look like a quarantine messa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/be-alert-suspicious-emails - 2025-08-24

For the first time in the University’s history, a Vice-Chancellor’s decision exists concerning how we are to work on educational qualifications throughout the entire University, as reported in the previous LU News. Half of the University’s faculties have offered the opportunity to apply for recognition as an excellent teaching practitioner or similar for several years. A framework is now being int

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-forefront-work-educational-qualifications-higher-education - 2025-08-24

There is now an updated platform for strategic work which will guide our initiatives between 2025 and 2027. This update is an important part of our efforts to remain relevant and competitive in a rapidly changing world. The world around us is becoming increasingly unpredictable and complex, and in order to meet the new challenges we must act more quickly and in new ways. The platform for strategic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updated-platform-strategic-work-initiatives-international-impact - 2025-08-24

The current platform for strategic work applies until the end of this year, but a decision on an updated version for the period 2025-2027 has already been taken. The platform describes the University’s strategic work for the years ahead and will support us in adapting the University’s operations more quickly in an unpredictable world. The fact that the updated platform for strategic work is alread

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/platform-strategic-work-2025-2027 - 2025-08-24

As part of the work with Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), Lund University is announcing three calls for funding to stimulate collaboration and activities that strengthen our international impact in research, education, innovation and cooperation.  Deadline for applications is 21 August 2024. Funded activities should be completed no later than 31 July 2025.Get Started Funding – funding to develop c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-impact-actions - 2025-08-24

LU Innovation's business lawyer Fredrik Engfeldt works daily to resolve issues relating to the professor's exemption. Photo: Johan Persson. Everyone who conducts research is covered by the intellectual property rights of academic staff ("lärarundantaget"). But what is it? Bring your lunch bag to an open seminar on the Stairs with LU Innovation's business lawyer Fredrik Engfeldt on 21 May at 12.30

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-what-you-need-know-about-intellectual-property-rights-academic-staff - 2025-08-24

Workshop vid Royal University of Bhutan med fokus på pedagogik. På bilden syns Magnus Hagelsteen från LTH, samt kollegor från universitetet i Bhutan. Foto: Martin Andersson När forskarna från LTH passerar gränsen till landet Bhutan är lugnet och stillheten det första som slår dem. Men det är inte bara naturens ro som lockar, de är här för att fördjupa samarbetet mellan svensk ingenjörskunskap och

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/fran-lyckolandet-bhutan-till-lardomar-i-lund - 2025-08-24

Det spända omvärldsläget är en utmaning för universitetets internationaliseringsarbete, ­menar Pär Svensson, som är internationell koordinator. Foto: Minna Wallén-Widung Arbetet med internationalisering har blivit viktigare – och mer komplext – de senaste åren. I en värld där demokrati och akademisk frihet är hotad behöver Lunds universitet ta större ansvar för sina internationella samarbeten. Det

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/internationalisering-viktigt-omfattande-och-komplext - 2025-08-24

Märta Wallinius drivs av att se personer lyckas i sin resa mot ett liv utan kriminalitet. Foto: Ingemar Hultquist Forskaren Märta Wallinius använder VR-teknik för att träna våldsbrottslingar att hantera sina aggressioner. Tekniken kan komma att påverka framtida behandlingsmetoder. Du är i affären för att handla mat till helgen. Butikens väktare följer dig med blicken och du börjar bli nervös. Han

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/fangslande-vr - 2025-08-24

Cheryl Sjöström vill sprida kunskap om klimakteriet. Foto: Minna Wallén-Widung Under hösten har en grupp anställda fått klimakteriekunskap och tränat tillsammans i ett pilotprojekt finansierat av Hållbarhetsfonden. Cheryl Sjöström är en av initiativtagarna och målet är att normalisera klimakteriet genom att ta bort stigmatiseringen och öka förståelsen vid LU. 1. Hålla huvudet kallt och kloktSömnpr

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/fem-anledningar-att-trana-under-klimakteriet - 2025-08-24

Joakim Zander kombinerar forskning och författarskap. Foto: Johan Persson Lundalektorn Joakim Zander blev jurist i Uppsala och doktor i Nederländerna, men författarskapet har han tagit med sig till Lund, hem­staden sedan drygt tio år. Snart har filmatiseringen av spännings­romanen ”Ett ärligt liv” premiär på Netflix. Där utgör Lund både skåde­plats och brottsplats för en juriststudents drömmar och

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/champagneanarkisten - 2025-08-24

Årets pedagogiska pris går till Per Carlsson vid Biologiska institutionen och Björn Svensson vid institutionen för Informatik på Ekonomihögskolan, för framstående insatser i utbildningen. Studentkårerna, LUS har inkommit med ett förslag på två pristagare efter en nomineringsprocess. Pristagarna erhåller diplom samt enligt lokalt kollektivavtal en löneförhöjning. Till institutionerna utbetalas dess

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lunds-studenters-pedagogiska-pris-2025 - 2025-08-24

Regeringens AI-kommission föreslår en storsatsning på AI-forskning för att Sverige inte ska halka efter andra länder i konkurrenskraft. Förslaget var ett av flera när AI-kommis­sionen nyligen presenterade sin rapport. Ett par av de övriga förslagen handlar om kunskapslyft för alla samt en gemensam AI-infra­struktur för hela den offentliga sektorn.Rapporten presenterades mer än ett halv­år tidigare

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/satsningar-kravs-att-hoja-ai-landet-sverige - 2025-08-24