The Main University Building is set for a renovation and the project planning has now begun. The first task is to describe how a renovated Main University Building can work in technical terms in relation to the functions that are planned, all with a basic requirement to take the building’s cultural-historical aspects into account.  The aim is to have a Main University Building that is open to all,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/project-planning-main-university-building-underway - 2025-08-28

The courses are aimed at all teaching staff at Lund University and are suitable for teachers at all levels. The application is open until May 15.See our courses and apply directly via the course web pages.The courses we offer in English during the autumn are:Three variants of the introductory courseTeaching and Learning in Higher Education, classroom 2 weeks.Teaching and Learning in Higher Educati

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-ahus-higher-education-teaching-and-learning-courses-autumn - 2025-08-28

Christie Nicoson in the middle is the winner2024, in addition Alezini Loxa and Phil Flores were getting honorary mentions. Research on climate change, gender and peace, sustainable migration and electric scooters are recognised in this year's edition of the Agenda 2030 Award. The winner is Christie Nicoson, a PhD student at the Department of Political Science, who will be celebrated and present he

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/agenda-2030-award-research-climate-change-gender-and-peace - 2025-08-28

Canvas has won the procurement of the new learning platform. The national network Sunet (Swedish University Computer Network) conducted the procurement. Lund University will call off Sunet's framework agreement. This means that Lund University will have the opportunity to renew its contract with Canvas mother company, Instructure. Lund University's existing contract for the Canvas learning platfor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/canvas-wins-procurement-learning-platform - 2025-08-28

In recent weeks, Lund University and local OFR representatives have been in contact with central parties on both sides to get support in the process of agreeing on new salaries for OFR/S members in the 2023 salary review. The parties have now resumed negotiations and met on both 15 March and 22 March, and further negotiations have been scheduled.Unclear when the new salaries can be paidAs no negot

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-negotiations-resumed-ofr - 2025-08-28

Tagging of Sustainable Development Goals was introduced in LUCRIS six months ago. SDG tagging means that all publications and research output in the University’s Research Portal (LUCRIS) are linked to one of Agenda 2030’s Sustainable Development Goals. An analysis conducted on 26 February 2024 shows that one-third of the University’s research output can be linked to one of the Sustainable Developm

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sdg-tagging-lucris-progress-report - 2025-08-28

In an ongoing deadly violence (ODV) situation, it is important to act in a rapid and effective way. Since late last year, a procured course has been available to increase preparedness for possible ODV situations. During the course, the participants learn, among other things, to obstruct any perpetrator or perpetrators as much as possible and act in a way that means as few people as possible are se

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/course-about-ongoing-deadly-violence-odv - 2025-08-28

Lund University achieved a greater impact in the media last year compared to the year before, even when excluding the Nobel Prize coverage. However, as expected, the Nobel prize accounted for most media attention relating to the University in 2023. These are among the findings of a new analysis of the University’s media impact.Lund University was the most visible higher education institution in Sw

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-achieves-considerable-impact-swedish-media - 2025-08-28

The Vice-Chancellor has approved a revised version of the students’ List of Rights, which will begin to apply as of the autumn semester 2024. The revisions have been made in order to align with updates to rules and regulations, teaching hours, examination procedures etc. List of Rights – Lund University Students’ Rights and Responsibilities was introduced in 2013 as support for students, departmen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/revision-list-rights-students-rights-and-responsibilities - 2025-08-28

The Central Administration must reduce its costs by SEK 20 million. The University Management therefore plans to reduce university-wide support for commissioned education. This is one of several measures to balance the Central Administration’s finances. The proposal that has now been presented entails that university-wide support will be reduced to cover a smaller node with two to three full-time

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reduced-university-wide-support-commissioned-education - 2025-08-28

Solar cells of the future, the optimal solution for a global carbon tax or a policy that creates peace? Ideas from Lund University could be important pieces of the puzzle in the transition to a sustainable society. The 'Sustainable Idea Exploration' call is an opportunity for researchers at Lund University to explore the innovative potential of their research and finance activities outside the sco

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-idea-exploration-call-opens-soon - 2025-08-28

A new structure for research infrastructure has been drawn up to ensure more secure long-term funding of university-wide research infrastructures, university platforms (core facilities). They are originated from the RQ20 report with the aim of make investments more long term, organise funding and facilitate strategic prioritisation. University platforms are defined as strategically important resea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-structure-and-increased-funding-research-infrastructure - 2025-08-28

Proud colleagues: Marcus Knutagård, Hans Swärd, Cecilia Heule and Arne Kristiansen. Photo: Sandra Jeppsson After 15 years, hundreds of meetings, conferences, opinion pieces, interviews and trips to Stockholm, it happened – the Government adopted the Housing First model as a national strategy for tackling homelessness. “We are very proud. We have just finished an information guide that the National

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finally-housing-first-model-adopted-national-strategy - 2025-08-28

Fredrik Strid, Alla fåglar i Sverige (detalj), 2018–2024. Foto: Emma Krantz/Skissernas Museum Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art – will present a solo exhibition by Fredrik Strid in the spring and summer of 2024. The starting point for the exhibition Making Nature is the process-based sculpture project Alla fåglar i Sverige (All Birds of Sweden). Skissernas Museum – Muse

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunch-showing-exhibition-making-nature-fredrik-strid - 2025-08-28

The engine lab at LTH consists of 14 test cells, each housing different types of engines, fuel cells and electric powertrains. Photo: Jessika Sellergren The internal combustion engine is a subject that has been described as nasty and outdated. In fact, it is not outdated at all – but an area of cutting-edge research that is an important part of a sustainable energy transition. Martin Tunér is a pr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/internal-combustion-engine-will-remain-important - 2025-08-28

The Meret-Neith tomb in Abydos. Photo: E. Christiana Köhler Meret-Neith was perhaps the first female ruler of ancient Egypt and one of the most powerful women in the world during her lifetime some 5,000 years ago. Researcher Amber Hood is part of an international research team investigating the royal tomb in the desert outside Abydos. When LUM spoke to Amber Hood, a researcher at the Department of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/exploring-tomb-wine-loving-queen - 2025-08-28

The doctoral student ombudsman, Haro de Grauw. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg International text theft is difficult to deal with, especially for individual researchers. The University should take the lead, and find out how plagiarism issues are dealt with in different countries and what authorities exist there. So says Haro de Grauw, the doctoral student ombudsman. “The University could have such

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-knowledge-needed-about-plagiarism - 2025-08-28

Sara Farshchi and professor Carita Paradis. Photo: Jan Olsson Linguist Sara Farshchi's research was plagiarised by three Ukrainian researchers who published it as their own. Five months have passed since Professor Carita Paradis discovered that parts of her former doctoral student Sara Farshchi's five-year-old thesis had been plagiarised by three Ukrainian researchers and that the plagiarism had b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-was-plagiarised - 2025-08-28

Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration, questions why a lot of courses in the first cycle are taught in English. Photo: Jenny Leyman “English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English. “Today, there are often no educational reasons wh

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2025-08-28

Annika Olsson, dean of LTH, Magnus Genrup, head of the Department of Energy Sciences, and Karolina Isaksson, Head of Finance at LTH. Photo: Kennet Ruona, Johan Persson and private Lund University’s researchers are good at applying for and obtaining external research grants. But many funding bodies require faculties and departments to co-fund research projects, something that is becoming a major fi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/co-funding-increasingly-difficult-challenge - 2025-08-28