The World Economic History Congress (WEHC) is an international and interdisciplinary event, taking place every third year, and this year, it’s being held in Lund. With the congress fast approaching, we naturally wanted to learn more — and who better to ask than Professor Mats Olsson serving as host on behalf of the Department of Economic History. What makes the World Economic History Congress uniq

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/curious-about-world-economic-history-congress-three-quick-questions - 2025-08-22

Bulgaria is on its way to adopting the euro. Joakim Zander, Senior Lecturer in Business Law at LUSEM, explains what this means. What does it mean for a country to switch to the euro? In a recent interview with Swedish Radio (Sveriges Radio), Joakim Zander, Senior Lecturer in Business Law at LUSEM, discussed Bulgaria’s transition into the euro area.On 1 January 2026, Bulgaria will officially adopt

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lev-euro-what-happens-when-bulgaria-changes-currency - 2025-08-22

Lund University continues to rise in the QS World University Rankings 2026 and is rated number 72 in the world. That is three places higher than last year and means that Lund University is the top-ranked higher education institution in Sweden. The QS World University Rankings has published annual university rankings since 2004. In the latest QS rankings (2026), 8,467 higher education institutions

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-72nd-qs-world-rankings-2026 - 2025-08-22

When 1,200 researchers from 60 countries arrived at the end of July, it marked a milestone: the largest academic congress ever held in the city – and the most important event in the field of economic history worldwide. For one week, the World Economic History Congress (WEHC) transformed Lund into a hub for ideas, networking, and public engagement. “I was very nervous right up until Monday morning,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/nerves-pride-lusem-made-history-lund-universitys-largest-congress - 2025-08-22

Linn Ternsjö earned her PhD in late April at Lund University School of Economics and Management, at the Department of Economic History. The dissertation is called: 'Garment Workers and the Labour Issue in Development: The Case of Mauritius' . Production for the textile and fashion industry can, for many countries, represent a first step out of poverty. But what does this mean for those who work in

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/model-inclusive-growth-or-warning-lessons-garment-industry-mauritius - 2025-08-22

Donald Trump’s trade wars have dominated the news cycle for quite some time. According to economist Fredrik NG Andersson, we risk becoming blind if we only focus on the short term. What is happening is not just about immediate effects but about the dawn of a new global order and the end of the world order that emerged in the 1990s after the Cold War. The trade wars have clearly affected the global

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/bid-1990s-fare-well - 2025-08-22

Emma Samsioe and Carys Egan-Wyer highlight three retail megatrends, in their new anthology: Technology, sustainability, and consumer well-being. Photo: Louise Larsson The research areas remain the same, but our perspective on them has changed. This is how consumption researchers Carys Egan-Wyer and Emma Samsioe describe the development in retail research over the past ten years. “In one of our rec

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/uncertainty-new-normal-retailers-and-consumption-researchers - 2025-08-22

Kids playing in the backyard of newly built houses in Johanneshov, Stockholm, 1943. Photo: Johansson (SvD). Stadsmuseet i Stockholm/Stockholmskällan. The new research project, “Socioeconomic Segregation - The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools and Policy Across the Life Course”, aims to establish a research environment involving health economists, education and labour market economists, geographers,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-project-explores-socioeconomic-segregation-then-and-now - 2025-08-22

Photo: Madelaine Hallerdal, WithSecure WithSecure visited the Department of Informatics on their European Cyber Tour, allowing students on our Bachelor's programme to get hands-on experience with the handling of cyber threats in a simulated environment. On October 30th, 2023, students taking the course IS and Business Development got to experience something never seen before in the Bachelor's prog

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/cybertruck-cyber-security-simulation - 2025-08-22

Markus Lahtinen. Photo: Johan Persson Markus Lahtinen, researcher and lecturer at the Department of Informatics, Lund University, has been interviewed by both Dagens Nyheter (DN) and Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) for expert insights on the use of AI for crime-fighting purposes. The articles in DN and SvD report on the potential integration of AI into camera surveillance, including facial recognition and

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/markus-lahtinen-speaks-ai-and-camera-surveillance - 2025-08-22

The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies. Photo: Kennet Ruona Associate professor at the Department of Informatics, Miranda Kajtazi, is currently involved in a mix of internal and external grants. At the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Miranda Kajtazi is leading an Advanced Study Group on "Human Rights, Digital Inequalities, and Social Consequences of AI". This project is ongoing fro

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ai-human-rights-and-digital-welfare-miranda-kajtazi-takes-lead - 2025-08-22

The Department of Informatics uses Microsoft Azure as a cloud solution for students attending the Bachelor’s Programme in Design of Information Systems. It allows us to have complete BYOD-solutions in our computer rooms, which attracts students to campus while also saving energy and money. Informatic’s director of studies, Björn Svensson, was interviewed by Microsoft for an article in “Din digital

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/cloud-solution-azure-bjorn-svensson-interviewed-microsoft - 2025-08-22

Informatics lecturer Markus Lahtinen shares benefits, examples, and lessons learnt from using LinkedIn in the Wellness Weeks seminar. Photo: Carla Böhme Are you looking to enhance your professional network and learn from industry experts in your field and beyond? Discover how LinkedIn can bring unexpected opportunities and connect us to people around the world, from insights shared by Markus Lahti

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/learn-more-about-linkedin-markus-lahtinen - 2025-08-22

Viswanath Venkatesh. Photo: Carla Böhme Dr. Viswanath Venkatesh attracted a large crowd to his seminar "Let's Get Ready to Contextualize", where he spoke about the importance of contextualization in research. Dr. Venkatesh shared some of his latest research on contextualization, including discussions on: Problems tied to lack of context in research;What researchers face in new contexts; How to thi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/viswanath-venkatesh-holds-seminar-informatics - 2025-08-22

Vincenzo Corvello. Photo: Carla Böhme Associate Professor Vincenzo Corvello, joining us from the University of Messina, is an established business and innovation scholar as well as the Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Innovation Management. Hosted by lecturer Markus Lahtinen, Vincenzo Corvello started his visit with a Meet-and-greet, giving a brief presentation on his recent research on

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/informatics-welcomes-vincenzo-corvello-meet-and-greet-fika - 2025-08-22

Photo: Johan Persson Since its release in November 2022, ChatGPT has made international headlines. While concerns have been raised that ChatGPT and generative AI may be used as a tool for cheating, department lecturers Markus Lahtinen and Björn Svensson challenge this fear by actively incorporating the chatbot into the department’s educational programme. “Integrating ChatGPT into our education is

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/informatics-starts-integrating-chatgpt-its-educational-programme - 2025-08-22

Why should we engage in Open Science and how? What are the benefits and challenges? Open Science is ascribed increased importance by multiple actors in the research communities for facilitating dialogue between academia and society. Open Science enables interdisciplinary research, enhances transparency and replicability and ultimately strengthens the foundations of research integrity. Join us on t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/join-lu-open-science-days-20-21-november - 2025-08-22

On Arrival Day, 15 August, the University welcomed the new international students to Lund. In autumn 2023, 4,000 new international students have been accepted for studies at Lund University. About a quarter of those are exchange students studying at Lund for a semester or a year. The remaining 3,000 include program students at undergraduate and advanced level as well as Double degree, Joint progra

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-international-students-arrived-lund-15-august - 2025-08-22

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 26 August and the University wishes to take part and highlight the event. There will be refreshments in the Main University Building before we go to the starting point of the parade together.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/join-us-lundapride-26-august - 2025-08-22

On 12 September 2023, it is time for the annual Internationalisation Day at Lund University. The theme for this year will be Virtual exchange and intercultural perspectives. It will take place at Gustafscenen at the AF castle between 09.00-15:30.  You can sign up for the entire day or morning / afternoon only. Last day to register is 1 September but note that there is a limited number of seats, an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/annual-internationalisation-day-12-september - 2025-08-22