By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 17 February 2023 The seminars with LU give the students in Ukraina well needed respite and inspiration. The on-screen lecture looks like any other digital seminar. But this is no normal session. The audience lives in the university town of Zhytomyr in Ukraine, and they are taking part in a series of online semi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/respite-ukrainian-students-through-collaboration-lund - 2025-04-30

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 17 February 2023 Jan Olof Nilsson. Photo: Private Gender studies is not something to engage in. This is a common statement in eastern Europe, where there is major resistance and study programmes are under constant threat of closure. Now the Department of Sociology and the Department of Gender Studies in Lund are join

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/supporting-controversial-studies-eastern-europe - 2025-04-30

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 17 February 2023 Maria Stanfors. Photo: Johan Persson This spring, LU is launching a joint faculty initiative to further train already established research supervisors. They constitute a hitherto forgotten group when it comes to professional development according to Maria Stanfors, vice chair of the Research Programm

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overlooked-supervisors-receive-further-training - 2025-04-30

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 17 February 2023 Nerve cells created from stem cells. Photo: Janko Kajtez /Parmar Group Thanks to stem cell research, we now understand much more about the earliest stages of human development and what underlies many of our diseases. In recent years, the field has been revolutionised by several discoveries that have

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/twenty-years-revolutionary-stem-cell-research - 2025-04-30

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 17 February 2023 Skin cells have been reprogrammed into brain cells. The process takes a couple of weeks. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter It is Thursday morning and time for the miniature brains to have lunch. The temperature in the cell incubator is a comfortable 37 degrees, perfect for a tiny brain. Anna Falk prepares the nutr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/feeding-time-miniature-brains - 2025-04-30

By louise [dot] ogland [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Ögland) - published 25 February 2023 LU Business Track has been designed to speed up the development of growth companies born out of Lund University's research. Innovation is a driving force for the transition to a more sustainable society - and Skåne is one of the world's most innovative regions. At Lund University we see research r

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/launching-lu-business-track-new-way-commercialize-research - 2025-04-30

Published 24 February 2023 University of California at Santa Cruz. In a world marked by geopolitical changes and climate impact that create entirely new conditions, we need to alter the way we work on international matters. This is the starting point for a new way of working – Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE). GDE aims to strengthen and develop the University’s international impact in research, edu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/global-dynamic-engagement-will-enhance-our-international-presence - 2025-04-30

Published 24 February 2023 It is important that doctoral students, regardless of category and financing, have the same opportunities and conditions, as far as possible, for their admission to and conducting of third-cycle education. Unfortunately, that is not the case today, as the situation varies between the faculties. Sometimes this is due to factors related to the subjects, but in some cases,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/are-opportunities-and-conditions-same-all-universitys-doctoral-students - 2025-04-30

Published 24 February 2023 Visualisering av en byggnad på Science village New construction is a time-consuming process. It always is, even when building a private house. And if you are building premises for a complex future organisation, it takes even longer. The University has been working on establishing operations in Science Village for many years and is still only on step 2 of the 9 steps in t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/year-we-are-developing-premises-programme-science-village-0 - 2025-04-30

Published 28 February 2023 University of Auckland, New Zealand Aerial City Campus. With the aim of strengthening and developing the University’s international impact in research, education, external engagement and innovation, a new way of working has been decided by the Vice-Chancellor. The University’s international work is to be based on an approach called Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE). GDE is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-way-working-international-matters-global-dynamic-engagement - 2025-04-30

By maria [dot] blad [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Blad) - published 27 February 2023 Photo from a inauguration ceremony. On 17 March, 26 new professors will be inaugurated in a ceremony at the auditorium of the Main University Building, followed by a reception in the Pelarsalen. The University’s new professors are inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor. In connection with the inauguratio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inauguration-ceremony-new-professors-17-march - 2025-04-30

By madeleine [dot] stjarne [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (Madeleine Stjärne Stark) - published 26 February 2023 The Campus Development Office is working to produce the University’s Campus Plan through external monitoring, meetings and workshops with the organisation. The fundamental aim of work on the Campus Plan is to identify the University’s interests and the important things to provide. All the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/work-campus-plan-continues - 2025-04-30

By sonia [dot] coelho_sutton [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Sonia Coelho Sutton) - published 24 February 2023 Representatives from the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kiev (TSNUK) will visit Lund, and all students and staff at the University are invited to a seminar to hear how they are maintaining activities during the ongoing war. How do you create security and normality in a country where a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-how-run-university-under-war-experiences-and-coping-strategies-ukraine - 2025-04-30

By axel [dot] duveback [at] legal [dot] lu [dot] se (Axel Duvebäck) - published 24 February 2023 In order to make registrations easier, the university-wide Registrar’s Office has acquired a new form tool. You put up the form online and once someone has filled it in, a case is created immediately in W3D3. The recipient, administrator and the document itself, along with any appendices, are entered a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-form-tool-easier-registration-documents - 2025-04-30

Published 8 March 2023 After more than ten years with the same organisation, it is time to review its functioning and our working methods. In order to provide value-creating and benefit-driven administrative services that contribute to the further development of the University’s core activities as stated in the Platform for Strategic Work, we need to ensure we have the right conditions for managin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/review-central-administration-even-better-and-more-effective-support - 2025-04-30

Published 8 March 2023 The Vice-Chancellor has recently decided to implement a project aimed at strengthening the work against sexual harassment among students. The project represents a major step forward on this important issue and will be implemented together with the three main student stakeholders – the Academic Society, the nations and the students’ unions. This is the first time we are takin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-supporting-students-their-work-against-sexual-harassment - 2025-04-30

Published 14 March 2023 The University’s central administration will undergo a review of its organisation and working methods. The aim is to see how the University can work smarter to manage complex issues and respond to change. The review has been initiated by University Director Susanne Kristensson. It started on 1 March and is to be completed by 30 June 2023. The work on the review is based on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/review-central-administration-has-started - 2025-04-30

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 15 March 2023 On 1 March, the Coordinated Examination Service was launched with invigilators in the Annex. New employees will now work as coordinators and invigilators. Since 1 March, the Coordinated Examination Service project has been responsible for staffing invigilators for the exams conducted in the Annex (MA8, MA9, MA10)

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/premier-coordinated-examination-service - 2025-04-30

By Charlotte [dot] Hedin [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Hedin) - published 10 March 2023 There is now information on possible career paths in research and teaching at Lund University on the Staff Pages, under Employment / Professional and careers development. The information will also be published on the University’s external websites lu.se and lunduniversity.lu, and is aimed at prospective

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/career-paths-within-research-and-teaching-lu - 2025-04-30

By Jenny [dot] Hansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Hansson) - published 13 March 2023 Sustainability Week has established itself as a key meeting place and this year brings together over 60 different events. For the seventh year, Lund University and the City of Lund are working together to highlight everything from biodiversity and climate issues to the role of business in the transition, co

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-17-22-april - 2025-04-30