By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 26 October 2023 Helene Tånnander is delighted that people of all ages exercise together at Gerdahallen. Photo: Johan Persson For 40 years, students, employees and other Lund residents have flocked to Gerdahallen for training and exercise. After some tough years, the enthusiasts behind the fitness ce

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/40-years-name-fitness - 2025-04-30

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 26 October 2023 The University wants to improve its ability to recruit research talent from other countries. A working group has identified existing gaps and developed proposals to address them in order to increase recruitment. Other Swedish higher education institutions are more successful in nominating, recruiting

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/promise-employment-attract-foreign-research-talent - 2025-04-30

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 26 October 2023 Researchers from the School of Social Work and the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) met for a conversation about improving home care. Photo: Kennet Ruona How long does it take to comfort someone? Does an egg need to be fried rather than boiled? LUM invited home care researchers from the School of So

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/one-persons-workplace-anothers-home - 2025-04-30

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 26 October 2023 Tony Ingesson and David Gisselsson Nord. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2025-04-30

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 26 October 2023 Laura Cox and Haro de Grauw work together at the Lund doctoral student union. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Sexual harassment, mental health issues, racism and non-European doctoral students engaged in uphill struggles with the Swedish Migration Agency to be allowed to remain in Sweden. These are exa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ombudsman-rescue - 2025-04-30

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 26 October 2023 Anne L'Huillier in the laboratory. Photo: European Research Council Twenty years ago, Anne L’Huillier was supervisor to doctoral student Per Eng-Johnsson. Today he is a professor of atomic, molecular and optical physics, director of the Lund Laser Centre and one of the Nobel Laureate’s closest collabo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/colleagues-around-world-are-genuinely-happy - 2025-04-30

By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 26 October 2023 A few hours after the announcement: Anne L'Huillier surrounded by media, colleagues and students. Photo: Andreas Hillergren/TT The excitement has been palpable in recent weeks following the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Anne L’Huillier, a researcher at Lund. This is the firs

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-received-lunds-first-nobel-prize - 2025-04-30

By Sara [dot] Westman [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Westman) - published 31 October 2023 Now you can apply for seed money to develop new courses and programs in collaboration with foreign universities, before 1 February 2024. To ensure that the educational offer at the University is of high quality and meets the needs of the future, the university management wishes to stimulate the development o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-seed-money-course-and-programme-development - 2025-04-30

By par [dot] svensson [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Pär Svensson) - published 6 November 2023 Recent geopolitical changes have increased the interest for, but also challenged, academic freedom. It is generally considered that academic freedom in the Nordic countries is high. But is this really the case? In this seminar, Prof. Terence Karran will present his study on academic freedom in Scandinavia an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-scandinavia-has-nordic-model-survived - 2025-04-30

By isabelle [dot] nilsson [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Isabelle Nilsson) - published 3 November 2023 Eager to explore digital educational collaborations with partners from around the world? Join us at our upcoming workshop! On 29 November, between 9:00-15:00, Casey Dinger and Leslie Alvarez from the University of Denver will be hosting a workshop on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/explore-global-digital-educational-collaborations - 2025-04-30

By stina [dot] lundkvist [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Lundkvist) - published 6 November 2023 Guided tour at the Botanical Garden during Sustainability Week 2023. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Sustainability Week is an annual event focusing on sustainable development, organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The program offers discussions and actions, exploring both societ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-returns-2024 - 2025-04-30

Published 7 October 2023 Since 2018, Lund University has had a special focus on integrating the arts and culture in teaching, research and external engagement through the “Strategy for Cultural Collaboration”. Is LU a culture university? Can everyone utilise the arts and culture in their activities? We will examine these questions at LU’s first major Culture Meeting on 24 November.” One of the goa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tinder-cultural-collaboration-lus-first-major-culture-meeting - 2025-04-30

Published 7 November 2023 All the faculties have now concluded their elections of new deans and faculty boards. At some faculties the present dean will continue, but in most cases new people will take up the posts. See the list below of the new faculty managements for the next term of office 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026. School of Economics and Management Joakim Gullstrand and Andreas Ingham

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-deans-faculties - 2025-04-30

Published 7 November 2023 The University building. Photo: Kennet Ruona On 26 October, Times Higher Education (THE) published its Rankings by Subject. Lund University does very well in comparison to higher education institutions around the world. We are ranked best in Sweden in THE’s subject areas Law, Business and Economics, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities. Regarding Law, we are ranked 38

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-best-sweden-four-subjects-according-times-higher-education-2024 - 2025-04-30

Published 5 November 2023 Last year Max Liljefors, professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, applied for seed money to develop an idea for a course with colleagues from one of the EUGLOH universities. The course, entitled “Arts and Creative Health and Wellbeing”, focuses on how the arts can be used in healthcare and how the arts affect our healt

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/idea-course-development-help-seed-money - 2025-04-30

By sylvia [dot] lysko [at] iac [dot] lu [dot] se (Sylvia Lysko) - published 3 November 2023 Listen to Gloria (11 November) and the Lund University Academic Choir’s 75th anniversary concert (18 November). Odeum, the University’s music centre, invites you to two major autumn concerts in November. On 11 November, as part of Odeum’s Spirituality theme, musicians and singers from the academic and eccle

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/listen-gloria-and-lund-university-academic-choirs-75th-anniversary-concert - 2025-04-30

Published 8 November 2023 On November 6, the university's first Nobel Prize winner was celebrated and the University Hall was filled with prominent guests, staff and students. Everyone wanted to pay tribute to Anne L'Huillier. Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström was delighted to see everyone who wanted to come and celebrate Lund University's first Nobel Prize winner on this unique occasion. The atmosphe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-celebrated-its-first-nobel-prize-cannons-and-tributes - 2025-04-30

By webbansvarig [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (HR-sektionens webbansvarig) - published 20 February 2025 It is now possible again for university organisations, staff and students to apply for funding for initiatives aimed at preventing discrimination and promoting equal conditions and gender equality. The funds are intended to stimulate long-term and sustainable active work for equal conditions and gen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-apply-funding-equal-opportunities - 2025-04-30

By katarina [dot] lilliequist [at] skissernasmuseum [dot] lu [dot] se (Katarina Lilliequist) - published 2 November 2023 The major autumn exhibition at Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art – is a selection of the hundreds of acquisitions added to the museum’s collection in recent years. The exhibition shows models and sketches of some 50 designs for schools, parks, squares

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunch-showing-exhibition-come-you-are-and-other-new-acquisitions - 2025-04-30

By oscar [dot] heimburg [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Oscar Heimburg) - published 14 November 2023 On 15 November, the University marks Philanthropy Day, a day when people across the globe highlight the importance of philanthropy for our society. As part of the occasion, the University wishes to extend a warm thank you to everyone who actively shows an interest and supports our operations. Philanthr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/philanthropy-day-2023-15-november - 2025-04-30