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Why are there hundreds of jumbled human bones in the ground at Uppåkra? That is one of the mysteries that archaeologists at Lund University hope to be able to solve in the next few years. They will be aided by the latest DNA technology. A quiet calm rests over Uppåkra, just outside Lund. The only sound under the enormous tent canvas that has been hung just next to an old pigsty – which incidentall

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-technique-reveals-uppakras-violent-past - 2025-11-30

Through an interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with industry, a group of researchers hope to identify a more efficient way of assessing the ground ahead of future construction projects. The results of the research might, for example, accelerate the process of modernising the Swedish rail network. On selected sections of the track between Lund and Hässleholm, a research project is u

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/improving-efficiency-construction-railway-future - 2025-11-30

How are we affected when education moves out of the classroom and onto digital platforms? Listen to Lucas Cone from the University of Copenhagen discuss this in the seminar "I'm a Google teacher": digital platforms, affective attachments, and pedagogical monopolization in Danish public education. Time and place: October 10th from 3:15 to 4:45 PM in room C121 at LUX. The deadline for registration i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminarium-im-google-teacher-lucas-cone - 2025-11-30

Keep in mind that you should no longer submit original paper receipts when applying for reimbursement for health promotion, health care and medication costs. Instead, attach your original receipts in digitally scanned format (not photographed) when registering an application in Primula. However, you need to be able to present the paper receipts for three months after your application has been appr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/digital-handling-receipts-reimbursement-health-promotion-healthcare-and-medication-costs - 2025-11-30

During the academic years 2023/24 and 2024/25, doctoral students and doctoral supervisors have increased opportunities to apply for Erasmus+ scholarships for a stay at a partner university within and outside the EU/EEA. Mobility to members of LU's prioritised networks EUGLOH, LERU  and U21 is particularly encouraged. Erasmus+ scholarships for mobility to higher education institutions outside the E

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/erasmus-scholarships-doctoral-students-and-doctoral-supervisors - 2025-11-30

Employees and students at Lund University are hereby invited to propose candidates for the 2024 Lund University Administrative Prize before the 6 November. With this award, the University management wishes to recognize extraordinary contributions in administration throughout the University. Lund University’s administrative prize is to be awarded annually to an employee at Lund University for outst

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nominate-candidates-university-administrative-prize-2024 - 2025-11-30

The Sustainability Fund offers an opportunity to explore innovative potential and fund activities outside the scope of existing research projects. Its purpose is to support the development of early innovative ideas from research projects that have an impact on sustainable development. The second call for applications attracted a diverse range of applications, out of which five were granted funding

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-new-projects-awarded-grants-sustainability-fund - 2025-11-30

Central negotiations are still ongoing at national level regarding new agreements between state employers and the employeer organisations with which these employers have collective agreements. However, the intention of the central parties is to have new agreements in place by 1 October, which Lund University has assumed in the planning of the salary review. Preliminary timetable for salary review

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preliminary-timetable-years-salary-review-now-set - 2025-11-30

The fact that June’s EU meeting held in Lund had the theme “The Potential of Research Data: How Research Infrastructures Provide New Opportunities and Benefits for Society,” clearly shows the enormous opportunity that research data could represent. Now it is time to make that potential a reality. The University’s research generates increasingly large volumes of data and the need to know where and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-approach-research-data-e-infrastructure-project - 2025-11-30

As part of the University’s annual academic ceremony in January, Jonas Hafström, former chair of the University Board, and Professor Anne L’Huiller will receive Lund University’s gold medal for their exceptional contributions to the University. Lund University can award silver and gold medals to people who have made important contributions either to Lund University or to society as a whole. The fi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universitys-gold-medal-awarded-anne-lhuillier-and-jonas-hafstrom - 2025-11-30

Protein researcher Mikael Akke has been showered with grants recently: a total in excess of SEK 130 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the European Research Council. But who is the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) professor whose research is so hot right now? Since childhood, Mikael Akke has been driven by a desire to understand how things work in nature. Biology and chemistry w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protein-researcher-receives-major-grants - 2025-11-30

Anne L'Huillier is one of the winners of the Nobel prize 2023. Anne L'Huillier is Professor at Atomic Physics at the Faculty of Engineering, Lund University. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 to L'Huillier, Lund University, Sweden, Pierre Agostini, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, and Ferenc Krausz, Max Planck Institute of Quantum O

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-physics-lund-university - 2025-11-30

LINXS invites proposals for new Themes, to start in January 2027. We welcome original, innovative, and pioneering Theme proposals that will advance science using X-rays, neutrons, and complementing techniques. LINXS Themes are funded for three years and aim to bring research communities together. A Theme does not fund research per se but facilitates research by bringing together active teams focus

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/linxs-institute-advanced-neutron-and-x-ray-science-invites-new-themes - 2025-11-30

All researchers at Lund University now have the opportunity to share their research through the international news platform, The Conversation. The Conversation is a politically independent news site where researchers from member universities write popular science news articles, analyses, and opinion pieces in English within their areas of expertise, with the support of an editor. Lund University h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-conversation-autumn-and-reach-international-audience - 2025-11-30

Many believe that the profile areas initiative has been forgotten and is in hibernation, since the government has not reached a decision about a national effort. But that is not the case – at least not at Lund University. When I met the coordinators for the profile areas, they were all able to tell me about exciting new initiatives within research, education and external engagement. Here are a few

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/full-speed-ahead-profile-areas - 2025-11-30

Today, we are signing a university-wide collaboration agreement with UC Berkeley. This opens the door to new collaboration opportunities for the entire University. From 11 to 13 October, University management will host a unique visit from UC Berkeley. Among the guests are representatives for research, education, international issues, innovation and entrepreneurship. The aim of the visit is to furt

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-agreement-uc-berkeley-provides-new-opportunities - 2025-11-30

On Friday 13 October, 22 new professors will be inaugurated in a ceremony held in the Main University Building auditorium. The University’s new professors will be inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor. In connection with the inauguration ceremony, one of the new professors, Anna Houmann, will deliver a short popular science lecture. The chair of Lund University Students’ Unions, Linnea Landegren, wil

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inauguration-ceremony-new-professors-13-october-2023 - 2025-11-30

What ethical challenges might you come across in your research and how should you deal with them? A new course aimed at all the University’s researchers will help you orientate yourself in research ethics issues. The course is structured around five themes within research ethics: academic freedom, good research practice in experiments on humans, animal experiments and other issues that affect your

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-ethics-research-staff-lund-university - 2025-11-30

Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson recently presented the government’s budget bill. It contains reduced grants but also some additional funding for Lund University. Elisabeth Svantesson spoke of the economic winter in which Sweden now finds itself, and the importance of pushing down inflation, while households and public services need support. The recession is not expected to be over until 2026

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-lund-university-affected-budget-bill - 2025-11-30

Times Higher Education (THE) published their latest ranking on 28 September. Lund University made 106th place, an improvement of 13 places compared with last year. The ranking is based on thirteen indicators within five areas. Factors that weigh heavily are the evaluation surveys sent to teaching staff and researchers from other higher education institutions who list the fifteen most important uni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-106th-place-times-higher-educations-ranking - 2025-11-30