By Lotte [dot] Billing [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotte Billing) - published 26 February 2025 The Mrs Berta Kamprad Foundation is donating SEK 420 million to cancer research at Lund University. This is the largest donation to the university since its foundation in 1666. The donation is dedicated to translational cancer research, meaning applied cancer research in antibody and cell thera

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sek-420-million-cancer-research-lund-university - 2025-06-06

By helena [dot] lind [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (Helena Lind) - published 22 February 2025 The University is establishing a new Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP) at Campus Helsingborg. By strengthening research, collaboration and education in total defence and preparedness, the aim is to meet society's increasing need for security and crisis management. The Centre for Preparedness an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-centre-preparedness-and-resilience-be-established - 2025-06-06

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 24 February 2025 The number of applicants to this autumn's international courses and programmes has increased by 16% across Sweden. As usual, Lund University is at the top in terms of the number of applications and has for the first time reached over 30,000 applications in total in the international Master's pr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/record-number-applicants-our-international-courses-and-programmes - 2025-06-06

By fabian [dot] beijer [at] englund [dot] lu [dot] se (Fabian Beijer) - published 24 February 2025 This course is aimed at doctoral students and research faculty who write and publish in English, and who wish to strengthen their language and writing skills. Over six sessions (a total of 16h), we discuss central aspects of English scholarly writing, ranging from ways of communicating one’s research

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/written-english-scholarly-publication-spring-2025 - 2025-06-06

By stefan [dot] danielson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Stefan Danielson) - published 10 March 2025 The 8 March, Lund University will send out a questionnaire to 8,800 researchers associated with the University in order to gain a picture of how well LU is fulfilling the European Charter for Researchers. The questionnaire, which is open for two weeks, aims to provide a broad picture of how

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-conducting-major-survey-principles-strong-research-environments - 2025-06-06

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 9 March 2025 All Lund University employees and students are welcome to participate in this year's edition of the Future Innovations Award. Applications are open until May 5. The Future Innovations Award celebrates groundbreaking ideas from Lund University. Ideas with the potential to change our world. It has now

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-innovations-award-2025-competition-opens-over-1-million-sek-prizes - 2025-06-06

Published 1 March 2025 EduLab has been a successful project and has meant that the University has had an infrastructure in place to support and manage educational initiatives. As a result, the University’s EduLab experimental platform has now been extended until December 2026. All faculties have taken the opportunity and received assistance from EduLab to develop and expand their range of courses

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/edulab-continue-and-focus-x-courses - 2025-06-06

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 11 March 2025 Lund University makes annual purchases totalling SEK 1.5 billion. Together, these purchases make up a large part of the University’s carbon footprint. How can we meet the high demands of research on materials and products, and at the same time become a resource-efficient organisation with a carbon

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/importance-sustainable-purchasing-and-procurement - 2025-06-06

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 12 March 2025 The University is now launching a new round of excellence initiatives to bolster the recruitment of top international researchers through the Wallenberg Academy Fellows (WAF) programme. With this initiative, the University aims to foster its international research presence and provide early-career

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-round-excellence-initiatives-early-career-researchers-and-wallenberg-academy-fellows-2027 - 2025-06-06

By Jonas [dot] andersson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jonas Andersson) - published 11 March 2025 The City of Lund and Lund University have approved a joint strategy to foster the local innovation environment and business community. This means that efforts to attract companies and talent and to bolster Lund’s international position are now being stepped up. “It sends out a strong signal th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-statement-intent-city-lund - 2025-06-06

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 11 March 2025 Stay Curious is a new English-language newsletter that makes it easy for you to find out about the latest research from your University colleagues in a concise and engaging format. The newsletter is published monthly on LinkedIn – a platform focused on knowledge sharing and professional networki

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/stay-curious-universitys-new-newsletter-about-our-research - 2025-06-06

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 10 March 2025 The University started the year on a high in The Conversation, the international platform where researchers write about research and analyse current social issues. This year, 21 articles have already been published. This means that 2025 could be another record year. Researchers from several facu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-gets-flying-start-conversation-2025 - 2025-06-06

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 26 March 2025 Artefacts at the University Library are notes, sketches, diaries etcetera. A unique archive in Lund, Sweden, holds 500 in-depth interviews with survivors of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. The interviews were conducted immediately after the survivors arrived in Sweden in spring 1945. The archive h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ravensbruck-archive-lund-university-has-been-nominated-unesco-memory-world - 2025-06-06

Published 25 March 2025 Without students we would have no University, it is as simple as that. Lund’s incredibly rich and extensive student life is one of the main reasons why students apply to Lund University. The three pillars of student life: the student unions, student nations and Academic Society offer a broad spectrum of activities and contexts, and we are dependent on each other – because w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strategy-student-life-way - 2025-06-06

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 25 March 2025 During the spring, the Purchasing and Procurement Office will gradually take over responsibility for all procurements over SEK 700,000. The previous threshold (below which no support was available) was SEK 1.5 million. A new procedure is being introduced, which means that procurements worth over S

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/threshold-procurement-support-being-reduced - 2025-06-06

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 25 March 2025 Luís Oliveira, PhD student at Lund University, centre, was the winner of the 2024 Researchers’ Grand Prix. Here with other contestants, jury and moderator. Photo: Bodil Malmström. Do you want to be better at summarising your research in an engaging and easily understandable way? If so, the Resea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hone-your-presentation-skills-researchers-grand-prix - 2025-06-06

By karin [dot] lilja [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Karin Lilja) - published 25 March 2025 More than one in seven staff members has already started using strong authentication. This is a good start – but what is important now is that more follow their example. Strong authentication is a way to log in that makes it more difficult for an unauthorised person to gain access to an IT service, for e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/one-seven-staff-members-already-has-strong-authentication - 2025-06-06

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 23 March 2025 Learning Hub Syd is a new initiative that aims to generate and share knowledge about collaborative governance. The hub focuses on developing the cities’ capacity to manage complex climate challenges with other stakeholders. This is done by creating a platform where the cities can work together and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/learning-hub-syd-new-collaboration-and-knowledge-sharing-platform-climate-neutral-cities - 2025-06-06

By isabelle [dot] nilsson [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Isabelle Nilsson) - published 25 March 2025 Solar4Schools won 2020 in the category 'most potential'. Here Wenjing Yang is presenting her project. Students from Lund University have been winners in the global competition RISE Awards. The competition is for projects on sustainability and innovation linked to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-students-are-serial-winners-sustainability-innovation - 2025-06-06

By petra [dot] francke [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Francke) - published 24 March 2025 Exhibition in a shop window at Lundia. Lund University exhibits its research in a shop window at Knut den Store Square. An exhibition based on news items from Lund University’s research account on Instagram is now on display in a shop window on a square in central Lund, Knut den stores torg. The c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-research-display-central-lund-shop-window - 2025-06-06