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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many unprofessional agents on the market. Their only purpose is to trick researchers into giving them money. Olga had published academic work over 25
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/watch-out-predators - 2026-10-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many unprofessional agents on the market. Their only purpose is to trick researchers into giving them money. Not only does a successful researcher ne
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/always-check-magasine-carefully - 2026-10-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cyberattacks against the University have sharply increased over the past two years. They mainly take the form of email attacks, known as phishing, which aim to penetrate and take over entire IT environments. The attacks often succeed. Lund University is no different from the crowd. Cyberattacks against higher educatio
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dramatic-increase-cyber-attacks-against-universities - 2026-10-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A lot has happened in coagulation medicine since Jan Astermark first started his research in the 1980s. The most recent progress is in gene therapy and the first patients with severe haemophilia who were treated in Malmö last year. “It is fantastically exciting to work in a research field where so much is happening. T
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/promising-results-new-gene-therapy-method - 2026-10-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. If you look carefully at Niclas Nilsson’s hands and arms, you can still see the scars from all the injections he has received through the years for his haemophilia, although they have faded considerably since January 2020. That was when he got his last injection. Indeed, since his treatment with gene therapy, Niclas h
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/i-wore-hockey-helmet-until-i-was-four-years-old - 2026-10-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Toke is shy but does the most exploring of all of them, while Siggi is relaxed and friendly. But you have to know them to be able to work with them”, says cognitive scientist Stephan Reber. He is not talking about his colleagues but the alligators now on site in Ystad zoo, where the researchers have a specially adapt
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/alligators-are-key-world-dinosaurs - 2026-10-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In connection with the ongoing main University building renovation project, the National Property Board (SFV) discovered during an inspection that the building’s four sphinxes are in such poor condition that they must be taken down and recast. This is to prevent the risk of injury to passers-by from falling pieces of
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/main-university-buildings-sphinxes-are-be-renovated - 2026-10-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is now a blog devoted to the work on “Introducing a management system for information security”, which will enable you to follow information security developments at the University. Among other things, you can read about the information security course recently taken by the University Management. The blog’s main
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-information-security-blog - 2026-10-17
I attended a LERU meeting to discuss issues relating to education strategies, lifelong learning, exchanges of experience for improvements in teaching, and the challenges of interdisciplinary programmes. On 7-8 October, there was a two-day meeting in Utrecht of the policy group Teaching and Learning in LERU (League of European Research Universities), which includes vice-chancellors and deputy vice-
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/taking-train-leru-meeting-utrecht - 2026-10-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. To achieve the University’s goal of reducing emissions that have an impact on the climate, we need to make changes throughout the organisation. One of these adjustments is to choose more sustainable travel options, now that opportunities to travel are opening up again. One way is to choose the train when travelling wi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/choose-train-europe - 2026-10-17
During autumn 2020, a higher education institution review of Lund University was launched, focusing on the extent to which the University’s systematic quality assurance work functions satisfactorily in relation to the criteria set by the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ). Now a decision and statement from the assessment group have been announced. UKÄ reviewed Lund University’s internal qual
LU’s updated Research Portal (portal.research.lu.se) with a new design and many new functions was launched on 19 October. The aim of the Research Portal is to present a collective picture to external and internal visitors of the research being carried out at Lund University. Via the Research Portal, you can see who is active in different research areas, publications, projects, research infrastruct
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-portal-has-new-design - 2026-10-17
The challenges we need to continue working on in education are mobility between higher education institutions, lifelong learning and how we can intertwine research and education. A small delegation from Lund University travelled to Porto for the Annual Summit 2021 to discuss future challenges and opportunities. The issues under discussion included mobility between higher education institutions, li
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/discussions-euglohs-annual-summit - 2026-10-17
The EU is now focusing efforts on innovation work – and it is also important for LU to pick up the pace! The question “How can a university sharpen up its innovation environment”, was on the agenda at the LERU meeting “Policy group enterprise and innovation” recently. Universities in Europe have started to position themselves more clearly in terms of the role the universities can, and perhaps simp
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/innovation-work-european-perspective - 2026-10-17
On 14 October, the vice-chancellor approved the overall goals for the University’s work environment management for the next few years. The goals are within four focus areas: Sick leave statistics Managers’ preparedness Organisational and social work environment Student health The goals are based on the results from the annual follow-up of systematic work environment management, on needs that hav
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overall-work-environment-goals-lund-university-2021-2023 - 2026-10-17
As of 1 November, the University returns to being an organisation without limitations imposed by Covid-19 restrictions. This applies in accordance with the vice-chancellor’s decision on 17 June 2021 and means that, as a starting point, activities are to be conducted on campus. Regarding education for which special reasons apply, the return may be completed by 16 January 2022 at the latest. Covid-1
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-back-campus-1-november - 2026-10-17
In mid-October, the vice-chancellor took the decision to implement a project entitled “The Workplace of the Future– – Sustainable and Hybrid.” The project will run until September 2022. The Covid-19 pandemic, which forced major changes to working life, is the reason why Lund University chose this year to initiate work on the Workplace of the Future. Earlier in the autumn, vice-chancellor Erik Rens
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-project-focus-lund-university-sustainable-and-hybrid-workplace - 2026-10-17
We are now initiating an open and transparent process to develop profile areas in order to be well prepared when it is time to submit an application for national profile areas, and also to become even better at getting together to address common issues at the University. The Swedish government states in both the Research Bill and in the autumn’s budget proposal that it intends to allocate part of
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-starting-identify-profile-areas - 2026-10-17
It will be a major challenge for the higher education institutions to satisfy the government’s request for new forms of lifelong learning. We must ascertain what the University can develop and which parts of lifelong learning we are going to focus on. Lifelong learning (3L) has become an increasingly prioritised issue for both companies and organisations. But why has this become such an important
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-role-can-higher-education-institutions-play-future-lifelong-learning - 2026-10-17
The international network Universitas21 (U21) has launched a new concept in which they offer students a chance to take part in Sustainable Micro-internships. The concept involves short internships in which the students spend a two-week digital placement with students from 27 universities in 18 different countries. The students are placed in groups to cooperate on solving a challenge linked to one
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-interest-among-lund-students-u21s-sustainable-micro-internships - 2026-10-17
