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The University management’s view of the government’s proposed model for the profile areas is that it has both advantages and disadvantages. However, it is important to be prepared and to use this opportunity to reinforce the University’s research regardless. The first information meeting about the profile areas at Lund University was held on 12 November. It was well-attended and many questions cam

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-meeting-about-profile-areas-raised-many-questions - 2025-12-12

What’s new in this operational plan is that the management is presenting its strategic map formulated as LU = 5 K + C. (The letters in this formula are the initials of the key words in Swedish). Lund University is to further develop its Quality, Creativity, Integrity, Communication, Character and Campus. The annual operational plan is based on the University’s overall strategic plan. The operation

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/operational-plan-and-resource-allocation-2022-now-ready - 2025-12-12

Four researchers at Lund University are on the 2021 list of the most cited researchers, which is compiled every year by Clarivate, the company behind Web of Science. In its entirety, the list contains just over 6 600 researchers from all over the world, who have shown significant influence in their research fields through publication of several extensively cited articles over the past decade. Base

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-lund-university-researchers-among-most-cited-2021 - 2025-12-12

Lund University is to get better at reporting and taking measures against incidents that occur in information security. This is the goal of a recently approved sub-project within efforts to introduce a management system for information security. Anders Sjöö is in charge of the sub-project, which is to continue through to March 2023. He is to establish a systematic management system for incidents i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/management-information-security-incidents-be-coordinated - 2025-12-12

Ill-health resulting from sedentary, static or repetitive work causes major problems for employees. The University’s computer-based pause program, PausIt, offers over 100 exercises developed in consultation with physiotherapists, ergonomists and orthopaedic specialists that help us to prevent stiffness and pain in the back, shoulders, head and neck. Read more about PausIt on the Staff pages

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pause-programme-pausit-prevents-occupational-injuries - 2025-12-12

The application deadline for health promotion reimbursement for activities paid for in 2021 is 31 January 2022. Applications registered in Primula after this date will not be approved. On 1 January 2022, the A-Z list that provides examples of approved health promotion activities will be removed from the Swedish Tax Agency website. However, the removal of the list does not entail any change to the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updates-regarding-health-promotion-reimbursement - 2025-12-12

A digital case management system for university-wide staff/HR matters has been launched. The aim is to develop HR support to the organisational units, and HR information on the Staff Pages and in newsletters. Most of the HR Division´s dedicated email addresses have been replaced by new information in the right-hand column on the Staff pages (under the Employment tab) about where to turn if you do

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/case-management-system-university-wide-hr-matters - 2025-12-12

The Vice-Chancellor have decided that Lund University will begin work on profiling and guidelines for the work. On 22 November, Pro Vice-Chancellor Per Mickwitz has decided on the process for this work in accordance with the principles decided by the Vice-Chancellor. The process is described in the management rules for notifying interests to become a profile area at Lund University. It is open to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/invitation-notify-interest-becoming-profile-area-and-next-meeting-scheduled-3-december - 2025-12-12

To enable for everybody to follow the process of identifying the profile areas at Lund University a new blog has been created. The blog is intended to gather all important information concerning the process to make it accessible to all. There will post where you can follow the latest activities in the process. For those who did not have the chance to attend the information meeting on 12 November,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/follow-process-identifying-profile-areas-new-blog - 2025-12-12

Regarding applications for university-wide funding – interdisciplinary projects focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. Lund University has established a research programme for excellence entailing employment of doctoral students and postdocs and focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development for the period 2021-2025. Within the framework of this programme, on 15 March 2021 the R

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forthcoming-call-applications-projects-focusing-agenda-2030 - 2025-12-12

In her teaching in organization and leadership at Lund University School of Economics and Management, Nadja Sörgärde works in line with what is called "blended learning". Here she talks about how she thinks about course design and use of video in teaching. Read more and take part of her practical tips! https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/blended-learning-practice

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/blended-learning-practice - 2025-12-12

Many students at Lund University are curious about start-ups and innovation. To offer more people the opportunity to test idea development, VentureLab by Lund University organises an annual Lund Innovation Challenge. During the weekend of 19–21 November, around 100 students from all over the University took part in the 48-hour competition for ideas on the theme of the ‟Future of Education”. They w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/100-students-participated-innovation-challange - 2025-12-12

The first discussion forum is starting. The first discussion forum will be an open forum with a no-preset theme. The starting point for the profile areas is research, but the aim is for complete profile areas to be formed during the process. They are to be intertwined knowledge environments involving strong research, education and external engagement. A key aspect is doing something different and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-discussion-forums-about-profile-areas-14-december - 2025-12-12

At the end of October, Lund University’s quality assurance of study programmes was approved by the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ). I think that Lund University should be happy and proud about this, but it is important to keep moving forward to continue developing our quality assurance systems. The next major area we need to work on is quality assurance of research. In November, the vice-

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-project-development-quality-assurance-systems-research - 2025-12-12

During its away day, the central administration’s management group (consisting of the heads of the faculty offices and the heads of division in the central administration) discussed the administration’s development areas – both what has been done so far and what remains to be developed. The central administration’s plan of operations highlights the following development areas for 2020 – 2022. To d

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/developing-central-administrations-support-and-work - 2025-12-12

The new University-wide Council for educational development has now had its first meeting. The introduction of the council was decided by the vice-chancellor at the end of May this year and, since then, the faculties have worked to appoint members. The council, which I chair, includes Anders Sonesson, director of the Division for Higher Education Development (AHU) and a member from each faculty as

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/teaching-career-paths-agenda-new-university-wide-council-educational-development - 2025-12-12

The Swedish Research Council has introduced a new distinguished professorship programme and the researchers Charlotte Ling and Malin Parmar have been awarded grants of SEK 50 million each over 10 years. The aim of the distinguished professor grants programme is to create the conditions for the most outstanding researchers to conduct long-term, innovative research with great potential to achieve sc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/distinguished-professor-grants-two-researchers-lund-university - 2025-12-12

The administrative prize is awarded annually for excellent administrative initiatives of an innovative nature that have contributed to the University’s development or for exceptional service and efficiency. The recipients of the 2022 prize are Magnus Svensson, head of division at the Faculty of Law and Sahar Valizadeh, project manager for Project/Devops (LDC). They will each receive SEK 15 000 for

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recipients-2022-administrative-prize - 2025-12-12

Academic freedom is a fundamental prerequisite for our activities. It is also an area that engages many employees. We could be better at highlighting ongoing work but also at allowing more scope to discuss and draw attention to issues concerning academic freedom. During the autumn, the Ethics Advisory Board was given a new remit and has been renamed the Council for Ethics and Academic Freedom. Las

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/increased-focus-academic-freedom - 2025-12-12

Using a torch, a camera, a water bottle and pieces of Lego, Emanuel Larsson built a scanner now used as a prototype to develop future beamlines at ESS. It was late on a Friday evening in December three years ago that Emanuel Larsson, a postdoc in solid mechanics, started constructing a tomography scanner out of objects he found in his kitchen at home. ‟At the time, the aim was to be able to explai

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/home-built-scanner-helps-construct-beamline-ess - 2025-12-12