Lund University is close to fall out of top 100 on the three really important ranking lists. Lund University has been sliding down the lists of the three main university ranking organisations for several years. Today, we make only one of the top 100 lists, and even then with a mere five places above the 100 cut-off. Daniel J. Guhr is an expert on the importance of these rankings and knows what the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/consultants-warning-major-consequences-falling-outside-top-100 - 2025-08-26

Do you feel a little bit lost? Cryptic acronyms and unfamiliar faces? You as a new employee at Lund University is most welcome to take part in the Welcome Day on May 9th. During the day you’ll get an insight into the university’s role in society, how your new work place is organised and where you can find relevant information. Some of the research is presented, and you’re invited on a journey thro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-work-welcome-day-you - 2025-08-26

The conference gathers world-leading researchers and practitioners in the field of place branding who are experts in the branding of states, countries, destinations, and cities. The theme of this year's conference is "Place Branding in Crisis and Uncertainty". Welcome to join the conference and discuss this and other exciting themes related to place branding. Deadline for all submissions is May 5,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-will-host-7th-annual-conference-international-place-branding-conference-ipba-18-20 - 2025-08-26

Welcome to a seminar on leadership and communication in a multicultural academy. Research supervisors are expected to be able to supervise doctoral students and junior researchers academically. The role of a supervisor includes being able to lead professional and learning conversations both with junior co-workers individually and in groups. This is an important task which sometimes can be challeng

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/art-leadership-and-communication-multicultural-academy - 2025-08-26

The work on acquisition of educational qualifications has made good progress and you can follow developments via a new blog. A working group has produced support for teaching staff for how the topical AI tool ChatGPT can be handled, and you can now access their advice and tips. Rachel Forsyth and Lena Christensen have been working on an extensive and important project since the autumn concerning t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/acquisition-educational-qualifications-and-ai-teaching - 2025-08-26

Lund University and the City of Lund are the joint organisers of Sustainability Week 17-22 April. This will be the seventh Sustainability Week and, as previously, there is a rich and varied programme featuring over 60 events. Lund University or, more specifically, teaching staff, researchers and students from the University, are behind more than 40 of the events. The arrangers come from all the fa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-opportunity-learn-about-and-discuss-sustainability-management - 2025-08-26

Medvetenskapens Hus is a cross-faculty initiative that aims to accommodate creative meetings between science and human science. The activities are to be based on the complex issues of our time which in a natural way affect all faculties and subject areas. Medvetenskapens Hus highlights the importance of insights above the formation of opinions and creates conditions for joint creation of knowledge

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/medvetenskapens-hus-interdisciplinary-focus-human-science - 2025-08-26

During the spring, a preliminary study is being conducted with the aim of enhancing professional development and career paths for technical and administrative (TA) staff at the University. The preliminary study is to map the current situation: the development opportunities that exist, the rate of staff turnover etc. The work is to lead to concrete proposals for how LU can structure long-term work

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-and-career-development-technical-and-administrative-staff-preliminary-study-underway - 2025-08-26

The Agenda 2030 Graduate School was initiated at Lund University in 2018 as an interdisciplinary research initiative to address today's societal challenges, focusing on the UN's global goals for sustainable development. Now, Soo-hyun Lee is the first of the doctoral students of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School to defend his thesis. He also belongs to the Faculty of Law and has been interested in la

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/soo-hyun-lee-was-first-defend-among-phd-students-agenda-2030-graduate-school - 2025-08-26

The trays are part of the newly arrived items that are now available in the University store. The University store have a wide selection of great tings availably, such as Latte glasses in 2-packs with 2-colour LU logo, multifunctional hand-cranked local radio, scented candles with magnolia, anti-stress dice with decision support and much more. Universitetsbutiken vid Lunds universitet (intern buti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/newly-arrived-university-store-magnolia-trays - 2025-08-26

Representatives from all the partner universities meet once a year in conjunction with the alliance’s Annual Summit. This year we are the hosts – the meeting will be held in Lund 13-14 June, with an extra day on 12 June to enable meetings for the project’s various working groups. Our European university collaboration, EUGLOH (European University Alliance for Global Health), continues to develop. A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-host-eugloh-annual-summit-13-14-june - 2025-08-26

On 28 April, we will be highlighting Work Environment Day. We create our work environment together and everyone’s engagement is needed to create a safe and good work environment. On that particular day, it is perhaps especially important to recognise our health and safety representatives. They are elected and have a very important role in preventive work environment management with high expectatio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/work-environment-day-28-april-day-entire-university - 2025-08-26

Photo of last year's ceremony with procession. Phot Kennet Ruona. It is now time for Lund’s University’s traditional celebrations in Lundagård to mark 30 April and 1 May. In keeping with tradition, there will be the donning of student caps on 30 April and on 1 May you can attend the students' May Day speech to the Vice-Chancellor and hear the Lund Student Singers welcome the spring in song. The do

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/its-time-celebrate-spring-lundagard - 2025-08-26

A new compilation containing statistics on the status of gender equality at Lund University has been presented. It shows that regarding professors, women are still in the minority at 31% (December 2022). If you compare gender regarding professors, women are still in the minority at 31% (December 2022), although the percentage of women has increased by 7% over 10 years. The percentage of newly recr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-compilation-over-gender-equality-presented - 2025-08-26

Browse through LU’s broad range of courses. The Professional Development Portal (Kompetensportalen) brings together a wide range of internal courses for staff, managers and leaders. Use your Lucat ID to log in and register for courses.    Log in to the Professional Development Portal

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-development-within-easy-reach - 2025-08-26

Lund University saved the most energy among Sweden’s higher education institutions. During the autumn and spring, we succeeded in reducing our energy consumption by 1.9 million kWh from October 2022 to March 2023 compared to the same period the previous year. Through a combination of rapid measures, long-term work and successful cooperation with Lund University, Akademiska Hus can now report a rec

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-saved-record-amount-energy - 2025-08-26

By supporting ideas at an early stage, research can contribute to a positive change in society. The second financial supports within LU's Sustainability Fund is now open for applications. Through the Sustainability Fund's Sustainable Idea Exploration, you get the opportunity to explore the innovative potential of your sustainability-related research project at an early stage. Apply for up to SEK 1

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-funds-call-open-funding-projects-potential-make-difference - 2025-08-26

Thanks to the fact that so many employees (95 percent) registered their salary account in Swedbank's account register already at the beginning of April, Swedbank has had the opportunity to carry out important tests before the salary payment on 25 May. If you have not yet registered a salary account, you now have until 15 May to registe If you have not yet registered a salary account, you now have

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/have-you-not-had-time-register-your-salary-account-swedbank - 2025-08-26

"Listen to the scientists”, says Greta Thunberg. But what happens if that's just not enough? Climate researchers are facing a dilemma: should they let their work speak for itself, or must they take to the barricades? Does activism among scientists impact the credibility of their results? Some people claim that civil disobedience among researchers brings much needed attention to the climate emergen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/debatt-i-lund-publish-or-protest-should-climate-scientists-be-activists - 2025-08-26

Photo of Ingrid Petersson. Photographer: Elisabeth Ohlson. On 27 April, the Government decided that Ingrid Petersson will be the new Chairperson of Lund University. She has had a long career in the public sector and on boards and among other roles has been Director General of the Formas research council (2013-2022). Ingrid Petersson took up the position on 1 May 2023. “Lund University is a strong

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ingrid-petersson-new-chairperson-lund-university - 2025-08-26