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The government has instructed public authorities, including Lund University, to save as much energy as is possible and reasonable over the short term. We have also been tasked with reducing electricity consumption at peak times. The aim is to try and limit electricity price rises ahead of the coming winter. Between October 2022 and April 2023, the University must submit a report every month on the
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/save-energy - 2025-11-01
Many employees have been experiencing problems with their email recently. Ola Dahlbäck from LDC answers questions about what the cause could be. Why have there been so many issues with email in the last few weeks? There have been three significant incidents in the last few weeks. The first two involved disruptions to the server for employees during planned upgrades where we noticed that employee e
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/are-you-having-problems-email - 2025-11-01
Johanna Sandahl started her position as the University’s new communications director on 28 September. She has been part of the organisation before but comes most recently from a position in the City of Malmö. Johanna Sandahl worked for many years as a communications director and communications officer at the Faculty of Medicine. She knows parts of the organisation well and many members of staff ar
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-communications-director-lund-university - 2025-11-01
In the past week, several reports of the human rights protests in Iran have reached the wider world. Lund University has also been touched by these protests, which have spread and are now visible in the West, on the streets, in social media and the European Parliament, for example. Lund University stands up for and safeguards democracy, freedom of opinion, respect for everyone’s equal value, and h
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-can-provide-knowledge-when-human-rights-are-violated - 2025-11-01
Join Lund Visualization Week arranged by InfraVis and explore data visualization opportunities in a variety of research areas, from natural sciences to humanities. Visualization of single-cell gene expression, identification of environmental disasters through visualization, using visualization to understand the relation between language use and motion as well as visualization with Blender and Para
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-visualization-week - 2025-11-01
By supporting ideas at an early stage, research can contribute to a positive change in society. The first of three different financial supports within LU's newly established 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 a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-funds-first-call-open-funding-projects-potential-make-difference - 2025-11-01
The strategic research areas (SRAS) host half-day workshops that discuss sustainability across research environments at Lund University. After nine engaging workshops, three more workshops are planned on topics of equality in research environments, research impact of multidisciplinary collaborations, and writing policy briefs. “Not everyone sees their research as relevant to sustainability,” says
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sra-workshops-sustainability-continue-fall - 2025-11-01
The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers at Lund University are now invited to apply for Themes and Advanced Study Groups, starting in 2024. Theme applications A Theme must be innovative in nature and revolve around a research issue which can best be solved through knowledge from several disciplines in coll
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-applications-pufendorf-ias-are-now-open - 2025-11-01
This fall and winter Skissernas Museum present a selection of the more than 500 works of art by 350 artists that Public Art Agency Sweden acquired in 2021 in support of the Swedish art world during the pandemic. Skissernas Museum invites all employees at the university to a lunch showing. The Corona Collection includes works of art by artists of different generations and diverse backgrounds from t
On 15 November, the University marks Philanthropy Day! As part of the occasion, the University wishes to extend a warm thank you to all who actively show interest and support our operations. Philanthropy Day is a day when people across the globe highlight the importance of philanthropy for our society. Philanthropy and donations have an increasingly significant role for universities in Sweden, and
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/philanthropy-day-celebrated-15-november - 2025-11-01
Digital tools and teaching are the focus of a new unit aimed at coordinating and developing assistance, support and training for learning environments – digital as well as campus-based. The unit is a permanent continuation of the project Teaching and Learning online. The unit’s director is Bo-Anders Jönsson. Today’s students have good digital skills and expect a seamless education, in which the ph
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-central-unit-teaching-support-now-place - 2025-11-01
Since April, the second part of a sustainable mobility project, which is to examine all staff and students’ travel habits to and from campus, has been underway. The aim of the project is to reduce the negative impact of our travel to and from work/studies on sustainability and the environment. Lund University currently has around 8,000 employees and 46,000 students, which means a lot of people tra
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-do-you-get-work - 2025-11-01
Do you have an idea for a course aimed at professionals? The newly established EduLab is a place where you can evaluate it and get help to make it reality. At EduLab, you may test your idea if, for example, there is not sufficient funding in your home department, or if collaboration across department and faculty boundaries is making things tricky. For the most part, the University has already esta
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/edulab-experimental-platform-testbed-new-courses - 2025-11-01
Lund University and the employee organisations have agreed that the salaries of the University’s doctoral students will increase by 800 SEK per month (for full-time employment) on 1 October 2022. It is still unclear when the salary increase will start being paid.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-salary-increase-doctoral-students-has-now-been-decided - 2025-11-01
There is a lot in the news about inflation at the moment and there have been some questions about how inflation will affect the University’s salary review. The current rate of inflation in Sweden will have no direct impact on this autumn’s salary review. The reason is that inflation is not a salary-setting parameter and has no bearing on why the University, as an employer, pays wages or decides to
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inflation-will-not-affect-autumns-salary-review - 2025-11-01
Get inspiration from your LU colleagues at the Lund University conference on teaching and learning, LUTL-2022! Register on the conference webpage no later than 1 November. The conference takes place on Thursday 17 November 2022 and is open to all employees at Lund University who are interested and engaged in teaching and educational development. LUTL is a forum for dialogue, inspiration and critic
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dont-miss-lund-university-conference-teaching-and-learning-lutl-2022 - 2025-11-01
A digital meeting in which Lund researchers who are active on social media will share their insights and tips. For many researchers, social media is an opportunity to interact with wider society, from colleagues in the research community and other experts to politicians, journalists and decision-makers. However, approaches to, and benefits from, a social media presence vary. At this digital lunch
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-social-media-share-their-experiences-and-tips-23-november - 2025-11-01
The Lund University MOOCs are open to anyone with an interest, regardless of previous experience. The courses are free of charge and are taught in English. Please note that you cannot include a MOOC as a part of a degree or receive university credits for it. - Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches (NEW) - Greening the Economy: Circular Economy – Sustainable Materials Mana
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/moocs-digital-courses-about-sustainability - 2025-11-01
I and many others are ambivalent when it comes to the ranking of the world’s universities. But Lund University has made the ranking lists and that does have an impact, at the very least for international marketing purposes. We must be active, rather than passive, in relation to the ranking bodies. Small margins can make a university climb or tumble down the lists, so there is a need to be modest w
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-moving-forward-grants-innovations-and-top-ranking - 2025-11-01
The Research Board’s working group for research infrastructure has now decided who will receive money from the university-wide investments in support for local research infrastructure in 2022. Of the 21 applications received, the majority were from the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. Only one application ‒ from the Humanities Lab ‒ was made from the oth
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eleven-research-infrastructures-share-sek-20-million - 2025-11-01
