The Pufendorf theme DigiJustice has now completed its first semester. Two theme members and researchers from the Department of Informatics share their experiences with the theme so far. Miranda Kajtazi, Associate professor in informatics, is co-leading the current Pufendorf theme DigiJustice along with Professor in human rights studies Lena Halldenius. The Department of Informatics is also represe

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/autumn-digijustice-informatics-perspective - 2025-08-25

Annika Nyman is a playwright and teaches dramatic writing at Malmö Theatre Academy. Photo: Jenny Leyman What happens when people meet? How do they interact? How do they react? Annika Nyman, lecturer at Malmö Theatre Academy, regards helping students to understand these things as the most important aspect of her teaching duties. Inside the Malmö Theatre Academy’s premises on Bergsgatan in Malmö, a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flair-dramatic - 2025-08-26

Anne L'Huillier participates in a couple of Nobel-related events every week. Both in Sweden and abroad. Photo: Jenny Leyman Her diary is full for the rest of the year, and new invitations to events around the globe pour in every day. Receiving the Nobel Prize does not just mean a gala dinner with the King, it also means a different everyday life. “It almost feels like I’ve got a new job,” says Ann

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-having-new-job - 2025-08-26

31 percent of the professors at Lund University are women. Photo: Gunnar Menander Evaluate employees’ performance differently – it could be a route to achieving a more gender equal university. This according to Rebecca Selberg, associate professor of gender studies. “A better, more holistic perspective on career development is needed,” she says. It is clear that a lot has happened in the area of g

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rethink-employee-performance-and-improve-gender-equality - 2025-08-26

Laura Cox and Haro de Grauw work together at the Lund doctoral student union. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Sexual harassment, mental health issues, racism and non-European doctoral students engaged in uphill struggles with the Swedish Migration Agency to be allowed to remain in Sweden. These are examples of the sorts of things that Haro de Grauw has been faced with since becoming doctoral studen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ombudsman-rescue - 2025-08-26

Sanimir Reisc, the dean of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts. Photo: Kennet Ruona In five years’ time, the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts will move into Kockums’ old industrial premises in Varvsstaden in Malmö. Inside the gigantic machine hall, soil remediation is underway. Toxins and oils have to be cleaned up before the construction work can start. Things are moving fast for Sanimir R

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/move-means-change-faculty - 2025-08-25

Opera AI Kaidan. Photo: Chris Scott, Operactive Arts At the intersection of aesthetics and economy, the Centre for Aesthetics and Business Creativity (ABC) is transforming innovation by making aesthetics, economic and technology conversant in an organisational context. We spoke with postdoctoral researchers Alexandra Huang-Kokina and Robin Porsfelt, two new voices helping to shape the Centre's amb

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/where-art-meets-innovation-inside-abc-centre - 2025-08-25

Central Asian migrant worker at a construction site in Russia. Photo: Rustam Urinboyev The economic sanctions against Russian following the invasion of Ukraine are having spillover effects in Central Asia. With the prospect of economic and social strain forcing Russian employers to lay off migrant workers, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are preparing to receive high numbers of newly unempl

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/central-asian-migrant-workers-risk-mass-unemployment - 2025-08-25

Marjolein Thunissen. Photo Kennet Ruona Following criticism from the Swedish Research Council for delays and unclear leadership at MAX IV, the organisation is now headed in the right direction. Efficiency has increased through stricter deadlines, clearer priorities among the projects and increased clarity in the decision chains. “We are on the right path and managers and team leaders are taking fu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-sees-light-end-tunnel - 2025-08-25

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Jason Diakité. Photo: Jenny Leyman The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2025-08-26

"When our usual methods of relaxing become a way to compete for social status, those activities then become exhausting instead.There is no rest for the body and soul. This is something that I think needs to be discussed more, says Carys Egan-Wyer. What kind of an image of yourself do you present on social media? And why? Carys Egan-Wyer, researcher in Consumer Culture, believes that in some ways l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leisure-time-ordeal-enjoy - 2025-08-25

The dream of treating diseases based on each individual’s unique genetic makeup is getting closer to realisation – and lipid nanoparticles play a crucial role. They can carry customised RNA treatments to the interior of cells. Ill: David S. Goodsell When the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020, the mRNA vaccines came to the rescue of many people – but in the background there was anoth

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/tiny-fatty-and-vital-meet-medicine-courier-future - 2025-08-25

Louise Brunkwall likes to add red lentils to make casseroles go further. Photo: Kennet Ruona There are delicious smells emanating from the kitchen at the Malmö apartment of nutrition physiologist, Louise Brunkwall. Today, she is making pasta and vegetable sauce for lunch. A clean up before the interview with LUM means she can no longer find anything in the kitchen cupboards:  “Usually there is alw

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/help-your-body-outwit-reptile-brain - 2025-08-25

The research quality evaluation, RQ20, is now in full swing. The evaluation-fatigue that project leaders Freddy Ståhlberg and Mats Benner expected to see among their university colleagues has not materialised. “We have encountered a strong engagement and interest!” The 200 or so external advisors for the 32 panels are appointed and the 156 research environments are organised. In January, the self-

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strong-engagement-rq20 - 2025-08-25

Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas travels a lot – from Lund, Helsinki and to different countries in Africa. Photo: Kennet Ruona Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas thinks that Scandinavians can be a little self-righteous. He says that he has become who he is in great part thanks to his research in Africa – there he learnt what he knows about compassion.  Over nearly thirty years, he first carried out missiona

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-has-given-me-more-i-could-ever-give-back - 2025-08-25

Students’ clinical training at the women’s clinic in Malmö. Photo:Kennet Ruona There is a noticeably nervous atmosphere in the small examination room at the women's clinic. Medical students Caroline Hellsten, Joakim Öhman and Rasmus Hagberg are about to carry out a gynaecological examination for the first time during their studies. However, Marina Larsson Silly, who is today's 'professional patien

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-patient-guides-way-medical-students - 2025-08-25

Illustration: Agsandrew/Shutterstock The quest to control the remarkable phenomena of quantum physics is ongoing around the world. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is making the subject even hotter. Lund University is also involved in exploring the unknown – and at times mind-boggling – perspectives of quantum states. Mathieu Gisselbrecht, senior lecturer in Physics, leads the way down the basem

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researching-another-reality - 2025-08-26

Emma Kritzberg travelled for five days return to participate at a job meeting on Mallorca. Photo: Johan Persson Emma Kritzberg took the train to a meeting on Mallorca. A journey that took 54 hours and cost double what it would have to fly a couple of hours to the Mediterranean island. Yet, flying was never an option. She has not flown once for work or privately in the last six years, a conscious d

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/54-hours-one-way-join-job-meeting-mallorca - 2025-08-26