Narcissism, psychopathy and machiavellianism are personality traits that often lead to major social problems in the workplace. Magnus Lindén has researched “the dark triad” – dark personality traits that can nevertheless lead to success and management positions. Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson “People with dark traits often cause major relationship problems in the workplace. It’s arsehole-like beha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dark-personalities-how-handle-arsehole-work - 2025-09-01

Fifty per cent of all pregnant women in need of a C-section are unable to get one. Most people around the world still do not have access to safe surgery, resulting in millions of deaths and disabilities each year. As a paediatric surgeon, Lars Hagander wanted to find ways to help, and has travelled the world to perform surgery. But, of course, this is not enough. A major change is needed. Seibatu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lack-surgeons-threat-global-health - 2025-09-01

A night at the opera is associated with reverential listening and a formally dressed audience. But during an opera improvisation, a performance emerges organically. The audience may contribute with their thoughts and ideas before it starts. Sara Wilén Photo:Kennet Ruona Sara Wilén is Sweden’s – and probably the world’s – first doctor of opera improvisation, or more accurately, doctor of music, sp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctor-opera-improvisation - 2025-09-01

Colleagues who assume responsibility for the big picture at their workplace nurture the leadership culture that Torbjörn von Schantz wants to see at his University. The heads of department, managers and deans of the future need to consider what is best for the University as a whole in addition to their own area. Torbjörn von Schantz, vice-chancellor. Photo: Gunnar Menander “We are not there yet, b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leaders-future-should-assume-responsibility-university-whole - 2025-09-01

Comics for adults are no longer a subculture for comic book nerds but an established art form. Nina Ernst is the first literary scholar to study autobiographical comics that often address issues of vulnerability and difficult subjects. Nina Ernst Photo Kennet Ruona “The limited space and the immediacy of the images make this media more intense and poignant. It speaks to a person’s emotions just li

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autobiographical-comics-addressing-difficult-subjects - 2025-09-01

At what age are you considered old at work? Are you old when you are 48? Why do some people seem as if they never to want to retire, while others would not dream of working beyond 65? Kerstin Nilsson’s research concerns what makes us thrive at work and the factors that affect how long we are able, or want, to continue working. Retiring is a major life decision. It means going from one stage of lif

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/48-considered-old-work - 2025-09-01

Giving yourself a pat on the back rather than thinking that you should have performed better – self-compassion is about being as friendly and kind to yourself as you would be to a close friend or colleague. Anna Pardo. Photo: Kennet Ruona Anna Pardo is a psychologist, registered psychotherapist and psychotherapy supervisor at the Department of Psychology. She has extensive experience of supervisin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/silence-your-inner-critic-its-stressful-will-not-improve-your-performance - 2025-09-01

Foto:Mostphotos Are people generally trustworthy? Yes, say about two out of three Swedes. Nordic countries are ranked high in what we call interpersonal trust. In other countries, trust is not as obvious. What happens when these perspectives meet? Economist Andreas Bergh has studied the phenomenon more closely. In Sweden, we have access to healthcare and education regardless of what our parents ea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/trust-good-economy - 2025-09-01

In the wake of #metoo, thousands of women have dared to speak out about the sexual assaults and harassment they have been subjected to in the workplace. In the case of academics, this has been channelled through the call to action, “Akademiuppropet”, which started on Facebook. Lena Lindell is human resources consultant at the University’s central administration. How big is the problem at LU? Lena

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-scale-sexual-harassment-lu - 2025-09-01

Curiosity, openness and compassion are words to live by for Sylvia Schwaag Serger, who will become the new deputy vice-chancellor as of next year. She believes that we all have a civic duty to be proactive but must also be aware that we might, actually, be wrong. Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, new deputy vice-chancellor at Lund University. Sylvia Schwaag Serger currently works at Vinnova, as the director

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leaving-her-comfort-zone-lund-university - 2025-09-01

Two universities within 20 km of each other will become a reality next year when the higher education institution in Malmö will receive full university status. What this will mean for Lund is unclear. Will the university in Malmö be a complement or a competitor? In Lund, the feeling is cautiously optimistic. Huset Orkanen, Malmö Högskola (foto: Fiora M.C /Mostphotos) och universitetshuset i Lund (

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/complement-or-competitor - 2025-09-01

Petra Fransson is the first member of the Malmö Theatre Academy to obtain a PhD as a stage performer. The dilemma between the tough conditions for professional actors on the one hand, and the potential between the body and delivering lines on the other led her to her PhD project. “I started eight years ago, but I chose to study part-time while continuing to work as an actress”, she says. Petra Fra

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-actress-broaden-repertoire-artistic-doctoral-degree - 2025-09-01

Is there any underlying biological explanation for why men are responsible for such a large proportion of sexual assaults compared to women? Or, from a biological point of view, could women just as easily have been the ones to commit this type of harassment and assault, if the social and historical power structure were reversed? In the light of the #metoo movement’s many testimonies, LUM sat down

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biology-could-partially-explain-sexual-abuse-power - 2025-09-01

Swedish manhood enters into crisis at irregular intervals; the male role may now be about to change once again in the aftermath of the #metoo protest. Gender historian Emma Severinsson hopes that the boys of today will learn to show feelings – and gender scholar Jens Rydström adds that men need to get better at talking about problems. Despite Sweden’s ground-breaking role on paternal leave and gen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-male-roles-change-after-metoo - 2025-09-01

What does the origin of life on Earth have to do with malignant tumour cells? In an unusual research project, a geochemist and a tumour biologist have joined forces to explain the emergence of animals in a new way, thereby questioning one of the cornerstones of evolution. Geochemist Emma Hammarlund is excited to see what kind of response she and Sven Påhlman will get based on their conclusions. We

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/odd-pair-solves-evolutionary-riddle - 2025-09-01

“When I see the ideal father role today, I see a copy of the motherhood myth. I am concerned that men are about to end up where many women have been in relation to parenthood, never satisfied and always feeling that they should have done more”, says developmental psychologist Elia Psouni. Elia Psouni. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson “I think it was naïve to think that if men took on a larger part of the bu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gender-equal-dads-risk-falling-womens-trap - 2025-09-01

Today’s governance of Swedish higher education institutions is short-sighted, poorly coordinated and much too general and competitive. The separation of direct government funding between education and research has created unnatural boundaries and promoted a culture within academia that underestimates education in relation to research. Pam Fredman, former vice-chancellor at the University of Gothen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/combine-government-funding-research-and-education - 2025-09-01

Anette Agardh, professor of global health, has been appointed to lead a project to develop a knowledge platform and a plan for strengthening efforts to counteract sexual harassment at the University. She considers that sexual harassment is a complex issue. “Many aspects can be related to the occurrence of sexual harassment”, she says and refers, among other things, to the formal structures within

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/three-year-research-project-casts-light-sexual-harassment - 2025-09-01

More focus on the institutional environment and less on individual researchers in the assessment of research misconduct – and protection for whistle-blowers should be increased. These are some new points in the revised code of conduct for research integrity – points developed in a process led by Göran Hermerén. The EU Commission is now launching the code as a benchmark for those applying for fundi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/diminished-focus-scapegoats-scrutiny-entire-research-environment-0 - 2025-09-01

Economy packs of Danish meat and potato chips or venison and hand-picked lingonberries? The new Nordic green cuisine has become one of our most important marks of identity. Eating like a foodie – organic, ethical, modern and innovative food, is a way of acquiring status.  Sofia Ulver, Associate professor of marketing at the School of Economics and Management. Interior design was big in the 1990s.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-nordic-green-cuisine-has-become-mark-identity - 2025-09-01