Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson Many of us have worked more remotely during the pandemic than we ever dreamed of doing. Informatics researcher Saonee Sarker has been studying IT-enabled collaboration and its impact on work-life balance for many years, but mainly with a focus on the IT sector. Today, she sees how that industry's digital settings has moved to encompass us all. The bookshelves in Saon

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hybrid-workplace-future - 2025-08-27

Lund University has set aside up to SEK 100 million for a university-wide investment in excellence at Lund University with a focus on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development for the period 2021-2025. Within the framework of this program, the Research Board has previously announced funding for interdisciplinary projects in the spring of 2021. The open call engaged widely and a large number of resea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-call-applications-funding-projects-focusing-agenda-2030-and-sustainable-development - 2025-08-27

Swedish higher education institutions have recently highlighted several problems concerning international students and researchers and their opportunities to enter, stay and work in Sweden. This is not only a considerable concern for individuals, but also affects higher education institutions’ competitiveness and ultimately that of Sweden. I have previously written in the blog about amendments to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-initiatives-remove-obstacles-international-researchers - 2025-08-27

From the Vice-chancellor blog: Free and creative thoughts that can be turned into words or other expressions are the basis of a democratic society. Free and creative thoughts are also the preconditions for renewal. These are my words from a previous blog and after last week’s dark events, when Russia invaded Ukraine, it has become even more important to stress this. We now have an ongoing war in E

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ukraines-cause-ours-freedom-and-democracy-are-fragile - 2025-08-27

The aim of annual leave is to give employees leisure time for rest and recreation; the main principle is therefore that annual leave is to be taken as holiday time. Already early on in the year, annual leave needs to be planned on the basis of the manager’s responsibility for ensuring the function of the organisational unit, and the wishes of the employees. Pursuant to the Annual Leave Act, an emp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/useful-information-about-annual-leave - 2025-08-27

The University is growing and developing, which entails the need for changes of campus. At the moment, around 35% of the University’s premises are under refurbishment, planning or reconstruction. As this brings major changes affecting the entire University, the work on campus development needs to be reinforced. A campus development office, with responsibility for campus development issues and incl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-establishes-campus-development-office - 2025-08-27

During 2021, Lund University made several major investments in sustainability, in research, education, external engagement and its own organisation. Everything from solar cells on the roofs to new doctoral students and postdocs focused on Agenda 2030. Lund University’s sustainability work is now presented in an annual summary. Knowledge about the path to a sustainable society is needed now more th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ambitious-plans-and-new-initiatives-sustainable-development - 2025-08-27

Today, Lund University celebrates its annual academic ceremony to mark the University’s inauguration in 1668. The University was founded in an era of repeated wars between Sweden and Denmark. Nowadays, we live in peace and freedom with our neighbour. Today, on 4 March 2022, when we celebrate the annual academic ceremony, Lund University will raise the flag for Ukraine. It is a demonstration of sup

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-celebrate-our-annual-academic-ceremony-and-raise-flag-ukraine-and-freedom-and-democracy - 2025-08-27

On Friday the 4 March, the university's anniversary was celebrated. Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström began with a speech on the current world situation: Honoured emeriti vice-chancellors, honoured deans, students, colleagues and guests, In the foreword to the annual academic ceremony programme, you will see a summary of what this speech was intended to be about. Today, after a dark week that will cha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/speech-annual-academic-ceremony-4-march-2022 - 2025-08-27

From the vice-chancellor blog: Intensive work is being carried out on how we can open doors for Ukraine at the EU and national levels and at Lund University. Here, we are looking at all possibilities to enable us to take in students, academics and researchers who need to leave their country or will need to study or conduct research in their homeland in the future. We are working according to short

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/war-ukraine-affects-and-concerns-us-all-working-free-academia-and-democracy-more-important-ever - 2025-08-27

Each spring, the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology host two days of public lectures presented by our very own researchers, in our very own buildings. All events are free of charge and open to the public. The Humanities and Theology days are filled with presentations and lectures, where researchers from all of the Faculties’ departments present current projects to the public in a fun and e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/humanities-and-theology-days-8-9-april - 2025-08-27

To help you develop your academic English, the English Unit at the Centre for Language and Literature can again offer the popular course in “Written English for Scholarly Publication” (WESP). Your research deserves to be communicated efficiently, effectively, correctly, and with variation. It’s not only a matter of honour; it’s a matter of merit and competitiveness. The course is open for all acad

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/course-written-english-scholarly-publication - 2025-08-27

If you were on leave with parental or sickness benefit during the salary review period, you can get compensation. If you were on leave with parental or sickness benefit during the salary review period, an agreement is in place between Lund University and the employee organisations Saco-S, OFR and SEKO which, under certain circumstances, allows for compensation to cover the difference between the p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/compensation-staff-parental-leave-or-sick-leave-when-salary-review-conducted - 2025-08-27

During this semester activities for both doctoral students and postdocs, from all faculties, continues to be offered. Take the change to meet your colleagues from all over the university and explore and develop your career path, inside or outside academia. Among the activities you can find a lunch seminar on research output and innovation, a workshop on time management, as well as get an insight i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/joint-career-development-academic-staff - 2025-08-27

Now, a second call for applications is being launched for projects with postdoctoral and associate senior lectureship positions. Deadline for pre-registration is 16th of September. Lund University is allocating up to SEK 100 million to a university-wide initiative for excellence at Lund University focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. One part of this sum has been used for a new inv

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-projects-focusing-agenda-2030-and-sustainable-development - 2025-08-27

The Disciplinary Board, of which I am the chair and Pro Vice-Chancellor Jimmie Kristensson is deputy chair, has had a tough schedule over the past year with many cases and frequent meetings. However, it now seems that we are finally catching up and can shorten the time it takes to process cases, as well as waiting times for reported students. Jimmie and I have begun to look further ahead and have

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-effective-management-and-prevention-disciplinary-cases - 2025-08-27

If you have been a government employee for at least 30 years (25 if retiring) and have not yet been a recipient, you are welcome to register and select the form of gift you wish to receive. The award consists of either a wristwatch, two different crystal glass bowls, two different pieces of art glassware or a medal. The wristwatch is a men’s or women’s model in gold. The medal is minted in gold. Y

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-approaching-presentation-award-long-and-devoted-public-service-nor - 2025-08-27

Lund University has installed 24 new charging points placed in the parking areas outside Kemicentrum, Geocentre 2 and the Department of Electrical and Information Technology. In order to charge your car, you must first pay the relevant parking fee. The price for charging your car does not replace the parking fee. Read more about parking fees here. To charge your car, you need to download the Mer C

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/24-new-charging-posts-and-running - 2025-08-27

In 2019, the University established a project for open science. The project has resulted in a report and now it is up to us at the University to discuss how to move forward with the proposals. The project’s goal was, among other things, to “investigate different options for how LU could structure its work on open science.” How we approach open science depends primarily on what we want to achieve,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-needs-take-holistic-approach-open-science - 2025-08-27

Last week, for the first time ever, the Education Board and the Research Board held a joint workshop. The theme for the workshop was how to intertwine research and education and the goal was to create a clearer overall picture of what issues need to be discussed and dealt with. Pro Vice-Chancellor Per Mickwitz and I initiated the workshop in our capacities as chair of the Research Board and chair

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-and-education-should-be-more-intertwined - 2025-08-27