View of Kyiv – a few years before the capital, Odessa, Kharkiv and Mariupol woke up to dawn attacks. Photo: Tetiana Shevereva/Unsplash Early in the morning there was the sound of explosions and the sky lit up. Since 24 February 2022, Lund University has stood in solidarity with Ukraine’s universities. Are there lessons to be learned from the period when Kiev’s largest university had to rapidly ada

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lessons-ukraine-running-university-while-war-rages - 2025-08-28

On Saturday 6 May, Lund's inner city was filled with 6255 runners who ran (or walked) Lundaloppet. Many of the participants were employees from the university, almost 792 people were participating, which meant that we made up a large part of the race. See your colleagues' results and pictures from the day. The winner of the entire Lundaloppet race was a LU's representative, Nicolas Fiessinger. He

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/794-employees-participated-lundaloppet-see-their-results - 2025-08-28

The Horisont grant is meant to support foundational research across all scientific fields and disciplines to find novel theoretical or practical solutions to important problems in science and society in the widest sense, including challenging methodological problem. The grant supports attempts to find paths into unknown terrain but also to enrich and deepen established fields. Last day for applica

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/open-call-research-grant-horisont-horizon - 2025-08-28

The LU Glossary, which provides a Swedish-English and English-Swedish glossary of commonly used terms relating to Lund University, is now available on the Staff Pages. Previously only available on the Academic Writing in English at Lund University (AWELU) website of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, the LU Glossary is intended primarily as a source for looking up the British English

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-glossary-moves-staff-pages - 2025-08-28

The telephony system will implement changes on May 24 starting at 18:00 to ensure operation and functionality. The impact is that for about 1 hour phone calls will be unavailable. This applies to incoming and outgoing calls via desk telephones as well as those who have a mobile phone with a LU-number extension connected (MEX) Mobile data traffic will not be affected. At Driftinfo, we will announce

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/planned-system-change-telephone-system-24-may - 2025-08-28

EUGLOH stands for European University Alliance for Global Health and is a partnership between 9 European universities*. To further develop relations within the alliance, an annual summit is held each year. This year the meeting will be held at Lund University and takes place between 13-14 June. We welcome staff, students, and PhD candidates from Lund University to participate. The annual meeting i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eugloh-annual-summit-2023-held-lund-13-14-june - 2025-08-28

AI generated image of a methods workshop by Gencraft. The LU Faculty of Social Sciences will offer five Autumn Workshops in Methods and Methodologies this year. These are for teachers, researchers, and PhD candidates from all fields and faculties who desire to continue to broaden and deepen their knowledge of research methods. You may sign up for more than one workshop: their schedules do not conf

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autumn-methods-workshops-2023 - 2025-08-28

Our work on Global Dynamic Engagement this year has shown us that in many ways, the University already has an impressive track record of global engagement. At the same time, our international impact is wavering, especially in relation to the number of citations of our publications in top-ranked journals. This development, which we share with many other universities, is worrying as it can make the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/measures-increased-international-impact - 2025-08-28

Do you teach at Lund University and want to further develop your teaching? Applications for the autumn training in teaching and learning in higher education are now open. The registration deadline is 8 June 2023. Applications for the autumn training in teaching and learning in higher education are now open. They are aimed at members of staff who teach at Lund University and want the opportunity to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-autumn-training-teaching-and-learning-higher-education-courses - 2025-08-28

The university-wide presentation material for 2023 is now available with current facts and figures about Lund University. The package includes: Profile texts. Facts and figures about LU in three different text lengths for use on websites, social media, vacancy announcements etc, which briefly describe the University. Presentations in PowerPoint. Comprehensive PowerPoints with facts and figures. Us

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-wide-presentation-material-2023 - 2025-08-28

Foto: Kennet Ruona Every year since 2019, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) collates a top 100 list of current research projects that have the potential to deliver benefit. This year, thirteen research projects from Lund University have made the list. Lund has the most projects of all the universities. “Three of Lund University’s watchwords are innovative, digital and sustain

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/thirteen-lund-projects-prestigious-list - 2025-08-28

A tSNE and UMAP of cells from the aging brain colored by the expression of Gja1. Are you a researcher at a Swedish university with research data that you think can be analyzed and visualized in ways that are beyond your current resources? InfraVis calls for applications for in-depth visualization support for research projects! Use this chance and receive up to six months of technical and consultin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/infravis-call-apply-depth-visualization-support-research-projects-2023 - 2025-08-28

As of 1 July, employees no longer need to submit original paper receipts to the HR Division when applying for reimbursement for health promotion, medication and healthcare. It is sufficient to enclose digital original receipts when registering an application in Primula. The employee needs to be able to show the original receipt for three months after the application has been approved in Primula. M

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/digital-handling-receipts-reimbursement-health-promotion-medication-and-healthcare - 2025-08-28

Would you like to prepare yourself for the active learning classroom? Wouldn’t it be great to spend two days with Larry Michaelsen, the creator of Team Based Learning (TBL) to thrive in the active learning environment? Take the unique opportunity to take part in the workshops. The workshops are designed to cater to different levels of familiarity with TBL, so whether you are a beginner or already

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/take-chance-change-your-teaching-and-build-what-we-have-meet-creator-team-based-learning - 2025-08-28

The Unit for Educational Services offers a broad range of support for teaching staff who want to use digital tools as part of their educational approach in teaching. At the Unit for Educational Services, digital tool specialists, education experts and administrators work together to promote the use of innovative techniques in teaching. They are ready and willing to help you and your work team to u

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/learning-digital-world - 2025-08-28

The total sick leave among government employees increased to 4.1 per cent last year, reports the ST trade union’s magazine, Publikt*. Lund University has the lowest sick leave among the ten largest government employers with 2.6 per cent. “It’s naturally very pleasing to see that our sick leave is low compared with other large public authorities. However, we know that generally higher education ins

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/national-comparison-shows-lund-university-has-lowest-sick-leave - 2025-08-28

Photos from the procession at the ceremony 2023. The doctoral degree conferment ceremony – the University’s most important academic celebration – took place on 26 May. Participating in the ceremony were 268 new doctors, who received their laurel wreaths or hats, 17 new honorary doctors and 21 new jubilee doctors. On May 26, there was bright sunshine when the 268 doctors walked in procession from t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/annual-doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremony-26-may-celebrated-268-new-doctors - 2025-08-28

Summer, sun and annual leave! Read through the tips below, so that you will be able to wind down properly during your time off. Some weeks before your vacations Apply for your annual leave into Primula (don't applies for teachers) Submit outstanding travel expense reports Primula Take the opportunity to register your documents before the summer holidays so that your colleagues can easily find them

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-bear-mind-summer - 2025-08-28

The Lund University working group on AI tools has now reported and made some recommendations about the use of Generative AI tools in teaching, learning, and assessment. These webinars give you a chance to hear about the recommendations and ask questions relating to your own courses. The webinars will cover the same material, so you only need to attend once, unless you find you have more questions,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/handling-impact-ai-tools-lu-working-group-recommendations - 2025-08-28

It will now be easier to take the train in Europe for your business travel needs. This means that we can further reduce the climate impact of our business travel. As of 1 June 2023, you are to book all rail travel in Europe via the Danish rail travel agency, Togrejse. However, all air travel, airport transfers, rail travel connected with air travel and domestic rail travel are booked as previously

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/easier-book-rail-travel-europe - 2025-08-28