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As an international mentor, you’ll welcome international students to Lund and Sweden. Bulid networks and create memoriesYou’ll gain:Meeting new peopleDevelop language and communication skillsAn experience that strengthens your CVApply by 11 November International mentor
https://www.student.lth.se/en/article/become-international-mentor-spring-2027 - 2026-10-21
Whether you work in a company facing a complex sustainability challenge, manage environmental issues at a municipality, or represent an organisation with a promising sustainable development idea that has stalled, Tiger Teams may be of interest to you. Tiger Teams is an initiative where interdisciplinary teams of PhD students collaborate intensively with societal actors for one week to tackle real-
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/tiger-teams-tackling-sustainability-challenges-together - 2026-10-21
How we feel about nature affects the gardening choices we make and how much those choices benefit pollinators. A new study from Lund University highlights this connection, particularly in the context of widespread urbanisation, which is reducing both green spaces and people’s contact with nature. The researchers also show that for pollinators in cities, gardens with plantings kept over many years
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/our-feelings-towards-nature-influence-how-we-support-pollinators-our-gardens - 2026-10-21
Researchers at Lund University have produced the most detailed map of carbon emissions from Swedish forest fires to date. The results show that the largest emissions occur below the ground surface, in peat and organic soils. During the extremely hot summer of 2018, 324 forest fires were reported in Sweden. Using field measurements, models, and data from the Swedish Forest Agency, the Swedish Envir
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/large-forest-fire-emissions-are-hidden-underground - 2026-10-21
Alexandra Pongracz is a researcher at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lund University and the programme chair for the Swedish Climate Symposium (SCS). With registration now open, we asked her to reflect on the symposium’s holistic approach, the highlights of this year’s programme, and why researchers, policymakers, and practitioners should take part. The theme of SCS 2026 is
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/alexandra-pongracz-why-you-shouldnt-miss-swedish-climate-symposium-2026 - 2026-10-21
New findings from Jezero crater reveal how bedrock formed deep within Mars' crust was uplifted, submerged under water in a lake and became altered. The results provide a new piece of the puzzle in understanding the long geologic history of our red neighbour planet. Since NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars' red dusty surface in February 2021, it has collected a wealth of valuable data. As the
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/water-world-arid-planet-mars-geologic-history-mapped - 2026-10-21
Swedish old-growth forests store 83 percent more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University. The difference is substantially larger than previous estimates and is mainly due to large carbon stocks in the soil. The study, published in the scientific journal Science, is the most comprehensive mapping of how much carbon is stored in Swedish old-growth forests to date.
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/old-growth-forests-store-lot-more-carbon-managed-forests - 2026-10-21
The Swedish Climate Policy Council released its annual report on 19 March 2026. The report provides a comprehensive review of climate policy over the government’s most recent term. It concludes that Sweden is not on track to meet its climate targets for 2030 and 2040, that the gap to the targets has widened, and that necessary decisions have been postponed. The Council stresses that decisive actio
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/five-questions-anna-maria-jonsson-swedish-climate-policy-council - 2026-10-21
The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) has recommended a new national initiative in polar research for funding as part of the government programme on Strategic Research Areas. The Department for Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo) is a co-applicant for the proposal, which is led by Stockholm University. It brings together several universities in a long-term collaboration. Although the
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/new-funding-polar-research - 2026-10-21
The Recruitment Committee has now decided which candidates will be called for a first interview for the position of Vice-Chancellor. The candidates will be interviewed by the Recruitment Committee in March. The candidates called for a first interview are:Aylin Ahadi, professor, Lund UniversityMats Benner, professor, Lund UniversityMartin Malmsten, professor, University of CopenhagenErik Renström,
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/five-candidates-called-interview-vice-chancellor-position-lund-university - 2026-10-21
Living with bipolar disorder means constantly balancing between extremes – something that can be particularly difficult if the diagnosis is met with silence and stigmatisation. To raise awareness of mental illness and why it concerns us all, including at work, five LTH departments have joined forces and invited speaker Henrik Wahlström. In his lecture, he shares his own experiences of bipolar diso
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/life-balance-beam-talking-about-mental-health-work - 2026-10-21
Researchers from Theme 3 and Theme 6 within NextG2Com had the opportunity to visit the Children’s Heart Center at Skåne University Hospital in Lund. Under the guidance of Chief of Surgery Kiet Tran and Associate Senior Lecturer Maj Stenmark, the participants were given an insight into the center’s daily activities and the work of the CAISA project. One percent of children born in Sweden are born w
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/smallest-patients - 2026-10-21
NextG2Com organizes an annual workshop for all center partners, and this year, the second workshop in the series took place on April 29. The agenda included sustainability at all levels, insights from long-standing collaboration between industry and academia, and short partner presentations. NextG2Com brings together all partners annually for an internal workshop. This year’s invited speakers were
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-collaboration-and-theme-workshops - 2026-10-21
LTH honorary doctor 2025 Margaret-Anne Storey presented her research on social aspects of software development on different occasions during the conferment week in May. You can watch two recordings of her presentations here.
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/social-aspects-software-development - 2026-10-21
Theme leaders and researchers in NextG2Com have received best application paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation during the previous year. Xuesong Cai, Erik L. Bengtsson, Ove Edfors and Fredrik Tufvesson have been awarded The IEEE Antennas and Propagation 2025 Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award, presented to the authors of the best application paper publ
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/best-paper-2024 - 2026-10-21
Dr Marja Matinmikko-Blue from University of Oulu, Finland, will be giving an inspirational talk on the first NextG2Com program day on September 25, titled: Multi-disciplinary approach to future communication system development. Marja Matinmikko-Blue is Research Director of Infotech Oulu Institute and Director of Sustainability and Regulation at 6G Flagship. She is also member of the International
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/keynote-nextg2com-program-day - 2026-10-21
The competence center NextG2Com gathered for a program day focusing on ongoing research, doctoral students, and demonstrations. NextG2Com is a Vinnova Competence Center that brings together research and expertise in future advanced communication systems. On September 25, sixty members and interested participants met for the center’s first program day at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LT
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/research-doctoral-students-and-demos-nextg2coms-first-program-day - 2026-10-21
Vinnova has granted funding for the planning of clusters of excellence for groundbreaking technology. Of the 45 projects approved, five are at The Faculty of Engineering, and two are led by NextG2Com researchers. The projects granted by Vinnova bring together actors in all six strategic technology areas: AI and autonomous systems, materials and production technology, energy technology, biotechnolo
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/lth-projects-receive-funding-vinnova-plan-future-technology-clusters - 2026-10-21
Researchers from NextG2Com participated in PROFES 2025, a recognized conference in software and process development. Rushali Gupta presented the results of an initial interview study with companies involved in NextG2Com. The interviews were conducted in autumn 2024 and involved six companies, focusing on how organizations adapt AI for ethical compliance and risk mitigation in industrial applicatio
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/nextg2com-profes-2025 - 2026-10-21
Theme 5, Software Platforms and Continuous Engineering, organized a workshop together with industry partner TetraPak concerning data driven DevOps. 12 participants strong, theme 5 visited TetraPak. After a tour and seeing the product discovery room at the facilities in Lund, participants took part in a workshop regarding DevOps. DevOps stands for software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops),
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/data-driven-devops - 2026-10-21
