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I took part in two interesting seminars a few weeks ago. The first was entitled “The academic book stands firm: Why a leading university needs its own Press in turbulent times”. The other seminar focused on how to apply for and obtain grants from the European Research Council (ERC). The seminar on how to write and publish academic books commendably highlighted the importance of books in the conduc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-interest-also-extends-swedish-phenomena - 2026-10-22

On Saturday 4 May, Lund’s city centre was taken over by Lundaloppet. This year, there was a record number of participants, 8,179, who ran or walked in the races. Among those competing were 784 staff members from Lund University. Lund University was one of the largest employers represented in the race. Many fleet-footed LU staff members took part and we had several runners among the top finishers.A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-did-your-colleagues-fare-years-lundaloppet - 2026-10-22

This year’s doctoral degree conferment ceremony, the University’s ceremonial highlight and the faculties’ most important academic celebration, will break the record for the number of conferees. It is time to celebrate the faculties’ doctors, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors. In a solemn ceremony at Lund Cathedral, the doctoral students who completed their doctoral studies in the past year and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/record-number-conferees-doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremony-31-may - 2026-10-22

According to the Swedish Tax Agency’s regulations on payment of health promotion reimbursement, the reimbursement must be paid, as a rule, during the year for which the application applies. For this reason, as of 2024 Lund University will make 30 November the deadline for health promotion reimbursement applications. Please note that your case needs to be completed in Primula by 30 November. You th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-deadline-health-promotion-reimbursement-applications - 2026-10-22

A COIL involves two different courses at two universities in different countries where students collaborate digitally during a part of the course. Each course follows its own syllabus, and the teachers grade their respective students. Virtual exchanges are a way to provide many students with international experience, as highlighted by Erik Renström in a recent blog post For several years, Lund Uni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-you-want-take-opportunity-develop-coil - 2026-10-22

The faculties’ honorary doctors for 2024 have been announced. They will be honoured at the doctoral degree conferment ceremony on 31 May 2024. You can hear the talking between 29-30 May. Lund University School of Economics and Management30 May 13:00 to 14:15 | Open lecture with professor Martha Bailey and the Swedish Riksbank’s first deputy governor Anna BremanMartha Bailey, professor in Economy a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/see-open-lectures-faculties-honorary-doctors - 2026-10-22

On 26 May, a large number of emails were sent to University employees regarding a meeting between demonstrators and the University Management. This was not an IT security breach, but legitimate way of reaching many recipients since all staff email addresses are listed on the University’s website.Our freedom of speech provides space for large numbers of different opinions to be expressed and dissem

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emails-over-weekend-about-demonstrations - 2026-10-22

Several faculties have merged different departments or are about to do so. The Faculty of Engineering (LTH) merged two departments at the turn of the year, the Facult of Social Sciences has decided on one merger and is on the way to a second, while the Faculty of Science will make a decision after the summer. In a policy decision last year, the Faculty of Social Sciences decided that within a few

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/concern-when-departments-are-merged - 2026-10-22

Around 100 select astronomy books dating from 1545 to 1799 have been relocated from the Astronomy Library to the University Library. LUM was there as the books were packed away, and again, several months later, after they had been quarantined and it was time to catalogue, encapsulate and put them in storage. Next year, the rarest volumes will be digitalised and perhaps even be displayed. Outside A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/star-studded-tomes-astronomy-library-move-new-home - 2026-10-22

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 group of acting students are busy rehearsing their degree project, a production that will be staged at B

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flair-dramatic - 2026-10-22

At the School of Aviation in Ljungbyhed, any direct consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine are yet to be felt. However, Head of Department Johan Bergström says that it may only be a matter of time. He mentions Ukrainian interests who wish to train instructors who will in turn be active in Ukraine, training drone pilots on location.“This is the kind of thing we monitor, and are prepared for. If we

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/higher-level-drone-pilot-training - 2026-10-22

When planning for food in times of crisis – what foodstuffs do we imagine? Many think of tin cans and freeze-dried food, but the fact is that if a crisis occurs, it is not stockpiled cans that will save us. Food preparedness is a subject being taken up by researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Almedalen Week, one of their reflections being  how local growing of crops that do not need

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preparedness-more-stockpiling-pantry-provisions - 2026-10-22

In an ideal world, perhaps the Psychological Defence Research Institute in Helsingborg would not even exist. But the global situation has brought attention, increased research funding and significant interest in collaboration from wider society. “The entire research institute is built around the idea that the world is troubled. We could be ten times the size we are, there is such an enormous amoun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/psychological-defence-research-institute-we-could-be-ten-times-size-we-are - 2026-10-22

Lunds universitet satsar ytterligare miljoner på Centrum för beredskap och resiliens (LUPREP). Pengarna går till forskarskolan som får åtta nya tjänster. Målet är att bli Sveriges ledande nav för forskning, utbildning och samverkan kring samhällets beredskap och motståndskraft. Som ett svar på ökande samhällshot – från klimatförändringar till säkerhetspolitiska förändringar som kräver nya sätt att

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-satsar-nya-miljoner-pa-framtidens-totalforsvar - 2026-10-22

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har tagit fram den hittills mest detaljerade kartan över kolutsläpp från skogsbränder i Sverige. Resultaten visar att de största utsläppen sker under markytan i torv och organiska jordar. Under den extremvarma sommaren 2018 rapporterades 324 skogsbränder i Sverige. Med hjälp av fältmätningar, modeller och data från Skogsstyrelsen, Naturvårdsverket och SMHI har forska

https://www.lu.se/artikel/stora-kolutslapp-fran-skogsbrander-sker-dolt-under-marken - 2026-10-22

Nya fynd från Jezerokratern visar hur berggrund som bildades djupt nere i Mars skorpa lyftes upp, hamnade under vatten och omvandlades. Resultaten ger en ny pusselbit till förståelsen av vår röda grannplanets geologiska historia. Sedan Nasas rover Perseverance landade på Mars röddammiga yta i februari 2021 har den samlat in mängder av värdefull data. När farkosten rullade längs insidan av Jezerokr

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fran-vattenvarld-till-fnosktorr-planet-mars-geologiska-historia-kartlagd - 2026-10-22

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Lingon gav goda värden på blodsocker, kolesterol och vikt hos möss som fått äta en kost med mycket fett, medan "superbäret" açai tvärtom påverkade försöksdjuren negativt. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har kommit fram till detta förvånande resultat. De ska nu gå vidare och undersöka varför lingonen ger ett så bra re

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lingon-stoppar-effekterna-av-fet-kost - 2026-10-22

Arbetslinjen har varit gynnsam för svensk tillväxt, men på längre sikt kan den visa sig skadlig. Färre barn föds och om det håller i sig riskerar landets ekonomi att minska. Det menar forskaren Åsa Hansson, som leder en utredning på uppdrag av regeringen om varför det föds färre barn i Sverige. Åsa Hansson, docent i nationalekonomi vid Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet, har precis lanserat si

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ekonomisk-standard-spelar-roll-om-vi-valjer-att-skaffa-barn - 2026-10-22

Ögonläkaren och forskaren Lotta Gränse vid Lunds universitet och Skånes universitetssjukhus har kunnat visa att ögondroppar med kortison kan förhindra utvecklingen av den mycket allvarliga ögonsjukdomen ROP hos spädbarn. Det har revolutionerat behandlingen och innebär att huvuddelen av barn i södra sjukvårdsregionen med svår ROP inte behöver traditionell behandling i narkos för att undvika svår sy

https://www.lu.se/artikel/en-droppe-som-raddar-synen-pa-tidigt-fodda-barn - 2026-10-22

Vid månadsskiftet var forskarteamet på plats igen för att under två dagar följa upp Härnösands kommuns unika satsning på äldre hälsa och livskvalitet, ”Ett hälsosammare och friskare Härnösand”, tillsammans med representanter från kommunen och det vetenskapliga genomföranderådet. När andelen äldre ökar och fler lever längre med kroniska sjukdomar och kognitiva nedsättningar ökar efterfrågan på vård

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sa-ska-hemtjansttimmar-minskas-samtidigt-som-brukarna-blir-mer-nojda - 2026-10-22