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Arrival Day, taking place on 18 August, is Lund University’s official welcome day for new international students. We estimate that around 1,500 students will arrive on this day. Already at Copenhagen Airport, students are met by staff and mentors who guide them all the way to AF Borgen, where the main welcome event takes place. Arrival Day offers several important services that are only available

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/18-august-world-arrives-lund-help-us-welcome-it - 2026-07-06

SWEAH's travelers left an almost 30-degree Sweden and arrived in typical September rain and Stirling half as hot. But then the sun came and a packed program with, among other things, lectures and workshops on quantitative and qualitative methods, and a competition where the best presentations were crowned. The postdoctoral students competed in their own class, where Thomas Lowe from the Netherland

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/old-and-new-contacts-are-made-great-britain - 2026-07-05

Øystein Opedal was one of 494 European researchers to receive an ERC Starting Grant for his project “POLLCLIM: Plant adaptation in a changing pollination climate“. As Øystein is a member of BECC, we were curious to know a little bit more about his grant. The ERC Starting Grant is intended for early-career researchers and the only selection criterion is scientific excellence. After undergoing peer

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/oystein-opedal-receiving-erc-grant - 2026-07-05

The Swedish Research Council has recently recommended that the government establish new strategic research areas. In two of them, researchers within NanoLund play key roles: Quantum technologies and Advanced materials. These are two fields that are crucial for the future energy transition, digitalisation, and technological development. Strategic Research Area Advanced MaterialsWithin the research

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/contributing-new-strategic-research-areas - 2026-07-05

A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added that his mother had also had Pierre as a teacher and thought he was pretty awesome. Few, if any statistics teachers can claim to have reached and inspired more students than Pierre Carbonnier, who has

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/44-years-teaching-stats-dont-lie - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the Academy of Music in Malmö, Peter Spissky from Czechoslovakia found an opportunity to develop his interest in baroque music – a genre that didn’t suit the political system in his homeland. Through his research on how gestures taken from speech, acting and dance can be compressed into the movement of the bow, he

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/bowing-swing - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD student Maria Jassinskaja has been studying the molecular and functional dynamics of hematopoietic progenitor cell fate during development. Defending her PhD thesis on June 9th, in this interview Maria tells us about her research within the Proteomic Hematology research group and her time spent at Lund Stem Cell C

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maria-jassinskaja - 2026-07-05

PhD student Stefan Schüller is researching the prospects of a perennial revolution in agriculture as part of the PERENNIAL project. He is motivated by how perennial systems can address many of the problems connected to agriculture, and hopes to challenge incumbent power structures and spur radical transformations in food and farming in his research. What attracted you to LUCSUS and this PhD?Workin

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-stefan-schuller-explores-prospects-perennial-revolution-agriculture - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 12-13 October at the IIIEE On 12-13 October, three trial lectures will take place at the IIIEE for the position as “Professor in sustainable business management and practice - for a transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies”.As part of the recruitment process for the position as “Professor in sustainab

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/trial-lectures-position-professor-sustainable-business-management-and-practice-transition-low-carbon - 2026-07-05

The current interdisciplinary research groups at Pufendorf IAS offer a palette of inspiring events. All events are free of charge, but you need to register for them. Greyzone Genomics - 7 May7 May Theme Greyzone Genomics which will take Pufendorf IAS on a road trip to Stockholm and hold their event at (and with) the Swedish Defence University. Topics during the day: Risk assessment of targeted bio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-themes-invite-you-their-end-events - 2026-07-06

All researchers at the Faculty are welcome to a seminar on opportunities for funding within the Horizon Europe framework. Registration: no later than May 18. In this seminar, you will get a broad overview of research funding opportunities within the Horizon Europe framework, with a special focus on grants in:Pillar 2: “Global challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness”, andCluster 1, “Heal

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/welcome-our-eu-funding-seminar - 2026-07-05

Lund University has a world-class art collection worth hundreds of millions of Swedish crowns. But many of the less valuable paintings are currently hidden in attics and cellar storage rooms. “With the initiative entitled ‘When collections come to life’ and a new open warehouse, we want to highlight the art collection and make it more accessible”, says Annie Lindberg, archivist and acting director

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/art-treasures-taken-out-hiding - 2026-07-05

Joint seminar - discussion. Welcome to the seminar in collaboration between the Center of Ageing and Supportive Environments, Urban Arena and Lund University Proactive Ageing Profile Area. The event is planned as part of MIRAI 2.0 seed-funding to develop collaborations between Japan and Sweden on living environments and health in ageing societies in times of crises.  The aim of the current seminar

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/living-environments-and-health-ageing-societies-times-crises - 2026-07-05

This year’s new members of LTH’s Pedagogical Academy, who have thus been awarded the pedagogical competence grade ETP – Excellent Teacher Practitioner – are Jesus Mateo Munoz, Martin Stridh, Pernilla Derwik, Stefan Diehl, Pär Söderhjelm, and Klara Bolander Laksov. This year, LTH has welcomed six new Excellent Teaching Practitioners/ETP. In September, they were highlighted at a lunch attended by re

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/newly-admitted-lths-pedagogical-academy - 2026-07-05

Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, Professor of Lung Biology at Lund University, has been awarded the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Lifetime Achievement Award in Basic and Translational Science 2025. The European Respiratory Society is a leading international organisation with more than 35,000 members from over 160 countries, working to improve lung health through research, education, and clinical

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lifetime-achievement-award-gunilla-westergren-thorsson - 2026-07-05

How much water do we need to drink to stay healthy? How do different diets affect our metabolism? Studies of various hormones in the body are providing diabetes researchers with new answers to these questions. The goal is to develop individualized treatments and dietary recommendations that could lower the risk of developing obesity and diseases such as type 2 diabetes. The endocrine system and th

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/learning-more-about-endocrine-system-could-lead-fewer-cases-type-2-diabetes-and-obesity - 2026-07-05

Master students from Lund University School of Industrial Design exhibit at Milan Design Week 2026. This year the School of Industrial Design at Lund University is exhibiting under the theme: 'Under Pressure'. The exhibition, located underground in central Milan, showcases a selection of Master student projects addressing how resilience can be applied within design through a range of forms and app

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/milan-design-week-2026 - 2026-07-05

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inauguration-ceremony-new-professors-17-march - 2026-07-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Many people feel mentally unwell during the pandemic, especially, it seems, those who are already exposed to socio-economic inequalities. But who really suffers the most when restrictions, loneliness, depression have become commonplace? Researchers from Lund University have tried to find out in a cross-sectional study

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-vulnerable-are-we-pandemic-and-who-actually-hardest-hit - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Workhorse Philip Warkander became Sweden’s first PhD graduate in Fashion Studies. He describes research in a new subject as continuously doubting – an approach he also applies to the academic community’s focus on hard work. Moving around as a researcher, he noticed one day that he had fallen into the classic man-trap

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doubting-fashion-pioneer - 2026-07-05