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Ethnologist Susanne Lundin’s research is ultimately about life and death and how people relate to the inevitable. What are people willing to do to delay the end briefly? Is there a limit beyond which someone ceases to be human? Susanne Lundin is a professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences and has conducted interdisciplinary research with medics for 30 years. Today, she is a sought-

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-concerns-our-deepest-fears - 2026-05-06

A large population study from Lund University in Sweden has shown that more sustainable dietary habits are linked to health benefits, such as a reduced risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. The study is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Our results indicate that dietary guidelines that are beneficial for both planetary health and personal health do

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/environmentally-sustainable-diet-linked-health-benefits - 2026-05-05

Our new website is now published and available to visitors. What was our approach to building the new website? After several months of rethinking, decluttering, updating and designing, we are now proud to present our new website. We had been using a very old LU interface under a separate URL, www.ics.lu.se, for a long time. In connection with the change of publication tool and the move to LUSEM's

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/welcome-new-informatics-website - 2026-05-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Många forskare sysslar med hållbarhet, men hur hållbart är Lunds universitet? Inte tillräckligt, menar lärare och studenter som skrivit under det s.k. Fossil Free-uppropet. – Ett universitet som Lunds borde inte konkurrera om jumboplatsen i en fråga som det råder så stor enighet kring, menar professor Lennart Olsson

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tema-upprop-mot-lus-placeringar-i-fossil-energi - 2026-05-05

InfraVis, a national research infrastructure for data visualization wishes to inform about their workshops that will help you make the best application possible. To better reach out with their research, researchers at all higher education institutions in Sweden are offered the opportunity to engage InfraVis for data visualization. This applies to all subject areas, from the humanities and social s

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/infravis-call-2025-opens-october - 2026-05-05

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/idahot-may-17 - 2026-05-05

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-webpage-about-rankings - 2026-05-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Farshid Jalalvand has a PhD in infection biology and vaccine development, and he has appeared frequently in the media during the debate on the Covid-19 vaccine. “When you work, as I do, with vaccines and you understand how they work, it feels important to try to explain it so that people can take decisions based on so

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-everyones-responsibility-get-vaccinated - 2026-05-05

This fall and winter Skissernas Museum present a selection of the more than 500 works of art by 350 artists that Public Art Agency Sweden acquired in 2021 in support of the Swedish art world during the pandemic. Skissernas Museum invites all employees at the university to a lunch showing. The Corona Collection includes works of art by artists of different generations and diverse backgrounds from t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunch-showing-exhibition-corona-collection-public-art-agency-swedens-acquisitions-2021 - 2026-05-06

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 - 2026-05-05

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/open-event-26-27-february-discover-humanities-lab - 2026-05-06

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-visitors-guide-available-order - 2026-05-06

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is the gender-agenda the hero or enemy of equal opportunity in science? The gender-agenda is still-going-strong and in the news….all over the news. Sweden has a political party dedicated to gender equality and a couple of weeks ago the Nordic Forum 2014 was held in Malmö. Recently, and more locally the faculties (at l

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/epws-2014-report-wings - 2026-05-05

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-05-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Focusing on Circular Economy 12 November 2018 MOOCWe are proud to present a new MOOC in the Greening the Economy series:Circular Economy - Sustainable Materials Management!This free, on-line course looks at where important materials in products we use every day come from and how these materials can be used more effici

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/launch-new-mooc-and-podcast - 2026-05-05

Three projects with researchers from the Department of Sociology have received research grants from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ). The researchers who will receive funding are Dalia Abdelhady, Nina Gren and David Sausdal. Read about the projects on the RJ website (in Swedish): Dalia Abdelhady: Learning to labor, learning to succeed: a comparative study of the the children of immigrants Nina Gren:

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/three-researchers-awarded-funding-foundation - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The time has now run out for applications for the vice-chancellor position and it is time for the recruitment group to select suitable candidates for interviews. This work will take place throughout the spring. LUM has talked to staff at different levels within several faculties about how they view the role of vice-ch

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-wishlist-central-administrator - 2026-05-05

On 20 October, the Faculty of Science will for the very first time host an Inspiration Day for teachers. It will be a full day packed with pedagogical discussions, fresh ideas for the classroom, actor training, and opportunities to meet colleagues from across the faculty. We asked Charlotta Turner, Vice Dean for First- and Second-Cycle Education, why it is so important for our teachers to join – a

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/take-chance-spark-new-ideas-your-teaching-sign-years-inspiration-day-teachers - 2026-05-05

During the month of May, staff from the University took part in a competition along with 18 other organisations in CoAction Lund to commute as sustainably as possible. By walking, cycling or using public transport to commute, over 1,000 participants have reduced their climate impact in a joint effort. Today, around 60 per cent of all the employees within CoAction Lund travel sustainably to and fro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/three-winners-climate-friendly-commuting-competition - 2026-05-06