Photo: Jenny Leyman. Last Friday, 28 new professors were inaugurated at a ceremony in the University Main Building's auditorium. Photo: Jenny Leyman. During the ceremony, one of the new professors, Helena Sandberg, gave a short popular science lecture on how important media is in children's lives for their learning, community and well-being.   Photo: Jenny Leyman. Mia Huovilainen, President of Lun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inauguration-professors-was-held-18-october - 2025-08-24

The administrative prize will be presented at the University’s annual academic ceremony in January 2025. Staff members and students are welcome to nominate candidates for the University’s administrative prize 2025. Your nomination must be submitted before 11 November. The Lund University Administrative Prize is awarded annually for outstanding administrative efforts of an innovative nature that ha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nominate-candidates-lund-university-administrative-prize-2025 - 2025-08-24

Do you want to contribute to making Lund University more sustainable? A new application round and the chance to realize the idea for the Sustainable Proposal Testbed will be opened. A sustainable workplace – from concept to realityThe University’s Sustainability Strategy and the Sustainability Plan are ambitious. Change demands new ideas, and good ideas often come from employees within the organis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-workplace-idea-reality-0 - 2025-08-24

LINXS invites proposals for new Themes, starting in 2026. We welcome original, innovative, and pioneering Theme proposals that will advance science using X-rays, neutrons, and complementing techniques. LINXS Themes are funded for three years and aim to bring research communities together. A Theme does not fund research per se but facilitates research by bringing together active teams focusing on s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/linxs-institute-advanced-neutron-and-x-ray-science-invites-new-themes-0 - 2025-08-24

What we eat and drink impacts people and the environment in many ways – thanks to the way food is produced, transported and used. New guidelines for purchasing foodstuffs raise our ambitions and clarify the University’s role on issues of sustainable food production. The target is to increase the proportion of food that is vegetarian and in season, and for food wastage to be reduced. Food is a sust

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vegetarian-food-become-default-offering-meetings-and-conferences - 2025-08-24

Photo: Johan Persson. Within the framework of LU’s strategy for cultural collaboration, seed funding is now being offered for projects that integrate culture into education or research. This call for applications is aimed at researchers and teaching staff members employed at Lund University. The University’s strategy for cultural collaboration 2018-2026 has the aim of deepening and strengthening e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-seed-funding-integrate-culture-education-or-research - 2025-08-24

It is time for this year’s conference on teaching and learning: Lunds universitets Teaching and learning – LUTL. The conference is arranged by the faculties and the Division for Higher Education Development. This year, the conference is being held at Forum Medicum. All those who teach and study are welcome. The conference is a good opportunity to share experiences and insights on current challenge

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/connecting-teachers-changing-within-lutl-2024 - 2025-08-24

From 5–6 February, Lund conference centre The Loop will host Sweden’s most important gathering for gender equality. Lund University is co-organiser, and it is the first time a higher education institution has been involved in organising this national conference. Local hosts, besides Lund University, are the City of Lund, Region Skåne and Skåne County Administrative Board. Equality Forum is Sweden’

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-co-organiser-equality-forum-2025 - 2025-08-24

Learn about key concepts used in document management and watch a presentation of the University’s Records Management Plan. Find out how what to bear in mind and how to handle public records as well as how to prepare them for archiving. - Course in Swedish Please note this cours is in Swedish, if there is a high demand to have it in English please let us know.Time and place: 5 November 09:00-11:30,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/handling-public-records-practice - 2025-08-24

Welcome to visit the University during the autumn holidays! We offer everything from ghost walks to fossil shows and tours about the mysteries of the universe. The Botanical GardenGo on a guided tour among witch plants, trees with magical properties, Chinese cat poop and evil fruits. Or help make a scary magic potion.Magical and strange in Botan – botan.lu.se (in Swedis)Botan's opening hours and m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autumn-holidays-university-0 - 2025-08-24

Photo: Marco Borggreve As part of the University’s annual academic ceremony in January, Håkan Hardenberger, world-famous trumpet soloist and professor, will receive Lund University’s gold medal for his extremely important contributions to the University. “I don’t usually care much about medals, but when Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström called and told me that I would receive the Lund University gold

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-gold-medal-awarded-hakan-hardenberger - 2025-08-24

Dainis Dravins, professor emeritus of astronomy at the Department of Physics. Photo: Johan Joelsson In March 2015, a valuable globe of Mars was stolen from the Astronomy Library. After disappearing without a trace for almost a decade, it suddenly turned up at an antique dealer in Stockholm. The astronomical treasure has finally been returned to Lund. Astronomers have been using globes to visualise

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mystery-stolen-mars-globe - 2025-08-24

Jason Diakité. Photo: Jenny Leyman The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2025-08-24

Photo: Max Böhme When researchers are working in the field, they may be faced with challenging and sometimes dangerous situations. How does Lund University prepare its doctoral students and researchers for fieldwork? When LUM asks about the faculties’ procedures, it becomes clear that the departments are primarily responsible. Dealing with dangerous situations in the field once they have arisen is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safe-fieldwork-who-responsible-security - 2025-08-24

Laura Cox. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg More than four out of ten doctoral students experience stress, anxiety and depression. This autumn, the doctoral students’ union will redouble efforts to improve wellbeing and prevent poor mental health. Measures include the establishment of a new role, which will focus on preventing and tackling ill health and will work closely with the doctoral student o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/steps-prevent-mental-ill-health-among-doctoral-students - 2025-08-24

Researcher Jesica López flew over a fire-ravaged Amazon during fieldwork in Colombia. The fires are a consequence of climate change and expanding cattle breeding. Photo: Private Colombia is the world’s most dangerous country for those fighting to protect the rain forest and the environment. Last year, 79 people were killed for that reason, three times as many as in the second most dangerous countr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safe-fieldwork-important-plan-thoroughly - 2025-08-24

Rainwater is collected and purified with an existing technique but in a new way before it is used to flush a couple of toilets. Photo: Jenny Leyman It is not every day that the inauguration of a toilet draws a hundred spectators. Such a toilet would have to be pretty special – and this one is. It is special because it is flushed using rain water gathered from the roof of Kemicentrum. LUM was able

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rain-roof-restroom - 2025-08-24

University of Melbourne. Photo: Mostphotos. As part of the work with Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), Lund University is announcing three calls for funding to stimulate collaboration and activities that strengthen our international impact in research, education, innovation and cooperation. Seed funding for research and education collaborations with select partner universities (GloHub) – funding fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-impact-actions-20242025-current-calls - 2025-08-24

More than two thousand patent applications have been filed by researchers at Lund University between 2000 and 2020. Photo: Kennet Ruona Swedish higher education institutions excel in patents from academia, with Sweden ranking fifth in Europe. Lund University claims the top spot on the Swedish list. A new report from the European Patent Office (EPO) released today provides a detailed insight into t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-tops-patent-ranking - 2025-08-24

As of Wednesday 6 November, the Division of IT will change its email addresses with domain names from ldc.lu.se to it.lu.se. At the turn of the year 2023-24, Lund University's central Division of IT changed its name from LDC to Division of IT. As part of this change, the section's email addresses will change domain name on Wednesday 6 November, from ldc.lu.se to it.lu.se.E-mails composed with forn

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/division-it-gets-new-email-addresses - 2025-08-24