A graphical image depicting the reprogramming of human skin cells to astrocytes. Image credit: Cathrine Ahlenius Researchers from Lund University interested in understanding how aging affects the brain have made a new discovery that will help make it easier to study age-related brain diseases and potential treatments in the future. The key to this? human skin cells. The human brain is often likene

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-our-skin-cells-might-be-key-better-understanding-human-brain - 2025-09-13

Photo: Kennet Ruona Lund University is providing Overleaf Professional features for all students, faculty and staff who would like to use a collaborative, online LaTeX editor for their projects. Overleaf Professional features include real-time track changes, unlimited collaborators, and full document history.Learn more on overleaf.com/edu/lund

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lund-university-overleaf - 2025-09-13

Over 1,300 people have applied for the 25 positions advertised in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. Among the candidates are researchers from world-leading universities such as Harvard and Oxford.“The initiative has generated great interest among highly qualified researchers,” says Erik Renström, Vice-Chancellor of Lund University.The call for applications refers to 1

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lund-universitys-largest-ever-international-recruitment-drive-attracts-great-interest - 2025-09-13

The University Board needs a new teaching staff representative due to a retirement. As a staff member, you now have the opportunity to propose a colleague to the Electoral College, which is responsible for the nomination. The nomination period is from 3 September to 22 September.One of the three teaching staff representatives on the University Board, Lars Dahlin, is retiring and his place on the U

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/propose-new-teaching-staff-representative-university-board-election - 2025-09-13

The application period is open from 28 August to 17 September.Researchers, doctoral students, lecturers or readers at Lund University can apply for the faculties’ travel and research grants. A few are also open to undergraduate students including Master’s students.Learn more on LU Staff Pages

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/apply-faculty-travel-and-research-grants - 2025-09-13

EU Days Lund is the main Swedish annual EU forum gathering around 500 Swedish and international high-level speakers and participants.On 23-24 September 2025, EU Days Lund will be held for the fifth time, with the ambition to continue to grow into the obvious national arena for EU issues. Lund University is one of four organizers. Learn more on LU Staff Pages

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/eu-days-lund-2025-23-24-september - 2025-09-13

The broadcast ”Snillen spekulerar” (Nobel minds) can be seen world-wide on SVT Play. Three students from LUSEM were invited as audience for the round table discussion in Stockholm with the Nobel laureates, earlier in December. The show was broadcast on SVT and BBC World on 18 December 2023 and can be streamed online anytime. We asked three quick questions about the experience to Rami Zalfou, a doc

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusem-students-audience-nobel-minds-round-table-discussion - 2025-09-13

Professor Martha Bailey and the Swedish Riksbank’s First Deputy Governor Anna Breman have been appointed 2024 honorary doctors at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM). American economist and economic historianMartha Bailey is a Professor of Economics at the University of California (UCLA). She also works at the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Baile

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/leading-us-economist-and-first-deputy-governor-riksbank-new-honorary-doctors - 2025-09-13

When President Emmanuel Macron visits Studentafton Wednesday, January 31, it is Sylvia Schwaag Serger, professor in Economic history at LUSEM, who will moderate the conversation. As proud as we are curious, we asked her a few quick questions ahead of her exciting talk. How did it come about that you will be moderating President Emmanuel Macron when he visits Studentafton?  “I’m not sure, I was ask

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/meeting-president-macron-quick-chat-sylvia-schwaag-serger - 2025-09-13

LUSEM offers 5 of Sweden's 8 most sought-after master's programmes. Photo: Johan Bävman The international application period is over and we can conclude that once again, LUSEM has some of the most popular master's programmes both within Lund University and nationally. What do the programme managers themselves think about the two most popular programmes, and what do the present and former students

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusem-claims-top-spot-among-most-applied-masters-programmes - 2025-09-13

The Conversation is an online news outlet written by researchers, working together with professional journalists. All content is published as open source and the website’s articles reach a total audience of 10 million readers – every month. Associate Professor Sverre Spoelstra is one of the LUSEM researchers who has chosen to write for The Conversation. The Conversation is an online news outlet wr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/sverre-spoelstra-how-researchers-reach-global-audience-conversation - 2025-09-13

Fredrik NG Andersson, docent in Economics at LUSEM argues that the framework of Financial policy has helped Swedish public sector investments to such a degree that it is highest among comparable Countries in the EU. The problems lie in how the pubic secto prioritizes its investments and in the need of an improved level of productivity in the construction sector. (See the clip in Swedish.) An artic

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusem-news-comment-det-finanspolitiska-ramverket - 2025-09-13

Professor in Economic History, Maria Stanfors, Associate Professor in Business Administration, Ulf Ramberg,  and Mårten Sommelius, representing staff at LUSEM are the newly elected representatives of LUSEM to the Lund University Electoral College.Protocol of the vote count (PDF)22 Feb 2024

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-lusem-representatives-lund-university-electoral-college - 2025-09-13

Faith, Nahid, David and Pamla came from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Photo: Anna Löthman 18 people came from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Why come all this way? And what knowledge will they bring back? Meet Pamla, Faith, Nahed and David and learn

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/africa-lund-joining-course-lusem - 2025-09-13

From physical diplomas, signed by the Dean to a printable PDF version. The change has stirred emotions among students and the student organisation Ateneum has made its opinion known on message boards around the school. Starting this spring students at Lund University will be receiving their degree certificates as a PDF rather than the traditional printed version with their Dean's signature. Lund U

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/pdf-diplomas-stir-emotions - 2025-09-13

Foto: Unsplash Samtal i Lund är ett forum där forskare och verksamma utanför universitetet ses för att diskutera aktuella samhällsfrågor. Universitetslektor Rebecca Selberg medverkade i det senaste samtalet om människovärde och välfärd. Samtal i Lund är en mötesplats för forskare, särskilt berörda, beslutsfattare, sakkunniga och andra intressenter. Samtalsserien sker i ett slutet rum med särskilt

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/rebecca-selberg-medverkar-i-samtal-i-lund - 2025-09-13

Tidskrift för genusvetenskap (TGV) har kommit ut med ett nummer på temat "Feministiska perspektiv på fred och krig", redaktörer för numret är Marta Kolankiewicz och Riya Raphael. Tidskrift för genusvetenskap:s nya nummer med temadelen ”Feministiska perspektiv på fred och krig”, med universitetslektor Marta Kolankiewicz och postdoc Riya Raphael som temaredaktörer, har just kommit ut! Den digitala t

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/nytt-nummer-av-tidskrift-genusvetenskap-0 - 2025-09-13

Ämnesföreningen för genusvetenskap (ÄG) initierar en genusstafett i samband med internationella kvinnodagen där genusforskningen på olika universitet uppmärksammas genom panelsamtal och workshops. Se vilka event som arrangeras på olika universitet runt om i landet. Ett trettiotal genusforskare över hela landet berättar om sin forskning, med syfte att uppmärksamma internationella kvinnodagen, 8 mar

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/genusvetenskaplig-forskning-uppmarksammas-i-samband-med-internationella-kvinnodagen - 2025-09-13

Foto: Erik Thor/SUA Mia Liinason har utsetts till Wallenberg Scholar, ett program finansierat av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse som stödjer excellent grundforskning. Forskningsgruppen består av en grupp forskare på institutionen, däribland docent Ov Cristian Norocel och universitetslektor Marta Kolankiewicz. Under fem år ska Mia Liinason, tillsammans med en forskargrupp vid institutionen, un

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/mia-liinason-blir-wallenberg-scholar - 2025-09-13

Unsplash: Clay Banks Forskare Hansalbin Sältenberg och Diana och Mulinari är medredaktörer till ny antologi om antirasism. Flera av institutionens forskare medverkar i ett antal kapitel i boken. I antologin "Antirasismer och antirasistier: Realistiska utopier, spänningar och vardagserfarenheter" utforskar 24 forskare hur motståndet mot olika former av rasism bedrivs och förkroppsligas bland gruppe

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/ny-antologi-om-antirasism - 2025-09-13