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Victoria O’Bryan is in her fourth semester of the Bachelor's Programme in Design of Information Systems at the School of Economics and Management. We asked her a few questions about her experiences so far. (The interview is translated from Swedish.)What is your background? “After graduation, I chose to study a technical foundation year at Malmö University, where mathematics was my favorite subject

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/bsc-student-portrait-victoria-obryan - 2025-11-30

Post doctoral fellow Dr Alexandra Huang-Kokina at the Centre for Aesthetics and Business Creativity (ABC) wants to challenge audience participation and inclusive engagement within classical music and opera.  In the research project OPERACTIVE she brings another dimension to her musical interpretation by using AI. The prompts she used reflect her own idea of the musical piece she is playing and the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/classical-music-visualised-ai-centre-aesthetics-and-business-creativity-lusem - 2025-11-30

Did branding electric cars as feminine hold back their development for more than a hundred years? In 1900, only 22% of all US cars produced were gasoline-driven, the rest split between electric and steam cars. The early 20th century saw three realistic contenders for automotive power: electric, steam and gasoline. In those early years of automotive history, many favored the electric.  But what exp

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/did-gendered-marketing-stop-electric-car - 2025-11-30

How do young adults respond when a major local employer shuts down? Research on Swedish military base closures shows that men are more likely to pursue higher education while women experience economic gains after a few years. Today, Sweden is undergoing military expansion but not long ago, the focus was on downsizing its defense forces. In a recent working paper, David Sandberg examines how young

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/better-expected-how-young-adults-are-affected-nearby-military-base-closures - 2025-11-30

RAMP-UP, a new EU-funded doctoral programme coordinated by Lund University, is now inviting researchers from all faculties to submit proposals for co-funded PhD projects in regenerative medicine and advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). The programme welcomes interdisciplinary ideas that span scientific, technological, clinical, ethical, economic, and societal perspectives on the developmen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-interdisciplinary-project-co-funding-ramp - 2025-11-30

Environmental pioneer Henrik Smith has won a major international ecology prize. He is also keen to emphasise the importance of research activity’s interaction with society – gone are the days when writing an extensive study and then leaving it to gather dust was enough. Henrik Smith, professor of animal ecology at Lund University, has been awarded the internationally renowned Marsh Awards for Ecol

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/awarded-environmental-pioneer-has-message-academia - 2025-11-30

A new Campus Plan covering all campuses in Lund, Malmö, Helsingborg and Ljungbyhed has been drawn up with a view to 2050. The Plan is a strategic tool designed to support the University's development in a changing world, contribute to a more efficient use of premises and outdoor environments, and enable future expansion in the coming decades. The Campus Plan is aimed at everyone involved in campus

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-campus-plan-sights-set-2050-adopted - 2025-11-30

To strengthen Sweden's innovative capacity and technological independence, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova have been tasked with setting up clusters of excellence in groundbreaking technology. A total of SEK 2.5 billion is being invested, with SEK 1.5 billion coming from the Swedish Research Council and SEK 1 billion from Vinnova. This investment in clusters of excellence is part of a Gov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fourteen-networks-receive-funding-swedish-research-council-and-vinnova-planning-future-clusters - 2025-11-30

The University is getting a new portal for support and case management, Supportcenter. More of the University's systems require strong authentication. Supportcenter: New portal for support and case management systems On 1 December, the University will launch a new portal for support and case management systems, Supportcenter. You can find the new portal at supportcenter.lu.se. The old portal will

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-supportcenter-launch-and-strong-authentication - 2025-11-30

There is considerable interest in generative AI among the University's technical and administrative staff, according to a survey sent out by the Ad hoc group. Almost half of the approximately 1,200 randomly selected employees responded to the survey. “We were delighted with the high response rate, which shows that generative AI is a topic that people are passionate about,” says Nathalie Stenbeck,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-enthusiasm-and-lots-questions-about-ai - 2025-11-30

More than 34,000 people have applied for the University's programmes for the spring semester of 2026. Law tops the list of the most attractive programmes, followed by medicine and economics. A total of 34,869 people have applied for the University's programmes and courses for the spring semester of 2026, or 39,011 if courses within programmes are included. The number of first-choice applicants is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/law-medicine-and-economics-remain-most-popular-subjects-lund-university - 2025-11-30

Global Responsible Engagement is the University's overall framework for international collaboration. For many years, our international collaborations have been entirely positive and have contributed to the emergence of new research findings. As geopolitical pressures increase, so too do demands to balance the positive aspects of international collaboration with more careful consideration of which

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/working-gre-more-turbulent-world-demands-careful-consideration-international-collaboration - 2025-11-30

Lund University is now distributing 100 licences for the DeepL translation tool. The licences are valid for one year and enable employees to translate in a more secure environment with higher quality – thanks to customised terminology and a management structure for the tool. DeepL is an AI-powered translation tool primarily used for translating text from Swedish to English. Lund University has now

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/one-hundred-deepl-licences-provide-more-secure-ai-translation-lu - 2025-11-30

The University has decided that health promotion reimbursement will rise to SEK 3,000 from 1 January 2026. The University Management regards health promotion as important and they are keen to see more employees taking part. Health promotion benefit is offered to all employees at Lund University, regardless of the terms of your employment. To encourage higher uptake of the benefit, it has now been

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/increased-health-promotion-reimbursement-1-january-2026 - 2025-11-30

On 24 October, 28 new professors were inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor at the inauguration ceremony for new professors in a packed auditorium of the Main University Building. The ceremony was also attended by musicians and singers from the Lund University Academic Orchestra and Lund University Academic Choir at Odeum. The choirs were conducted by Director Cantorum Cecilia Martin-Löf.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pictures-inauguration-ceremony-new-professors - 2025-11-30

The Agenda 2030 Graduate School is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the Lund University Agenda 2030 Award, which recognises innovative contributions to sustainable development. The award comes with a prize of 25,000 SEK. Early-career researchers affiliated with Lund University—including doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and researchers who have completed their PhD w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/2026-lund-university-agenda-2030-award-nominations-now-open - 2025-11-30

Every day, huge amounts of satellite images are collected from the Earth's surface – data that shows everything from deforestation to urbanization and the effects of climate change. Now, with the support of the Swedish National Space Board, a new competence center is being established to make it easier for social scientists to use space-based information. The new national center, the Swedish Compe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-satellite-data-can-be-used-social-research - 2025-11-30

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 - 2025-11-30

On 18 November, a news item was released that went beyond our wildest dreams: Lund University ranked first in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability. We have been ranked as not just the best in Sweden, or even Europe – we are number one in the entire world! This is most likely the first time that a Swedish or Nordic university has been ranked best in the world in one of the major ranking

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-ranked-best-world-sustainability-according-qs-i-am-speechless - 2025-11-30

Recruiting a university Vice-Chancellor is a major undertaking. Since the Vice-Chancellor has a crucial impact on the future of the University, it is necessary to provide many different groups with the opportunity to influence the process, and that the process has been carefully thought out. The Vice-Chancellor and deputy vice-chancellor’s terms of office expire at the end of December 2026. Work o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-come-it-takes-so-long-recruit-vice-chancellor - 2025-11-30