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What would it take for people living 100 000 years from now to be able to understand a message from people living today? Language historian and exegete Ola Wikander has, on behalf of the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB), outlined some of the linguistic challenges. The question of how to warn people in the future was raised in connection with the decision made in January this

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-language-eternity - 2026-09-26

Can fashion ever become sustainable? How do we transition to environmentally smart e-commerce? What role will universities play in future society? These are some of the subjects to be discussed during the research festival Our Future City on 7-10 June at Campus Helsingborg. The event is organised in collaboration with the daily newspapers Helsingborgs Dagblad. Our Future City can most simply be de

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-cities-and-communities-focus-research-festival-our-future-cityh22-7-10-june - 2026-09-26

Yulia Vakulenko grew up in a small Russian town north of the Arctic Circle, today she works at Lund University. When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, her world was turned upside down. The first thing Yulia Vakulenko says when she meets me on the staircase of her workplace at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre, IKDC, is that her sorrow is nothing compared to what the people of Ukraine are being

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/yulia-russia-helps-refugees-ukraine - 2026-09-26

LUSEM's long-standing heritage of case competitions has now been revived after some years' intermission and it is a welcomed event both by students and collaborating partners. On 21 November, nine teams gathered to showcase their skills in an intense day of preparation and case solving! The case method is one of the cornerstones of Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) present

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/case-competition-2024 - 2026-09-25

“True crime” has exploded in popularity and crime and punishment dominates the headlines. Linnea Wegerstad, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, opposes the tendency to label people who have committed crimes as monsters. Linnea Wegerstad researches sexual offences and has a background as a judge in training. She was about halfway through this training when she chose to return to academia. A seni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mind-legal-scholar - 2026-09-26

A heated discussion under the hashtag Swedengate erupted on social media last spring. Swedes were accused of being strange as they did not invite their children’s friends to eat with them when the family was having dinner. The phenomenon was upsetting and ethnologist Håkan Jönsson was quickly inundated with questions. Are Swedes stingy? Swedengate came about when someone on the news and discussion

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/swedengate-disrespect-or-being-stingy - 2026-09-26

There is a lot of talk about ChatGPT just now – one of the chat-based AI services delivering answers to all possible questions in matter of seconds. But the new technology is not merely generating answers, but also raising many questions. In order to get insight into what everyone is talking about, LUM has given it a try. It is easy to get started – all that is required is to create an account on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dialogue-chatbot - 2026-09-26

The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, IIIEE, is taking the lead on open, month-long online courses, known as MOOCs. The investment in MOOCs has been quite a success. In recent years, every sixth student has stated that the online courses influenced them to apply for one of the IIIEE’s traditional courses or programmes. That MOOCs attract students to study programmes i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/moocs-more-popular-during-pandemic - 2026-09-25

“Toke is shy but does the most exploring of all of them, while Siggi is relaxed and friendly. But you have to know them to be able to work with them”, says cognitive scientist Stephan Reber. He is not talking about his colleagues but the alligators now on site in Ystad zoo, where the researchers have a specially adapted facility to study the animals’ behaviour. The heat and humidity hit you as soo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/alligators-are-key-world-dinosaurs - 2026-09-25

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 not enough – the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safe-fieldwork-who-responsible-security - 2026-09-26

One of the biggest perks of teaching at university? Supervising students and seeing them grow into their role. That is at least according to senior lecturers Olof Hallonsten and Anna Jonsson. Detectives with magnifying glasses and catching and preparing a fish. Those are two of the metaphors that Anna Jonsson and Olof Hallonsten use to explain the relationship between supervisor and student, the v

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/comic-strips-and-metaphors-help-students-reflect - 2026-09-26

What does it mean to be Vice-Chancellor of Lund University? Work is now underway to recruit a Vice-Chancellor who will take up the position in January 2027. But what does the role actually entail and why is it important who is Vice-Chancellor? The University’s highest academic leaderThe Vice-Chancellor works on behalf of the University Board and is the University’s highest leader för academic acti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-does-vice-chancellor-actually-do - 2026-09-26

Tolibjon Mustafoev, PhD candidate at Lund University For the last few decades, Uzbekistan has been a popular research destination for many scholars studying authoritarian regimes. Indeed, the first president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, had been in power from the first days of independence in 1991 until September 2016. Karimov was known for his policies on closed economy, high bureaucracy, centra

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/uzbekistan-takes-steps-towards-establishing-welfare-state-and-eradicating-poverty-iron-feast-iron - 2026-09-25

https://www.eit.lth.se/artikel/dino-pjanic-fran-komplexiteter-till-mojligheter-i-mobil-kommunikation - 2026-09-25

Som en av fyra unga forskare vid Lunds universitet får Ingrid van Dijk, verksam vid Centrum för ekonomisk demografi och Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen vid Ekonomihögskolan, ta emot ett ERC Starting Grant. Hennes projekt heter ”Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations”. Hon är den första forskaren någonsin från Ekonomihögskolan att få

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ekonomihistorikern-ingrid-van-dijk-far-prestigefullt-eu-anslag-projekt-om-halsa - 2026-09-25

Nu kommer FN:s klimatpanel IPCC med en syntesrapport som sammanfattar de senaste årens rapporter. Vi ställde fem frågor till Markku Rummukainen, Sveriges kontaktperson för IPCC och även professor i klimatologi vid Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap på Lunds universitet. Vad bidrar den nya syntesrapporten med? – Syntesrapporten ger ett relevant kunskapsunderlag i klimatfrågan för världens lände

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/markku-rummukainen-om-nya-ipcc-rapporten-atgarder-i-nartid-ar-avgorande - 2026-09-25

Kan mode någonsin bli hållbart? Hur ställer vi om till miljösmart e-handel? Och vilken roll ska universiteten ha i framtidens samhälle? Det är några av de ämnen som diskuteras under forskningsfestivalen Our Future City den 7-10 juni på Campus Helsingborg. Evenemanget görs tillsammans med Helsingborgs Dagblad och FoU Helsingborg och sker under den stora stadsmässan H22. Our Future City kan enklast

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/hallbara-stader-och-samhallen-i-fokus-pa-ny-forskningsfestival - 2026-09-25

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/stor-mobilisering-en-hallbar-morgondag - 2026-09-25

Det sex år långa CASE-koordinerade forskningsprogrammet UserAge, med en rad intressenter och 26 forskare från fyra lärosäten, har nått sitt slut. Resultaten presenteras i ett 25-tal vetenskapliga originalartiklar, fyra doktorsavhandlingar, en licentiatavhandling, en antologi, en populärvetenskaplig rapport, ett flertal populärvetenskapliga artiklar och reportage samt vetenskapliga konferensbidrag.

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/sex-ar-lang-forskning-om-och-med-intressenter-nu-lanseras-intressentpoolen - 2026-09-25

Studiecentrum, samlat bibliotek, studentkafé och kansli med fakultetsledning. Lägg dessutom till en skyhög tummelplats för event. Projektledaren och bibliotekschefen Kristina Holmin Verdozzi har stora visioner för astronomihuset som under tre år ska genomgå en total metamorfos. Den som besöker Sölvegatan 27 en septemberdag 2028 kommer inte att känna igen sig. På gräsmattorna utanför den röda tegel

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/hon-vill-skapa-ett-andningshal-naturvetenskaplig-nyfikenhet - 2026-09-25