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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn, Lund University will offer its first three free open online courses, known as MOOCs. They will be in green economy, global health and European business law. Despite this decision, opinions are still partially divided. Some see MOOCs as a motor for development that will rejuvenate and adapt higher educatio
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/green-light-three-moocs - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Enlightenment philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft believed that living in hierarchies destroyed and corrupted people deep down in their souls. “For her, inequality was the greatest threat to democracy and liberty. It is still dynamite today, as the gulf between rich and poor widens and the world is divided into lords and
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reinterpreting-feminist-pioneer - 2026-05-09
Knowledge for Sustainable Development är en årlig forskningskonferens riktad till alla forskare vid Lunds universitet som vill öka sin kunskap om de utmaningar som ligger framför oss, lära sig hur deras forskning kan bidra till förändring, samt stärka sina kontakter med forskare från andra discipliner. Knowledge for Sustainable Development är en årlig forskningskonferens riktad till alla forskare
Hösten 2024 erbjuds fem kurser i engelska för universitetsanställda (tidigare Engelska för TA-personal). Kurserna är öppna för alla personalkategorier (administratörer, doktorander, lärare med flera). Sök på kurser som ges på engelska så hittar du dem ganska enkelt . På kompetensportalen framgår kursernas scheman (om du klickar på ”Gå till anmälan”) och antalet träffar, och du kan även läsa mer om
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lar-dig-engelska-under-hosten-2024 - 2026-05-10
What are opinions, what are facts and what are outright lies? The latest PISA assessment clearly shows that children and young adults have difficulties navigating the fast flow of information in society today. When anyone at all can make their voice heard it also becomes more difficult to recognise misleading information and fake news. Together, actors, performing arts teachers and researchers are
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-and-performers-teaching-children-question-fake-news - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Ivanna Read: the Master's student in Strategic Communication who is putting Lund University on the map as a blogger on Studyinsweden.se. In addition to being a high achiever academically, she is also the University's latest global ambassador - on 8 May she will be named as Lund University's Global Swede at a cere
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-new-global-ambassador - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The bad news about malignant melanoma is that the disease is increasing more rapidly than most other types of cancer. The good news is that it is easy to cure, as long as it is detected in time. A research group in Lund has therefore started a project that it is hoped will make it easier to correctly diagnose suspicio
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tape-could-simplify-skin-cancer-diagnosis - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Being director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics is about choosing what to do, and what not to do. At the start, Lena Neij travelled a lot, but now she sees representing the institute abroad as a responsibility shared by all the staff. She still supervises doctoral students, but doe
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/there-are-lot-duties-role - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “My first project was about giving poor families in Thailand the opportunity to send their children to school. A student and I helped set up chicken farms at the schools, which the children took care of. The money they earned by selling the eggs on the markets covered their school fees”. Leif Bjellin. Photo: Gunnar Me
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-earthquake-victims-nepal - 2026-05-09
Synchrotron radiation helps vision researcher Emily Baird create three-dimensional images of how insects see the world. In the future, this could lead to sighted drones that navigate through the air like insects, without being remote controlled from the ground. “I enjoy research more than anything, and the most fun part is that I am forced to be creative and make constant progress, says Emily Bair
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/studies-bees-can-enable-drones-see - 2026-05-09
London is a top-ranked destination for shopping, offering a mix of high-street shopping, luxury stores, and independent boutiques. The city is traditionally known for being at the forefront of the latest trends in fashion and retailing. In line with this, several retail areas in London have recently undergone extensive redevelopments to offer shopping beyond the ordinary. Places such as Coal drops
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/exploring-shopping-trends-london - 2026-05-10
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. James Pamment, forskare vid Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation, har nyligen fått halv miljon kronor från STINT* för en satsning inom området kommunikation och diplomati. Forskningsfältet Offentlig diplomati handlar i korthet om att genom strategisk kommunikation och relationsskapande verksamhet skapa förutsä
https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/campus-helsingborg-satsar-pa-offentlig-diplomati - 2026-05-09
Nätverket EUGLOH (the European University Alliance for Global Health) lanserar ett så kallat seed funding-program för läsåret 2024–2025. Utlysningen gäller akademisk personal (lärare, forskare, pedagogiska utvecklare). Det internationella universitetsnätverket EUGLOH erbjuder uppstartsfinansiering för att utveckla kurser för lärare inom nätverket. Sista ansökningsdag är den 16 december och du behö
https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/nu-kan-du-soka-uppstartsfinansiering-att-utveckla-kurser-larare-genom-eugloh - 2026-05-09
Vikarierande universitetslektor Katharina Kehls avhandling “The Right Kind of Queer: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Constructions of Swedishness” har recenserats i lambda nordica och har tilldelats medel från Kungliga Vetenskapsakademin för att omvandlas till bok. Avhandlingen “The Right Kind of Queer: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Constructions of Swedishness” undersöke
https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/avhandling-om-queera-diskurser-i-sverige-far-positiv-feedback-och-gors-om-till-bok - 2026-05-09
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. War in International Thought analyserar hur konceptet krig har använts i olika sammanhang från sextonhundratalet till det sena artonhundratalet. Jens Bartelson, professor vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, undersöker underliggande och ofta outtalade antaganden om krigets egenskaper, och hur dessa formar vår först
https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-bok-av-jens-bartelson-war-international-thought - 2026-05-09
Lund University Outreach Academy erbjuder utbildningar för dig som vill bli bättre på att kommunicera din forskning utanför akademin. Här får du konkreta verktyg och stöd för att nå ut till allmänhet, medier, beslutsfattare, finansiärer och samverkansparter. Utbildningarna som är en del av Lund University Outreach Academy är särskilt framtagna för forskare som vill utveckla sin förmåga att göra si
https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2026/outreach-academy-utbildningar-i-forskningskommunikation - 2026-05-09
Denna vecka har bjudit på två disputationer. Det är Lisa Justesen och Jakob Strandgaard som har disputerat med vars en avhandling. Lisa Justesen Först ut var Lisa Justesen som försvarade sin avhandling "The Emerging Outer Space Order: Professional Orders, Heterarchy, Hypermodernity and Political Reason", den 20 maj kl. 10.15. Opponent var professor Mark Rhinard, Stockholms universitet. Lisa Justes
https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/tva-disputationer-vid-institutionen-0 - 2026-05-09
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kan vuxenutbildning hjälpa studenter att se sig som värdefulla med tanke på att många av studenterna ofta har erfarenheter av misslyckande, både i skolan och på arbetsmarknaden? Fredrik Sandberg har publicerat artikeln ”Recognition and adult education: an incongruent opportunity" i tidskriften Studies in Continuing
https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/sandberg-om-vuxenutbildning - 2026-05-09
Around 100 select astronomy books dating from 1545 to 1799 have been relocated from the Astronomy Library to the University Library. LUM was there as the books were packed away, and again, several months later, after they had been quarantined and it was time to catalogue, encapsulate and put them in storage. Next year, the rarest volumes will be digitalised and perhaps even be displayed. Outside A
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/star-studded-tomes-astronomy-library-move-new-home - 2026-05-10
