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The faculty works with two-year operational plans that specify a number of prioritised areas for the upcoming years. Much of the work with the operational plan's priority areas is conducted through the faculty's boards and councils.The faculty management and faculty office break down the areas into more detailed activities, in order to be able to work more concretely with follow-up of the operatio
The faculty management regularly conducts operational discussions with all departments to ensure that the departments’ resources for education and research are used efficiently and optimally and that activities are developed and maintain high quality. The aim is also to provide supporting documentation for first- and second-cycle education for the planning of the following year’s allocation of res
The faculty regularly exchange information on quality assurance and quality enhancement with departments and libraries through annual quality discussions about first-, second- and third cycle education, and research. The quality discussions are both follow-ups and forward-looking. The aim is to capture areas in need of development and improvement and to identify any required measures, follow up re
Part of the faculty’s quality assurance and quality enhancement work consists of education evaluations with external experts. Below is an overview of the different steps involved in an education evaluation and results from conducted evaluations. All first-, second- and third-cycle degree programmes are to be evaluated with external reviewers. The education evaluations are to promote quality, and a
Please fill in this form to apply for Faculty of Social Sciences joint PhD courses. Additional requirements If you are a doctoral student from another university, please download the Special Permission Form and submit it with your application below. Contact Maria Persson LingProgramme Coordinatormaria [dot] persson_ling [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se Important dates DeadlinesThe last day to apply for
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/form/late-application-phd-courses-autumn-term-2020 - 2026-07-07
Please fill in this form to apply for Faculty of Social Sciences joint PhD courses. Additional requirements If you are a doctoral student from another university, please download the Special Permission Form and submit it with your application below. Contact Maria Persson LingProgramme Coordinatormaria [dot] persson_ling [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se Application deadlines for Spring 2021 The last day
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/form/application-phd-courses-spring-2021 - 2026-07-07
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https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/form/application-teaching-portfolio - 2026-07-07
7.5 credits or 15 credits The course is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences as an interdisciplinary single–subject course in qualitative methods for the social sciences at the doctoral studies level. The language of instruction is English or Swedish. About the courseCourse period: 23 February – 23 March 2026 (7.5 credits) 23 February – 24 April 2026 (15 credits)App
27 August 2026 08:30 to 15:30 | Seminar In times when accelerating biodiversity loss and the looming risk of ecosystem collapse emerge as direct threats to national security, food systems, and global stability - societies are confronted with an urgent dilemma: how to respond immediately to escalating crises while also building long-term resilience for a rapidly changing future. Recent assessments
19 April 2027 08:00 to 24 April 2027 17:00 | Save the date! Sustainability Week is back 19-24 April, 2027 Don’t miss the annual Sustainability Week, where we explore sustainability issues from ecological, economic and social perspectives through a variety of panel discussions, talks, workshops, exhibitions and cultural events.The week is made in collaboration between Lund University and Lund Munic
https://www.sustainability.lu.se/calendar/sustainability-week-2027 - 2026-07-07
6 October 2026 09:30 to 12:00 | Workshop Deadline to register is 29th of September. You can register here.Access to water, sanitation and hygiene is a human right. It is essential to health, food security, human rights, ecosystems and for many industries and energy sectors. And even though the proportion of the world’s population having access to safe drinking water has increased over the years, i
25 November 2026 08:30 to 09:30 | Butterflies reflect the health of the landscape. Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers, monitoring data shows how changes in the landscape and climate are affecting Sweden’s butterfly population – and what is needed to help ensure a positive future for our Swedish butterflies. This event is held in Swedish. More information and registration on the Swedis
26 August 2026 08:30 to 09:30 | Access to reliable information about tree species in forests is essential for making better decisions in forestry and nature conservation. This lecture presents a new satellite-based map that provides a detailed picture of the species composition in the productive forests of Götaland, a tool with potential for nature conservation, forestry and climate action. More i
30 September 2026 08:30 to 09:30 | What happens to landscapes affected by conflict? We’ll find out more in this lecture organised by LU Land. This lecture is held in Swedish. More information and registration on the Swedish event page:LU Land föreläsning: Hur påverkas markanvändning och natur under väpnade konflikter? | LU Land About the eventLocation:Digitalt via Zoom (möteslänken skickas till re
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene is a human right. It is essential to health, food security, human rights, ecosystems and for many industries and energy sectors. And even though the proportion of the world’s population having access to safe drinking water has increased over the years, increased water demand, water scarcity and cross-sectional coordination remain a challenge. How can we redu
11 November 2026 09:00 to 12:00 | Seminar As we approach 2030, significant challenges remain in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet global efforts towards a sustainable future will not end with the current 2030 Agenda. On the contrary, the need for continued engagement, perhaps in new forms, will become even more pressing. Please register before 4th of November at Post-Agenda 2030 – W
https://www.sustainability.lu.se/calendar/post-agenda-2030-what-happens-next - 2026-07-07
Drawing on perspectives from research, business and government, we will examine how the agenda has shaped global and local development and consider what may come next. The seminar will conclude with a panel discussion in which invited speakers reflect on the future of global sustainability governance. Together, they will discuss the possible roles of a new agenda, what form it might take, and its
https://www.sustainability.lu.se/form/post-agenda-2030-what-happens-next - 2026-07-07
To submit your abstract for oral or poster presentation, fill in the form below and attach your abstract as a PDF or Word-file. Please follow the template for abstracts: Download the template for abstracts here.Deadline for abstract submission is October 7, 2026.Note that there will not be a dedicated timeslot for poster presentations in the conference programme, but you are welcome to submit an a
https://www.sustainability.lu.se/form/upload-abstract-research-conference-knowledge-sustainable-development-2026 - 2026-07-07
On 9th of December 2025, the 5th Lund University Conference on Knowledge for Sustainable Development was held at AF-borgen in Lund. This year the conference was organised in collaboration with University of Cambridge, with the goal to develop new interdisciplinary knowledge and scale up the existing solutions to tackle the urgent crises of our time – from climate change and collapsing ecosystems t
9 February 2027 08:30 to 17:30 | Conference Welcome to the 6th research conference on sustainable development, with the focus on synergies and/or conflicts between preparedness and sustainable development. As the world faces accelerating climate impacts, geopolitical instability, and growing pressure on resources, tensions are increasing over how best to adapt to and protect our societies.Both sus
