In May 2019 AI* Nordic Powwow filled Lundagård with 550 curious and knowledgeable AI-interested persons. In May 2023 we came back after the pandemic. Now, on 16th May 2024, AI* Nordic Powwow will celebrate the first of, hopefully, many annual occurrences! AF-borgen is booked and we expect interesting and mind-blowing talks and discussions. We aim for a joint track during the morning session follow

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-internal-contribution-andor-participation-ai-nordic-powwow-lund-16-may-2024 - 2025-08-24

The Palaestra building in Lundagård. Welcome to a drop-in at Lund University for new international staff! This is an opportunity for you to meet different functions, both from the university and outside. At this drop-in, you can ask questions for example regarding migration, population registration, coordination number, declaration, social insurance, pension, child and school activities, your sala

https://www.staff.lu.se/drop-in - 2025-08-24

A new framework for measuring qualifying expertise in teaching has been produced and will now be implemented at the University. The aim is to recognise excellence in teaching by applying a classification and structure for teaching practitioners’ qualifications. The framework, developed by Rachel Forsyth and Lena Christensen, is based on the Advancing Teaching initiative, an international framework

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/excellent-teaching-be-highlighted-through-recognition-educational-qualifications - 2025-08-24

The task of the Electoral College is to select academic staff representatives for the University Board and act as a collegial body in the recruitment and consultation process for a new Vice-Chancellor and deputy vice-chancellor. The election process has now been completed for members of the Electoral College regarding the term of office 2024-2027. At the first constitutive meeting in April, Johan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-composition-electoral-college - 2025-08-24

It is soon time for the traditional celebrations on 30 April and 1 May, which as usual includes the donning of student caps, the students’ May Day speech to the Vice-Chancellor, and the singing in of spring in Lundagård by the male voice choir, Lund Student Singers. Donning of student caps Time: 30 April: 17:20-18:00Place: Tegnérsplatsen, LundagårdOn 30 April, the vice-president of Lund University

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/celebrations-30-april-and-1-may-2024 - 2025-08-24

Lund University's negotiations with the employee organisation OFR have now been concluded. The new salaries for OFR members are planned to be paid in May, retroactively from the salary revision date of 1 October 2023. Managers will shortly offer employees who are members of OFR a salary appraisal where the new salary will be communicated and justified.Notify changes in incomeFor OFR members who ne

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-negotiations-ofr-are-now-finalised - 2025-08-24

Join in and experience interdisciplinarity “in live practice”. Among other things, there will be a lunch seminar on what sound can teach us about democracy – and vice versa. Or perhaps a workshop, including performance, on ways to achieve existential well-being? Why not join the opening of the exhibition: "Coastal Perspectives" – an exhibition about the challenges and opportunities of the changing

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-goes-live-pufendorf-institute - 2025-08-24

In connection with Pride Week in Lund, the University invites you to join us in a pre-procession get-together, after which we can participate in the Pride parade together. The LundaPride parade takes place on 18 May and the University wishes to take part and highlight the event. All students and employees are welcome to go together in the Pride parade. We start at 11.30 in the Main University Buil

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/join-us-lundapride-18-may - 2025-08-24

Photo: Agata Garpenlind. The university's overall goals and focus areas for work environment management have been updated for the period 2024 - 2027. Lund University's long-term work environment goal is a sustainable work environment for everyone working at the university.Special focus on three areasTo achieve this goal, Lund University will during the years 2024 to 2027 - with the ongoing systema

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updated-work-environment-goals-lund-university - 2025-08-24

From left: Jason Diakité, Biljana Topalova-Casadiego, Patrick Amsellem, Nina Andersson, Helene Larsson Pousette, Jenny Lindén Urnes, Marcus McKinley, Anna Lyrevik, and David Polfeldt. Last week, Lund University's external Cultural Council convened and several interesting discussions about the future were initiated. The Cultural Council is an important part of the university's cultural strategy to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/culture-water-essential-and-enduring - 2025-08-24

Lund researchers Thomas Pugh and Raimund Muscheler have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant. Photo: Private/Kenneth Ruona. Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will receive EUR 2.5 million each over a five-year period to study historical solar storms and the rate at which trees gro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/two-lund-researchers-receive-prestigious-eu-grant - 2025-08-24

Sustainability Week in Lund has established itself as a recurring meeting place for challenging issues and innovative solutions. This year's program included over 70 events and gathered a few thousand participants in total. In mid-April, Lund was bubbling with sustainability issues. Project manager Stina Lundkvist breathes a sigh of relief after a successful week."We are very pleased with all the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-participation-during-sustainability-week - 2025-08-24

On Sunday (28 April) and Thursday (2 May), several of the University’s employees received two different sophisticated phishing email messages. Now the Division of IT wants to warn everyone in order to prevent deception. The first email was sent from a number of generated accounts at umassmed.edu (University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine) and was presented to look like a quarantine messa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/be-alert-suspicious-emails - 2025-08-24

For the first time in the University’s history, a Vice-Chancellor’s decision exists concerning how we are to work on educational qualifications throughout the entire University, as reported in the previous LU News. Half of the University’s faculties have offered the opportunity to apply for recognition as an excellent teaching practitioner or similar for several years. A framework is now being int

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-forefront-work-educational-qualifications-higher-education - 2025-08-24

There is now an updated platform for strategic work which will guide our initiatives between 2025 and 2027. This update is an important part of our efforts to remain relevant and competitive in a rapidly changing world. The world around us is becoming increasingly unpredictable and complex, and in order to meet the new challenges we must act more quickly and in new ways. The platform for strategic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updated-platform-strategic-work-initiatives-international-impact - 2025-08-24

The current platform for strategic work applies until the end of this year, but a decision on an updated version for the period 2025-2027 has already been taken. The platform describes the University’s strategic work for the years ahead and will support us in adapting the University’s operations more quickly in an unpredictable world. The fact that the updated platform for strategic work is alread

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/platform-strategic-work-2025-2027 - 2025-08-24

As part of the work with Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), Lund University is announcing three calls for funding to stimulate collaboration and activities that strengthen our international impact in research, education, innovation and cooperation.  Deadline for applications is 21 August 2024. Funded activities should be completed no later than 31 July 2025.Get Started Funding – funding to develop c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-impact-actions - 2025-08-24

LU Innovation's business lawyer Fredrik Engfeldt works daily to resolve issues relating to the professor's exemption. Photo: Johan Persson. Everyone who conducts research is covered by the intellectual property rights of academic staff ("lärarundantaget"). But what is it? Bring your lunch bag to an open seminar on the Stairs with LU Innovation's business lawyer Fredrik Engfeldt on 21 May at 12.30

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-what-you-need-know-about-intellectual-property-rights-academic-staff - 2025-08-24

Workshop vid Royal University of Bhutan med fokus på pedagogik. På bilden syns Magnus Hagelsteen från LTH, samt kollegor från universitetet i Bhutan. Foto: Martin Andersson När forskarna från LTH passerar gränsen till landet Bhutan är lugnet och stillheten det första som slår dem. Men det är inte bara naturens ro som lockar, de är här för att fördjupa samarbetet mellan svensk ingenjörskunskap och

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/fran-lyckolandet-bhutan-till-lardomar-i-lund - 2025-08-24

Det spända omvärldsläget är en utmaning för universitetets internationaliseringsarbete, ­menar Pär Svensson, som är internationell koordinator. Foto: Minna Wallén-Widung Arbetet med internationalisering har blivit viktigare – och mer komplext – de senaste åren. I en värld där demokrati och akademisk frihet är hotad behöver Lunds universitet ta större ansvar för sina internationella samarbeten. Det

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/internationalisering-viktigt-omfattande-och-komplext - 2025-08-24