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About traditionsMost academic institutions have traditions intended to foster a sense of belonging and to promote community, identity and shared values within educational environments. At older universities, this is also about continuity: connecting past, present and future generations through more or less formalised, recurring rituals. Rituals evidently give us a sense of control in a chaotic wor
How do we lift everyone – not just the stars?It is difficult to choose which issue feels most pressing at the moment – several major questions are moving at once. Discussions about strategic research areas, academic freedom, the future of the Department of Physics, and academic integrity are all taking place simultaneously. At the same time, we are working intensively with nominations for prizes a
19 May 2026 15:15 to 16:00 | Seminar With Åsa Ek, Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, LTH; Charlotta Nilsson, Division of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics; Henrik Rahm, Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies, Karlstad University; Christopher Rääf, Division of Medical Radiation Physics, Faculty of Medicine; Kristina Eriksson Stenström, Division of
Excellence requires breaksIt is early April, most development reviews have now been completed, and holiday planning is well under way. As always, excellence in education and research is at the top of our agenda. At the same time, I would like to remind you that excellence also requires recovery and time off – whether you are a researcher, a teacher, or work in a support function.Historically, the
24 April 2026 13:15 to 16:00 | Thesis defence For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Stefan Susnjar has written a scientific thesis entitled:“Modelling of Light Propagation in Diffusive Media with Applications to Tissue Spectroscopy, Tomography and Photodynamic Therapy”.Stefan Susnjar’s thesis is available to read and download from Lund University’s research portal.The faculty opponent
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/calendar/dissertation-stefan-susnjar - 2026-04-23
24 April 2026 09:15 to 12:00 | Thesis defence For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Esra Yilmaz has written a scientific thesis entitled:“Cell Sorting for Biomechanical Characterisation of Cancer Cells”.Esra Yilmaz’s thesis is available to read and download from Lund University’s research portal.The faculty opponent is Professor Séverine Le Gac, University of Twente, the Netherlands.
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/calendar/disseration-esra-yilmaz - 2026-04-23
29 April 2026 09:15 to 12:00 | Thesis defence In fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Markus Aspegren has written a scientific thesis entitled:“Symmetry and Transport in Crystal-Phase Engineered Quantum Dots”.Markus Aspegren’s thesis is available to read and download from the Lund University Research Portal.The faculty opponent is Professor Thomas Schäp
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/calendar/dissertation-markus-aspegren - 2026-04-23
28 April 2026 15:00 to 16:00 | Seminar At Mötesplats Rydberg 28 April:Fluidics RevisitedBy Jason Beech, Researcher at Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University.AbstractMicrofluidics has become a relatively well know area of research with many applications in chemistry, biology, and medical diagnostics. Seemingly forgotten, even among those in the field of microfluidics, is that F
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/calendar/motesplats-rydberg-fluidics-revisited - 2026-04-23
7 May 2026 09:15 to 12:00 | Thesis defence For her doctorate in physics, Yue Zhao has written a scientific thesis entitled:"Light Emission Induced by Charge Carrier Diffusion in Nanowires: From Synthesis to Characterization".The thesis by Yue Zhao is available for reading and download via Lund University’s research portal.The faculty opponent is Dr. Maria Tchernycheva, University of Paris-Saclay,
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/calendar/dissertation-yue-zhao - 2026-04-23
8 May 2026 17:30 to 20:30 | Other Film screening of A Chip Odyssey, the story of the Taiwanese semiconductor miracle. Taiwan is a world leader in semiconductors, with 60% of the world's chip foundry production and 90% of the market for the most advanced semiconductors. But how did this happen? The story is told in the film A Chip Odyssey (造山者), which tells of the semiconductor pioneer Hu Ding-Hwa
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/calendar/chip-odyssey-how-taiwan-became-world-leader-semiconductors - 2026-04-23
13 May 2026 13:15 to 16:00 | Thesis defence For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Matteo Tirrito has written a scientific thesis entitled:"Hybrid III–V Nanowire and Perovskite Architectures for Advanced Multi‑Junction Solar Cells".Matteo Tirrito’s thesis is available to read and download from Lund University’s research portal.The faculty opponent is Professor Thomas Hannappel, Ilmenau
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/calendar/disseration-matteo-tirrito - 2026-04-23
20 May 2026 13:00 to 16:00 | Thesis defence In fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Ville Lindblom has authored a scientific thesis entitled:“Spectroscopy of Core-Excited Molecules and Exploration of the Induced Dynamics”.Ville Lindblom’s thesis is available to read and download from Lund University’s research portal.The faculty opponent is Professor Ar
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/calendar/dissertation-ville-lindblom - 2026-04-23
Here we collect information about South Asian related conferences. Select the event you want to know more about in the left column.
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/conferences - 2026-04-23
On 20–22 May 2015, SASNET successfully organised an international conference on ”South Asia in Transformation: World of Slums, Global Power Houses or Utopias?" with the sub-title ”Migration, Labour, and Family Changes in a Dynamic Region”. The three-day conference, generously funded by the Crafoord Foundation, Forte and the Swedish Research Council, was held in Lund. More than 70 researchers from
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/activities/previous-sasnet-events/conference-structural-transformation-2015 - 2026-04-23
2017-2018 in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and UK Three conferences will be held in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the United Kingdom supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) in 2017 and 2018. The name is "Comparative Peacebuilding in Asia - Liberal and Illiberal Transitions from Ethnic Conflict and Authoritarianism". This series of three
8 September in Edinburgh On 8 September 2017 The Annual Meeting of the South Asia Anthropology Group (SAAG) will be held at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. This year's theme is: Identity, Politics, and Resistance. The issue of identity has been at the heart of several important political developments and social movements over the past few years in South Asia. In India, critics argue t
26-28 September 2017 in Perth, Australia The 2017 Women in Asia (WIA) conference will be held at the University of Western Australia on 26-28 September. Deadline for submissions is 31 March. The Women in Asia (WIA) Conference continues a tradition started by the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Women’s Caucus (now Women’s Forum) in 1981.This will be the first time this Conference has
The Sweden-South Asia Media Project aims to study and report on the growing digital media landscape in South Asia and link these results together with the development of the Swedish media landscape. The project is carried out by the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) in collaboration with the School of Journalism at Lund University in Sweden. The project's objectives are: To create a
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-projects/sweden-south-asia-media-project - 2026-04-23
24-27 July 2018 in Paris, France The 25th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS) is scheduled for 24-27 July 2018 at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. It is organized by the Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud. The call for panels is now open and will close on 30 April 2017. If you would like to convene a panel at this conference, please submit your proposal v
