Published 23 October 2023 ”I’m excited about the possibilities that lie ahead and I’m eager to collaborate with our talented faculty, staff, and students,” says Joakim. (Photo from a break during a hike in Österlen, near Kivik.) Photo: Jens Gullstrand. From January 2024 LUSEM will have a new Dean, Joakim Gullstrand. How does he feel about his new role? And why does he want to become the Dean of LU

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Published 26 March 2024 Phil Flores wrote his thesis on ”Not all green innovations are created equal: Consumer innovativeness and motivations in the adoption of shared micromobility”. Now, the Lund University Agenda 2030 Award honours his research. Archive photo: Louise Larsson Dr. Phil Flores completed his doctoral studies at LUSEM in the autumn of 2023. Now, the Lund University Agenda 2030 Award

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Published 26 March 2024 Martin Dribe. Archive photo from an interview about his research 2021. Photo: Louise Larsson Professor Martin Dribe is one of twelve researchers at Lund University who have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars. Martin Dribe is Professor of Economic History at LUSEM and Director of the Centre for Economic Demography. As a Wallenberg Scholar, he will focus on the long-term deve

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By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 3 April 2024 During spring – April and May – a lot of exciting things happen in the field of research communication for researchers! Keep reading! Pitch your idea to the Conversation – April session Researchers get exclusive time with an editor to discuss their article proposal. Each meeting is 20 minutes long. When: 8 Apr

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Published 16 April 2024 Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration, argues that it is best if students learn the basics in Swedish before they are taught in English. Photo: Jenny Leyman “English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English.

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By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 17 April 2024 Economist Adrian Mehic's study on beauty and grades in remote teaching received a lot of attention. Photo: Louise Larsson Remember the ”beauty study”? It received a lot of attention in the autumn of 2022; was reported for flaws in the research method, but was later found not to have deviated from good res

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Published 18 April 2024 Congratulations to Djevdet Iséni and Yuqing Zhao on your table tennis triumph! Photo: Anna Löthman On 17 April, the annual FEK Table Tennis Tournament unfolded. A total of 20 players battled fiercely until the very end, and the final match of this year may well be remembered as the most thrilling and of the highest quality ever! A set of quick questions for the winnersCongr

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Published 18 April 2024 Doctoral education student Markus Arnez-Wegelius will defend his thesis on 26 April. Get a quick glimpse of his thesis, experiences and near future. You are about to defend your thesis “A Dynamic Capabilities Approach to Sustainable Business Model Innovation”. In short, what is your thesis (doctoral dissertation) about?“My thesis in a nutshell focuses on which capabilities

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Published 19 April 2024 Olga Lark on her "spiking" 5 April, with one of her supervisors Fredrik Sjöholm. Photo: Louise Larsson Doctoral student Olga Lark will defend her thesis 26 April. Get a quick glimpse of her thesis, experiences and near future. Hi Olga! You are about to defend your thesis “Globalization, Gender inequality and Firm innovation”. In short, what is your thesis about?”My thesis i

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Published 24 April 2024 The Research Day of the Swedish Parliament was held on 18 April. Invited researchers from different universities met with the members of Parliament and talked about AI. Johan Axhamn was invited to the Committee on Cultural Affairs. (Screenshot) Every year, the Swedish Riksdag organises a research day. This year the theme was “artificial intelligence”. The aim is to give Mem

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Published 25 April 2024 Tommy Shih and Sylvia Schwaag Serger have provided research support for the new national report on responsible internationalisation. Tommy Shih comments. This April, the first national interim report on responsible internationalisation was published. The aim is to create national guidelines and a national support structure for responsible internationalisation. The report is

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Published 25 April 2024 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.Lund University's long-term work environment goal is a sustainable work environment for everyone working at the university.Speci

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Published 26 April 2024 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-pres

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Published 26 April 2024 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

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Published 30 April 2024 Johan Jönsson at his ”spikning”, with Peter Svensson, Jens Rennstam and Charlotta Levay. Photo: Oleksandra Panashenko Doctoral education student Johan Jönsson will defend his thesis on 3 May. Get a quick glimpse of his thesis, experiences and near future. Hi Johan! You are about to defend your thesis “Performing Numbers”. In short, what is your thesis about?”It’s about the

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By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 13 May 2024 “Vinzent is an independent and creative researcher who shows exceptional ability in combining large historical data sets with modern quantitative methods and theoretical modelling.” This is how the researcher who wrote the best thesis of the year at LUSEM is described in the prize nomination. Congratulation

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Published 15 May 2024 A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added that his mother had also had Pierre as a teacher and thought he was pretty awesome. Few, if any statistics teachers can claim to have reached and inspired more students than Pier

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/44-years-carbonnier-stats-dont-lie - 2025-07-29

Published 16 May 2024 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 revised platform retains its original structure, with four prioritised areas and three general watchwords: innovative, digital and sustainable. The content has however been adjusted in order to better address cur

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Published 16 May 2024 Regarding the setting up of a tent camp in Lundagård and pro-Palestinian demonstrations. For those who have been following the course of events surrounding pro-Palestinian demonstrations and how tent camps were established on American campuses and then spread to other parts of the world, it will not come as a surprise that such demonstrations have now reached Sweden. A tent c

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Published 16 May 2024 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 th

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