The University building. Photo: Kennet Ruona The main University building is to become a hub for the organisation! That is the vision proposed by project manager Louise Pierce, who is responsible for repurposing the now almost empty building in Lundagård park. In only three years, it is to be buzzing with activity in the form of students, employees and visitors. Since early last autumn, Louise Pie

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-plan-university-building-materializes - 2025-08-21

Claus-Christian Eckhardt, the Director of the School of Industrial Design is relieved. Photo: Erik Andersson A record donation of SEK 350 million from the IKEA Foundation has secured the future of the School of Industrial Design at Lund University. It is not the first time that the school has received a major donation from IKEA. It all started at a meeting over a lot of coffee and snuff between In

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shared-vision-about-good-design-everyone-behind-huge-donations - 2025-08-21

Growth or degrowth is the theme for "Debatt i Lund" during the Sustainability Week. Illustration Catrin Jakobsson. During Sustainability Week, you can hear psychologists’ tips on how you can get rid of your climate change anxiety by taking action. You can also experience an earthquake via a virtual reality game, take an art tour in the Botanical Garden or learn how to bake bread without generating

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transformation-theme-years-sustainability-week - 2025-08-21

As of 1 April 2019, it is a legal requirement for all purchases in the public sector to be invoiced electronically. The requirement is part of efforts to streamline public administration throughout the EU. In procurement processes, always inform your supplier of the new legal requirement. Refer them to lu.se/leverantör (in Swedish) or lunduniversity.lu.se/supplier (in English).Lund University is a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-e-invoicing-legislation-1-april - 2025-08-21

A logical start of an academic career: Getting that external funding - where, when, how? Getting external funding is an important part of the academic career. But how do you find the relevant funding opportunities and how should you approach the research funding that is out there? This seminar (in English) will guide you through the research funding landscape in general, and more specifically in t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/getting-external-funding-where-when-how - 2025-08-21

Marjolein Thunissen. Photo Kennet Ruona Following criticism from the Swedish Research Council for delays and unclear leadership at MAX IV, the organisation is now headed in the right direction. Efficiency has increased through stricter deadlines, clearer priorities among the projects and increased clarity in the decision chains. “We are on the right path and managers and team leaders are taking fu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-sees-light-end-tunnel - 2025-08-21

Jimmie Kristensson observes the lack of a clear plan for how to take care of people affected in different ways by a misconduct case. Photo: Kennet Ruona Threats and hate speech from outside are certainly very trying. But could they be even worse when they come from within the organisation? What if you barely dare to go to work because you get threatened – or you are not even allowed in to work bec

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/its-hard-deal-threats-within-ranks - 2025-08-21

Photo:Vchal/Shutterstock Infertility is now a condition as common as diabetes. On the one hand, women are waiting until they are older to have children, which makes it more difficult to get pregnant, but some studies also indicate a drastic decline in sperm counts in men over the past 50 years. Repro Union 2.0 is a Danish-Swedish initiative to reduce infertility in the EU. Aleksander Giwercman, a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eu-infertility-project-focuses-men - 2025-08-21

Is Lund University doing the right things in the right way? That is the big question that project managers Freddy Ståhlberg and Mats Benner want RQ20 to answer (RQ stands for Research Quality). Photo: Kennet Ruona och Johan Bävman RQ20, the new major research quality evaluation, is underway! It is based on self-evaluations and will involve around 5 000 members of staff. In contrast to the last tim

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-be-evaluated-without-grades-or-gold-stars - 2025-08-21

Islamologist Anders Ackfeldt has featured on lists created by right-wing extremists of people considered as wanting to “destroy Sweden”. Photo:Kennet Ruona When Anders Ackfeldt and 22 other researchers criticised the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency’s (MSB) research report “The Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden” for adding fuel to an overly conspiracy theory-tinged image of Islam, it provoked a delug

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/islamologist-nuanced-picture-islam-provocative - 2025-08-21

Diana Mulinari, professor at the Department of Gender studies. Recurrent threats via telephone, email and letter – often in conjunction with being published. That is part of everyday research for gender researcher Diana Mulinari and many of her colleagues. “It is almost systematic. Those who hate and make threats are aggressively sexist and racist. Their hate ideology is based on who I am – a woma

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gender-researcher-threats-and-hate-are-part-everyday-life - 2025-08-21

Acting chief security officer Håkan Jönsson. Photo:Jenny Loftrup Threats against researchers are increasing, according to acting chief security officer Håkan Jönsson, who received 16 reports of threats last year. The rise is in online threats, whereas the number of disruptive or violent people on campus is dropping – probably thanks to more locked doors. “But the hidden figures are high when it co

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/online-threats-against-researchers-are-rise - 2025-08-21

Lund University has decided to apply for the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award. This award is given to organisations that follow the European Charter and Code for Researchers and the principles of Open and Transparent Merit-based Recruitment. In March 2005, the European Commission issued the Recommendation on the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-strategy-researchers - 2025-08-21

Photo:Louise Larsson From internal training courses for university lecturers in which the participants take a deep dive into case method teaching, to dedicated conferences and competitions. The alternatives to traditional classroom teaching are increasing and one of them is known as case method teaching, with assignments based on real situations which students must solve in collaboration. April wa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-case-method-teaching-spreads-one-lecturer-another - 2025-08-21

A donation saved the tulips in the Botanical Garden. Photo:Kennet Ruona The presence of the glorious tulips, which have captivated so many of the visitors to the garden and spread to the Instagram accounts of the residents of Lund, is in no way guaranteed. Neither are the coming summer flowers currently being planted in the flower beds, which last year were left bare and brown. “We depend on grant

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/botanical-garden-temporarily-flourishing - 2025-08-21

Pär Svensson, international coordinator at LU. Photo:Jenny Loftrup The Swedish Migration Agency should speed up visa processing for international students and researchers – a move that Lund University has eagerly awaited. And more Swedish students should study abroad. These are two of the proposals in the report of the Swedish Government’s commission of inquiry on increased internationalisation at

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/visa-processing-should-speed-order-increase-internationalisation - 2025-08-21

Marie Cronqvist Photo:Ulrika Oredsson The University will hold its first Future Week in October. It is to become an annual event in which researchers from the entire University will offer the general public lectures, panel discussions and debates intended to stimulate reflection about major future issues. The theme for this year’s week is adaptations – what do we have to do? What do we want to do?

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-starts-october-0 - 2025-08-21

SEM micrograph of a hunting spider, found on the nCHREM premises Lund University has a large and broad range of research infrastructure on offer. Several are world-leading. Unfortunately, however, in many cases the knowledge among researchers of what is on offer is low. “There are many researchers who are unaware of what the University has and what is accessible or how the infrastructure can help

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/find-research-infrastructures-lucris-and-develop-your-research - 2025-08-21

Foto: Mikael Risedal As of 1 July, the Human Resources division at the central administration level will be responsible for the final approval of all matters concerning compensation for health promotion, medical care and medication. This means that employees, once they have reported the matter in Primula, are to send the documentation to LU’s HR division instead of the approving officer at their d

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-procedures-health-promotion-medical-care-and-medication - 2025-08-21

Lars Palm is the new head of Lund University’s division for commissioned education, LUCE. His most recent position was at Tetra Pak where he worked for nearly 20 years. However, his connection to the University is strong. It was here that he graduated with a Master of Engineering degree, later completing a PhD in Measurement Technology, and he has also been a member of the University Board as a st

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-job-lars-palm-head-division-lund-university-commissioned-education-luce - 2025-08-21