How can you enable encounters across boundaries in order to create new experiences, exciting research projects and innovation within education? And can it be done without things getting fuzzy? Ann-Kristin Wallengren. “Yes, this is something that those of us involved in the Strategy for Cultural Collaboration project have been working on for a while. What we specifically want to do is make Lund Uni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tinder-cultural-collaboration - 2025-08-26

The first part of the Coordinated Examination Service project has been in full swing since March this year with, among other things, responsibility for the staffing of exam invigilators for all exams in the Annex (MA8, MA9, MA10). At the start of 2024 it will be time for the next stage of the work towards creating a smooth running, fair and coordinated exam management system that includes more ven

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/coordinated-examination-service-project-continues - 2025-08-26

Are you an educator grappling with how to navigate the complexities of sustainability in your teaching? Discover practical solutions and personal insights in our upcoming seminars tailored to empower you in the classroom. In line with Lund University's Education Strategy 2023-2024 – which aims to foster innovative, digital, and sustainable education – we are excited to unveil a series of seminars

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/upcoming-seminars-teaching-sustainability - 2025-08-26

The courses in English for all LU staff will be offered again in autumn 2024. It is easy to find courses in English via Kompetensportalen, where you can also find out about the timetable, number of sessions, course content and registration deadline for each course.You can find English courses via Kompetensportalen.General Proficiency Course for University Staff 1 (last date: 18 September)General P

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/english-lu-staff-autumn-2024 - 2025-08-26

This event intends to bring together the scientific community and shed light on the capabilities of Natural Language Processing (NLP) while providing an overview of its achievements in different scientific fields A series of speakers from diverse scientific backgrounds will share insights and experiences. The event will end with an opportunity mingle with coffee and tea. More information will be p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-escience-hub-nlp-applications-scientific-domains - 2025-08-26

There is a lot happening at the moment within the University concerning LU’s engagement in the work environment and equal opportunities. It is time to elect health and safety representatives – a very significant role. We are also marking 150 years since women gained the right to study at university and highlighting the fantastic attendance when LU took part in Pride for the first time. Take the op

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/health-and-safety-representative-election-150-years-female-students-and-participation-pride - 2025-08-26

Photo Agata Garpenlind. The Faculty of Medicine’s new knowledge centre, Forum Medicum, has been inaugurated with great pomp and ceremony. During August, staff and students moved into the building and filled the premises. Forum Medicum brings together the University’s health sciences and biomedical research and education at a single knowledge centre in the middle of the Knowledge Highway on Sölvega

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forum-medicum-opens-its-doors - 2025-08-26

It has been a good summer for LU. The call for applications in the spring for the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe, has resulted in approved grants for 40 new projects. The success has been on a broad front, involving researchers from seven of our faculties. The approved projects are as follows: 4 ERC Starting Grants 1 ERC Proof of Concept 22 collaborative proje

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-receives-grants-40-eu-projects - 2025-08-26

The music programme for the autumn is on the theme of “Spirituality” and offers concerts, guest performances and discussion about music. The programme begins with a theme week in which Odeum, along with LU’s Cultural and Public Centres (LUKOM), including the Botanical Garden, is collaborating with Lund Cathedral to mark its 900th anniversary. One of the Swedish composers who has written music with

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/spirituality-theme-odeums-autumn-programme - 2025-08-26

Pausit is a pause program that offers exercises during the working day and which all employees can download to their computer. The licence is to be renewed for another year, giving staff members continued access to short pause exercises at work. The program is a computer-based tool which presents exercises that prevent stiffness and pain in the back, shoulders, head and neck.  The exercises also r

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/renewed-pausit-agreement-sake-your-health - 2025-08-26

The term of office for current health and safety representatives ends on 31 December. This means that in the autumn, the University will hold a health and safety representative election for the period 2024 to 2026. The election is to be completed by 31 October 2023. Who do you want to nominate? Think about who you want to nominate at your workplace to become a health and safety representative for

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-elect-health-and-safety-representatives - 2025-08-26

Six winners will share SEK 500,000 and obtain support to drive their projects forward. Staff and students from all disciplines are welcome to submit their ideas. Our world faces major challenges. There is an enormous demand for innovative solutions. Could your idea make a difference? The Future Innovations Award has been presented in collaboration with Sparbanken Skåne since 2017. The competition

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-innovations-award-2023 - 2025-08-26

Staff from Stellenbosch University, South Africa, on exchange in Lund. The host for the visit is Pär Svensson, External Relations. This week, (11-15 Sept) Lund University is visited by a group of technical and administrative staff from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The visit is part of a digital and physical exchange programme that started in May and will end in December. The group from

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/staff-stellenbosch-university-exchange-lund - 2025-08-26

Anders Forslid has witnessed a shift in animal health and animal experiments during his 30 years as a veterinarian at Lund University. Veterinarian in charge Anders Forslid is retiring after 30 years working to improve the welfare of research animals at Lund University. He has witnessed a paradigm shift in animal health and animal experiments, and the way animal testing and humans’ obligations are

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-we-are-going-have-animal-testing-then-we-have-do-it-well - 2025-08-26

MAX IV. After just over a year as acting director of MAX IV, Olof Karis was named ordinary director earlier this summer. Was it an easy decision to stay on? “Oh definitely, I communicated my interest both in the application and in interviews. Ever since I was a doctoral student, I have wanted to see an increased use of synchrotron radiation in Swedish research.” What do you feel most proud of sinc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/challenges-await-new-ordinary-director-max-iv - 2025-08-26

Ester Barinaga studies local currency initiatives. Photo: Juan Ocampo Local currencies may arise when there is a clear need for certain products and services in a local area and where the competences to produce them exist but the lack of traditional money puts obstacles in the way. The lack of money might be the result of pandemics, war, natural disasters, financial crises or poverty. Ester Barina

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/local-currencies-solution-times-crisis - 2025-08-26

31 percent of the professors at Lund University are women. Photo: Gunnar Menander Evaluate employees’ performance differently – it could be a route to achieving a more gender equal university. This according to Rebecca Selberg, associate professor of gender studies. “A better, more holistic perspective on career development is needed,” she says. It is clear that a lot has happened in the area of g

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rethink-employee-performance-and-improve-gender-equality - 2025-08-26

Polar bears followed the expedition in the Arctic. Ice sheets, snow and the ocean as far as the eye can see. No shipping vessels or people in sight, and only polar bears for company. The icebreaker Oden sails between Svalbard and Greenland, and this spring, doctoral student Lovisa Nilsson joined the ship to study the transition from winter to summer in the Arctic, and how soot affects the melting

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/polar-bears-company - 2025-08-26

The excavation in Uppåkra will go on for many years. Photo. Kennet Ruona Why are there hundreds of jumbled human bones in the ground at Uppåkra? That is one of the mysteries that archaeologists at Lund University hope to be able to solve in the next few years. They will be aided by the latest DNA technology. A quiet calm rests over Uppåkra, just outside Lund. The only sound under the enormous tent

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-technique-reveals-uppakras-violent-past - 2025-08-26

In the interdisciplinary REICOR project, researchers will map the ground with the help of drones and other tools. Here, Lars Beckel from the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) is seen preparing a drone. SGU is a collaborative partner. Photo: Tina Martin Through an interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with industry, a group of researchers hope to identify a more efficient way of asses

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/improving-efficiency-construction-railway-future - 2025-08-26