From 5–6 February, Lund conference centre The Loop will host Sweden’s most important gathering for gender equality. Lund University is co-organiser, and it is the first time a higher education institution has been involved in organising this national conference. Local hosts, besides Lund University, are the City of Lund, Region Skåne and Skåne County Administrative Board. Equality Forum is Sweden’

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-co-organiser-equality-forum-2025 - 2025-08-26

Learn about key concepts used in document management and watch a presentation of the University’s Records Management Plan. Find out how what to bear in mind and how to handle public records as well as how to prepare them for archiving. - Course in Swedish Please note this cours is in Swedish, if there is a high demand to have it in English please let us know.Time and place: 5 November 09:00-11:30,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/handling-public-records-practice - 2025-08-26

Welcome to visit the University during the autumn holidays! We offer everything from ghost walks to fossil shows and tours about the mysteries of the universe. The Botanical GardenGo on a guided tour among witch plants, trees with magical properties, Chinese cat poop and evil fruits. Or help make a scary magic potion.Magical and strange in Botan – botan.lu.se (in Swedis)Botan's opening hours and m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autumn-holidays-university-0 - 2025-08-26

Photo: Marco Borggreve As part of the University’s annual academic ceremony in January, Håkan Hardenberger, world-famous trumpet soloist and professor, will receive Lund University’s gold medal for his extremely important contributions to the University. “I don’t usually care much about medals, but when Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström called and told me that I would receive the Lund University gold

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-gold-medal-awarded-hakan-hardenberger - 2025-08-26

Dainis Dravins, professor emeritus of astronomy at the Department of Physics. Photo: Johan Joelsson In March 2015, a valuable globe of Mars was stolen from the Astronomy Library. After disappearing without a trace for almost a decade, it suddenly turned up at an antique dealer in Stockholm. The astronomical treasure has finally been returned to Lund. Astronomers have been using globes to visualise

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mystery-stolen-mars-globe - 2025-08-26

Jason Diakité. Photo: Jenny Leyman The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2025-08-26

Photo: Max Böhme When researchers are working in the field, they may be faced with challenging and sometimes dangerous situations. How does Lund University prepare its doctoral students and researchers for fieldwork? When LUM asks about the faculties’ procedures, it becomes clear that the departments are primarily responsible. Dealing with dangerous situations in the field once they have arisen is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safe-fieldwork-who-responsible-security - 2025-08-26

Laura Cox. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg More than four out of ten doctoral students experience stress, anxiety and depression. This autumn, the doctoral students’ union will redouble efforts to improve wellbeing and prevent poor mental health. Measures include the establishment of a new role, which will focus on preventing and tackling ill health and will work closely with the doctoral student o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/steps-prevent-mental-ill-health-among-doctoral-students - 2025-08-26

Researcher Jesica López flew over a fire-ravaged Amazon during fieldwork in Colombia. The fires are a consequence of climate change and expanding cattle breeding. Photo: Private Colombia is the world’s most dangerous country for those fighting to protect the rain forest and the environment. Last year, 79 people were killed for that reason, three times as many as in the second most dangerous countr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safe-fieldwork-important-plan-thoroughly - 2025-08-26

Rainwater is collected and purified with an existing technique but in a new way before it is used to flush a couple of toilets. Photo: Jenny Leyman It is not every day that the inauguration of a toilet draws a hundred spectators. Such a toilet would have to be pretty special – and this one is. It is special because it is flushed using rain water gathered from the roof of Kemicentrum. LUM was able

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rain-roof-restroom - 2025-08-26

University of Melbourne. Photo: Mostphotos. 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. Seed funding for research and education collaborations with select partner universities (GloHub) – funding fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-impact-actions-20242025-current-calls - 2025-08-26

More than two thousand patent applications have been filed by researchers at Lund University between 2000 and 2020. Photo: Kennet Ruona Swedish higher education institutions excel in patents from academia, with Sweden ranking fifth in Europe. Lund University claims the top spot on the Swedish list. A new report from the European Patent Office (EPO) released today provides a detailed insight into t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-tops-patent-ranking - 2025-08-26

As of Wednesday 6 November, the Division of IT will change its email addresses with domain names from ldc.lu.se to it.lu.se. At the turn of the year 2023-24, Lund University's central Division of IT changed its name from LDC to Division of IT. As part of this change, the section's email addresses will change domain name on Wednesday 6 November, from ldc.lu.se to it.lu.se.E-mails composed with forn

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/division-it-gets-new-email-addresses - 2025-08-26

The Vice-Chancellor has decided to appoint Professor Titti Mattsson as the new holder of the Pufendorf Endowed Chair. The Vice-Chancellor appoints a professor at Lund University to the four-year professorship in the subjects of economics, political philosophy and jurisprudence in the spirit of Pufendorf. Titti Mattsson is the second woman to hold the professorship. In 2000, the University received

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/titti-mattsson-named-pufendorf-endowed-chair - 2025-08-26

Foto: Mikael Risedal As Primula will be closed from 29 November to 2 December, 3 December is the final day to apply for health promotion reimbursement relating to 2024 (instead of 30 November). Bear in mind that your application and enclosures need to be complete in Primula by 3 December at the latest. Therefore, register the case in good time so that there is a margin for any required supplementa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-years-health-promotion-reimbursement-3-december - 2025-08-26

The Vice-Chancellor has named three of the University’s large research infrastructures as University Platforms. The designation signals that these research infrastructures have high strategic significance for the entire University. The designations are based on a number of criteria, for example whether the research infrastructures have contributed to excellent research, offered broad availability

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/three-research-infrastructures-named-university-platforms - 2025-08-26

Olof Skoog, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, has been named the 2024 annual Anna Lindh speaker. On 19 November, he will present “Strategy of Human Rights” Time and place: 19 November 2024, at 18:00, University Auditorium, Main University Building, Paradisgatan 2, LundThe lecture is open to the public and will be held in English. No registration is required.Read more in the calender: Ann

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anna-lindh-lecture-olof-skoog-strategy-human-rights - 2025-08-26

Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art now welcomes all employees at Lund University to a guided tour through the exhibition. See the exhibition at Skissernas Museum where Gunilla Klingberg is highlighting her latest public art projects for two much-discussed public environments in Stockholm, and some of her international projects. For the exhibition Klingberg has also creat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunch-showing-exhibition-wringwrenchwhirlweave - 2025-08-26

The Central Administration’s aim is to offer the best possible support for the University’s operations. In order to do this, we need to continuously review the organisation and working methods so that optimum support is provided while balancing the budget. Based on this, a number of changes are being made. One example is that the major part of the support relating to contract education will be mov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/central-administration-transition - 2025-08-26

Hanna Isaksson has developed a method to calculate fracture risk. Emma Hammarlund looks at hairs for early cancer diagnosis. Sang Hyun Pyo uses birch bark for make-up and other purposes. Photo: Johan Persson; Auraya Manaprasertsak and John Price The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has released its list of ongoing Swedish research projects with the potential to create societal b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nine-projects-are-included-list-ongoing-swedish-research-projects-potential-create-societal-benefit - 2025-08-26