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The University offers a broad range of activities that in one way or another contribute to career development for academic staff, either within or outside academia. The page below has now been updated to include new seminars and workshops. Career development for academic staff | Staff Pages (lu.se)
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autumn-seminars-and-workshops-academic-staff - 2025-09-18
The Crafoord Science Lunches are a series of lectures that highlight research that has received grants from the Crafoord Foundation. The Science Lunches are a collaboration between Lund University, the Crafoord Foundation and Lund City Library Science Lunches 2024Citizens’ changing attitudes towards democracyWednesday 23 OctoberAgustín Goenaga, Associate Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Sc
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/crafoord-science-lunches - 2025-09-18
On 15 April this year, digital degree certificates were introduced at the University and a considerable improvement has already been noted. It has become faster, more secure and more efficient, which has meant a reduced workload for many staff members and shorter waiting times for students. Up to and including 15 April, all degree certificates were sent out in a printed version and there was only
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/digital-degree-certificates-save-time - 2025-09-18
The University has started a new initiative that involves inviting its new staff from far and wide to joint activities during the year. New international staff members and their families were recently welcomed to the new academic year at an event in the Main University Building. Specially invited staff members enjoyed a get-together and refreshments with music by Albin Rickman’s Trio and students
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-international-staff-members-were-welcomed-new-academic-year - 2025-09-18
The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers/teaching staff (with PhD or equiv.) employed by Lund University are now invited to apply for Themes and Advanced Study Groups, starting in 2025. The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary b
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2025-09-18
Your research deserves to be communicated clearly, efficiently, and correctly. Otherwise, it’s unlikely to be published, and if published, unlikely to be read, and if read, unlikely to be fully understood. To help you develop your academic English, the English Unit at the Centre for Language and Literature can again offer the popular course in “Written English for Scholarly Publication” (WESP).The
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/written-english-scholarly-publication-0 - 2025-09-18
Are you a teacher at Lund University and looking to further develop your teaching skills? The application for the spring courses in higher education pedagogy is now open. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2024. The courses are offered by the Department of Higher Education Development and are suitable for those who teach at Lund University and wish to obtain a permanent teaching position
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-ahus-higher-education-teaching-and-learning-courses-spring-2025 - 2025-09-18
LU Innovation is now integrating its student activities to strengthen its innovation support. This change means that all student activities previously organised under the "VentureLab" brand are now integrated into the main organisation LU Innovation. "This is an important step to offer clearer and more cohesive support to students and researchers at Lund University," says Niclas Nilsson, Director
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-innovation-integrates-innovation-support-and-venturelab-incubator-moves-x-lab - 2025-09-18
You are welcome to celebrate Culture Night with us! Browse among all our activities for all ages that run from the morning to late evening. On the programme are music, try-out activities, theatre, art exhibitions and much more. Faculty of Medicine at Forum MedicumThis year we are holding an open house at Forum Medicum where we arrange exciting stations, lectures and try-out activities on the theme
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/culture-night-21-september-2024 - 2025-09-18
Illustration: Axel Brechensbauer One of the biggest perks of teaching at university? Supervising students and seeing them grow into their role. That is at least according to senior lecturers Olof Hallonsten and Anna Jonsson. Detectives with magnifying glasses and catching and preparing a fish. Those are two of the metaphors that Anna Jonsson and Olof Hallonsten use to explain the relationship betw
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/comic-strips-and-metaphors-help-students-reflect - 2025-09-18
Photo: Unsplash At LU Innovation, anyone who wants to utilise and translate their research into a product or service can get help with things like funding, advice, development and marketing completely free of charge. Niclas Nilsson, head of office at LU Innovation, hopes that more researchers will discover the service. Ultrasound diagnosis, the first respirator, oat milk, Bluetooth and gene therap
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-researchers-who-want-start-companies-and-develop-innovations - 2025-09-18
The core samples of millennia-old ice bear witness of severe solar storms long ago. Photo: Raimund Muscheler Contained within Greenland’s millennia-old ice are the traces of gigantic solar storms. Geology professor Raimund Muscheler is now undertaking a major initiative to chart the storms back through time, to improve our knowledge of potentially dangerous solar flares. Our sun is currently in an
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ice-stone-age-might-reveal-future-solar-storms - 2025-09-18
Shared reading is a reading circle with reading aloud taking place in groups. Photo: Johnny Mcclung/Unsplash Professors of literature Torbjörn Forslid and Anders Ohlsson helped bring the concept of shared reading to Sweden. They have now received funding from LU Innovation to develop and adapt it for use in upper-secondary schools. Shared reading is originally a British concept, which essentially
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/received-help-improve-experience-reading - 2025-09-18
Together with two colleagues, Petter Pilesjö has tool that can help stakeholders in society when flooding occurs. Photo: Johan Joelsson Scientific researchers are not usually known for their entrepreneurship. However, at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, there is an innovative group of experts who have developed a tool that can help stakeholders in society when flooding o
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scientists-new-flood-analysis-product-goes-against-flow - 2025-09-18
Maria Hedin and Joakim Eriksson have developed the “dementia simulator”. Photo: Alma Fager What does it feel like to live with dementia? The answer is offered by the “dementia simulator” developed by virtual reality researchers at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. The simulator takes the user into a virtual world to experience different aspects of life with a cognitive disorder. LTH researchers Joa
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/successful-commercialisation-dementia-simulator - 2025-09-18
A press conference in Lundagård arranged by pro-Palestine protestors. Photo: Jan Olsson The war in Gaza has caused conflict at universities in Sweden and abroad. Overcoming the differences between protestors and university managements and within groups of employees is likely to take time. We met with both Lund University’s Vice-Chancellor and protestors from the encampment in Lundagård. In this ed
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-palestinagard-way-forward - 2025-09-18
The license terms and use of the free version for these programs have been restricted. In order not to risk damages, read more about what applies. For those of you who work in one of these programs or have it installed on your computer:Anaconda (software for AI applications, machine learning, data processing)Solid Works (software for CAD) Important information about changed license terms is now av
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/important-information-regarding-anaconda-and-solidworks - 2025-09-18
Would your research benefit from access to more advanced visualization techniques? Take advantage of the possibility to get support from the national research infrastructure InfraVis before October 1st. The InfraVis visualization experts can assist in analyzing and enriching your data visualization to its fullest potential.You can apply for up to 600 hours of visualization support and receive help
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-more-advanced-visualization-techniques-infravis - 2025-09-18
The University has the opportunity to apply for funding from the EU programme Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) to send and receive students and staff from selected partner universities outside of EU/EEA during a three-year project period. Departments/units within Lund University can now suggest mobility projects that include student, PhD, teacher and staff mobility. Priority will be gi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-erasmus-international-credit-mobility-icm-2025-2028-project-proposals - 2025-09-18
Employment agency Academic Work conduct the Young Professional Attraction Index (YPAI) survey annually, in close collaboration with polling firm Kantar. Their survey asks young people in various professional categories which employer they would most like to work for, and what makes an employer attractive. The aim of the study is to help companies and organisations to understand, attract and develo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-swedens-eighth-most-attractive-employer-according-academic-work - 2025-09-18
