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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Really good research is often interdisciplinary”, said Kerstin Sahlin from the Swedish Research Council (VR) at a seminar in Lund on how the land lies for research funding. She wanted to debunk the myth that VR is not good at encouraging interdisciplinary projects. Quite the opposite – a working group has recently be
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tips-funding-bodies - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How creative are research studies? What can be done to make them more creative? LUM has met Samuel West, who is not only a doctoral student, but who actually does research on creativity. Samuel West had worked as a psychologist for many years when he decided four years ago to do a PhD. Now he is looking back on his re
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-searching-creativity-outside-academy - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What is the effect on doctoral students’ creativity when they are forced into the academic straightjacket of research studies? What obstacles do they have to cross in order to reach their full potential? According to creativity researcher Eva Brodin, there are many examples of research environments where doctoral stud
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-creative-are-research-studies - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sweden has got its first seven Tesla MRI scanner. The 40 ton scanner had to be lowered into place at the Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC) at Skåne University Hospital. Until now, the most powerful MRI scanners in Sweden that are used on humans have had a magnetic field of three Tesla. The weather was kind when
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-host-strongest-mri-scanner-sweden - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What are you used to? This was the question that twenty five eager course participants seized on when they gathered to investigate cultural differences in order to better meet the various needs of international students. The course in intercultural communication aimed to increase awareness of intercultural encounters
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/better-student-reception-aim-course-cultural-differences - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Inter Arts Centre (IAC) in Malmö provides a forum enabling all parts of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts to conduct research together and create joint projects. Its objective is to find new approaches and to achieve collective results which are greater than the sum of their parts. An example of the Centre’s
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/experimental-art-across-boundaries - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Per Ödling, Professor of Telecommunication at LTH, who recently gave a lecture for the Hjärntrusten network in Lund entitled “The new digital society is already here”. You expect to become redundant as a teacher within the foreseeable future? “Yes, that’s correct.” And whose fault is that? “It is mine and all tho
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-digital-society-already-here - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Wandering among the amaryllises and other seasonal blooms of the “Christmas in the orangery” exhibition in Lund’s Botanical Garden is one very satisfied director. Bente Eriksen came from Gothenburg University to her new job in Lund a couple of months ago and has now learnt that the municipality of Lund will support th
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-director-botan-prepares-two-anniversaries - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He is checking out at the same fighting weight as when he checked in, and does the same number of push-ups (40!) now as he did then. He has been through several tough rounds and had to fight to defend his convictions and his views on the University’s development. Per Eriksson summarises his time as vice-chancellor as
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eriksson-you-have-dare-take-risks-sometimes-if-you-want-make-things-happen - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. His ambition is to awaken our longing for a life which doesn’t revolve around wage labour. “If I had a citizen’s salary, I would do the same things I do now – read, write and have an occasional go with a scrubbing-brush, to make life more real. Others might play computer games, which would of course be perfectly OK”,
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/igniting-debate-shorter-working-hours - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor of Spanish Inger Enkvist has written a large number of books about education and teaching. She sees it as her obligation to take part in the debate on education, but she also participates in the public debate in other areas. Most recently, she wrote in Språktidningen about the Catalonian independence movemen
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/obligation-participate-education-debate - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Vinnova is investing SEK 500 million in collaboration on non-communicable diseases over the next ten years. A call for proposals for collaborative projects is currently open. “Researchers who collaborate with either the business sector or the health service, or both, have a chance of obtaining a grant”, says Peter Nor
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strategic-innovation-area-coordinated-lund - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The University is now a member of Scholars at Risk (SAR), an international network that helps vulnerable and persecuted academics. Professor Shirin Zubair visited Lund University and spoke about her situation as a persecuted academic. “This is in line with our core values as a university, which include defending and s
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-joins-network-help-scholars-risk - 2026-06-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A Dutch pilot, a safety manager from Australia, an average-adjuster from Denmark and twelve others who work with safety in high-risk industries came together a week before Christmas in Lund to hone their critical thinking skills. They are all studying the distance-learning MSc in Human Factors and System Safety, and i
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scattered-risk-students-gather-lund - 2026-06-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I en ny rapport från Lunds klimatpolitiska råd utvärderas klimatpolitiken i Lund. Forskarna har i år fokuserat på transportsystemet. Trots höga ambitioner och flertalet insatser för att minska utsläppen behöver det lokala klimatarbetet accelereras för att nå de utsatta målen. Rapporten som överlämnades till kommunst
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/lunds-klimatpolitik-utvarderas-av-forskare - 2026-06-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Om du andas ut en klar dag i den rena, kalla luften på Arktis så kommer du inte att se ditt andetag forma det moln vi är vana vid att se när temperaturen sjunker. Moln kan nämligen inte bildas utan aerosolpartiklar. Moa Sporre, forskare i kärnfysik vid Lunds universitet, fokuserar på hur dessa partiklar påverkar mol
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/partiklar-gackar-klimatforskare - 2026-06-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Uteupplevelser har trendat så här i coronatider, när familjemedlemmar ska rastas och social distansering samtidigt tillämpas. Varför inte bota din eller barnens artblindhet när ni ändå är ute? All forskning visar att ju mer man vet om naturen, desto mer villig är man att värna den. Här kommer tips på tio vanliga – o
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/upptack-naturen-runt-husknuten-tio-vaxter-att-spana-efter-eller-smaka-pa - 2026-06-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hur oroliga och rädda är människor i olika länder för COVID-19? Och vad anser de om deras myndigheters åtgärder? Sydkoreaner instämmer mest i påståendet att deras regering är effektiv medan japaner gör det i minst grad. Detta och mycket annat visar en studie från Cambridge universitet. Lundaforskare har bidragit med
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/internationell-jamforelse-av-virusradsla-och-syn-pa-myndigheters-atgarder - 2026-06-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Statsvetaren Åsa Knaggård om hur politiker fattar beslut under stor osäkerhet: ”I Ungern använder man smittspridningsbegränsande politik för att montera ned demokratin ytterligare. Det är riktigt oroväckande.” Med anledning av coronakrisen intervjuar Lunds universitet en rad forskare som kan kommentera och bidra med
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/sa-fattar-politiker-beslut-under-coronakrisen - 2026-06-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Studier från Lunds universitet pekar på att floran i Skåne förändrats drastiskt under 1900-talet och fram till idag. Den största minskningen av artrikedomen kan ses i skogsbygderna i norra och mellersta delarna av Skåne. – Jag blev förvånad av att det är klimatförändringen som har påverkat mest, säger forskaren Torb
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/drastiskt-forandrad-flora-i-skane - 2026-06-17
