To ensure that everyone has their say and that no one feels attacked when debating loaded and sensitive topics, it is important to establish the ground rules from the outset. This applies to society at large and in the lecture hall. This is the opinion of Christer Mattsson, Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Director of the Segerstedt Institute at the University of Gothenburg, who has been invite

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/risk-polarisation-lecture-hall - 2025-08-22

Christmas is approaching and we’re all starting to look forward to some relaxation and Christmas spirit. But before you wind down, here are a few reminders. It is high time to apply for annual leave for the Christmas and New Year periodIf you are planning to take annual leave days in the Christmas and New Year period, it is high time to put in your application. Bear in mind that your manager must

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-coming-first-few-tips-ahead-break - 2025-08-22

On the ships there were six to twelve crew members and they sailed for about three weeks. Photo: Greer Jarrett Archaeologist Greer Jarrett’s research focuses on reconstructing Viking sailing routes and cartography. To do so, he learnt to sail boats similar to those sailed by the Vikings and set off out to sea. He likens the sailors of that time to today’s extreme athletes. “I started a fairly theo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chase-vikings - 2025-08-22

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 - 2025-08-22

Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg A unique archive in Lund, Sweden, holds 500 in-depth interviews with survivors of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. The interviews were conducted immediately after the survivors arrived in Sweden in spring 1945. The archive has now been nominated to the UN agency UNESCO to become part of the Memory of the World Register, as a piece of written cultural heritage of g

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ravensbruck-archive-has-been-nominated-unesco-memory-world - 2025-08-21

With SEK 36 million in funding, stakeholders in Skåne are joining forces to develop and commercialise breakthrough ATMP research – Advanced Therapy Medical Products. The aim is to accelerate the next generation of these therapies so that more potentially life-saving ATMP treatments reach patients who currently lack effective treatment options Through the ATMP Path2Patient project, stakeholders wil

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/major-investment-accelerates-advanced-therapies-research-patient - 2025-08-23

Heiner Linke Photo:Kennet Rhona The time has now run out for applications for the vice-chancellor position and it is time for the recruitment group to select suitable candidates for interviews. This work will take place throughout the spring.  LUM has talked to staff at different levels within several faculties about how they view the role of vice-chancellor, how important the vice-chancellor is t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-wishlist-research-leader - 2025-08-23

Tobias Uller and Emma Kritzberg hope the decision inspires catering companies to focus more on vegetarian alternatives. The hope is also that other parts of the University will follow suit. Photo:Inger Ekström Vegetarian to become the standard, meat a special dietary request. That is the result of the Department of Biology and the Department of Psychology striking a blow for reduced meat consumpti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/departments-choose-sustainable-food-meat-become-special-dietary-reques - 2025-08-23

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 - 2025-08-23

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 - 2025-08-23

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 - 2025-08-23

Photo: Jonas Andersson In brilliant sunshine, the new doctors, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors walked in procession from the main University building to the Cathedral for the most important event in the academic calendar – the doctoral degree conferment ceremony. The ceremony took place on 24 May and the flags on the roof of the main University building flapped against a clear blue sky. Peopl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/happy-doctors-escaped-rain - 2025-08-23

Maria Ekelin med dottern Sigrid i Austin, Texas. Privat bild. För några år sedan undervisade Maria Ekelin, programdirektör för vår barnmorskeutbildning, på University of Texas, inom ramen för STINT Teaching Sabbatical. – Jag brinner för utbildningsfrågor och har alltid University of Texas och hur de gjorde där i bakhuvudet. Sök STINT senast 10 augusti! För några år sedan var Maria Ekelin, i Austin

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/dags-att-soka-teaching-sabbatical-senast-108-bland-det-roligaste-jag-gjort-som-larare - 2025-08-21

Många av universitetets forskare publicerar fantastisk forskning som har gjorts med hjälp av artificiell intelligens (AI). Många är nyfikna på att testa AI för att förbättra, förenkla eller påskynda åtminstone någon del av forskningsprocessen. Samtidigt ställer sig många frågan ”vad får man använda AI till?” Utgångspunkten när du använder AI i forskningen är att följa grundprinciperna för forsknin

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/visst-vill-jag-anvanda-ai-men-hur-gor-jag-ratt - 2025-08-22

Universitetet är med i klimatsamarbetet CoAction Lund och i vår kommer alla deltagande organisationer tävla mot varandra inom hållbar pendling. För att tävla kan du välja på att cykla, åka kollektivt, samåka bil eller gå till arbetet. Tävlingen sträcker sig över fem veckor, 28 april – 30 maj och avslutas med prisutdelning och fest den 3 juni.  Nu är anmälan till CoAction Lunds tävling i hållbar pe

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/gor-din-pendling-till-en-vinnande-vana-var-med-och-tavla-om-fina-priser - 2025-08-22

Lista, teckningar, anteckningar från koncentrationsläger. Ur "Röster från Ravensbrück", arkiv på UB med vittnesmål från ca 500 koncentrationslägersfångar under andra världskriget. Foto: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg. I ett unikt arkiv på Universitetsbiblioteket förvaras 500 djupintervjuer med överlevande från koncentrationslägret Ravensbrück, gjorda direkt efter att de ankom till Sverige våren 1945. Nu

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ravensbruckarkivet-vid-universitetsbiblioteket-nominerat-som-varldsminne - 2025-08-22

The Nordic-Baltic Sound Residency Network gathers institutions, programmes and shares opportunities for international sound artists on behalf of 8 network partners. Representing a growing number of partners in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Lithuania, The Nordic-Baltic Sound Residency Network is an initiative across the Nordics and Baltics. The partners within the network all offer residency program

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/new-nordic-baltic-sound-residency-network-connecting-opportunities-sound-artists-across-borders - 2025-08-23

Valspurt. Nu väntar dagar av intensiv politisk debatt – inte minst i sociala medier. Forskaren Anamaria Dutceac Segesten har samlat in Twitter-data sedan början av mars och följer diskussionerna noga fram till valet. – Jag och min kollega Michael Bossetta kartlägger vilka ämnen diskuteras i samband med parlamentsvalet, hur många Twitteranvändare som deltar i diskussionen, varifrån de kommer och vi

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/eu-valet-forskare-kartlagger-twitter-diskussioner - 2025-08-23

Statsvetaren Anders ­Uhlin menar att de indragna anslagen till utvecklingsforskning är ett utslag av ideologisk styrning från regeringen. Foto: Minna Wallén-Widung Vetenskapsrådets indragna anslag till utvecklingsforskning har drabbat forskare vid Lunds universitet hårt. – Det här har vi sett i andra länder där ytterhögerpartier har haft stort inflytande, säger Anders ­Uhlin, professor i statsvete

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/utvecklingsforskningen-hart-sargad-efter-indraget-stod - 2025-08-23

Ny bibliometridashboard tillgänglig i KubenNu finns en bibliometridashboard tillgänglig i Kuben – ett verktyg som gör det möjligt att ta fram en rad olika bibliometriska analyser för organisationer inom Lunds universitet.Underlaget till dashboarden utgår från publikationsdata i LUCRIS som kombinerats med uppgifter om citering och annat från SciVal. Tanken är universitetsledning, fakulteter och and

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-mars-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-4 - 2025-08-23