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Last Tuesday, our PhD Candidate Lisa Heldt “nailed” her freshly printed PhD thesis. This traditional “spikning” takes place three weeks and three days before the official defense and it involves the PhD Candidate nailing (att spika in Swedish) their physical thesis to a public board where it can be read and scrutinized by the public before the official defense ceremony. At the same time, the spikn

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/spikning-doctoral-thesis-lisa-heldt - 2025-11-19

Climate research in the Arctic is being hit hard as collaboration with Russian researchers is put on ice. “It’s impossible to get an overall picture of the Arctic without looking at Russia. If this becomes permanent, we will be thrown back 20 years,” says Margareta Johansson, who leads the unique research project INTERACT, which incorporates researchers from all eight Arctic countries. Margareta J

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/negative-impact-arctic-research-russia-excluded - 2025-11-20

Åsa Burman is a former doctoral student at LU who has developed a method for efficiency and stress management. In January she held a workshop for doctoral students and has also written a book entitled "Finish on time - the Doctoral Student Handbook". Here are her best tips. Work in unitsDivide your day into units and A and B tasks. You should dedicate four 45-minute sessions to undisturbed work on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-important-tips-way-thesis - 2025-11-19

The transition of the salary and human resources administration to the National Government Service Centre (SSC) is not painless. After just over four months, uncertainty still prevails among administrative staff and managers about processing cases through Primula. “We are happy to come and help people out where there is a need”, says human resources director Ann Silbersky Isaksson. She sees the tr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-director-promises-help-tricky-salary-payments-0 - 2025-11-19

The presence of the glorious tulips, which have captivated so many of the visitors to the garden and spread to the Instagram accounts of the residents of Lund, is in no way guaranteed. Neither are the coming summer flowers currently being planted in the flower beds, which last year were left bare and brown. “We depend on grants”, says the garden director Bente Eriksen. “However, this year we recei

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/botanical-garden-temporarily-flourishing - 2025-11-19

The University will hold its first Future Week in October. It is to become an annual event in which researchers from the entire University will offer the general public lectures, panel discussions and debates intended to stimulate reflection about major future issues. The theme for this year’s week is adaptations – what do we have to do? What do we want to do? And what would we like to avoid? Hist

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-starts-october-0 - 2025-11-19

The work to find a new vice-chancellor has begun. The recruitment committee, which now consists of equal numbers of members from the Electoral College and the University Board (with the chair of the board having the casting vote), has started the process of producing a person specification. At the turn of the year, applications will be open for the position as Torbjörn von Schantz's successor. Fol

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-new-vice-chancellor-underway - 2025-11-19

The Green Travel Plan adopted by the University highlighted the need for more storage facilities for e-bike batteries, improved bike racks and lockable bike storage facilities in some parts of the campus. As part of the Green Travel Plan, dialogue continues with our property owners to develop more theft-proof bike parking facilities, as well as more options for storing and charging e-bike batterie

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/e-bike-battery-storage-and-bike-parking-facilities-campus - 2025-11-20

According to a travel survey conducted last autumn, better public transport and secure bicycle parking at the workplace are the main measures needed to reduce car commuting. There are also differences in travel patterns between faculties. "The travel survey provides a valuable insight into the commuters’ wishes on what can facilitate sustainable travel in their everyday lives. Now we can weave thi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/depth-report-employees-commutes-lund - 2025-11-20

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 ombudsman and the occupational health servi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/steps-prevent-mental-ill-health-among-doctoral-students - 2025-11-20

By welcoming Laurence Mott, LUSEM further builds its capacity to combine academic excellence with practical experience and deepen its international network. LUSEM has appointed its first Professor of Practice, Laurence Mott. Through this new role, Laurence will provide strategic advice to LUSEM’s leadership and contribute to the work of the International Advisory Board. He will also engage with st

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/laurence-mott-joins-lusem-professor-practice - 2025-11-20

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 Joakim Eriksson and Maria Hedin have been working for several years on virtual experiences of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/successful-commercialisation-dementia-simulator - 2025-11-20

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 since you be

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/challenges-await-new-ordinary-director-max-iv - 2025-11-20

Through an interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with industry, a group of researchers hope to identify a more efficient way of assessing the ground ahead of future construction projects. The results of the research might, for example, accelerate the process of modernising the Swedish rail network. On selected sections of the track between Lund and Hässleholm, a research project is u

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/improving-efficiency-construction-railway-future - 2025-11-20

Teaching is to be as highly valued as research when it comes to appointments and promotions. Despite this ambition, it has rarely worked that way in practice. A recently completed project provides a new framework which will help faculty managements, as well as individual teaching staff members, to evaluate and develop educational qualifications. In the ‘Pedagogisk Meritering’ project, which concer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-initiative-raise-status-teaching - 2025-11-20

Den medicinska forskningen vid Lunds universitet beviljades cirka 170 miljoner kronor när Vetenskapsrådet (VR) presenterade anslagsbeslut den 28 oktober 2021. Inom området ”Medicin och hälsa” fördelade VR drygt 1,1 miljard till svenska lärosäten för åren 2021-2026. Vid Lunds universitet delar ett 40-tal forskare på cirka 160 miljoner kronor. - Jag gläds med alla de forskare vid fakulteten som har

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ett-40-tal-forskare-delar-pa-mangmiljonanslag - 2025-11-19

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/narmare-fyra-miljoner-kronor-till-case-projekt - 2025-11-19

Brist på valmöjligheter, krockande åsikter och tidspress är fynd i en första artikel om välfärdsteknologi, från projektet Welfare@home, där SWEAH-doktoranden Samantha Svärdh, Lunds universitet, ingår. Hennes andra artikel ger oss information om fyra olika utmaningar. – Äldre personer och personal fick ofta apparater utan att vara inblandade i beslutet. Vi såg också att teknik som personalen såg so

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/valfardsteknik-ingen-losning-utan-anvandarnas-medverkan - 2025-11-19

Med 36 miljoner i ryggen kraftsamlar aktörer i Skåne för att utveckla och kommersialisera excellent forskning inom ATMP, Advanced Therapy Medical Products. Målet är att påskynda nästa generations banbrytande terapier så att fler potentiellt livräddande ATMP-behandlingar når patienter som idag saknar effektiva behandlingsalternativ. Med projektet ATMP Path2Patient ska involverade aktörer skapa effe

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/storsatsning-att-ta-avancerade-terapier-fran-forskning-till-patient-i-skane - 2025-11-19

Forskarskolans koordinator Johan Flygare berättar om ATMP, om skolan och förklarar varför du bör söka. Deadline: 15 februari. Grattis till utnämningen som föreståndare för den nationella forskarskolan ATMP, ett nytt nationellt svenskt universitetssamarbete.– Tack! En mycket välbehövlig satsning. ATMP är personligen mycket viktigt för mig. Sedan jag började som biträdande koordinator för Stamcellsc

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/sok-till-nya-national-atmp-research-school - 2025-11-19