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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

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 - 2025-08-28

Many very positive things are happening within management and leadership development right now. It is around a year since our new policy for academic leadership was approved, and a couple of weeks ago our new head of department programme was launched. I am truly glad that we are now able to offer a leadership programme that is specifically aimed at heads of department. The HR Division is now worki

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-managers-forum-and-new-leadership-programme - 2025-08-28

Photo of Ingrid Petersson. Photographer: Elisabeth Ohlson. On 12 September, the Government decided on the appointment of the chair and other external members of the University Board for the period 1 October 2024–30 April 2028. Ingrid Petersson continues as chair. The new external board members areAnders O. Bjarklev, President of the Technical University of DenmarkKlas Friberg, Strategic advisorAnn

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/decision-university-boards-external-members-upcoming-term-office - 2025-08-28

For those eligible for the award, applications open 1 February 2025. In previous years, the ceremony has been held in spring. The Vice-Chancellor has now decided that the awards ceremony is to be held every 18 months instead of annually, in order to cut costs. This means that no ceremony will take place in 2026.The award for long and devoted service is given to those who have completed 30 years of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/next-occasion-celebrating-long-and-devoted-public-service-nor-will-be-held-autumn-2025-0 - 2025-08-28

Many different kinds of open events and public lectures are arranged under the auspices of Lund University. There is now a checklist to help all event organisers within the University to deliver their events in a way that is orderly and secure for everyone – staff, students and external participants and guests. As the organiser of an event, you are responsible for carrying out a risk and consequen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/checklist-those-organising-open-events - 2025-08-28