By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 28 September 2020 “Great efforts must be made so that we transform rather than cancel activities”, says Malin Bruce, president of LUS, and Ella Sjöbeck, vice president of LUS since June. Photo:Jenny Loftrup LU managed the transition to digital teaching. But the spring Coronavirus crisis had a negative impact on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transition-worked-now-we-need-more-even-quality-teaching - 2025-08-15

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 6 November 2020 The students are not satisfied with the University's system for quality assurance of education. "It does not maintain the high and even quality that we would like", says Ella Sjöbeck, vice president of LUS. The students are not satisfied with the University's system for quality assurance of educatio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-criticise-quality-assurance-education - 2025-08-15

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 9 November 2020 Feiner and her research team will travel to six locations in the Mediterranean region and collect wall lizards to study. Photo:Johan Joelsson Using fishing-rods laced with dental floss and the Nobel-prize winning Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology, Nathalie Feiner wants to reveal some of the deepes

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lizards-key-evolutionary-mysteries - 2025-08-15

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maris Lindh) - published 9 November 2020 Daniel Göransson, one of the digital heroes, ensures the technology functions between the external assessors, Pro vice-chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen (far bottom left of the screen) and Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz (top right) Photo: M Lindh So say Mats Benner and Freddy Ståhlberg afte

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rq20-research-still-evaluated-despite-pandemic-obstacles - 2025-08-15

By kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] lth [dot] se (Kristina.Lindgärde) - published 6 November 2019 Thomas Sewerin has studied how a world-leading research environment handles conflict.  Photo: Adam Severin He has advised management groups across the University for three decades. Now, the psychologist and leadership consultant Thomas Sewerin has defended his PhD – on leadership in academia. Among other

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/many-constructive-disagreements-successful-research-group - 2025-08-15

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 8 November 2019 Curator Jenny Bergman is working to make the Historical Museum’s anatomical collection more ordered and accessible for research and education. Photo:Kennet Ruona What do human remains really have to do with a museum? When Lund University closed the Department of Anatomy of 1995, its collection of human

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/they-want-shine-light-dark-chapter - 2025-08-15

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 7 January 2020 Maria Bangura Arvidsson. Photo:Jenny Loftrup Last year, the Disciplinary Board at Lund University found 64 students guilty. The most common form of cheating is plagiarism.  “It is important to report it”, says Maria Bangura director of studies at the School of Social Work. “Departments have a gre

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/director-studies-important-report-students-who-cheat - 2025-08-15

Published 16 February 2020 ”If we want proud employees who will represent the University externally, we need an internal culture that is secure”, says Mats Heide, pictured here with Charlotte Simonsson. Photo:Jenny Loftrup How staff communicate – at lectures, meetings, via email and on social media is more valuable for the trust in the University than PR campaigns. However, to talk about Lund Univ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/staff-communication-more-valuable-pr-campaigns - 2025-08-15

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 2 April 2020 Hervé Corvellec believes that, in the future, higher education institutions that achieve ‘excellence in minimal carbon dioxide’ will be the most attractive. Photo: Kennet Ruona Currently, a worthy and fast-moving academic career requires extensive travel with high carbon dioxide emissions. Because

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-cannot-assume-doctoral-student-or-researcher-better-because-they-have-attended-more-international - 2025-08-15

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 7 April 2022 It was a surprise for Anne L’Huillier when she was awarded Wolf Prize. Photo: Evelina Lindén These are busy times for atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier. Earlier this year, she received the prestigious Wolf Prize – perhaps not as widely known among the general public, but within the field of physics it is c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/prestigious-physics-prize-goes-lund-researcher - 2025-08-15

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 7 April 2022 Jonna Bornemark. Photo: Johan Persson AI, artificial intelligence, is trendy. But where does the boundary go between humankind and machine and what should we use AI for? “It’s time to ask ourselves what humankind possesses that machines do not. How can they complement each other, rather than compete?” asks

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-your-next-colleague-have-artificial-intelligence - 2025-08-15

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 2 June 2022 Tim Ekberg, Head of Planning at Lund University. Photo: Kennet Ruona The results of the election in September may have an impact on academic freedom and the independence of universities from political power. The principle of keeping an arm's length between politics and higher education and research is inc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-under-threat - 2025-08-15

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 2 June 2022 Elisabet Englund teaches medical students at autopsy demonstrations. Photo: Johan Persson Pathologists and coroners are now commonplace in crime novels and TV crime series and are often depicted as slightly odd people. Elisabet Englund has worked at the Division of Pathology in Lund for over 40 years. She h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/death-our-textbook-life - 2025-08-15

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 9 December 2021 LU can apply for grants for five profile areas as the government reallocate 500 million SEK from direct government funding. Photo: Kennet Ruona ‟Profiling is an opportunity to gather our strengths and renew our research, increase its societal impact and improve the intertwining of cutting-edge resea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-prioritize-profiling - 2025-08-15

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 14 December 2021 The research team from LTH and Tetra Pak - Mathias Wallin, Sara Johansson and Johan Tryding. Photo: Kennet Ruona There are many requirements on the food packaging of the future. They must be better and safer than today, while also environment-friendly, cost-effective, and aesthetically pleasing

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/collaboration-better-packaging - 2025-08-15

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 3 November 2022 It is important to show what has led to the results and not simplify too much when research is communicated, means researcher Anna Jonsson. Photo: Ivelin Radkov/Shutterstock The idea that research results should be simplified and related to a media logic when being communicated to the public is chal

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/background-results-important-when-communicating-research - 2025-08-15

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 October 2021 Aprile Clark says that the university libraries can help to find out if an OA magasine is genuine or not. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many un

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/always-check-magasine-carefully - 2025-08-15

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 October 2021 Niclas Nilsson does not need injections after being treated with gene therapy for haemophilia . Photo: Åsa Hansdotter If you look carefully at Niclas Nilsson’s hands and arms, you can still see the scars from all the injections he has received through the years for his haemophilia, although they have fad

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/i-wore-hockey-helmet-until-i-was-four-years-old - 2025-08-15

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 18 February 2019 "There is a difference between teaching with or to. I want to talk with the students, not to or about them. Learning takes place when they are engaged with the material. Quite simply, we do it together", says Nadja Sörgärde. Photo:Kennet Ruona Senior lecturer, Nadja Sörgärde, has received the students'

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-are-co-producers - 2025-08-15

Published 18 February 2019 Variety, belonging and a feeling of manageability are factors that contribute to recovery at work. Do you leave work full of energy and excited about what the rest of the day has to offer? If not – maybe it is worth trying to improve recovery during the working day.  Lina Ejlertsson's thesis is about recovery of staff in one of the most stressful work environments – heal

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recover-during-working-day - 2025-08-15