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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is welcoming this autumn’s new international students. Around 2 000 students from around the world will be arriving in Lund to study for a semester or longer.   Students from over 85 countries are expected on Arrival Day. The highest numbers of exchange students come from Germany, the US, France, the N

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-welcomes-students-around-world - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. She is a new ‘Hedda’ professor, but has a long career behind her. Biologist Ellen van Donk now hopes that she can serve as a role model for female students who dream of a future career in research. Biologist Ellen van Donk is a new professor in Hedda Andersson’s name. LUM meets ecology researcher Ellen van Donk on a b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-professor-wants-be-role-model-female-students - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the next four years, Lund University will coordinate a new exchange programme with India. Over 100 Indian scholarship recipients will get the chance to study or do research in Europe. Lund University hopes that many of them will choose Lund as their destination. “We are pleased that the European Commission has put

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-coordinate-new-eu-exchange-india - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Entry phones can cause problems. For elderly people with a visual impairment or reduced mobility, getting into one’s flat can suddenly become a challenge. However, researchers can also experience problems. One person who knows is occupational therapist Elina Taurina, who has mapped environmental obstacles for elderly

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/swedish-elderly-research-exported-latvia - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Jean-Pierre Filiu, Professor in Middle East Studies at Sciences Po., who visited Lund last week during the conference “Everyday Life in the Middle East”, hosted by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. He is a former diplomat with long experience from the Middle East. This summer he visited Syri

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/syria-waiting-enough-enough - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Thy throne rests on mem’ries from great days of yore, when worldwide renown was valour’s guerdon...” is the translation of the words of the Swedish national anthem, which tries to construct a memory of a glorious national past. This type of attempt is not unusual, nor is its opposite – the suppression or alteration o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/collective-memory-sand-sculpture-can-be-re-moulded - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Where did I put my sunglasses? Where have the car keys got to, what is the door code to Lisa’s building, and what did I do yesterday afternoon? We all know how irritating it can be when our memory doesn’t work as it should. However, it can be difficult to know what is a ‘normal’ poor memory and what is the result of d

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/multiple-explanations-memory-problems - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The scent of a madeleine dipped in lime blossom tea awakened a flood of childhood memories for the main character in Marcel Proust’s famous novel about ‘lost time’. The madeleine is an example of a clue for the memory. In Proust’s case, the clue worked subconsciously, in other cases we can use clues to consciously try

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/clues-can-awaken-hidden-memories - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Education and knowledge are the way to change society for the better. I want to make a difference and help to give young people the same fantastic opportunities I had”, says alumna Monica Getz Silfverschöld, a new board member for the Lund University Foundation (LUF). LUF is an independent foundation that aims to str

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dedicated-alumna-launched-minnesota-model-sweden - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Markku Rummukainen... ... Professor of Climatology, who conducts research on climate change and its consequences. Is this year’s hot summer a taste of things to come? “Yes, a general increase in temperatures means that hot weather will become increasingly common and cold weather less common. For instance, in a re

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/years-hot-summer-taste-things-come - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “We want to use the knowledge of those who have worked for many years with the care and treatment of elderly people, and who are now growing older themselves. We mustn’t let their knowledge go to waste!” said Professor Emerita Bodil Jönsson at the start of the project Uppdrag Kunskap, in which 20 senior citizens will

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/older-researchers-offer-new-dimension-elderly-research - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With enthusiasts plus technological developments, a lot of progress can be made in quite a short space of time. This is shown by developments in cancer genetics advice, which is now a natural part of the health service, but which was questioned 20 years ago. The primary enthusiasts were Professor of Oncology Håkan Ols

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strong-progress-cancer-genetics - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn, a unique research satellite, Gaia, will be launched. The project aims to map a billion stars and involves hundreds of European astronomers. One of the originators of the initiative is Lund University’s Professor of Astronomy Lennart Lindegren. Lennart Lindegren tests a meridian circle, which was used in t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/idea-lund-behind-research-satellite - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How have you persuaded 5 000 lorry drivers to get involved in a project on cabotage – and what is it? “Cabotage is domestic transport carried out by foreign carriers. This could be freight or passenger transport. Within the EU, there is a narrower definition as given in the ‘CMR waybill’ that accompanies transported g

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-henrik-sternberg-researcher-newly-established-logistics-centre-relog-campus-helsingborg - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Having LU researchers and lecturers on site is very important to develop functioning international collaborations, according to Head of International Relations at the Faculty of Medicine Karin Frydenlund. She has recently returned from a visit to Jordan, where the collaboration between LU and the University of Jordan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/collaboration-jordan-strengthened - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University Students’ Unions (LUS) has now received a hearing for its demand that the meetings of the University’s internationalisation committee should be held in English. The meetings will be held in English for a trial period, while minutes will be taken in Swedish to fulfil the legal requirements placed on pub

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meetings-english-students-request - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Soon it will be possible to take a ‘ministerial’ degree in Lund. Next autumn, the departments of Philosophy, Political Science and Economics will be starting a Bachelor’s degree in Practical Philosophy, Politics and Economics – PPE. The role model for the programme is a degree given at Oxford University, and it is rep

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ministerial-degree-equips-philosophers-job-market - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Åsa Burman, like many humanities researchers, struggled alone with her thesis in philosophy. Now she helps other doctoral students to finish on time, and to feel better during the process. “However, I would never have made this idea a reality without my experiences as a consultant in the private sector and my practica

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-doctoral-students-finish-time - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A researcher who made invisible female labour visible and had her hypotheses that efficiency thinking in healthcare is neither good nor cheap confirmed when her own husband became ill. Rosmari Eliasson-Lappalainen is a pioneer in elderly research. Photo: Gunnar Menander You could say that Rosmari Eliasson-Lappalainen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/efficiency-mindset-inappropriate-elderly-care - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It isn’t difficult, takes up very little space, and is healthy, fun, tasty and social! Sustainable urban farming is a project involving some 20 doctoral students on the area of grass between Gerdahallen and Sölvegatan. From ten raised beds, they have harvested lettuce, carrots, chard, spinach, pumpkins, peas, rhubarb

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/harvesting-fruits-sustainable-urban-farming-project - 2026-08-09