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The University is now launching a new round of excellence initiatives to bolster the recruitment of top international researchers through the Wallenberg Academy Fellows (WAF) programme. With this initiative, the University aims to foster its international research presence and provide early-career researchers with the best opportunities to advance their careers.Learn more on LU Staff Pages
Lund University makes annual purchases totalling SEK 1.5 billion. Together, these purchases make up a large part of the University’s carbon footprint. How can we meet the high demands of research on materials and products, and at the same time become a resource-efficient organisation with a carbon footprint that is as small as possible?Learn more on LU Staff Pages
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/importance-sustainable-purchasing-and-procurement - 2026-09-29
An event packed week with inspiration, tips, and discussions about teaching. Thank you to all who participated or helped organize the activities. The week kicked off with Professor Katarina Mårtensson, who gave an introduction to how we could develop teaching skills through open classroom observations.“My biggest takeaway was the potential we have to strengthen our teaching together by fostering c
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/pedagogical-week-lusem - 2026-09-29
On 2 April, it was time for the the annual FEK Table Tennis Tournament again, and this year also marked its 10th anniversary! The competition first started in 2013 but has had three breaks over the years, which is why the 10-year celebration is taking place this year. (See the fact box for more details on past years and winners.)A total of 22 players battled fiercely until the very end, and this y
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/who-made-it-podium-years-fek-table-tennis-tournament - 2026-09-29
Although emissions from air travel at Lund University have slightly decreased compared to last year*, longer journeys remain a major source of emissions. Now, a group of five researchers from different departments is tackling the challenge of shifting travel norms and reducing air travel with fresh perspectives.Funded by the University's Sustainability Fund ("Hållbarhetsfonden"), the project, ‘Big
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/researchers-aim-change-travel-norms-and-reduce-air-travel-lund-university - 2026-09-29
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 great value to humanity.Learn mor
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/ravensbruck-archive-lund-university-has-been-nominated-unesco-memory-world - 2026-09-29
The aim of the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies is to stimulate interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders. One of the instruments available for interdisciplinary research is the Advanced Study Group (ASG). Take the opportunity to apply for an ASG at Pufendorf IAS! The ASG provides a flexible format fo
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/start-advanced-study-group-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-09-29
Ten years’ work has paid off – UNESCO has added the unique archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register. This means the Ravensbrück Archive is recognised as an example of cultural heritage of great value to humanity. Learn more on LU Staff Pages
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/ravensbruck-archive-lund-receives-memory-world-status-0 - 2026-09-29
Skissernas Night is back – bigger and bolder than ever! Expect more daring art, experimental music, international performances, engaging talks, and creative workshops. Immerse yourself in a vibrant atmosphere with DJs, delicious food, and refreshing drinks. This year, the line between indoors and outdoors blurs with a new music stage, a food truck, and a large workshop area in the Sculpture park.S
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/skissernas-night - 2026-09-29
An international consortium led by the Sociology of Law Department has received the equivalent of 61.5 million SEK to establish a PhD programme exploring social and legal structures in authoritarian countries in Central Asia.The programme will involve 17 doctoral researchers doing their PhDs at the consortium's 14 member universities in Europe and Canada.Learn more on LU Staff Pages
Getting external funds for your research project is often what makes or breaks it at an early stage, but finding one that suits is a challenge, as is finding one that accepts applications at the right time. Welcome to the jungle! On LUSEM’s “Research grants” page you will find a lengthy list of funders and it is well worth the time spent searching through them. Some offer one or two grants yearly,
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/funds-grants - 2026-09-29
Linn recently nailed her thesis to the wall here at LUSEM, as is tradition. She has been doing her research at the Department of Economic History and her work is called " Garment Workers and the Labour Issue in Development". She is now preparing the defense of the dissertation, which will take place on 25 April at 10:15, in EC3:207. Congratulations on your dissertation, please tell us, what is it
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-linn-ternsjo - 2026-09-29
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Johan Pries, Postdoc researcher at the department, has been granted funding for a three year project. Building on ongoing Vetenskapsrådet-funded research about the Swedish People’s Parks movement, this second project was recently awarded a grant of close to three million from the FORMAS research council. The project
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Mads Barbesgaard, lecturer at the department, has received funding for a research project. Mads has received 3.150.000 SEK in support from VR for a post-doc project titled Myanmar’s energy landscapes and the politics of geography. The project examines struggles around expansions of energy infrastructure in the midst
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/research-funding-myanmars-energy-landscapes-and-politics-geography - 2026-09-29
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. A research project led by Muriel Côte, senior lecturer at the department, has received funding. FORMAS will fund a project called “Fair gold? Institutionalising labour and environmental standards along the certified gold supply chain”, as part of their Annual open call 2020 - Research projects for early-career resea
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. The study aims to assess under what social, economic and spatial conditions that processes of urbanization at the lowest level of the urban hierarchy can promote the livelihoods and welfare of residents in small towns. Together with Ola Hall from the Department and colleagues at the University of Dar es Salaam, Make
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Markus Grillitsch, Associate senior lecturer at the Department of Human Geography, and his team has been awarded for their work with ‘Coffee Break With Researchers’. The winning platform can be found here http://www.coffeebreakwithresearchers.org
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/coffee-break-researchers-won-rsa-media-communications-regional-studies-award - 2026-09-29
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. ”I DN-journalisten Lasse Wierups hyllade bok ”Gangsterparadiset” finns ett antal kartor som förklarar mer än åratal av nyhetsrapportering om gängbrottsligheten. Det är kulturgeografen Nicklas Guldåker vid Lunds universitet som har gjort en socioekonomisk kartläggning av tre utanförskapsområden utifrån barntäthet och
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/kulturgeograf-vid-lunds-universitet-bidrar-med-kartor-till-hyllad-bok - 2026-09-29
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Regeringen har utsett Erik Renström till rektor för Lunds universitet 2021 - 2026 Regeringen har utsett Erik Renström till rektor för Lunds universitet 2021 - 2026. Renström är läkare och professor i experimentell endokrinologi med lång akademisk erfarenhet bakom sig. Han är för närvarande dekan för Medicinska fakul
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/erik-renstrom-blir-rektor-lunds-universitet - 2026-09-29
Den 15 oktober är det dags för årets professorsinstallation då 28 nya professorer installeras vid en högtidlig ceremoni som kommer att livesändas kl. 16:00. Universitetets nya professorer installeras av rektor Erik Renström. Professorer med hemvist vid Medicinska fakulteten som installeras den 15 oktober (klicka på namnet för att se profil i Lunds universitets forskningsportal): Thomas Deierbor
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nya-professorer-installeras - 2026-09-29
