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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Recruitment Committee has now selected five people who will go on to the next stage of the recruitment process for the deputy vice-chancellor of Lund University, whose term of office begins on 1 January 2021. After the first round of interviews the result is that the following people go on to in-depth interviews a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-go-forward-deputy-vice-chancellor-recruitment-process - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the academic year 2020–2021, the Faculties of Humanities and Theology (HT) are funding 25 per cent of a business developer’s post at Lund University Commissioned Education (LUCE). The aim is to broaden their range and commissioned education is deemed to be an important tool for obtaining updates from the wider wor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculties-humanities-and-theology-embark-strategic-collaboration-commissioned-education - 2026-05-09

Lund University has a world-class art collection worth hundreds of millions of Swedish crowns. But many of the less valuable paintings are currently hidden in attics and cellar storage rooms. “With the initiative entitled ‘When collections come to life’ and a new open warehouse, we want to highlight the art collection and make it more accessible”, says Annie Lindberg, archivist and acting director

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/art-treasures-taken-out-hiding - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is nothing to indicate that sexual harassment is more common at the University than in other workplaces. However, different relationships of a dependent nature complicate the situation, such as that between doctoral student and supervisor. Few people choose to report harassment. "One of the reasons is fear of pe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/power-hierarchies-make-it-more-difficult-curb-sexual-harassment - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 umbrella organisation for Lund University's students' unions. At issue is the national review of the quality

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-criticise-quality-assurance-education - 2026-05-09

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 deepest mysteries of evolution. At the root of it all: a heartfelt love of lizards. Lying on a thin branch in the terrarium on Nathalie Feiner’s desk in the Department of Biology is a grey-speckled anolis lizard, looking out over the empty coffee c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lizards-key-evolutionary-mysteries - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. So say Mats Benner and Freddy Ståhlberg after having reviewed both self-evaluations and assessor reports. The RQ20 Research Quality Evaluation Project is now entering its final phase and, so far, the results are looking good. “But it would be out of the question for us to sit back now just because we’re known globally

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rq20-research-still-evaluated-despite-pandemic-obstacles - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Workhorse Philip Warkander became Sweden’s first PhD graduate in Fashion Studies. He describes research in a new subject as continuously doubting – an approach he also applies to the academic community’s focus on hard work. Moving around as a researcher, he noticed one day that he had fallen into the classic man-trap

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doubting-fashion-pioneer - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Helsingborg. He is in his first week of internship on the specialist nursing programme in pre-hospital emergency

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2026-05-09

The vice-chancellor has decided to give the Sustainability Forum a broader remit with resources increased to SEK 4 million per year as of 2021, from the previous SEK 2 million annually. The Sustainability Forum will also be a permanent fixture, as sustainability issues are long-term. The most significant change in the remit of the Sustainability Forum is the investment in increased sustainability

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-forum-broadens-its-remit-include-students-and-education - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With a new sustainability plan, Lund University management wants to increase the level of ambition and develop sustainability work within the organisation. Education and research are to increase their positive impact, while the University is to halve its contribution to climate change by 2023. In autumn 2019 a strateg

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-plan-approved - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Government has appointed Erik Renström as the vice-chancellor of Lund University for the term of office 2021–2026. Renström, a physician and professor of experimental endocrinology, has extensive academic experience. He is currently the dean of Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine. “It feels very exciting and a l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/erik-renstrom-be-vice-chancellor-lund-university - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On the Danube in Budapest. On 23 June master's students of the MESPOM programme graduated in Budapest. Celebrations took place on the Danube, the traditional way to close the MESPOM programme. Graduates, families and staff enjoyed the sunset while looking back at two intense and highly rewarding years, and looking ahe

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mespom-graduation-2016 - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 3-10 July the Almedalen Week in Gotland takes place. The IIIEE takes part in two activities on 6 July:1. "Från förvaltare till klimathjälte" - a seminar arranged by Dagens Industri and Caverion. Prof. Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE is participating in this seminar.2. "Still a future: Syria moving forward despite

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-participates-almedalen-week-2016 - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Urban Arena is a network for sustainable urban development research at Lund University and is gathering almost 200 researchers. On June 15th, an Urban Arena wake-up seminar focusing on the theme “Smart Sustainable Cities” was held.Last year the Strategic Innovation Agenda “Smart Sustainable Cities” was accepted, with

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/first-wake-seminar-about-smart-sustainable-cities - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Aiming for blue Beijing skies An increasingly ambitious environmental legislation has not reduced economic growth in the EU – indicating it will not do so in China either. This is good news for Chinese environmentalists, who have asked IIIEE researchers for evidence that supports their work for a greener China under b

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-philip-peck - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today on 15 August 2016, batch 22 of the Master’s programme in Environmental Management and Policy (the EMP programme), begin their on-site part of the programme. They are about 27 students from various parts of the world including Canada, USA, Turkey, Romania, Denmark, Ireland, Colombia, the Russian Federation, Swede

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-batch-22-emp-programme - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new article on the Biomethane use in Sweden has been published in the magazine The Archives of Autmotive Engineering co-authored by Mikael Backman at the IIIEE.Direct link to the article here 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-biomethane-use-sweden - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The IIIEE is now a new research partner on policy and guidelines for a sustainable fashion industry through the Mistra Future Fashion programme."For many years, we have been looking into various product-oriented environmental law and policies, and their influence on business practices. Textile is definitely among the

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-joins-partner-mistra-future-fashion-programme-policies-and-guidelines - 2026-05-09