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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 - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

Inför riksdagsvalet 2022 låg Liberalerna illa till i opinionen men klarade sig till slut kvar i riksdagen. Hur opinionsmätningar påverkar väljare att rösta på ett parti som riskerar att hamna under spärren studerar Annika Fredén och kollegor vid Chalmers och Göteborgs universitet i en ny artikel i tidskriften International Journal of Public Opinion Research (IJPOR). En utgångspunkt är att det spel

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/nytt-om-strategisk-rostning-av-annika-freden - 2026-06-25

Laura Landorff och Anders Uhlin har författat artikeln “Why do business leaders, senior politicians and civil servants move to leading positions in EU civil society? Exploring capital gains through boundary crossing”, nyligen publicerad i European Politics and Society. Varför flyttar företagsledare, politiker och tjänstemän till ledande positioner i EU:s civilsamhälle? Artikeln undersöker denna fr

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/landorff-och-uhlin-om-ekonomiska-och-politiska-eliter-i-eus-civilsamhalle - 2026-06-25

Professor Ian Manners har just publicerat den avslutande artikeln om "Political psychology of emotions in European Union foreign policy in times of ontological (in)security and crisis" i ett specialnummer av Journal of European Integration, redigerad av Seda Gürkan och Özlem Terzi, på temat "Känslornas roll i EU:s utrikespolitik".I sin avslutande artikel argumenterar professor Manners för att förs

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/avslutande-artikel-till-specialnummer-om-political-psychology-emotions-i-eus-utrikespolitik-i-tider - 2026-06-25

Trots 15 år av internationella åtaganden att fasa ut subventioner för fossila bränslen nådde globala subventioner rekordnivån 1,5 biljoner dollar år 2022. I en nyligen publicerad artikel för npj Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform uppmanar Jakob Skovgaard, Evan Drake och deras medförfattare till en ny strategi som inkluderar tidsbundna färdplaner, stängning av kryphål och stöd till låginkomstländer. Förfat

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-strategi-behovs-att-hantera-subventioner-fossila-branslen - 2026-06-25

Inkludering har blivit något av en standardformel när man försöker skapa politisk ordning i övergången från krig till fred. Men hur kan man arbeta med inkludering i praktiken? I artikeln, Inclusivity in Practice: Patchworks of Inclusion at Multiple Tracks in the Colombian Peace Process, undersöker Bramsen och Strömbom sambandet mellan inkludering och integrering av flera förhandlingsspår i den col

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/inkludering-i-praktiken-lapptacken-av-inkludering-pa-flera-spar-i-den-colombianska-fredsprocessen - 2026-06-25

Anna Wieslander har framgångsrikt försvarat sin avhandling med titeln: "Transatlantic Transitions: Responses to the Russian Threat in the Baltic Sea Region, 2014–2020". Gratulerar! SammanfattningDet övergripande syftet med avhandlingen är att utforska alliansbildning och allianshantering i en regional miljö, genom att analysera hur det ryska hotet i Östersjöregionen bemöttes under åren 2014–2020.

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/anna-wieslander-har-framgangsrikt-forsvarat-sin-avhandling - 2026-06-25

Detta kapitel utforskar feministisk aktivism under och efter den så kallade arabiska våren, en omvälvande händelse som innebar nya utmaningar och förändrad politisk miljö för feministiska aktivister. Till en början väckte störtandet av gamla regimer hopp om ett mer öppet och frigjort samhälle, men detta hopp blev inte långlivat. Feministiska organisationer i länder som Egypten och Tunisien har på

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/abdelmoez-om-digital-feministisk-praktik-under-och-efter-arabiska-varen - 2026-06-25

Barbara Magalhães Teixeira har framgångsrikt försvarat sin avhandling med titeln: "The Nature of Peace and the Continuum of Violence in Environmental Conflicts" (Bidragets översatta titel : Fredens Natur och Våldets Skepnader i Miljökonflikter). Gratulerar! SammanfattningI den här avhandlingen, syftar jag till att utforska kopplingarna mellan natur, konflikt och fred som bygger på litteratur från

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/barbara-magalhaes-teixeira-har-framgangsrikt-forsvarat-sin-avhandling - 2026-06-25

Isabel Bramsen har publicerat ett nytt kapitel om känslornas och den emotionella energins roll i konflikter, förtryck och våld i The Oxford Handbook of Emotions in International Relations. AbstraktKänslor spelar en viktig roll i att forma mänsklig interaktion, inte minst i samband med konflikter och våld. Detta kapitel fördjupar sig i det intrikata samspelet mellan emotionell energi, protest, fört

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/bramsen-om-kanslornas-och-den-emotionella-energins-roll-i-konflikter-fortryck-och-vald - 2026-06-25