Nurul Izzati is teaching at Sumbawa University of Technology in Indonesia. Photo:Jenny Loftrup Just over a year has passed since LU was awarded funds by the Swedish Institute (SI) to implement three of the five announced capacity building programmes focusing on Agenda 2030. Professional course participants from all over the world are currently pursuing their continuing professional development act

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-development-lund-inspired-agents-change - 2025-09-01

Dr. habil. Andreas Broeckmann is an art historian and curator who lives in Berlin. He is currently a Visiting Professor and tutor in our PhD Program in Fine Arts. We asked him a few questions about his work at Malmö Art Academy. What is your role at Malmö Art Academy, and what is you background?Since last year, 2024, I have been working as a tutor in the PhD Program in Fine Arts. By academic train

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/get-know-dr-andreas-broeckmann-visiting-professor-and-tutor-our-phd-program-fine-arts - 2025-09-01

Anders Lindskog and Johan Pettersson are sifting sand. The dinosaur they are looking for died on the beach, swelled up in the heat and eventually floated out into the water and sank to the bottom of the sea. Photo:Johan Joelsson Somewhere in an abandoned chalk quarry in northeastern Skåne lurks the skeleton of an 84 million-year-old dinosaur. A group of geologists is convinced of it. Now that a nu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hunt-missing-dinosaur - 2025-09-01

“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 students in Lund. They found the digital exams to be stressful and sometimes unfair. This is what emerges

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transition-worked-now-we-need-more-even-quality-teaching - 2025-09-01

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 education. "It does not maintain the high and even quality that we would like", says Ella Sjöbeck, vice pres

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-criticise-quality-assurance-education - 2025-09-01

The tense global situation is a challenge for the university's internationalisation work, says International Coordinator Pär Svensson. Photo: Minna Wallén-Widung Internationalisation has become more important – and more complex – in recent years. In a world where democracy and academic freedom are under threat, Lund University needs to take greater responsibility for its international collaboratio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/internationalisation-important-comprehensive-and-complex - 2025-09-02

Members of the project group. From ­left: Jenny Hallström, head of office at the Department of Library Services, Håkan Carlsson, head librarian, Elisabeth Stålesjö, project manager and Christel Holmberg, communication officer. Photo: Jan Olsson The ground floor of the University Library will be refurbished and preparations will start in the summer. During the renovation, the public section will be

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/renovating-university-library-will-take-year - 2025-09-02

An external view of the spherical teaching space ‘Teknodrom’. Photo: Kennet Ruona Back then, the red brick buildings rose like a lonely wall against the open fields of eastern Lund. Now, the buildings are a hub in the middle of the knowledge highway that links the centre of the city with the research facilities on the outskirts of Brunnshög. We are talking, of course, about the buildings on the Fa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/almost-time-move-newly-renovated-m-building - 2025-09-02

The 'Sustainable Idea Exploration' call is an opportunity for researchers at Lund University to explore the innovative potential of their research and finance activities outside the scope of existing research projects. Its aim is to support the development of early innovative ideas from research projects that can contribute to sustainability. Four projects have now been granted funding in the call

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-projects-awarded-grants-sustainability-related-research - 2025-09-02

A few hours after the announcement: Anne L'Huillier surrounded by media, colleagues and students. Photo: Andreas Hillergren/TT The excitement has been palpable in recent weeks following the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Anne L’Huillier, a researcher at Lund. This is the first time a researcher at Lund University has received a Nobel Prize, and atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier is only the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-received-lunds-first-nobel-prize - 2025-09-02

Extra screen time may boost disadvantaged students’ academic performance. Photo: Louise Larsson For decades, doctors have warned parents that too much TV can harm children’s development. After all, television is one of the main activities in kids’ daily lives, and school performance plays a crucial role in shaping their future opportunities in the job market. It’s no wonder that physicians and edu

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/can-technological-innovations-entertainment-boost-academic-performance - 2025-09-02

Application numbers for this autumn’s international programmes show outstanding results for Lund University and LUSEM. The most popular programme at Lund University is our Bachelor's programme in International Business, which is also the most popular programme in Sweden, across all categories. On top of that, five of the ten most popular Master's programmes in Sweden are offered at Lund University

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/record-breaking-numbers-lusems-international-programmes - 2025-09-01

Vanya Darakchieva is a professor of solid state physics at LTH. Photo: Jenny Leyman What is the perfect recipe for semiconductors? Vanya Darakchieva is working on the answer in her research on novel semiconductor materials. As a professor of solid state physics at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), she is a “research chef” designing the future cookbook for sustainable and safe electronics. Understa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-chef-refines-recipe-semiconductors - 2025-09-02

Erik Ahlberg uses modern equipment to measure air pollution on the roof of Malmö Town Hall. Photo: Jessika Sellergren Investigating air pollution is not for researchers afraid of heights. One of the fearless is Erik Ahlberg, a combustion physicist at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH). His working days are often spent far above ground – currently on the roof of Malmö Town Hall, where the instruments

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-high-altitude-when-air-under-scrutiny - 2025-09-02

Illustratör Erik Månsson Simå Dyk ner i fysikens spännande värld här i Lund - från materiens minsta byggstenar till kosmos mysterier. Följ med på roliga experiment och demonstrationer, där du bland annat kan testa ett svepelektronmikroskop eller sakta ner tiden med en höghastighetskamera. Årets evenemang kommer också att innehålla presentationer (på engelska eller svenska) av forskning från instit

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/kvantfysik-och-jubileum-x-2-pa-kulturnatten - 2025-09-01

I en rapport som tagits fram av innovationskontoren vid Sveriges lärosäten redovisas statistik gällande antal bolagsstarter sedan 2010, samt deras samlade ekonomiska effekt. Svenska universitet skapar värde i miljardklassen. Sedan 2010 har Sveriges lärosäten gett upphov till över 2 500 nya företag som idag sysselsätter nästan 10 000 personer, omsätter 18 miljarder kronor och genererar 4 miljarder

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/svenska-larosaten-kraftfulla-motorer-tillvaxt-och-innovation - 2025-09-01

– Även med den enklare analysmetoden ger blodprovet svar med hög träffsäkerhet för alzheimerpatologi, säger Sebastian Palmqvist. Foto: iStock Enklare analysmetod av blodprov för Alzheimers sjukdom har testats i en stor multicenterstudie, ledd från Lunds universitet. – Detta är ett viktigt steg för att kunna föra in enkla blodprovstester för Alzheimers sjukdom i vården globalt, säger forskarna bako

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/storre-mojligheter-att-testa-alzheimers-med-ny-analysmetod - 2025-09-01

Photo: Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash SWEAH-doktoranden Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, som har en personlig historia från Brasilien, har fått en inbjudan från Latinamerikas främsta och största institution inom folkhälsa, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation i Brasilien. – Forskargruppen som jag ska besöka driver en gigantisk befolkningsstudie som involverar sex stora federala universitet. Det påminner om SNAC-studien,

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/reser-och-lar-om-utsatthet-vald-och-grasrotsaktivism - 2025-09-01

Nytt gränssnitt till EBSCOhostDen 5:e augusti ändras gränssnittet för EBSCOhost-databaserna. Ni har redan nu möjlighet att bekanta er med gränssnittet via följande länk: http://ludwig.lub.lu.se/login?url=https://research.ebsco.com/c/hrh7jr/search?locale=en Denna länk finns även i Databases A-ZMer information om det nya gränssnittet hittar ni på EBSCO:s hjälpsidor:https://connect.ebsco.com/s/articl

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-maj-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-4 - 2025-09-01

En bättre åtgärd för att hantera engångsplast, än plastpåseskatten, är att införa ett kraftigt utökat pantsystem menar Karl Holmberg. Bild: Pixabay. Ett innovativt pantsystem för matförpackningar. Det är en bättre och mer omfattande åtgärd än den omtvistade plastpåseskatten som kan komma att tas bort eller reduceras vid årsskiftet. Det menar statsvetaren Karl Holmberg som anser att skatten bör beh

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/ett-utokat-pantsystem-en-battre-atgard-den-omtvistade-plastpaseskatten - 2025-09-01