Filetype
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 - 2025-11-21
The call for applications from young Swedish economists to attend the 8th Lindau meeting of the laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is now open. This information is from the KVA website.8th Lindau meeting in Economic Sciences – kva.seDuring five days Laureates and about 400 highly talented young scientists will be invited to join a unique week of
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/8th-lindau-meeting-economic-sciences - 2025-11-21
Here we outline what is going on now, and what we are doing next with the autumn student applications. If you don’t yet have housing and wish to get an offer from us, you need to join this second application period, that opens next week. Closing the first applicationWe have already sent out the last offers of the first application period that started 28 April. Make sure to double-check your housin
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/closing-first-autumn-application-and-opening-second-application-period - 2025-11-21
The University Board needs a new teaching staff representative due to a retirement. As a staff member, you now have the opportunity to propose a colleague to the Electoral College, which is responsible for the nomination. The nomination period is from 3 September to 22 September. One of the three teaching staff representatives on the University Board, Lars Dahlin, is retiring and his place on the
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/propose-new-teaching-staff-representative-university-board-election - 2025-11-22
Call for abstracts - and save the date The aim with the conference is to examine doctoral theses in a medical-historical context, from their production (when, where, why, by whom, how...) to their reception in Poland, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe. When and how did medical faculties begin to develop their own dissertation culture, and how do medical dissertations differ from those of other facu
https://www.medicinhistoria.lu.se/artikel/20th-biannual-conference-german-polish-society-history-medicine - 2025-11-21
Han har konstruerat en transportbox som håller liv i hjärtan utanför kroppen och utvecklat en hjärtlungräddningsmaskin. Och under ett besök hos nunnor i Afrika misstänktes han vara spion. Möt Stig Steen, seniorprofessor i thoraxkirurgi, som drivs av en orubblig tro på ett liv bortom bergen. Om Stig Steen följt barndomsdrömmen hade han blivit skridskoåkare. Men längtan efter att bli en ny Knut ”Ku
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/hjartats-innovator - 2025-11-22
Vilka för- och nackdelar finns det med AI i undervisningen? Vad är det roligaste med att jobba som lärare? Och märks den omskrivna läskrisen bland universitetsstudenter ute i verksamheten? Möt årets pedagogiska pristagare Per Carlsson och Björn Svensson i ett samtal om undervisning. På pappret ter de sig ganska olika, de två pristagarna. Björn Svensson jobbar på Institutionen för informatik, där h
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/pedagoger-med-entusiasm-som-skiner-igenom - 2025-11-22
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 behållas – men då utökas till att omfatta alla typer av engångspåsar. Regeringen har i vårbudgeten förslagit att remittera frågan om att avskaffa eller
https://www.lu.se/artikel/ett-utokat-pantsystem-en-battre-atgard-den-omtvistade-plastpaseskatten - 2025-11-22
Stora vägbyggen runt Lund kommer snart påverka pendlingsmöjligheterna. Om du arbetar i Lund men bor utanför stan kan det vara bra att planera hur du ska ta dig till jobbet i förväg. Vägprojekten berör E22 vid trafikplats Lund Södra och väg 108 mellan Staffanstorp och Lund. Stora vägbyggen runt Lund kommer snart påverka pendlingsmöjligheterna. Om du arbetar i Lund men bor utanför stan kan det vara
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/aktuella-vagbyggen-som-kan-paverka-din-pendling - 2025-11-22
Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) will join a new IMI project - SOPHIA - which will contribute to a more patient-centric and equitable narrative around obesity and its multiple impacts on individuals from both a social and medical perspective. The project will provide evidence-based classification of predictors for obesity complications and response to obesity treatment. Obesity is a chronic
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/sophia-aims-improve-obesity-treatment-and-change-narrative-around-obesity - 2025-11-21
SAGA Diagnostics, a portfolio company of LU Ventures, has the potential to transform cancer care by detecting cancer recurrence early with unparalleled sensitivity. Founded in 2016 from research in Lund, their groundbreaking test is now available in the U.S. From Lab to Life: The Research Behind SAGA's BreakthroughThere's a significant need for improved biomarkers to diagnose cancer, select the be
https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/transforming-cancer-care-saga-diagnostics-test-now-launched-us - 2025-11-21
In December last year (2023), the project group for Lund University's Science Village establishment (Stage 2) presented a comprehensive premises programme for Scenario 5, developed in collaboration with White arkitekter. This programme is a detailed description of the premises and functions needed to ensure efficient operations in the future. It marks the first, but very important, step towards th
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/premises-programme-and-next-steps-science-village-establishment-stage-2 - 2025-11-21
Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have played a central role in work with the Gaia space telescope. A new research project from the Gaia group in Lund has now been selected as one of two top candidates for the European Space Agency’s prestigious Voyage 2050 initiative. Since Gaia was launched in 2013, the telescope has provided us with completely new knowledge about the Milky Way. In total,
https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-university-plays-key-role-new-prestigious-project-map-galaxy - 2025-11-21
