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Anders Persson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biology, will receive SEK 2.8 million from the Kamprad Family Foundation. The grant will support research on artificial reefs aimed at helping the endangered Baltic cod.Congratulations on the grant, Anders – how does it feel?– It’s amazing! We’re a small group that has been working for a long time to develop methods for studying reefs, mostly wi

https://www.science.lu.se/article/biologist-receives-million-sek-grant-support-baltic-sea-cod-stocks - 2026-07-01

Would you like to help new international students by renting out a sofa, a bed or a room for a few days or longer before the start of the fall semester? Then check out BoPoolen's Couchsurfing Campaign where you can sign up to host a student! The Couchsurfing Campaign is a project that aims to tackle the bottleneck that can occur at the start of the semester, providing temporary accommodation for s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rent-out-your-sofa-student-few-days - 2026-07-02

After several years of expert management at the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, Copenhagen University, the journal has moved across the Öresund to Sweden. Asia in Focus is a peer-reviewed journal published online twice a year. The focal point of the journal is modern Asian societies viewed from the standpoints of social sciences and humanities. The geographical focus is Central Asia to Oceania

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/asia-focus-has-found-new-home-centre-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2026-07-01

Stockholm+50 takes place June 2-3, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the UN Environmental Programme. The ambition is to commemorate the jubilee and 50 years of global environmental action but also to step up the pace of the transition to a more sustainable future. One paper, written together with researchers at KTH in Stockholm, is titled “Making governance better for fair and sustainable consum

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/carl-dalhammar-contributes-background-reports-stockholm50-conference - 2026-07-01

Extended deadline until November 6. Only a few days left to sign up as a lecturer at the NMT Days 11-15 March 2024 (Science, Health care and Engineering Days). This is your chance to inspire upper secondary school students from all over Sweden by giving a popular science lecture. About the NMT Days During the NMT Days we open up Lund University’s northern campus area and offer upper secondary scho

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/sign-give-popular-science-lecture-during-nmt-days - 2026-07-01

Jakob Skovgaard has co-authored the article “Reforming fossil fuel subsidies requires a new approach to setting international commitments” in the journal One Earth. The article argues that international efforts to phase out fossil fuel subsidies can be strengthened by distinguishing between different subsidies, taking into account their climate impacts and the feasibility of reform. As the climate

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/skovgaard-commitments-reform-fossil-fuel-subsidies - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Message from the director Starting off the new year with an exciting seminar program for the spring! CMES continues to be closed until 31 March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we start off the new year with an exciting seminar program for the spring 2021. CMES program covers a broad range of topics ranging from

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-17-january-2021 - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Melissa Franklin is a guest professor from Harvard University who compares her environment at Fysicum with the tv-series Friends and Seinfeld. Here she shares her views on similarities and differences between the universities. When a colleague on my 3000 person experiment at CERN whom I didn’t know, Torsten Akesson, e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/crossing-border-scania - 2026-07-01

The LU Faculty of Social Sciences will offer five Autumn Workshops in Methods and Methodologies this year. These are for teachers, researchers, and PhD candidates from all fields and faculties who desire to continue to broaden and deepen their knowledge of research methods. You may sign up for more than one workshop: their schedules do not conflict. And they are FREE for all Ph D students at Lund

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autumn-methods-workshops-2023 - 2026-07-02

Eight researchers will be awarded visiting professorships at the faculty during 2026–2027. Dean Per Persson is very pleased with the high quality of the applicants and that half of those recruited are women. When the faculty's research committee began reviewing the 86 applications, it quickly became clear that there were many highly qualified candidates among the applicants. The list included, for

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/equal-representation-faculty-science - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Ellen Hillbom, the economic historian, who, in cooperation with a Dutch and a German colleague, has created an online textbook on trends in Africa’s economic history. The book, which can be downloaded free of charge from the internet, has so far reached over 4,000 readers. Ellen Hillbom. Where did you get the ide

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ellen-hillbom-about-free-digital-textbook-about-africa - 2026-07-01

Students are enrolling in large numbers at LUSEM, particularly in Sweden's most popular BSc in Business and Economics taught in Swedish: Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet. When the application numbers from the first and second selection rounds for eligible applicants are compiled, our Ekonomie kandidatprogram ranks as the clear number one among all undergraduate programmes in business and economics taug

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/most-popular-swedish-bsc-business-and-economics-student-magnet - 2026-07-01

After a huge response with over 60 creative name suggestions from students and staff at the faculty, the decision has now been made: the Astronomy Building is getting a new name and will step into the future as Universum! In the coming years, the building will be developed into a natural meeting place for the natural sciences, bringing together the study centre, faculty management, the faculty off

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/astronomy-building-gets-new-name-welcome-universum - 2026-07-01

Are you curious about the Arctic, and what it is like to work there? INTERACT is a network of stations around the Arctic that is building capacity for research and monitoring in the Arctic. INTERACT has earlier published several books, and this autumn they had a film premiere, and released short films in collaboration with BBC, giving interested a great opportunity to learn more about the Arctic.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/interact-docu-series-and-bbc-short-films-about-arctic - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climate-KIC summer school and ICOS Sweden's research station in Hyltemossa have been featured in the media this summer. Climate-KIC Summer School "The Journey" attracted students from all corners of the world. Among other locations, the students visited the ICOS research station in Hyltemossa, where they learned more

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/studies-and-research-hyltemossa - 2026-07-01

Katarina Olsson, Professor Emerita of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law, has been awarded the Medal for Significant Deeds for her many and varied contributions to Sweden's foundations. Nine medals were awarded during the Royal Patriotic Society's annual ceremony on 21 May at the Royal Swedish House of Knights. HRH Prince Daniel presented the medals. Katarina Olsson's contributions to the Swedish Fou

https://www.law.lu.se/article/katarina-olsson-has-been-awarded-medal-significant-deeds-0 - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CyberOrient welcomes Anders Ackfeldt at Lund University in Sweden as a new Managing Editor along with Vit Sisler at Charles University. An expanded CyberOrient, an official open-access journal of the American Anthropological Association, is now up and ready for surfing. The renewed website, cyberorient.net, now has ar

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-anders-ackfeldt-new-editor-journal-cyberorient - 2026-07-01

With the objective of digitizing Swedish printed material from the 1400s to modern times, a collaboration has been established between the National Library of Sweden and the five university libraries in Lund, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Uppsala, and Umeå. The undertaking lays the basis of a long-term digitization undertaking. The material included in the digitization is composed of books, newspapers, m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/national-library-collaboration-will-digitize-swedish-printed-material - 2026-07-01

Dealing with heat is about more than implementing technical solutions such as cold rooms, access to water, green areas and communication systems. Equally, if not more, important is to strengthen social networks, reduce income disparities and eliminate social vulnerability. Sustainability researcher Maryam Nastar comments on the heat wave in Canada and North America based on her research on extreme

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reduced-inequality-and-better-social-networks-crucial-dealing-heatwaves - 2026-07-01

On Friday the 4 March, the university's anniversary was celebrated. Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström began with a speech on the current world situation: Honoured emeriti vice-chancellors, honoured deans, students, colleagues and guests, In the foreword to the annual academic ceremony programme, you will see a summary of what this speech was intended to be about. Today, after a dark week that will cha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/speech-annual-academic-ceremony-4-march-2022 - 2026-07-02