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Leadership Academy at LUSEM is a leadership programme for students at Lund University based on the idea that students in leading positions can learn, both from each other, but also from experienced leadership researchers and business managers. The training equips young leaders for the challenges that a management position often entails. Nadja Sörgärde and Christine Blomquist are teachers and resea

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leadership-academy-learning-challenging-context - 2026-07-09

A tiny insect that lives on snow has revealed an unexpected survival trick: it can generate its own heat to withstand sub-zero temperatures. The finding sheds new light on how life endures in extreme environments. The snow fly – a winter-active crane fly – moves across snow at temperatures between 0 and −7°C. Conditions that would be lethal to most insects instead leave this species active, thanks

https://www.science.lu.se/article/snow-fly-beats-freeze-built-heat-pulses - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A pink cleaning trolley is an unusual sight. But even if the colour is the first thing to catch your eye, it is not the pink gleam that makes people stop and talk. The cleaning trolley is a rolling exhibit at Gilla jobbet, a work environment fair in Stockholm, and Patrik Nilsson is the man pushing it around. He is doi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chats-around-cleaning-trolley-provide-inspiration-research-projects - 2026-07-09

Researchers at MultiPark have uncovered in mice how the protein TDP-43, known for its role in several neurodegenerative diseases, disrupts the hypothalamus, the brain’s key center for metabolic control. Their study sheds new light on the role of TDP-43 in metabolic and psychiatric symptoms shared across frontotemporal dementia, Huntington’s disease, and ALS – findings that could support the develo

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/protein-mismanagement-brains-control-center-fuels-early-symptoms-neurodegenerative-diseases - 2026-07-09

On 10-11 March, the university will change its telephony provider to Telia. This means that all mobile phones need a new SIM card. For anyone who has physical SIM cards, they must be replaced. The new SIM cards will be available at your institution/unit from 6 March. You can see what applies to your particular department/unit in the fact box below.Those who currently have e-SIM via Tele2 will rece

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-telephony-provider-distribution-new-sim-cards - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 from the student unions’ surveys whose results have now been compiled. In late spring, seven students’ unio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transition-worked-now-we-need-more-even-quality-teaching - 2026-07-09

The Faculty’s three seminars during this year's Almedalen week were packed. Everything from antibiotic resistance to defence research and economic models for cell and gene therapies were discussed in the tents. First out was Dean Maria Björkqvist together with Professor Anna Falk and colleagues from the School of Economics and Management and Skånes University Hospital on the stage of Medicon Villa

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-medicine-almedalen-burning-subjects-were-lifted-packed-tents - 2026-07-09

Although Lund University’s 350th anniversary celebrations are drawing to a close, some projects will live on, along with the working method known as the jubilee model. Carina Jensen, soon to step down from her role as jubilee coordinator, talks about Sunday’s big kick-off for the future, which is open to all. “It will start with an open house event in the main University building, celebrating the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/jubliee-concludes-kick - 2026-07-09

A review of the subject of Physics at Lund University is now being initiated. The aim is to gather input from an external expert panel on how the subject can be developed going forward. Particular focus will be placed on how organisational changes can strengthen the discipline and enhance its international impact.Physics at Lund University is currently represented at the Faculty of Engineering (LT

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/subject-physics-be-reviewed-expert-panel - 2026-07-09

A week-long event from 19-23 May will bring together 45 representatives from EUGLOH universities to collaborate on cultural issues in teaching and research. Participants will attend from Tromsø, Porto, Hamburg, Alcalá, Munich, Szeged and of course Lund. We have also invited speakers from Singapore and Melbourne. "Culture is an important part of the University’s soul. In May, around 40 colleagues f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cultural-networking-event-and-smask - 2026-07-10

Lund University’s Administrative Prize 2026 is awarded to Digitalisation Coordinator Håkan Håkansson and Library Assistant Tomasz Lesniak of the Lund University Library. Through far-sighted and innovative work on the Ravensbrück Archive, they have developed a unique research resource which has been recognised internationally and added to the UNESCO Memory of the World register. The Lund University

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universitys-administrative-prize-2026-recognises-work-ravensbruck-archive - 2026-07-10

A defence innovation ecosystem is taking shape in Lund. Cyber threats, pandemics, self-sufficiency in critical resources and the psychological effects of crises all demand rapid competence development and new approaches to innovation. Many of the solutions already exist in Lund."There's an enormous amount of expertise in Lund. Look at the breadth of LU: from autonomous systems and cyber security t

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/ghost-ships-baltic-drones-and-cyber-attacks-lund-meeting-these-threats-research-and-innovation - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University in Sweden has two new honorary doctors in science. One is an entertaining and creative circus artist in the subject of physics. The other is a chemistry professor who is passionate about providing students with an early link to qualified research. The Faculty of Science at Lund University has now annou

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-science-lund-university - 2026-07-09

How do you apply for a job at the European Commission and what skills are in demand? And what is it like to work for the Commission? In March 2022, Helena Larsson Haug, Senior Expert at the European Commission’s Directorate-General Competition (DG COMP), visited Lund and shared her experiences and thoughts on these questions with students envisaging the option of an EU-career. With more than 20 ye

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/working-european-commission - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Carbon offsetting is an environmental strategy based on financing climate measures in developing countries to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions in industrialised countries. In recent years, it has become a popular strategy among companies as well as private individuals to reduce their carbon footprint.Tree-plant

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/planting-trees-africa-dubious-environmental-strategy-study - 2026-07-09

Swedish universities and colleges condemn the violence in Iran where security forces have fired at protesting students. Academic cooperation and exchange with Iranian universities, researchers and students can therefore be precarious according to Karin Aggestam and Ronny Berndtsson at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES). Karin Aggestam is Director of CMES and Coordinator of the S

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/research-cooperation-iran-precarious - 2026-07-09

The strange space object ‘Oumuamua took the scientific community by storm nine years ago. In the wake of its passage close to our planet, many questions have been raised. Recently, an international initiative was launched to search for more visitors from other solar systems. One night in October 2017, a telescope in Hawaii is carrying out its routine task of scanning the night sky. The following d

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/hunt-visitors-other-solar-systems - 2026-07-09

Two innovation-driven research projects at Lund University have been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council, ERC. They relate to biomarkers for predicting who benefits from metformin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and new technology to enable powerful and focused therapies for the treatment of solid tumours. Charlotte Ling has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Gr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/erc-grants-research-diabetes-and-immunotherapy - 2026-07-09

How does migration and globalisation shape the lives of individuals in various countries and how does it affect the children of immigrants in terms of integration, identity, and cultural expressions? Do they themselves use the word integration? These questions occupy sociologist Dalia Abdelhady who is about to conclude a study of three populations in the US, in France and in Germany, based on thei

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/other-side-story-how-children-immigrants-experience-life - 2026-07-09

They come from different academic disciplines but have all ended up at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University. Join Ingrid van Dijk, Finn Hedefalk and Björn Eriksson in a conversation about the conditions for early-career researchers, learning from senior colleagues, and passing the torch on. “One of the most enjoyable parts of our work is learning from others.” These words belong t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/knowledge-transfer-way-forward-early-career-researchers - 2026-07-09