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Before the start of each semester, a staggering 7,500 booking requests are made for teaching premises at BMC and CRC. Behind the scenes, course administrators, course directors and EGLS work for months to ensure everything runs smoothly. Intramed asked Thomas Hellmark, chairman of EGLS, the unit for undergraduate premises and scheduling, to summarize the first year of using the new house E at BMC.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/undergraduate-teaching-premises-booking-system-well-oiled-machine - 2026-04-25

On 31 March, the news arrived that many had been waiting for since last autumn, when the University submitted its applications to the Swedish Research Council’s eight new Strategic Research Areas (SRAs). Last year saw a great deal of effort go into the delicate work of coordinating researchers, faculty members and partner universities during what was a short window in which the call for proposals

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-easter-treat-sras - 2026-04-26

The University Board has decided on a Security Policy. The Policy applies to the whole University and provides guidance for how we are to work together on security issues systematically and for the long term. The Policy is part of a larger initiative to work more proactively and systematically in both the long and short term. In addition, security guidelines are being developed, along with practic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-aiming-higher-its-security-policy - 2026-04-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Solutions to limit the climate impact of plastics” was the topic of this years Climathon in Lund. The 24 hour hackathon gathered 54 participants and was thereby one of the larger among the 113 Climathons held simultaneous all around the world. Climathon in Lund was organised by a consortia of five very different orga

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2018-0 - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How did the education system develop? Why did some countries choose to secularise schools completely, while others gave state support to private religious schools? Johannes Lindvall has conducted a survey of how Western schooling developed and had his article published in the world’s most prestigious political science

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/article-development-school-system-published-prestigious-journal - 2026-04-25

Although surgery is performed with a simple procedure that is performed under local anesthesia, new research by post doc Malin Zimmerman at Lund University shows that socioeconomic factors such as income, education and/or occupation, have an impact on general recovery and outcome after surgery. -The results from my research show that patients with different socioeconomic backgrounds recover and be

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/patients-low-socioeconomic-status-experience-more-symptoms-and-after-surgery-carpal-tunnel-syndrome - 2026-04-25

Now, we are here at last, after intense involvement and many exciting ideas from many parts of the University, the Vice-Chancellor has today (23 June) decided on five profile areas for Lund University for 2022-2030. The selected profile areas are: Human Rights in a Polarised World Light and Materials – from fundamental understanding to industrial and societal needs Natural and Artificial Cognition

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-profile-areas-have-been-selected-process-highlighted-strong-knowledge-environments - 2026-04-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Focusing on low-carbon economy. Jonas Sonnenschein is a PhD candidate at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University. He has a background in Philosophy & Economics (BA) from Germany – where he originally comes from – and he holds a Master in Environmental Management an

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-phd-candidate-jonas-sonnenschein - 2026-04-25

A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added that his mother had also had Pierre as a teacher and thought he was pretty awesome. Few, if any statistics teachers can claim to have reached and inspired more students than Pierre Carbonnier, who has

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/44-years-teaching-stats-dont-lie - 2026-04-25

During his more than 50-year career, diabetes researcher Åke Lernmark has made several significant discoveries that have increased knowledge about type 1 diabetes. His research contributes to creating conditions for a national screening programme in Sweden. In Sweden, around 1,000 children and an equal number of adults develop type 1 diabetes each year. The disease has major consequences for the f

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/scientist-who-paving-way-screening-type-1-diabetes - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Stefan Gössling, Professor in Service Management and Service Studies has published and article on The Conversation based on his latest research which has been widely circulated in the media, in Sweden but also internationally during the week. Article published on The conversation, october 22 Author: Stefan GösslingThe

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/celebrities-cause-10000-times-more-carbon-emissions-flying-average-person - 2026-04-25

When researchers are working in the field, they may be faced with challenging and sometimes dangerous situations. How does Lund University prepare its doctoral students and researchers for fieldwork? When LUM asks about the faculties’ procedures, it becomes clear that the departments are primarily responsible. Dealing with dangerous situations in the field once they have arisen is not enough – the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safe-fieldwork-who-responsible-security - 2026-04-26

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-04-26

Veterinarian in charge Anders Forslid is retiring after 30 years working to improve the welfare of research animals at Lund University. He has witnessed a paradigm shift in animal health and animal experiments, and the way animal testing and humans’ obligations are viewed has changed. When Anders Forslid started out as a laboratory animal veterinarian at Lund University, he received a fairly cool

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-we-are-going-have-animal-testing-then-we-have-do-it-well - 2026-04-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ceremonies have a certain power that speaks more to the emotions than to the intellect. This is the opinion of the newly inaugurated vice-chancellor Erik Renström, who sees the value in academic traditions. In his management team, however, new winds are blowing, bringing with them the values of “integrity” and “charac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/integrity-and-character - 2026-04-25

Professor Oksana Tymoshchuk came to Lund with her children as soon as the opportunity arose. She also wanted to help students from her home university escape the ongoing turmoil in Ukraine. Now four medical students have arrived to study here for six months with a full Erasmus scholarship. “It’s a fantastic opportunity, with such practical studies. The other week I got to stitch up a Cesarean!” “I

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ukrainian-medical-students-arrive-lund-after-lightning-fast-application-process - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Political scientist Hanna and psychologist Emma have more in common than their surname, Bäck. They are sisters but also make up an interdisciplinary research team. By combining their subjects, they are attempting to gain a complete picture of what motivates people to take part in political protests and why some of the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/keeping-it-family-sisters-form-interdisciplinary-research-duo - 2026-04-25

Cyberattacks against the University have sharply increased over the past two years. They mainly take the form of email attacks, known as phishing, which aim to penetrate and take over entire IT environments. The attacks often succeed. Lund University is no different from the crowd. Cyberattacks against higher education institutions and other public authorities, as well as against companies, have s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dramatic-increase-cyber-attacks-against-universities - 2026-04-25

Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Why did you chose Sweden and the School of Economics and Management as your study destination?I had moved to Stockholm in 2014 years to work in the British Embassy, I first heard of Lund University from a friend who studied in Lund and went on to a successful career. After eight years in the Diplomatic service, I wanted to focus my career to be more econo

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/william-dendy-alumnus-msc-economics-2017 - 2026-04-25

Louis, a medical student from one of Lund University’s partner universities in Grenoble, France, recently completed his clinical rotations in Skåne University Hospital – our closely interconnected partner within Region Skåne for education, healthcare, and medical research. Louis experience highlights the strong educational environment and welcoming clinical culture that characterise medical traini

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/student-spotlight-louis-clinical-exchange-grenoble-skane-sweden - 2026-04-25