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The Swedish Migration Agency should speed up visa processing for international students and researchers – a move that Lund University has eagerly awaited. And more Swedish students should study abroad. These are two of the proposals in the report of the Swedish Government’s commission of inquiry on increased internationalisation at higher education institutions (HEIs). The long processing times at

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/visa-processing-should-speed-order-increase-internationalisation - 2026-05-05

Technical and administrative staff at Lund University (LU) are now welcome to apply to participate in an exchange program with Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa. The program is both digital and physical. It is implemented with funding from the Erasmus+ program. The purpose of the exchange program is to offer Lund university technical and administrative staff an opportunity for 1) increa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-exchange-program-stellenbosch-university-south-africa-2025-2026 - 2026-05-06

The global database for research funding opportunities that Lund University has subscribed to for some time – Research Professional – is now replaced by Pivot-RP. All key features found in Research Professional are also available in Pivot-RP, such as the potential to save your frequent searches and receive e-mail notifications with interesting funding opportunities. To do this, one need first to c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-funding-database-research-professional-replaced-pivot-rp - 2026-05-06

The university receives around one million emails every day. About 90% of them are unsolicited messages. To mitigate the risks involved, the university will move the email service to a more secure solution. This move has been brought forward due to recent disruptions. The unwanted messages consist of spam, attempts to steal passwords, so-called CEO scams or other unwanted messages. To facilitate t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/update-universitys-central-email-service - 2026-05-06

The search is on for 25 researchers from around the world in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. Welcome to join a world-class university dedicated to understanding, explaining, and improving our world and the human condition. As an Assistant Professor, you develop your qualifications over four years. You can then be promoted to permanent employment as a senior lecturer

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-hiring-assistant-professor-law-rights-and-social-movements - 2026-05-05

Sustainability Week has established itself as a key meeting place and this year brings together over 60 different events. For the seventh year, Lund University and the City of Lund are working together to highlight everything from biodiversity and climate issues to the role of business in the transition, consumption and cultural expression. In mid-April, it is time to discuss the transition to a s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-17-22-april - 2026-05-06

Paul O’Shea has published a peer-reviewed article in Social Science Japan Journal, analysing the role of US bases in Japan. Do they contribute to deterrence? The relocation of the controversial Marine base at Futenma on Okinawa to Henoko in the north of the same island has been framed by Japanese politicians, officials, and analysts as crucial to deterrence. Critics respond that deterrence is mere

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/do-us-bases-japan-deter-its-neighbours-role-us-marines-okinawa-extended-deterrence - 2026-05-05

In January, Lund University and the University of Zurich co-organised an international seminar in Kinshasa as the closing event of researcher Muriel Côte’s FORMAS- and SNSF-funded project. The seminar brought together researchers, policymakers and representatives of artisanal mining communities from across the Sahel and the Great Lakes regions to exchange experiences and discuss challenges and goo

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/international-seminar-kinshasa-mineral-supply-chains-sahel-and-great-lakes-regions - 2026-05-05

Last fall, Lund University's first course in research coordination started at the Faculty of Medicine. Course leaders Cecilia Lenander and Peter Svensson have all reasons to be happy about the number of applicants to the course in research coordination: 109 applicants, of which 74  first-hand applicants, shows that there is a high demand for education in the field.Last fall, Lund University's firs

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/high-number-applicants-popular-course-research-coordination - 2026-05-05

The ECO-Syria research team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University, convened its second and final workshop on 15–16 September 2025 at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies in Lund. Titled “ECO-Syria: Exploring Conflict–Environment Interactions for Sustainable Development and Conservation”, the event formed part of the ECO-Syria research project funded by t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/eco-syria-workshop-explores-environmental-politics-and-civil-society-post-conflict-syria - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today Ramy Aly, Assistant Professor of Anthropology from American University in Cairo, visited CMES. He gave a talk about culture as a political tool, and censorship in Egypt today and historically. "The study of regulatory censorship is today seen as resounding dull and anachronistic. This is in part because of the w

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/culture-police-manning-barricades-allowable-art-and-culture-egypt - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Margareta Johansson, researcher at the department, has been elected as the new Chair of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' National Committee for Global Environmental Change. Here she answers some questions regarding this. What's the purpose of the the Academy's National Committee for Global Environmental Change?–

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/margareta-johansson-elected-new-chair-royal-swedish-academy-sciences-national-committee-global - 2026-05-05

No 55, 19 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter.   In this edition we have one new event on scientific visualialization with ParaView.   Registration is closing soon for “Intro to Python for HPC” and “Array computing in C++ using Eigen”.  If you want to speak to us directly, the next zoom-in is scheduled for the 12th of March.An overview on our events is ava

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-8 - 2026-05-05

The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change is entering a new phase as its first four-year term ends in March 2026. The Council's new members have now been announced, and Lars J Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems at LTH, will continue to be one of the representatives. The European Climate Advisory Board, ESABCC, plays an important role in monitoring and contributin

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/second-term-eus-advisory-board-climate-change-lth-professor-continues - 2026-05-05

Lund University is monitoring developments in Israel, Gaza and the region with considerable dismay and concern. Lund University condemns all acts of terrorism and attacks on civilians wherever in the world they are perpetrated, and in all situations stands up for human rights. Regardless of conflict in the world, Lund University is to be a safe haven. Lund University stands up for the equal value

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-are-instrumental-efforts-understand-and-explain-these-troubled-times - 2026-05-06

Lund University achieved a greater impact in the media last year compared to the year before, even when excluding the Nobel Prize coverage. However, as expected, the Nobel prize accounted for most media attention relating to the University in 2023. These are among the findings of a new analysis of the University’s media impact.Lund University was the most visible higher education institution in Sw

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-achieves-considerable-impact-swedish-media - 2026-05-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Are you a Skåne-based entrepreneur or part of a startup working to make a positive impact on the planet? SoPact, part of the School of Social Work, is a startup accelerator for social ventures – entrepreneurs working to solve social, cultural or environmental needs in society. SoPact is open for applications for their

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sopact-open-applications - 2026-05-05

The war in Ukraine has been going on for a year. The devastation is enormous as are the violations of human rights. So far, the focus has been placed on arms deliveries rather than on diplomacy. When is the right time for diplomatic talks? Interview with Karin Aggestam, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies and expert on diplomacy and peace proc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/diplomacy-still-relevant - 2026-05-05

As of January 1, EpiHealth has new board members. The board consists of researchers from both Lund University and Uppsala University. Karin Broberg is a professor of occupational and environmental medicine and her research focuses on how the environment - via the job or surroundings - can affect the body and cause disease. She uses various biomarkers in studies on humans, so-called molecular epide

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/three-new-board-members-epihealth - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Love poems, playing cards and secret notes. For half a millennium, people who have attended mass at Lund Cathedral have found ways to pass the time when the sermons felt too slow. In a few years, the Lund University Historical Museum will introduce a new cabinet of curiosities, containing notes and strange objects whi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hidden-treasures-choir-stalls-made-exhibition - 2026-05-05