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This autumn, LTH will launch the pilot course Critical Thinking and Complex Systems: Challenges and Futures. The course is aimed at students from several engineering programmes and is designed to help them work with complex issues where technical, social and sustainability-related perspectives must be considered together. The long-term ambition is for the course to become part of all engineering p
Everyone is talking about agentic AI. On the fika-to-fika event 28 September, you will see what it actually looks like in practice, and then you get to build one yourself. The event is jointly organised by the LU eScience Hub and WASP Lighthouse. On 28 September we bring together researchers and companies working with AI agents right now. The day closes with a hands-on session where you build an a
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/agentic-ai-research-and-applications-building-your-own-agents - 2026-10-21
This year marks the centenary of Lise Meitner’s appointment as professor of physics at the University of Berlin. To honour the occasion, LTH is dedicating its Lise Meitner Seminar 2026 to another pioneering woman in academia: Carin Margareta Boalt (1912–1999), professor at LTH and the first female professor at a Swedish university of technology. The programme features a lecture by Professor Johan
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/lise-meitner-seminar-14-october-highlights-pioneering-women-academia - 2026-10-21
The Centre for Engineering Education (CEE) offers a range of inspiring pedagogical courses for teaching staff. There are still places available on this autumn’s courses, so apply now! For course leadersAre you a course coordinator, or about to become one? Then CEE’s course Developing and Leading Courses at LTH, also known as the “course leader course”, is an excellent choice. The course is specifi
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/places-still-available-cees-autumn-courses - 2026-10-21
There is still time to register for Lund University’s annual conference on teaching and learning, which will take place on 24 November 2026. The conference will be held at the School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) and is aimed at teaching staff and students. This year’s theme is Cultivating judgment, creativity and critical thinking in the age of AI. The conference provides an opportunity to
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/register-lus-conference-teaching-and-learning-24-november - 2026-10-21
Welcome to ”Boklunden” (address below) on an introduction meeting for new employees, with LTH’s Deputy Dean and HR. Please register by 25 September. The meetingYou will meet Margaret McNamee, Deputy Dean of LTH, who will talk about the faculty and our mission. LTH’s HR division will introduce themselves and the support they offer. HR will stay at the “fika” and mingle afterwards for a chat and to
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/new-employee-lth-welcome-introduction-meeting-1-october - 2026-10-21
Understanding how wood withstands moisture, fungi, and time has been the focus of Gry Alfredsen's research career. At LTH, the new Lise Meitner Professor will contribute to research on wood durability while fostering collaboration between Sweden and Norway and supporting early-career researchers. Hello and welcome to LTH! How did your career as an expert in your field begin?"I thought I was destin
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/welcome-lth-lise-meitner-professor-gry-alfredsen - 2026-10-21
Employees and students can now nominate candidates for the Lund University Administrative Prize 2027. Submit your nomination by 2 October. Message from Head of LTH's Faculty Office, Tina Josefson: "Wouldn't it be great to see a recipient from LTH? Go ahead and nominate!" More about the Administrative Prize 2027 and how to nominate (Staff Pages)
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/nominate-colleague-administrative-prize-2027 - 2026-10-21
The car park outside Navet will be temporarily closed by the property and landowner, Akademiska Hus, for maintenance work. From 23 September until mid-December, the car park outside Navet will be unavailable. Akademiska Hus will be carrying out maintenance work, and whilst this work is in progress, please use other LU car parks.
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/car-park-outside-navet-will-be-temporarily-closed - 2026-10-21
What makes a truly great teacher? This year’s five teachers at LTH who have been recognized for their pedagogical excellence have different answers, experiences, and teaching methods. What they have in common is their strong commitment to student learning – and a desire to continue improving their teaching. Since 2001, faculty teachers at LTH have been able to earn recognition in the field of peda
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/proof-pedagogical-excellence - 2026-10-21
This workshop presented by Stephen Tay introduces CLEAR (Contextualised Learning via Enquiring, Answering, and Reflecting) – a pedagogical framework developed to shift students from passive learners to active learners. When? 8 October, 14:00-16:00Where? Boklunden (Navet)For whom? Teaching staffNo registration needed – just show up.More about the workshop and Stephen Tay (LTH's calendar)
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/workshop-clear-teaching-ai-8-october - 2026-10-21
Join doctoral students from across disciplines on 13 October for a day of presentations, workshops and panel discussions. There will be plenty of opportunities to meet and exchange ideas about sustainability. The conference will open with a keynote by Johannes Stripple, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Lund University, who will explore changing approaches to environmen
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/register-phd-sonference-sustainable-development-13-october - 2026-10-21
DEAN'S BLOG. A few decades from now, I hope we will be able to look back with pride and say that, here in Lund, we achieved something that benefited the world, and that we did it together. This is written by Annika Olsson, Dean of LTH, who highlights that both LTH and MAX IV are celebrating decades of societal impact. In the coming days, we celebrate the fact that 65 years have passed since the fi
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/collaboration-often-sparks-new-curiosity - 2026-10-21
From 15 to 19 March 2027, Lund University's northern campus area will host the NMT Days, one the university's largest annual events. Every year, the event welcomes more than 6,000 upper secondary school students from across Sweden. The NMT organisers are now looking for participants who would like to give a popular science lecture and inspire young people to pursue studies and careers in science,
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/teacher-researcher-or-phd-student-inspire-students-during-nmt-days - 2026-10-21
On Wednesday 7 October, an authorised demonstration will take place on campus. A demonstration march will pass through the LTH campus on 7 October. The march will start at Kårhuset at 12:00 and end at Kungshuset in Lundagård.
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/demonstration-7-october - 2026-10-21
Do you know someone whose achievements have contributed, or could contribute, to LTH’s research, development and collaboration? LTH employees are now invited to nominate candidates for honorary doctorates in 2027. Submit your nomination by 22 October. Through honorary doctorates, LTH aims to reinforce the image of LTH as an outstanding, modern and professional faculty where we explore and create t
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/nominate-honorary-doctors-2027 - 2026-10-21
EWS is an older technical interface to Exchange Online that is now being phased out. Microsoft has decided to implement this change at Lund University with immediate effect from 1 October. About the change – how it affects you and what you can doIn ‘IT News: Microsoft 365, Teams and Luted’ on Staff Pages, you may have already read that Exchange Web Services (EWS) is being phased out. Here’s how th
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/exchange-web-services-ews-being-phased-out - 2026-10-21
The external review of physics at Lund University has now been completed. Physics is in a strong position at Lund, while organisational changes could enable greater international impact and support the continued development of activities in the field. This is the conclusion of the experts behind the report. The review was carried out during the spring with the aim of analysing physics activities a
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/proposals-future-development-physics - 2026-10-21
LTH’s Pedagogical Academy is updating its admissions guidelines, effective from 6 October this year. About LTH’s Pedagogical Academy and ETP (Excellent Teaching Practitioner)LTH offers its teaching staff (excluding PhD students) employed on at least a 50 per cent basis the opportunity to apply to have their teaching merits assessed and to be admitted toLTH’s Pedagogical Academy. All teaching staff
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/updated-guidelines-admission-lths-pedagogical-academy-and-etp - 2026-10-21
Is your department interested in showcasing Lise Meitner and LTH’s professorship named in her honour? A movable version of the exhibition about the pioneering researcher is now available. The aim of the exhibition is to provide an inspiring introduction both to one of science’s pioneers, the nuclear physicist Lise Meitner, and to LTH’s professorship bearing her name. If you or your department woul
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/borrow-lise-meitner-exhibition - 2026-10-21
