Photo: Philipp Montenegro Last Tuesday, our PhD Candidate Lisa Heldt “nailed” her freshly printed PhD thesis. This traditional “spikning” takes place three weeks and three days before the official defense and it involves the PhD Candidate nailing (att spika in Swedish) their physical thesis to a public board where it can be read and scrutinized by the public before the official defense ceremony. A

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/spikning-doctoral-thesis-lisa-heldt - 2025-09-05

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External Reviewer Susanne Wallman Lundåsen, Linköping University and Alexander Saaranen. Photo: Linnéa Saaranen Why do some people believe that most others can be trusted, while others don’t? And how does trust change over time? In his recently defended doctoral thesis, Alexander Saaranen studies social trust, and his findings show that our teenage years may be more important than previously thoug

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/alexander-saaranens-thesis-uncovers-what-makes-us-trust - 2025-09-05

Photo:Jenny Loftrup Åsa Burman is a former doctoral student at LU who has developed a method for efficiency and stress management. In January she held a workshop for doctoral students and has also written a book entitled "Finish on time - the Doctoral Student Handbook". Here are her best tips. Work in unitsDivide your day into units and A and B tasks. You should dedicate four 45-minute sessions to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-important-tips-way-thesis - 2025-09-05

HR-director Ann Silbersky Isaksson. Photo:Maria Lindh The transition of the salary and human resources administration to the National Government Service Centre (SSC) is not painless. After just over four months, uncertainty still prevails among administrative staff and managers about processing cases through Primula. “We are happy to come and help people out where there is a need”, says human reso

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-director-promises-help-tricky-salary-payments-0 - 2025-09-05

Marie Cronqvist Photo:Ulrika Oredsson The University will hold its first Future Week in October. It is to become an annual event in which researchers from the entire University will offer the general public lectures, panel discussions and debates intended to stimulate reflection about major future issues. The theme for this year’s week is adaptations – what do we have to do? What do we want to do?

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-starts-october-0 - 2025-09-05

Professor Mats Benner represents the the Electoral College. Photo: Johan Bävman The work to find a new vice-chancellor has begun. The recruitment committee, which now consists of equal numbers of members from the Electoral College and the University Board (with the chair of the board having the casting vote), has started the process of producing a person specification. At the turn of the year, app

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-new-vice-chancellor-underway - 2025-09-05

MAX IV. After just over a year as acting director of MAX IV, Olof Karis was named ordinary director earlier this summer. Was it an easy decision to stay on? “Oh definitely, I communicated my interest both in the application and in interviews. Ever since I was a doctoral student, I have wanted to see an increased use of synchrotron radiation in Swedish research.” What do you feel most proud of sinc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/challenges-await-new-ordinary-director-max-iv - 2025-09-06

Fredrik N G ­Andersson is convinced that market economy is the way to deal with the climate crisis. Photo: Kennet Ruona Market economics, not degrowth, will enable sustainable societies. For economist Fredrik N G Andersson the answer is crystal clear – researchers advocating for degrowth are wrong. “They miss the mark by attacking growth instead of the actual problem,” he says. The subject of degr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/advocates-degrowth-miss-mark - 2025-09-06

By welcoming Laurence Mott, LUSEM further builds its capacity to combine academic excellence with practical experience and deepen its international network. LUSEM has appointed its first Professor of Practice, Laurence Mott. Through this new role, Laurence will provide strategic advice to LUSEM’s leadership and contribute to the work of the International Advisory Board. He will also engage with st

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/laurence-mott-joins-lusem-professor-practice - 2025-09-06

Shared reading is a reading circle with reading aloud taking place in groups. Photo: Johnny Mcclung/Unsplash Professors of literature Torbjörn Forslid and Anders Ohlsson helped bring the concept of shared reading to Sweden. They have now received funding from LU Innovation to develop and adapt it for use in upper-secondary schools. Shared reading is originally a British concept, which essentially

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/received-help-improve-experience-reading - 2025-09-06

According to a travel survey conducted last autumn, better public transport and secure bicycle parking at the workplace are the main measures needed to reduce car commuting. There are also differences in travel patterns between faculties. "The travel survey provides a valuable insight into the commuters’ wishes on what can facilitate sustainable travel in their everyday lives. Now we can weave thi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/depth-report-employees-commutes-lund - 2025-09-06

Laura Cox. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg More than four out of ten doctoral students experience stress, anxiety and depression. This autumn, the doctoral students’ union will redouble efforts to improve wellbeing and prevent poor mental health. Measures include the establishment of a new role, which will focus on preventing and tackling ill health and will work closely with the doctoral student o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/steps-prevent-mental-ill-health-among-doctoral-students - 2025-09-06

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”Typ 2 diabetes drabbar inte bara far- och morföräldrarna längre. Det har också blivit barnens sjukdom.” Uttalandet är Francine Kaufmans, president för American Diabetes Association. I Sverige är än så länge typ 2 diabetes ovanligt bland barn men i många andra länder är det annorlunda. I exempelvis USA har fler än 20 000 barn typ 2 diabetes och de blir raskt fler. Studier visar att de jämfört med

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/aggressivare-typ-2-diabetes-hos-barn - 2025-09-05

Nu startar Innodia i Sverige, en europeisk studie med målet att hitta nya behandlingar som ska bromsa sjukdomsförloppet vid typ 1-diabetes. – I början kan kroppen fortfarande göra en liten mängd insulin men förmågan försvinner gradvis. Ju längre tid kroppen kan göra insulin desto bättre eftersom det minskar risken för långtidskomplikationer, säger Markus Lundgren, forskare vid Lunds universitet so

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-ska-bromsa-insjuknandet-i-typ-1-diabetes - 2025-09-05

Ann-Sofie Zettergren kommer att axla rollen som Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens data steward. Med Enheten för forskningsdata satsar universitetet på att förbättra stödet till forskarna i hanteringen av forskningsdata. På varje fakultet finns nu en data steward som ska hjälpa forskarna i deras arbetet med forskningsdata. Ann-Sofie Zettergren har rollen som data steward på Samhällsvetenskapliga fa

https://www.sam.lu.se/internt/artikel/ny-enhet-forskningsdata-med-data-stewards-pa-varje-fakultet - 2025-09-05

I projektet Safeguard jobbar forskare för att vända förlusten av vilda pollinerare i Europa. Foto: Stina Lundkvist Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC) är en av 24 europeiska forskningsinstitut och organisationer som medverkar i det EU-finansierade projektet Safeguard, där världsledande forskare och experter samlats för att vända förlusten av vilda pollinatörer i Europa. Satsningen är unik

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/cec-medverkar-i-omfattande-forskningsprojekt-att-skydda-vilda-pollinatorer - 2025-09-05

Socialhögskolans Jan Magnusson besökte nyligen School of Social Work vid Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) i Mumbai, en av Indiens främsta socialhögskolor. Han följde bland annat deras arbete i den översvämningsdrabbade regionen Ladakh. Socialhögskolan har sedan 2011 ett samarbete med TISS, och Jan Magnusson, docent vid institutionen, är ansvarig för utbytet. Han har precis kommit tillbaka

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/en-helt-annan-typ-av-socialt-arbete - 2025-09-05

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