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A new webpage summarising our rankings has been added to the University’s external website lu.se. There are around 20,000 higher education institutions in the world, and Lund University regularly ranks as one of the world’s best in several of the most reputable rankings.There is now a new webpage on lu.se that shows our position in various global rankings. Here, we highlight all our top 100 placin
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-webpage-about-rankings - 2026-07-24
Last week, six intrepid retail researchers from the Centre for Retail Research at Lund University travelled to London to observe the latest retail trends. Here, we summarise the most important trends and what the Swedish retail industry can learn from what is happening in London. Trend #1: Interesting use of space London is a densely populated city, which means they make use of all available space
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/handbags-flowers-and-desserts-what-can-sweden-learn-londons-retail-trends - 2026-07-23
The image of Sweden, travel and place communication in times of crisis and uncertainty were some of the topics that guided the content of the international conference on place branding organised by the International Place Branding Association (IPBA). Service Studies was the co-chair together with the Department of Strategic Communication and the universities of Halmstad and Kristianstad. The confe
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/conference-place-branding-brought-visitors-all-over-world - 2026-07-23
I detta seminarium kommer vi att diskutera FN:s principer och hur de kan användas för att skydda och främja rätten till akademisk frihet. Seminariet kommer också att diskutera vilka möjligheter och utmaningar dessa principer innebär för svenska universitet. År 2020 fick FN:s generalförsamling en rapport om akademisk frihet från FN:s särskilda rapportör om främjande och skydd av rätten till åsikts-
CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored a report that explores the possible establishment of a new official multilateral forum for sustainable dialogue and engagement in the Middle East and North Africa. Last week a Chatham House report was launched to explore the possible establishment of a new official multilateral forum for sustainable dialogue and engagement in the Middle East
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-visiting-professor-dalia-dassa-kaye-launches-report-mena-multilateral-forum - 2026-07-23
No 52, 12 January 2026 The NAISS training team wishes everyone a Happy New YearWelcome to the first NAISS training newsletter of the new year 2026. In this edition we list training events from NAISS and other sources which we expect to be of interest to the NAISS community. Our events aimed at new users have been bundled into the NAISS introduction training week from 2 - 6 February. The week
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-5 - 2026-07-23
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson visited NanoLund for a tour of the nano lab, discussions on how to make science, technology, engineering, and maths education more popular, to learn more about semiconductors and the technology behind them. Lund Nano Lab had a prominent visit from Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his entourage – and got to talk about semiconductors, nanoscience, nanotechnology, and
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/prime-minister-visit-lund-nano-lab - 2026-07-23
The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University has received funding from the Swedish Research Council to establish a Graduate School in Asian Studies. The graduate school is a collaboration with the Stockholm Center for Global Asia at Stockholm University, and the Center for Asian Studies at Stockholm School of Economics. Additional partners are the Department of Languages an
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/graduate-school-asian-studies - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A talk "Personality cults in Modern Turkey: narratives, discourses and authoritarian politics", two films: "Seven Doors" (also on Turkey) and "No way to freedom: from Western Sahara to Gaza" plus the Conversation Series: Passion and politics. These are some of the events, hosted by CMES, that will take place during th
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/updated-list-fall-events-cmes - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Luis Mundaca, from the IIIEE, joins the 4th Lead Author Meeting of the ‘IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5⁰C above Pre-industrial Levels’ Luis Mundaca has participated in the 4th Lead Author Meeting of the ‘IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5⁰C above Pre-industrial Leve
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-participates-ipcc-lead-author-meeting - 2026-07-23
The first round of admissions to this spring’s courses and programmes is now complete. In total, 12,996 students have been offered a place, which equates to around a third of the total number of applicants (35,842). Of those admitted, around 1,632 have got onto programmes, while 11,552 have been offered places on freestanding courses. Approximately 218 people have been admitted to both a programme
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/almost-13000-students-admitted-spring-semester - 2026-07-24
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund researchers have every reason to be proud regarding competition for EU grants. LU is the best in Sweden in terms of total funding and in the top three with the Karolinska Institute (KI) and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) regarding the number of participations in different projects. “We have the most ERC gra
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-top-eu-league-best-sweden-obtaining-grants - 2026-07-23
CASE-forskaren Marianne Granbom har varit på studieresa i USA under hösten – där har hon också bott och verkat som forskare. Läs hennes reseberättelse! I november var jag på en studieresa i USA. Jag hade fått accepterat en presentation på GSA:s årliga konferens som i år var i Boston. För att motivera en sådan lång resa passade jag också på att besöka amerikanska kollegor. Jag flög först till Balti
https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/efter-fem-ars-distanskontakt-kunde-vi-traffas - 2026-07-23
Join this year’s teaching and learning conference with a presentation on November 17! Join this year’s teaching and learning conference with a presentation! This year’s conference theme is Lifelong Learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives. Share your pedagogical experiences and take your chance to learn from colleagues at Lund University. LUTL is a forum for dialogue, inspiration,
You rush into the supermarket; your mother-in-law is coming for dinner. But which products end up in your shopping basket and why? Researchers have previously tracked eye movements to understand which products attract you in a shop. In order to get closer to the truth, they now want to use new computational models in which the brain’s cognitive processes also play a major role. As you stand in the
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-happens-your-brain-when-you-take-decision-new-research-shows-way - 2026-07-23
Many students at Lund University are curious about start-ups and innovation. To offer more people the opportunity to test idea development, VentureLab by Lund University organises an annual Lund Innovation Challenge. During the weekend of 19–21 November, around 100 students from all over the University took part in the 48-hour competition for ideas on the theme of the ‟Future of Education”. They w
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/100-students-participated-innovation-challange - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today the Financial Times presented its ranking of the world’s best Master’s degree programmes in finance. Lund University School of Economics and Management is ranked 38th in the world, having been featured for the first time on the list this year. When the Financial Times presented its annual ranking of the world’s
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-school-economics-and-management-ranked-among-worlds-best - 2026-07-23
