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As 2025 gets under way, the University, and I dare say the whole higher education sector, has got off to a flying start. The reason for this flying start is, of course, the Research and Innovation Bill that was presented just before Christmas and has since been analysed from all angles. The analysis will continue, as the parts that are still unclear take shape in the Spring Budget or in new direct
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flying-start-2025 - 2026-05-06
An investigation by Miljödata AB, the company which supplies the Adato system to Lund University, shows that the group behind the cyberattack on Adato was able to access certain information about all of the University’s employees. Former employees are also affected. This page was updated 29 September 2025.Both current and former employees of Lund University are affected, with the latter group incl
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cyberattack-targeting-lund-universitys-system-supplier-miljodata - 2026-05-06
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Helsingborg. He is in his first week of internship on the specialist nursing programme in pre-hospital emergency
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is the world becoming a better place? This question will be asked by researchers when the first science week of the 350th anniversary celebration takes place in March. Debatt i Lund panellists will start off the week by approaching the question from different angles, followed by five days of discussions and lectures o
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/world-becoming-better-place-checkpoint-sweden - 2026-05-05
Welcome to another WCMM Fireside Chat, a series of articles dedicated to highlighting the work of researchers within and around the WCMM in Lund to promote collaboration and communication. We had a chat with the clinical WCMM researcher Gustav Smith, who to say the least, has a busy schedule. This time we present our chat with Gustav Smith, a clinician, group leader and former director at WCMTM in
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-gustav-smith - 2026-05-05
Hållbarhetsveckan har under de sju senaste åren etablerats som en självklar mötesplats för att diskutera omställningen till ett hållbart samhälle. I år samlar Lunds universitet tillsammans med Lunds kommun över 70 event i programmet. Där lyfts frågor som rör allt från biologisk mångfald och klimatfrågor till demokrati, stadsutveckling och kulturella uttryck. 8–13 april är det dags att diskutera vä
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/8-13-april-ar-det-dags-hallbarhetsveckan - 2026-05-06
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The first position is within how biogeochemical cycles are influenced by climate and their potential feedback mechanisms, while the second position is connected to the project MYR, climate smart management practices Two PhD positions are available within BECCFirst one is within how biogeochemical cycles are influenced
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-announces-two-phd-positions-gothenburg - 2026-05-05
In recent years, ‘ecosystem services’ has become an increasingly common concept within the research community, as well as in municipalities, public authorities and industry. In simple terms, ecosystem services can be described as the benefits humans gain from nature’s ecosystems, for example regarding the food we eat, the air we breathe, purification of the water we drink, the bioenergy we use to
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/human-and-nature-symbiosis - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petter Narby defended his dissertation ”Time of Crisis: Order, Politics, Temporality.” yesterday at one o'clock in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. Discussant: Kimberly Hutchings, London School of Economics. AbstractCrises are common and problematic features of contemporary politics. Thought as
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/petter-narby-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-05
On Friday 23 May, the university's major ceremony, the doctoral conferment, took place. During the ceremony in Lund Cathedral, the 239 doctors who have completed their doctoral studies and defended a doctoral thesis at Lund University over the past year, including some from the Department of Service Studies, were awarded their doctorates. At Friday's ceremony, the newly awarded doctorates marched
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/festive-and-solemn-universitys-doctoral-conferment - 2026-05-05
We are delighted to invite you to submit your abstract for the Swedish Climate Symposium: a symposium dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. The Swedish Climate Symposium serves as a national platform for advancing climate knowledge and driving action. It brings together researchers, policymakers, and societal stakeholders
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/swedish-climate-symposium-2026-call-abstracts-now-open - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The School of Social Work has launched a new Certificate of International Merits (CIM), a credential to be issued alongside the degree. This is a new opportunity for students to summarise and present their international merits, for example to potential employers. It is also a way to encourage students to take part in
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-certificate-strengthen-international-profile - 2026-05-05
How do you apply for a job at the European Commission and what skills are in demand? And what is it like to work for the Commission? In March 2022, Helena Larsson Haug, Senior Expert at the European Commission’s Directorate-General Competition (DG COMP), visited Lund and shared her experiences and thoughts on these questions with students envisaging the option of an EU-career. With more than 20 ye
https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/working-european-commission - 2026-05-05
Friday 5 May Elton Chan defended his thesis which explores the production and transformation of public spaces in Hong Kong, a city that is steeped in neoliberal ideals and has seen substantial deterioration in terms of democratic rights and freedoms in recent years. Drawing upon recent protest movements in Hong Kong and the ways in which protesters appropriated and transformed different urban spac
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/elton-chan-our-new-doctor-sociology-has-defended-his-thesis-public-space-hong-kong - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Stortorget, the main square in the centre of Malmö, has looked the same for the past 35 years or so but the way in which the city’s inhabitants use the space has changed. These changes provide a picture of the development of the city and community, from an industrial society to a society based on services and consumpt
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fewer-malmo-city-dwellers-take-break-stortorget - 2026-05-05
Photo by M.Accelertor on Unsplash It is not necessarily the students who need to join a lecture via Zoom; sometimes the lecturer is the one taking part remotely. This is very practical for guest lecturers who are very far away and can thereby avoid a long trip. It also opens up opportunities for simple collaborations between higher education institutions. The solution will be different depending o
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturers-good-opportunity-hybrid-teaching - 2026-05-05
The 9th of December Anna Spitzkat defended her doctorate dissertation “Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the Reconfiguration of the Practice of Shopping”. The thesis explores how the consumer uses Instagram for shopping and the blurring of previously established roles. About the thesis The thesis offers new insights into the understanding of novel, technology-driven consumption p
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-doctoral-thesis-about-social-media-shopping - 2026-05-05
Britta Padberg (PhD), tidigare ansvarig för Center for Interdisciplinary Research vid Bielefeld University i tolv år och föreståndare för The New Institute i Hamburg, har varit här på Pufendorf IAS sedan slutet av augusti på en fyra veckor lång forskningsvistelse. Vi känner henne sedan tidigare: Britta Padberg var en del av vår utvärderingspanel under 2024 och besökte oss både i maj och i oktober
https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/valkommen-tillbaka-till-pufendorfinstitutet-britta-padberg - 2026-05-05
Ten years have passed since the countries of the world signed the Paris Agreement. Political scientist Fariborz Zelli sums up the surprises – both positive and negative – in climate policy over the past ten years and also looks ahead. What has been the biggest success of the Paris Agreement so far?I would say the biggest success is that the UN has succeeded in keeping its central role in global cl
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/decade-paris-agreement-brings-progress-and-setbacks - 2026-05-05
