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How can life-saving HIV treatments remain reliable when global aid is uncertain? What happens when animals are reduced to “carbon emissions” in sustainability debates? And how can urban forests be made safe at night without flooding them with artificial light, disturbing local wildlife? These are just some of the questions raised in Through the Kaleidoscope of Sustainability, an innovative new ant
The combination of IT and business drew Emily to study Design of Information Systems. After graduating, she’s set to take up a role as a junior IT consultant. Emily Tran is a student on the Swedish Bachelor’s programme in Design of Information Systems, Systemvetenskapligt kandidatprogram, at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM). After graduating from upper secondary school, s
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-emily-found-her-path-lusem - 2026-06-26
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Lund Debate Society and WINGS (Women IN Great Sciences) are pleased to invite you to the Voices of Women 2015 on May 23, Saturday. We are organising this event in recognition that there exists difficulties in speaking up and in being heard. Inhabiting the public sphere can be as harrowing as it is liberating for w
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/voices-women-2015 - 2026-06-27
A key goal of public health systems is to reduce existing socioeconomic disparities in health. Yet, the economic incentives facing healthcare providers sometimes work in the other direction. Specifically, when providers are remunerated by a fixed sum for taking the overall responsibility for a given patient, they are incentivised to avoid or undertreat patients whose care needs are relatively larg
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/incentives-care-health-equity - 2026-06-25
Colourful common wall lizards, an innovative X-ray microscope and advanced research on Alzheimer’s, leukaemia, photographic evidence and the origin of life. Six researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been granted five-year starting grants totalling EUR 9.5 million from the ERC. Nathalie Feiner, researcher in evolutionary biology, will focus on parallel evolution among six species of commo
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/six-lu-researchers-receive-erc-starting-grants - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We stand with Central European University, CEU!We have had 15 years of fruitful collaboration with CEU, notably on our joint MESPOM master programme where we have had a steady flow of creative talent from all over the world.CEU is important. In so many ways, and to so many people.We will continue to support CEU.And lo
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/we-stand-ceu - 2026-06-25
Dear Faculty,Well, where do I start? It feels overwhelming, honourable and exciting to be new at work. Right now, it could be summed up by saying that the new office is still quite empty, while the calendar is filled up. It will be an exciting year and it feels inspiring and fun to now be able to work with a new management team and get to work closely with our departments and heads of department.T
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/dear-faculty-letter-new-dean - 2026-06-27
Universitetsstyrelsen behöver en ny lärarrepresentant efter en pensionsavgång. Nu har du som medarbetare möjlighet att föreslå en kollega till universitetskollegiet, som ansvarar för nomineringen. Nomineringsperioden pågår mellan 3 och 22 september. En av de tre lärarrepresentanterna i universitetsstyrelsen, Lars Dahlin, går i pension och hans plats i universitetsstyrelsen (US) behöver därför till
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/foresla-ny-lararrepresentant-till-universitetsstyrelsen-fyllnadsval - 2026-06-26
Det åttonde globala hållbarhetsmålet i Agenda 2030 är ‘Anständiga arbetsvillkor och ekonomisk tillväxt’. Det handlar om att anständiga arbetsmöjligheter är en förutsättning för en rättvis globalisering och en minskande fattigdom. Men målet anses strida mot andra hållbarhetsmål. Hur kan ekonomisk tillväxt säkerställas utan att ha en påverkan på vår planet? Lunds universitet ligger i toppen när det
Hur kan universitetet bättre värna den akademiska friheten? I de samtal som hållits runt om i verksamheten under våren återkommer ett tydligt budskap: Den styrda forskningsfinansieringen är ett problem. Den 11 juni finns ytterligare en möjlighet att vara med och påverka. Sedan projektet om akademisk frihet och universitetets roll i samhället startade i början av året har drygt 20 samtal och worksh
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/akademisk-frihet-engagerar-11-juni-ges-chansen-att-delta-igen - 2026-06-26
Han har varit här i ett par månader nu, Jonathan Andrew, som i vanliga fall jobbar som forskare vid Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights i Schweiz. Jag träffar honom i hans mysiga kontor med de synliga takbjälkarna på Pufendorfinstitutet och inleder med att a. be om ursäkt för att jag inte intervjuat honom förrän nu och b. tacka honom för alla de olika godsaker som stä
https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/mot-jonathan-andrew-international-fellow-vid-pufendorfinstitutet - 2026-06-27
After working in a kind of state of emergency for 18 months, Karin Hall is now looking towards the future. On the deputy dean’s wish-list is further development of education, reduction of bureaucracy for teaching staff and increased collaboration within the faculty. But also closer collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) to set up cutting-edge education at Brunnshög. The afternoon sun
https://www.science.lu.se/article/preparing-changing-landscape-first-and-second-cycle-education - 2026-06-27
Sustainability Week is an annual event organised in collaboration between Lund University and Lund Municipality. This year, over 60 lectures, guided tours, exhibitions, and more are arranged. Researchers from BECC are part in several of the events – you are all welcome to join! Andas frisk luft och höra fågelsång i en tät stad - hur kommer vi dit? 17 april, 09:00-12:00 Städernas befolkning ut
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-lund-events-becc-researchers - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climate change, a growing population and increased urbanisation place great demands on our cities. Meeting these challenges requires collaboration to develop smart cities. But what does a smart city really mean and how do we create one?A smart city is a sustainable city. A city in which people want to live, where comp
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/collaboration-key-smart-sustainable-cities-future - 2026-06-25
Just before the summer, the Vice-Chancellor decided on Lund University's Green Travel Plan. It highlights the issues the University needs to work on in the future to further enhance its work on sustainable commuting to work and studies. The University's work within CoAction to promote a carbon-neutral Lund, as well as the previous project on sustainable mobility at Lund University, have now result
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/green-travel-plan-commuting-decided - 2026-06-26
Unchanged since 1996, Sweden's hexavalent chromium exposure limit is higher than in several other countries. A research study from Lund University in Sweden shows that even workers exposed to levels of chromium below the Swedish limit display significant cell changes long before cancer develops. A proposal from the Swedish Work Environment Authority to lower the limit has now been put forward. In
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cellular-changes-occur-even-below-hexavalent-chromium-limit - 2026-06-27
A new project is reviewing university-wide information about student support, with plain language as the guiding principle. The aim is to user-test the resources, tailor to the audience, and provide staff training. Using plain language is not only a legal requirement but also builds trust in the university and improves the students' working environment. Photo: Jason Leung from Unsplash.com.At Lund
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/time-plain-language-every-student-has-right-understand - 2026-06-27
Over the past few years, we have been working to develop a Core Curriculum for doctoral education at the faculty. This initiative has grown out of a need that has become increasingly clear: that our doctoral students should not only develop deep specialist knowledge through their research projects, but also the broader competencies that are part of doctoral education.The background for this work a
