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No 54, 5 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter. We re-advertise a number of events advertised before. If you like to discuss with us in a zoom session, please join us for the Zoom-in on 12th February.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS training page (NAISS).Questions on NAISS training events and general input for the NAISS training team sh
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-7 - 2026-07-03
The global database for research funding opportunities that Lund University has subscribed to for some time – Research Professional – is now replaced by Pivot-RP. All key features found in Research Professional are also available in Pivot-RP, such as the potential to save your frequent searches and receive e-mail notifications with interesting funding opportunities. To do this, one need first to c
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-funding-database-research-professional-replaced-pivot-rp - 2026-07-03
Anna Lundberg has received funding for two projects investigating how and why public employees and trade unions respectively mobilise against the government's Informers Act. The law makes it mandatory for staff in certain public organisations to report undocumented migrants to the border police. In the "Human Rights Mobilization of Welfare Professionals Against the Informers Act – Arguments, Strat
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/anna-lundberg-leads-two-new-projects-studying-informer-act - 2026-07-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Monday 20 June 2016, Assistant Professor Khalid Wasim from the School of Rural Development at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, India, met with SASNET deputy director Lars Eklund. Wasim had come to Europe for a month long stay at University of Münster in Germany, but took a chance also to visit Lu
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/khalid-wasim-tiss-visited-sasnet-lund - 2026-07-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Margareta Johansson, researcher at the department, has been elected as the new Chair of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' National Committee for Global Environmental Change. Here she answers some questions regarding this. What's the purpose of the the Academy's National Committee for Global Environmental Change?–
If you have been a government employee for at least 30 years (25 if retiring) and have not yet been a recipient, you are welcome to register and select the form of gift you wish to receive. The award consists of either a wristwatch, two different crystal glass bowls, two different pieces of art glassware or a medal. The wristwatch is a men’s or women’s model in gold. The medal is minted in gold. Y
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-approaching-presentation-award-long-and-devoted-public-service-nor - 2026-07-03
The large-eyed bristle worm Vanadis has long been of interest to the world’s vision researchers. But the worm has been difficult to study since it lives in the open sea and is active at night. Now, a research team has succeeded in locating an Italian worm colony and is able to confirm that the worm has completely unique vision. Bristle worms are a group of annelid worms that mostly live in the sea
https://www.science.lu.se/article/marine-worm-outstanding-vision-fascinates-researchers - 2026-07-03
The large-eyed bristle worm Vanadis has long been of interest to the world’s vision researchers. But the worm has been difficult to study since it lives in the open sea and is active at night. Now, a research team has succeeded in locating an Italian worm colony and is able to confirm that the worm has a completely unique vision. Bristle worms are a group of annelid worms that mostly live in the s
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/marine-worm-outstanding-vision-fascinates-researchers - 2026-07-03
Can AI think? The short answer is no, at least not in the way humans think. AI does not have incentives, opinions, or empathy. Even two-year-olds possess something that our artificial systems lack – the capacity to think in terms of cause and effect, according to Peter Gärdenfors, professor of Cognitive Science at Lund University. Since ChatGPT was introduced to great fanfare in 2022, the debate a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-lacks-common-sense-why-programs-cannot-think - 2026-07-03
Production for the textile and fashion industry can, for many countries, represent a first step out of poverty. But what does this mean for those who work in the sector, and what happens when even poorer countries begin to compete by paying even lower wages for the seamstresses in the factories? Linn Ternsjö has studied the clothing manufacturing industry in Mauritius from a sustainability perspec
In 2000, the Swedish development agency (SIDA) selected Lund University to host a new network that was focused on South Asia. The Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) has – largely thanks to the ambitious work carried out by the former directors Staffan Lindberg and Anna Lindberg as well as the former deputy director Lars Eklund – established itself as an important and well-known node for
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/organisational-changes-and-new-director - 2026-07-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund’s affiliated member Pablo Villanueva Perez from Synchrotron Radiation Physics has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for the project Probing MHz processes in 3D with X-ray microscopy. The ERC project aims to develop a novel X-ray microscope capable of filming processes in 3D, at least 100 times faster than up
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-nanolund - 2026-07-03
1 How does the working method of an R&D unit differ from how it works at the university? The tasks are more varied and the collaboration between colleagues closer. Of course, the difference also depends on which research environment you come from. Research is conducted in the same way and there are several internally driven research projects. However, we accept external assignments that require
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-alumna-louise-sundberg-has-got-new-job-stiftelsen-aldrecentrum - 2026-07-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Oskar Hansson is professor of neurology at Lund University and us author of one of the most cited articles in geriatrics in the last 10 years, the The list of “Classic Papers” was produced by Google Scholar. The article, which was published in Lancet Neurology in 2006, came in fourth with nearly 1,400 citations. It is
Congratulations to Karin Tran-Lundmark who has been awarded the Prince Daniel grant for Young Promising Researchers! She receives the grant for her research on the incurable cardiopulmonary disease Pulmonary hypertension. Congratulations to Karin Tran-Lundmark who has been awarded the Prince Daniel grant for Young Promising Researchers! Karin receives six million kronor for her research on Pulmona
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/karin-tran-lundmark-receives-prince-daniels-grant-young-promising-researchers - 2026-07-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 9 December all those who are interested can visit the Historical Museum and meet the founder of Lund University, Bishop Peder Winstrup (1605-1679). Peder Winstrup’s mummy and several fascinating artefacts from the coffin will be exhibited at the museum 10:00-20:00. Admission is free.“This is a unique oppo
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/open-house-unique-chance-see-mummy-peder-winstrup - 2026-07-03
The Canvas system management group answers five quick questions about the new learning platform agreement and what it means for LU’s staff and students. Photo: Kennet RuonaCanvas won the procurement this spring – what has happened since then? The agreement and the Data Processing Agreement (DPA) have been signed by the administrative manager Susanne Kristensson. The new agreement came into effect
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/canvas-continues-be-lund-universitys-learning-platform-according-new-agreement - 2026-07-03
Around 40 physicians from different specialist areas are now being trained in team-based learning, TBL, a pedagogical approach that will better equip future medical students for a complex reality. “We work according to a vision of how healthcare should work," says programme director Sara Regnér. The new six-year medical programme, launched in autumn 2021, has a new curriculum and new qualitative t
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/training-trainer-team-based-learning - 2026-07-03
In February, Emma Tullberg began her position as project manager with responsibility for building up the Faculty's support function for commissioned education. Emma will be part of the education team at the Faculty Office and work closely with the deputy dean with responsibility for education and the vice dean with responsibility for collaboration. In 2024, the vice-chancellor decided to decentral
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-support-function-commissioned-education - 2026-07-03
Professor Martin Dribe is one of twelve researchers at Lund University who have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars. Martin Dribe is Professor of Economic History at Lund University School of Economics and Managment (LUSEM) and Director of the Centre for Economic Demography. As a Wallenberg Scholar, he will focus on the long-term development of demographic disparities and the factors that contribut
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/demographer-martin-dribe-one-lund-universitys-new-wallenberg-scholars - 2026-07-03
