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We have implemented a refurbishment of the pages on our website www.psy.lu.se/en. Information for our current students about their studies can be found under each programs in our main menu under "Education".Information previously located under "Study" is now located under "Education".The current link to "Current Student" is left in our secondary menu (Top right in Web mode and under the hamburger
https://www.psy.lu.se/en/refurbishment-our-website - 2025-07-07
- and more opportunities via NordIAS network Pufendorf IAS is part of NordIASThe Nordic Institutes of Advanced Study have formed the network NordIAS with the aim of increasing collaborations among the institutes. The Nordic Institutes of Advanced StudiesAarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University, Denmark (Visits possible from 3 March 2025 – 27 June 2005, and from 15 September 2
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/international-exchanges/nordias-visiting-fellowship-programme - 2025-07-07
ASG 2025 Large research infrastructures – for example ESS and MaxIV right here in Lund – are crucial for advanced research and thereby solving sustainability challenges facing humankind. But they also affect society in other ways. Large research facilities are important in the search for solutions to questions critical to our future in medicine, environment, and energy provision. In parallel, howe
ASG 2025 Storytelling surrounds us and we love it. We tell stories, we listen to them, and we study them and our interpretation of them. Photo: Rachel Claire/Pexels Storytelling plays an essential role in human society. It has been intensely studied throughout history, but with little interaction between academic disciplines. Telling stories and understanding them is a highly complex behavior that
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/advanced-study-groups-0/storytelling-cell-society - 2025-07-07
ASG 2025 We are well acquainted with the need for open science, digitalisation of research outcomes and processes. There is also a growing emphasis on user-friendly platforms supporting cross-disciplinary collaborations. But artistic research data management (ARDM) has its own challenges – and opportunities. To manage and share data generated from artistic research is easier said than done. This A
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/advanced-study-groups-0/creative-data-lab - 2025-07-07
ASG 2025 Agriculture in the 21st century faces multiple challenges. An ongoing war in Europe, climate change, a growing global population and changing diets are driving up the demand for food. Photo: Ismael Sanchez/Pexels The aim of this initiative is to create a multidisciplinary cooperation platform focused on agricultural risks for human health. This interdisciplinary project involves researche
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/advanced-study-groups-0/agriculture-future-society-safety-and-health - 2025-07-07
- when does what happen? The purpose of your time here at the Pufendorf IAS is to give you the space to explore the research problems which you described in your Theme or ASG application. As you know, we don’t expect deliverables, specific research output, but we do ask that you keep certain things in mind at specific times during your Pufendorf-year. Photo: Johan Persson. AugustTheme: What day of
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/about-pufendorf-ias/staffpage/your-year-pufendorf-ias - 2025-07-07
What happens behind this beautiful facade? Our current ThemesOur current Advanced Study Groups Calls for applications Apply for starting an interdisciplinary research group at Pufendorf IAS! Pufendorf Academy A new interdisciplinary research programme starts in October Events at Pufendorf IAS Most of Pufendorf events are open for all to join and free of charge
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/whats-going-pufendorf-ias - 2025-07-07
A new programme for researchers wanting to turn interdisciplinary research ideas "into practice" What is Pufendorf Academy? Find out more about the programme and who is eligable for it. Which workshops? Eight workshops - all having to do with aspects on interdisciplinary research. Frequently asked questions... ... about Pufendorf Academy and their answers.
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/whats-going-pufendorf-ias/pufendorf-academy - 2025-07-07
Pufendorf Academy – a programme about interdisciplinarity "in practice" The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies serves as an incubator for new interdisciplinary ideas and research areas, and we want to encourage more researchers at Lund University to engage in interdisciplinary research. In addition to our annual calls to start interdisciplinary groups here, we have now started the Pufendorf
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/whats-going-pufendorf-ias/pufendorf-academy/what-pufendorf-academy - 2025-07-07
- what are they about? When do they take place and who facilitates them? Starting in October, participants in the Pufendorf Academy will meet at the Pufendorf Institute (not hybrid) once a month to engage in workshops that have interdisciplinary research as a unifying common thread. Common to all the workshops is also that they will support the participants in solving actual problems that may aris
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/whats-going-pufendorf-ias/pufendorf-academy/workshops - 2025-07-07
- and their answers. Pufendorf Academy - the programme designed for researchers who want to learn interdisciplinary research "in practice" - will premiere during the academic year 2025/2026. We compiled questions we think you might ask yourself - and their answers. 8 workshops and 2 assignments... That's still quite a lot of working time. What's in it for me?A larger and broader network, insight i
ASG 2023-2024 The availability of affordable energy is deeply embedded in our way of life and in our everyday practice. A stable and cost-effective energy supply is crucial for modern society in sectors such as building, transport and industry. At the same time, energy use is also a major source of emissions which are detrimental for climate and the environment. These emissions must be reduced in
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/advanced-study-groups-0/energy-crisis-impacts-households-industries-and-energy-transition - 2025-07-07
ASG 2023-2024 The past century has witnessed technological advancements ranging from heavy machinery to computers to AI and Internet of Things. These developments have brought considerable innovation to humanity, but also pose significant threats to human rights. This ASG focuses on digital innovations by exploring the linkages between digital innovation and emergent digital inequalities in relati
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/advanced-study-groups-0/human-rights-digital-inequalities-and-social-consequences-ai - 2025-07-07
ASG 2023-2024 The creative arts are an important part of society with a large number of practitioners providing music, art and literature to society at large. A large number of theoretical models and perspectives developed to illuminate the creative process specifically address music and writing, many of which also inform artistic and pedagogical practice. This ASG aims to share, highlight, and fu
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/advanced-study-groups-0/artistic-and-educational-processes-music-and-literary-creation - 2025-07-07
ASG 2023-2024 Efficient and sustainable land use is at the heart of a debate on the global level where the interests of land owners, citizens and government are increasingly divergent. In Sweden, we are witnessing several land use conflicts related to sensitive topics such as forest management, organic farming and renewable energy. These conflicts are marked by an increasing polarization among act
Theme 2023-2024 Existential threat – a threat to someone or something’s existence – ranges from threat to the self (ordinary dying), to an ideology, and even to a society. Existential threat is a powerful force on individuals and societies, affecting our decisions often below conscious awareness. The primary mechanism is fear. Most recently, as we have reached the limits of what our planet can pro
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/themes-0/relentless-existential-threat - 2025-07-07
Theme 2023-2024 The development of bio-based materials used in the field of medicine has reached a stage where material design is interconnected with information technology, with artificial intelligence (AI). The new materials have a number of properties that make them very attractive for biomedical application, but the development also involves a number of challenges; both scientific and social.
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/themes-0/biomaterials - 2025-07-07
Theme 2023-2024 Rising sea levels due to climate change increase the risk of flooding and erosion in coastal areas. Historically, coastal protection measures in Sweden have been limited, but we now need to step up. However, climate adaptation is hampered by limitations in knowledge about the consequences of climate change - and future developments and governance systems are not updated to address
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/themes-0/coastal-perspectives - 2025-07-07
Theme 2023-2024 All spaces and actions have an acoustic element to them. At the same time, questions of democracy in relation to everyday life — inclusion in, access to, equality of — play out across society. Sound has, in this context, a particularly disobedient quality — it does not obey visual, legal or ownership borders, and will be used as an element that crosses boundaries. Through the use o
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/themes-0/sound-democracy - 2025-07-07
