By maria [dot] blad [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Blad) - published 4 April 2023 Antje Jackelén, the Archbishop and Primate of the Church of Sweden 2014-2022, has been named the 2023 annual Anna Lindh speaker. On 13 April, she will present “Reconciliation – a political possibility?” What: Anna Lindh Lecture “Reconciliation – a political possibility?” by Antje Jackelén, the Archbishop

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anna-lindh-lecture-antje-jackelen-reconciliation-political-possibility - 2025-07-08

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - published 5 April 2023 Raphael Cohen-Almagor has his office at The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson A multifaceted British-Israeli researcher has been awarded the prestigious visiting professorship in Olof Palme’s memory and will spend 10 months at the Centre for Advanced Middle East

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professorship-olof-palmes-memory-british-israeli-researcher - 2025-07-08

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 5 April 2023 Derek Logan, Ulf Nilsson and Karin Lindkvist are all adding bits to solve the protein puzzle. Photo: Tove Smeds Research is like solving a puzzle, some might say. One of the biggest of these is the body’s proteins – with over 90,000 pieces to keep track of. LUM meets three professors of protein to understand what

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protein-professors-puzzle - 2025-07-08

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 5 April 2023 Petru Liuba checks Arvid's heart before the operation. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Two-year-old Arvid will soon undergo his third heart operation. This time, the procedure will be safer and quicker, due to a new simulation method that researchers have developed for children with heart disease. It is Monday after

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tragic-loss-led-research-project - 2025-07-08

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 5 April 2023 When Han Somsen recommended to limit the free outdoor movement of cats based on the EU’s Birds Directive and Habitats Directive it resulted in what can be described as a perfect storm. Photo: Andrzej Puchta/ Shutterstock Han Somsen has newly been appointed professor in environmental law at the Fa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/law-professor-who-wants-put-nature-above-law - 2025-07-08

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 5 April 2023 ChatGPT comes with challenges – and possibilities. How will the university handle the new technique? Photo: Rolf van Root/Unsplash There is a lot of talk about ChatGPT just now – one of the chat-based AI services delivering answers to all possible questions in matter of seconds. But the new technol

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dialogue-chatbot - 2025-07-08

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 5 April 2023 Ill: Sorapop Udomsri/Mostphotos Lund University has every chance of reversing the negative trend in its ranking, argues Daniel J. Guhr, who has previously been hired as a consultant on this issue. Three factors, all related to research, are of particular significance for LU, according to Daniel J. Guhr:

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/possible-reverse-negative-ranking-trend - 2025-07-08

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 5 April 2023 Lund University is close to fall out of top 100 on the three really important ranking lists. Lund University has been sliding down the lists of the three main university ranking organisations for several years. Today, we make only one of the top 100 lists, and even then with a mere five places above the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/consultants-warning-major-consequences-falling-outside-top-100 - 2025-07-08

By Charlotte [dot] Hedin [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Hedin) - published 5 April 2023 Do you feel a little bit lost? Cryptic acronyms and unfamiliar faces? You as a new employee at Lund University is most welcome to take part in the Welcome Day on May 9th. During the day you’ll get an insight into the university’s role in society, how your new work place is organised and where you can find

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-work-welcome-day-you - 2025-07-08

By julia [dot] luttrup [at] ch [dot] lu [dot] se (Julia Luttrup) - published 5 April 2023 The conference gathers world-leading researchers and practitioners in the field of place branding who are experts in the branding of states, countries, destinations, and cities. The theme of this year's conference is "Place Branding in Crisis and Uncertainty". Welcome to join the conference and discuss this a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-will-host-7th-annual-conference-international-place-branding-conference-ipba-18-20 - 2025-07-08

Published 11 April 2023 Welcome to a seminar on leadership and communication in a multicultural academy. Research supervisors are expected to be able to supervise doctoral students and junior researchers academically. The role of a supervisor includes being able to lead professional and learning conversations both with junior co-workers individually and in groups. This is an important task which s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/art-leadership-and-communication-multicultural-academy - 2025-07-08

Published 5 April 2023 The work on acquisition of educational qualifications has made good progress and you can follow developments via a new blog. A working group has produced support for teaching staff for how the topical AI tool ChatGPT can be handled, and you can now access their advice and tips. Rachel Forsyth and Lena Christensen have been working on an extensive and important project since

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/acquisition-educational-qualifications-and-ai-teaching - 2025-07-08

Published 5 April 2023 Lund University and the City of Lund are the joint organisers of Sustainability Week 17-22 April. This will be the seventh Sustainability Week and, as previously, there is a rich and varied programme featuring over 60 events. Lund University or, more specifically, teaching staff, researchers and students from the University, are behind more than 40 of the events. The arrange

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-opportunity-learn-about-and-discuss-sustainability-management - 2025-07-08

Published 11 April 2023 Medvetenskapens Hus is a cross-faculty initiative that aims to accommodate creative meetings between science and human science. The activities are to be based on the complex issues of our time which in a natural way affect all faculties and subject areas. Medvetenskapens Hus highlights the importance of insights above the formation of opinions and creates conditions for joi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/medvetenskapens-hus-interdisciplinary-focus-human-science - 2025-07-08

Published 11 April 2023 During the spring, a preliminary study is being conducted with the aim of enhancing professional development and career paths for technical and administrative (TA) staff at the University. The preliminary study is to map the current situation: the development opportunities that exist, the rate of staff turnover etc. The work is to lead to concrete proposals for how LU can s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-and-career-development-technical-and-administrative-staff-preliminary-study-underway - 2025-07-08

Published 7 April 2023 The Agenda 2030 Graduate School was initiated at Lund University in 2018 as an interdisciplinary research initiative to address today's societal challenges, focusing on the UN's global goals for sustainable development. Now, Soo-hyun Lee is the first of the doctoral students of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School to defend his thesis. He also belongs to the Faculty of Law and ha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/soo-hyun-lee-was-first-defend-among-phd-students-agenda-2030-graduate-school - 2025-07-08

Published 3 April 2023 The trays are part of the newly arrived items that are now available in the University store. The University store have a wide selection of great tings availably, such as Latte glasses in 2-packs with 2-colour LU logo, multifunctional hand-cranked local radio, scented candles with magnolia, anti-stress dice with decision support and much more. Universitetsbutiken vid Lunds u

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/newly-arrived-university-store-magnolia-trays - 2025-07-08

Published 26 April 2023 Representatives from all the partner universities meet once a year in conjunction with the alliance’s Annual Summit. This year we are the hosts – the meeting will be held in Lund 13-14 June, with an extra day on 12 June to enable meetings for the project’s various working groups. Our European university collaboration, EUGLOH (European University Alliance for Global Health),

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-host-eugloh-annual-summit-13-14-june - 2025-07-08

Published 26 April 2023 On 28 April, we will be highlighting Work Environment Day. We create our work environment together and everyone’s engagement is needed to create a safe and good work environment. On that particular day, it is perhaps especially important to recognise our health and safety representatives. They are elected and have a very important role in preventive work environment managem

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/work-environment-day-28-april-day-entire-university - 2025-07-08

By maria [dot] blad [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Blad) - published 20 April 2025 Photo of last year's ceremony with procession. Phot Kennet Ruona. It is now time for Lund’s University’s traditional celebrations in Lundagård to mark 30 April and 1 May. In keeping with tradition, there will be the donning of student caps on 30 April and on 1 May you can attend the students' May Day sp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/its-time-celebrate-spring-lundagard - 2025-07-08