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Louise Wrange is the latest addition to our team. She joined LU Innovation and VentureLab early May as Junior Business Developer and of course we are eager to get to know her! Tell us, who are you?I am a 26 year old Swede who has grown up in an expat family. In my family, we celebrate Peru’s national day, cheer for France in the world cup and arrange Brazilian barbecues. Strangely enough, I feel t
https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/welcome-louise - 2025-12-15
Portföljbolaget SAGA Diagnostics tar in 40 miljoner kronor i en nyemission från den nordiska riskkapitalfonden Hadean Ventures och ett antal befintliga aktieägare, bland annat Fårö capital och Gunnar Nilssons cancerstiftelse. SAGA Diagnostics utvecklar metoder som tidigt kan upptäcka och mäta mängden tumör-DNA med mycket hög precision. Med metoderna SAGA Diagnostics utvecklat kan man med hjälp av
https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/saga-diagnostics-tar-40-miljoner - 2025-12-15
LU Holdings portföljbolag Gedea Biotech tilldelades 3 miljoner kronor i utlysningen Samverkan för bättre hälsa 2019 från Swelife och MedTech4Health, som finansieras av Vinnova. I utlysningen Innovativa startups steg 2 beviljades portföljbolagen Medotemic och Suturion vardera 900 000 kronor. Samverkansprojekt för bättre hälsa riktar sig till aktörer i samverkan inom hälso- och sjukvård, akademi/ins
https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/portfoljbolag-far-vinnova-medel - 2025-12-15
Lunds universitets holdingbolag, LU Holding, går in som delägare i HomePal, som utvecklar framtidens fastighetssystem. HomePal fokuserar på att ta fram ett komplett, molnbaserat fastighetssystem för små och medelstora fastighetsbolag. Företaget grundades 2018 av dataingenjörsstudenter vid Lunds universitet och har under det senaste året vuxit i VentureLab’s inkubator på Ideon.HomePals system är we
https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/lu-holding-investerar-i-proptech-bolag - 2025-12-15
The election to the Nominating Committee is now completed and a public count of votes has taken place at the Faculty Office. The following persons have been elected as members of the new Nominating Committee:Representatives of teaching staff with research expertiseÅsa Thelander, senior lecturer, Department of Strategic CommunicationKerstin Svensson, professor, School of Social WorkRobert Holmberg,
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-nominating-committee - 2025-12-15
Registration will soon open for a new pedagogical course at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The course focuses on active learning as a central strategy to promote student-centred learning and teaching. The course is offered during the autumn semester and is primarily aimed at teachers and doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences. In this course, you will, among other things, learn pract
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/active-learning-social-science-new-course-teachers-and-doctoral-students - 2025-12-15
This year's OSA survey (a survey of our organisational and social work environment) will soon be sent to all employees at the faculty. Keep an eye on your inbox and answer the survey! It is an important part of our systematic work environment process. The survey will be sent by e-mail to all faculty staff in mid-April. The sender of the e-mail is Lund University, lu [at] artologik [dot] net.The su
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/answer-facultys-work-environment-survey-your-input-matters-0 - 2025-12-15
The faculty's list of recognised and excellent teachers is growing. At the latest Faculty Board meeting, another eleven persons received recognition of their teaching skills through the appointment as Recognised or Excellent Teaching Practitioners. Newly appointed Recognised Teaching Practitioners:Isabel Bramsen Marie LedendalOla Thufvesson Nils Droste Tove LundbergSara Kalm Henrik LoodThomas Hick
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-new-recognised-and-excellent-teachers - 2025-12-15
If your research involves persons or the processing of personal data, you may need to apply for ethical authorisation. Åse Inner-Ker, the faculty's ethics advisor, can provide support in the process and advice on where to find information. Hi Åse! You are the Faculty Ethics Adviser - what does that mean?- Researchers can contact me with questions about ethical review. I prefer to have a conversati
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/questions-about-ethical-review-contact-ase - 2025-12-15
On 15 April, the application period for this autumn's programmes closed, and we are pleased to note that interest in social and behavioural sciences continues to increase. In the national admissions round, the total number of applicants to the faculty's programmes increased by approximately 13% and to freestanding courses by 10 % compared to 2023. Lund University as a whole also received more appl
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/more-applicants-our-programmes-and-courses - 2025-12-15
This autumn, the Lund Social Science Methods Centre is offering eight methods workshops under the umbrella name Skill School. Read more about them below, and don't forget to sign up! The Social Science Methods Centre is offering eight method workshops in September and October. Teachers, researchers, and doctoral students from all subjects and faculties who wish to broaden and deepen their methodol
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/skill-school-methods-workshops-2025 - 2025-12-15
At the end of April, the Faculty Board decided that a new department, the Department of Communication, will be created. The establishment of the new department is part of the faculty's development towards fewer units, but the merger has also been motivated by additional reasons. The new department will be established on 1 January 2025 and the following units will be included: Department of Strateg
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-department-communication-january-2025 - 2025-12-15
STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offers researchers and teachers to spend an autumn term at one of STINT's twelve partner campuses in Botswana, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the US. You can apply to be nominated as one of Lund University's candidates until 9 August! The programme aims to develop both individuals and institutions. By giving researchers and teachers passionate about t
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/time-apply-stint-teaching-sabbatical-2024 - 2025-12-15
Why does Russia still use Morse code? Has military conscription increased equality? These are two questions that Tony Ingesson, political scientist and expert in intelligence analysis, reflects on in two highly read articles on the news platform, The Conversation. One of Tony Ingesson’s articles, on military conscription, has 26,000 reads and the other, about Morse code, has over 40,000 reads. The
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/path-idea-popular-article-conversation - 2025-12-15
After a year behind construction fences, Gamla lungkliniken (Building G) is now ready and looking good in its new suit. In August, the building will be filled with sociologists, social anthropologists, and gender scholars. The first thing visitors may notice is that the building has a new roof and a new main entrance facing north.– The purpose of moving the main entrance is to open up the building
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/soon-time-move-gamla-lungkliniken - 2025-12-15
The faculty's organisational project is growing and is now entering a more active phase. In addition to practical preparations for the new Department of Communication, planning and analyses are underway for further mergers in the coming years. Preparations for the new Department of CommunicationAt the end of April, the faculty board decided that a new department - the Department of Communication -
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/latest-news-organisational-project - 2025-12-15
There is a great need among the faculty's researchers for a good tool to transcribe audio and video files. The Department of Psychology has started to use such a tool that is both effective and within the current ethical rules. Faculty researchers are now being offered the opportunity to use the tool in autumn 2024. Within the framework of Lund University's e-infrastructure project, work is underw
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/temporary-offer-use-transcription-tool - 2025-12-15
Stay updated on what is happening within the organisation project this autumn. Revised project planThe organisation project will present a revised project plan to the Faculty Board in September. Among other things, the new plan clarifies how the project relates to education and research. The description of planned activities for the coming year has also been updated.The organisation project will r
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/september-news-organisation-project - 2025-12-15
In the event of a crisis, it is important that we can quickly reach all employees with information. Enter your mobile phone number in Passport so that the University can send you text messages if necessary in emergency situations. Follow these steps:Go to the account management portal PassportLog in as “User”Select “Verification of contact information”Follow the instructionsRead more about crisis
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/make-sure-we-can-reach-you - 2025-12-15
Over the summer, three articles from Lund University garnered record numbers of readers. An article by Inês Bramão and Mikael Johansson at the Department of Psychology is the most-read article from Lund University in years. The article, "The people we like can influence the connections our memory makes," was republished in a Greek journal, and it is these republications that help articles reach a
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/record-breaking-numbers-ines-and-mikaels-article-conversation - 2025-12-15
