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We know that noise affects our ability to learn as well as generating irritation and stress. This, in turn, reduces efficiency and well-being in the workplace. Some research findings indicate that workplace efficiency could increase by as much as 50% with the right sound environment.     Memory researchers and cognitive scientists have conducted a lot of research into how the sound environment aff

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/less-noise-more-efficient-brain-work - 2025-12-31

A lack of professional project management, unclear decision-making processes and shortcomings in communication underpin delays in the beamline programme at MAX IV. A new plan of measures will prioritise tackling these problems. Ian McNulty is the acting director at MAX IV. “We must get more beamlines ready faster, and that requires increased efficiency in the organisation”, says Ian McNulty, who w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/better-project-management-get-max-iv-back-track - 2025-12-31

Data gathering for European climate research goes on around the clock at the University’s Hyltemossa research station. The tallest of its two masts reaches as high as 150 metres straight up into the sky. Every other week, the station’s staff must climb to the top of the mast to clean two sensors. Recently, intensive work has been conducted on the lower mast to install equipment to study how the em

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/top-research-gathers-high-level-climate-data - 2025-12-31

During a unique rescue operation, Lund University sent armed security forces into an Islamic State (IS) warzone to rescue a doctoral student and his family. For several years, Firas Jumaah, his supervisor Charlotta Turner and former chief security officer, Per Gustafson, have kept quiet on the events; however, now they are telling their story. In the summer of 2014, Charlotta Turner was unaware he

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rescue-operation - 2025-12-31

Although patient influence in healthcare has gradually started to increase, the role of the patient's next of kin is still very limited. Despite the fact that the disease affects the whole family, public healthcare often does not utilise the patient's relatives as a resource. A lot has happened in cancer care since Marlene Malmström started working in surgery many years ago. At that time, pretty m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/role-relatives-needs-be-highlighted-cancer-care - 2025-12-31

Lund University sits at number 11 of 29 Swedish universities when it comes to most flights per employee. The new travel policy currently being prepared for approval places emphasis on the need for managers to consider a travel-free meeting or a train trip before approving a flight for an employee. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s data on universities’ emissions from travel shows the c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/heads-should-help-reduce-flying - 2025-12-31

The Historical Museum at Lund University reopened during the first weekend of December after almost one year of renovation and rebuilding. “It feels great to be able to welcome new and previous visitors to the museum at last. We hope that they will make new discoveries about the past and find new approaches to our collections, while it will be easier to find your way here and around the museum”, s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reopened-museum-looks-future - 2025-12-31

Deputy vice-chancellor Sylvia Schwaag Serger sees an opportunity in the future to start a university-wide AI graduate school, similar to the one for Agenda 2030. “The discussions have started, but they are at a very early stage.” Developments in AI are happening very rapidly. There are many benefits, but complex social challenges arise alongside the technological breakthroughs. Deputy vice-chancel

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/importance-lu-interdisciplinary-ai-initiative - 2025-12-31

There are plans to build a new animal testing facility at Brunnshög in north-east Lund. It is a strategic decision by the Faculty of Medicine based on the need to replace the present animal facility, which is no longer optimal for breeding, and the desire aim to offer international researchers a safer research environment. LUM spoke to three of LU’s experts on animal testing matters. The animal fa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safer-research-new-animal-testing-facility - 2025-12-31

Sara Virkelyst, project manager at the Planning office of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, and Johan Lind, finance officer at the Department Office of Clinical Sciences, are awarded the Lund University’s Administrative Prize 2019. Sara Virkelyst och Johan Lind will each receive SEK 15 000 for their own professional development. From the nominations:Johan Lind’s function of specialist and experti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-administrative-prize-2019 - 2025-12-31

The IIIEE had the honour of receiving the ambassador of New Zealand and to share some insights from ongoing research. On 16 April the Ambassador of New Zealand visited Lund University. Ambassador David Taylor met with the Vice Chancellor Erik Renström.Mr. Taylor also came over to learn more about the IIIEE in particular. The ambassador was introduced to the research and education activities at III

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ambassador-new-zealand-visits-iiiee - 2025-12-31

The Naturescapes project gathered around 30 partners and researcher to come to the IIIEE for a project Kick-off and to start the thought-processes on how new kinds of NATURESCAPES can generate transformative change for the future. This week marks the grande Kick-off for the new research project Naturescapes! The Naturescapes project team met at the IIIEE for the general assembly and to kick-start

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/project-kick-discuss-how-naturescapes-can-create-long-term-solutions - 2025-12-31

The collaboration initiative Climate-neutral cities 2030 – Open Academy together with the municipality of Lund, hosted a seminar on financing transformative change. Held in the IIIEE Aula, the event gathered representatives from cities, academia, and society, who joined the conversation on how energy communities can become a part of a sustainability transition. During the seminar, Fedra Vanhuyse (

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/financing-transformative-change - 2025-12-31

The collaboration initiative Climate-neutral cities 2030 – Open Academy together with the City of Malmö arranges a workshop on the topic of citizen engagement. The program offers inspirational talks, researcher presentations, panels, and joint conversations. Welcome to join! When: 16 maj 2024, 10:30-16:00Where: STUDIO MeetingpointNordenskiöldsgatan 24, MalmöRegister your participation and any diet

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/workshop-citizen-engagement-climate-transition - 2025-12-31

Industrial policy is seeing a revival, but it does hardly address Circular Economy. New research from IIIEE, published in Sustainable Production and Consumption, shows how the necessary circular transition in industry can be supported by new types of industrial policies. This exploratory contribution aims to gain an understanding on how an industrial policy for Circular Economy (CE) transition in

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-research-shows-how-circular-economy-can-be-supported-new-industrial-policies - 2025-12-31

A group of researchers and teachers from the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” in Ukraine visited IIIEE to discuss and exchange academic insights. Yesterday, four academic colleagues from Ukraine visited the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) to share knowledge and foster research and educational collaborations. Our guests came from the Department of

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ukrainian-university-visited-iiiee-share-knowledge-and-foster-research-and-educational - 2025-12-31

Students from the 30th batch of the EMP program at the IIIEE will be part of the Lund University delegation to the Bonn Climate Conference (SB60) this Summer, translating knowledge into practice. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gasses. It provides a framework countries can follow to coll

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lund-university-sends-iiiee-student-delegates-un-climate-conference - 2025-12-31

In a resent workshop, representatives from academia and from the Mission cities Lund, Helsingborg, and Malmö, have come together to explore and discuss how citizen engagement can be applied to support cities’ efforts towards becoming climate-neutral. In the light of changing demands on politics from citizens, and a democracy in crisis, citizen engagement is growing.  As a topic that is gaining tra

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/citizen-engagement-path-towards-climate-neutrality - 2025-12-31

Closed loops in the sharing city?Sharing is caring – but is it always sustainable? The sharing economy is altering the way we look at ourselves as consumers and our idea of the market, but it also raises other questions: what role should the city take in this, and how can we ensure that the result is truly sustainable?The sharing economy is a buzzword in the modern urban society of the mid-2010s.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-yuliya-voytenko - 2025-12-31

As a collaboration between University of Virginia and the IIIEE undertake a short course in Lund focusing on organisations, businesses and sustainability strategies. Since 2014, the IIIEE is hosting students from the University of Virginia in the USA to allow for a short course as part of the Study Abroad program. The course lasts three weeks and the students are working as consultants to support

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/students-university-virginia-annual-visit-study-sustainability-iiiee-0 - 2025-12-31