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The Department of Sociology, which includes the divisions of Gender Studies, Social Anthropology and Sociology, has elected a new head. Sandra Jönsson will assume the role on 15 November. We asked Sandra a few questions to introduce herself. Can you tell us a little about your background?I earned my PhD in work and organisational psychology at Lund University in 2005. After that, I spent many rewa

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/meet-new-head-department - 2025-12-03

Ulrik Röijezon is Professor of Physiotherapy at Luleå University of Technology. He also contributes with his expertise as a Visiting Professor at the Faculty. – It is very inspiring to be able to integrate my work with in Luleå with teaching and projects with colleagues in Lund, he says. Tell us about your work!– My work as a Visiting Professor is mainly to contribute with my expertise and network

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/visiting-professor-i-hope-my-knowledge-and-experience-will-be-useful - 2025-12-03

Growing forests can limit climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store the carbon in their biomass as they grow. How much carbon a forest stores varies between tree species, the forests age, weather conditions and how the forest is managed. Young growing forests store a lot of carbon, as the forest gets older the carbon sequestration capacity decreases. When trees are f

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/well-managed-forests-can-limit-climate-change - 2025-12-03

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/no-link-between-obesity-gene-and-intentional-weight-loss - 2025-12-03

LU intends to extend and broaden its commitment to the European university initiative EUGLOH. Work on writing an application for continued European university collaboration beyond 2022 started just before Christmas. The EUGLOH initiative is now in its third and final year within the framework of the EU’s first pilot round. The continued collaboration will build on our existing EUGLOH European univ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/opportunities-and-challenges-european-collaboration-education - 2025-12-04

It is impressive to see how Forum Medicum is springing up like a mushroom after the rain. This major project is just one of many exciting construction projects that are planned or underway. We are rapidly developing such extensive parts of the campus that the entire University will be affected. This not only applies to our campus in Lund, but also in Malmö, Helsingborg and Ljungbyhed. It is not on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-campus-growing-and-developing - 2025-12-04

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-collaborative-dialogues-perspective-situated-practices-transferability-and-role - 2025-12-04

The Vice-Chancellor has now decided on a revised Sustainability Plan for 2023-2026. The revised plan contains concrete measures with a high level of ambition. It is hoped that the revised plan will help the University achieve the ambitious goals set out in the 2019 Sustainability Strategy. The work on the revision has involved many bodies across the University: the Education Board, Research Board,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-will-work-broadly-sustainability-coming-years - 2025-12-04

Join our International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), with the aim to find pathways towards low-carbon and resource efficient sustainable futures. Director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE)Join our International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), with the aim to find pathways towards low-carbon and resour

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/are-you-our-new-director-iiiee - 2025-12-04

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-personalized-type-2-diabetes-treatment-launched - 2025-12-03

Lund University represents one of the most attractive locations within structural biology in entire Northern Europe, says Pontus Gourdon, who has been awarded a Wallenberg Academy Fellows prolongation grant 2020 from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. It was the initial grant that once brought him to Lund. Wallenberg Academy Fellows is a long-term program that addresses young researchers in med

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/adopting-long-term-research-approach-thanks-prolongation-grant - 2025-12-03

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-method-facilitates-development-antibody-based-drugs - 2025-12-03

A computational science hub, COSHE, has been established at Lund University. The aim is to become a creative hub for computational science with a focus on interdisciplinary research in the fields of health, climate and the environment. This type of project requires a commitment to the research problems with a focus on the end result, that you familiarize yourself with experiments and data together

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/computational-science-hub-sharpen-research-environment-and-health - 2025-12-04

Several measures aimed at restoring balance to the Central Administration’s finances are now being implemented. One of them is a reduction in university-wide support for contract education, in accordance with a recently taken Vice-Chancellor’s decision. Examples of other measures include not recruiting to certain posts left vacant by retirements, consolidating premises and reduced resources within

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/savings-package-central-administration - 2025-12-04

In order to strengthen academic leadership, we have adopted a new policy that will make clear what expertise and expectations ought to characterise academic leadership, taking the complex environment of academia into account. Early in 2022, I gave Maria Flores the task of investigating and making suggestions on the theme of the leadership development of the future. Her investigation identified wha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-policy-academic-leadership-support-managers-and-employees - 2025-12-04

The happy buzz among the students who just completed their Leadership Academy journey more than made up for the gray skies, as they gathered in Skånis and received their diplomas. They were joined by the teachers Christine Blomquist, and Nadja Sörgärde, Maria Ekelund from our partner Deloitte, coach Pernilla Thellmark, and project Manager Simon Öhlin. The program is an extracurricular activity for

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leadership-academy-graduation - 2025-12-04

Odeum’s autumn programme includes lots of exciting concerts and conversations about music. The autumn’s events begin with a European guest performance as our own ensembles welcome the German national youth choir, Bundesjugendchor, (14 September). A little later in the autumn, yet another first-class performance awaits when the distinguished S:t Jacobs Vocal Ensemble from Stockholm visit the Lund C

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/experience-odeums-series-concerts-and-events-autumn - 2025-12-04

As part of the work with Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), Lund University is announcing five calls for funding to stimulate collaboration and activities that strengthen our international impact in research, education, innovation and cooperation. Applications with deadline 15 October Research collaboration between the National University of Singapore and LU: funds for research collaboration with th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-funding-develop-international-collaborations - 2025-12-04

In an absolutely new exciting project, the University is now calling for applications for an artist residency based at MAX IV, where artists in artistic forms will interpret and provide perspective on what is happening in the world-leading synchrotron light facility at Brunnshög. The Gyllenstiernska Krapperup Foundation has generously donated funds to create an artists in residence programme. In t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/artistic-interpretation-max-iv - 2025-12-04

The new Research Data Office is to make it easier for researchers to manage their research data throughout the research process. Improved and more accessible online support is now being launched in the form of unified webpages, a university-wide support service and a new, easier way to register research documents that requires neither a course nor logging in to the W3D3 system. Unified webpages on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-get-improved-online-support-research-data-management - 2025-12-04