Published 19 November 2024 This year, the Academy highlights a variety of research projects from Swedish universities, under the theme ‘Technology in the service of humanity - innovation through interdisciplinary science’. In total, 103 projects from 22 different universities and research institutes in Sweden were selected. Lund University had the third-highest number of projects after KTH Royal I

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/nine-projects-are-included-list-ongoing-swedish-research-projects-potential-create-societal-benefit - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 21 November 2024 Markus is getting ready for the defense of his dissertation "Transforming Foundations: Structural Change and Development Dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa (1960–2024)" on 22 November. He has been doing his research at the department of Economic History. You are about to defend your thesis, what is it

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-bertus-markus-melles - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 5 December 2024 The Christmas tree of books at the library and Emelie Estling It’s a new role and we got to ask her a few questions about it, and also a little more about Emelie. How long have you worked at Lund University, and how did you become the faculty’s data steward?I have been working as a librarian at the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/emelie-estling-data-steward-lusem - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 5 December 2024 The Administrative Prize for 2025 has been awarded to Head of Finance Charlotte Solberg, Department of Physics, and Curator Jenny Bergman, Historical Museum.The University’s Administrative Prize is an annual award for outstanding administrative efforts of an innovative nature that have contributed t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/winners-universitys-administrative-prize-2025-announced - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 5 December 2024 Information is now published on the Staff Pages regarding next year’s normal working hours, squeeze days and days with reduced working hours for TA staff. The 2025 advanced flexitime form for TA staff will also be published then.Learn more on Lu Staff Pages

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/next-years-squeeze-days-and-days-reduced-working-hours-technical-and-administrative-ta-staff-0 - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 5 December 2024 The board of judges has now nominated law professor Jörgen Hettne for the vacant position in the EU General Court. Formally, it applies to cover the current mandate period that ends in August 2025, but in practice it is also about the subsequent period in the EU tribunal of six years. The Swedish go

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/jorgen-hettne-nominated-eu-general-court - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 12 December 2024 He started his PhD studies in the mid nineties, started lecturing in macroeconomics here at LUSEM in 1998, and simply never looked back "LundaEkonomerna and the Education Committee proudly present Pontus Hansson, from the Economics Department, as the Teacher of the Year 2024. Pontus has been praise

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/pontus-hansson-teacher-year-lusem - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 13 December 2024 Last year he was teacher of the year at LUSEM and now Björn Svensson is recognized by the university as a whole, alongside Per Carlsson at the department of Biology “Honestly I didn’t even know about the nomination until the day before the announcement that I would receive the prize. It’s a pretty

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusem-teacher-awarded-lund-students-prize-excellence-teaching-2025 - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 19 December 2024 The SURCO project looks at the effects of droughts, poverty and migration in two rural regions of northern Colombia, and is directed by Andrés Palacio, Associate Professor in Economic History at LUSEM. Using expertise from disciplines such as economic history, biology, economics, ecology, geography

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/water-scarcity-rural-colombia - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 19 December 2024 The first edition of Lund University Magazine – LUM – was published 1968. Now the university management proposes to close the newspaper, in both physical and digital form. In January, the University director will make a decision on adopting a new remit and organisation for Corporate Communication w

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/university-management-proposes-closing-down-lum - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 19 December 2024 All 66 297 passwords to LU accounts were changed in the first two weeks of December as part of the University’s password campaign. Thank you to everyone who changed their password. Together, we are making Lund University more secure.Learn more on LU Staff Pages

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/tens-thousands-passwords-changed-heres-what-do-if-your-password-reset - 2024-12-27

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 19 December 2024 Lund University continues its climb towards the top of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which ranks sustainable development at universities around the world. The University is now ranked 3rd in the world out of approximately 1,750 ranked universities. This places the University sec

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-ranking-0 - 2024-12-27

By christel [dot] holmberg [at] ub [dot] lu [dot] se (Christel Holmberg) - published 11 December 2023 Studies in the Wallengren reading room. Photographer Johan Bävman. Do you know that we are renovating next year, making room for more and better study spaces? The coming year will be noisy with few study spaces. Studying at UB will be inconvenient during the renovation, but the result will be wort

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/prepare-year-limited-study-spaces - 2024-12-27

Published 27 June 2018 LUCSUS researcher Vasna Ramasar has been appointed as fellow to the SIGHT Fellow Programme in Global Health Leadership.  The programme aims to promote an emerging generation of global health leaders, based at research institutions in Sweden, by focusing on the gaps in relation to leadership skills and international networks. The SIGHT Fellows were identified as upcoming lead

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/tackling-agenda-2030-through-sight-fellows-programme-global-health-leadership - 2024-12-28

Published 29 June 2018 LUCSUS and Lund University Staff Holding up the SDG:s – The SDG:s can help us as a sustainability centre to reflect around impact and how we are contributing to the goals. Where does our research sit in this context, and how can we make it more relevant to stakeholders and communities?, says Emily Boyd. This is important she notes, because today the SDG.s are becoming increa

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-lucsus-and-sustainable-development-goals - 2024-12-28

Published 29 August 2018 Photo: Mostphotos. A changing climate means that citizens will have to take more action to safeguard their lives and property from extreme weather events. At the same time, there are great differences in people’s capacities and resources to do so. In a new PhD dissertation from LUCSUS, researcher Ebba Brink asserts that it is about time that the Swedish climate debate cons

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/swedish-citizens-need-more-support-handle-effects-climate-change - 2024-12-28

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 11 September 2018 Karolina Skog, Minister of the Environment handed out the prize to LUMES Alumnus Benedikt John in Stadshallen in Lund on the 7th of September LUMES alumni Benedikt John (Batch 20) received The Global Goal Prize (hållbarhetspriset) 2018 from Miljöpartiet Skåne for his master thesis “Time to

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lumes-alumni-received-global-goal-prize - 2024-12-28

Published 19 September 2018 Photo: Marc Lozano/CC BY-SA 2.0 (the photo is cropped). By adopting methods used by activist citizen movements, municipal level politics can become more inclusive and even pave the way for sustainable transformations. Mine Islar, from LUCSUS, has studied the politics of Barcelona en Comú, an activist citizen platform that came to power in the municipality of Barcelona i

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/citizen-activist-movements-can-invigorate-local-politics - 2024-12-28

Published 19 September 2018 LUCSUS' researchers Lennart Olsson, Anne Jerneck, and Mine Islar will lead a work package in the new research project, Migration Governance and Crises, MAGYC. The project will explore how European policies are influenced by political crises triggered by migration. It gathers 13 partners from different European countries, as well as from Lebanon and Turkey.  MAGYC runs f

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-part-new-international-research-project-migration - 2024-12-28

Published 25 September 2018 A locked toilet station in the Gazdar Bandh informal settlement in Mumbai. – Sanitation is a major challenge in India. It is partly to do with the high population density, there are more people sharing the same space, and a historically higher cultural and religious acceptance of poor sanitation, says Sara Gabrielsson from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sanitation-more-toilets-informal-settlements-india-need-community-based-ownership-and-state-action - 2024-12-28