By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 7 April 2022 Margareta Johansson (second from the right) visiting a Russian research station in the Altai Mountains in 2016 alongside Russian and Canadian colleagues. Photo: Sergey Kirportin Climate research in the Arctic is being hit hard as collaboration with Russian researchers is put on ice. “It’s impossible to g

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/negative-impact-arctic-research-russia-excluded - 2025-03-18

By gisela [dot] lindberg [at] kansliht [dot] lu [dot] se (Gisela Lindberg) - published 7 April 2022 The inscriptions in Karnak in Egypt are approximately 3 500 years old. Photo: Artdi/MostPhotos What would it take for people living 100 000 years from now to be able to understand a message from people living today? Language historian and exegete Ola Wikander has, on behalf of the Swedish Nuclear Fu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-language-eternity - 2025-03-18

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 7 April 2022 Jonna Bornemark. Photo: Johan Persson AI, artificial intelligence, is trendy. But where does the boundary go between humankind and machine and what should we use AI for? “It’s time to ask ourselves what humankind possesses that machines do not. How can they complement each other, rather than compete?” asks

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-your-next-colleague-have-artificial-intelligence - 2025-03-18

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 7 April 2022 Kalle Åström. Photo: Jessika Sellergren Mathematics Professor Kalle Åström studies the future of agriculture with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). He develops mathematical models to optimise harvests and contribute to climate-friendly agriculture. Artificial intelligence and agriculture ma

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ai-provides-agricultural-intelligence - 2025-03-18

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 7 April 2022 Ethnologist Susanne Lundin studies peoples' attitudes towards organ­ trafficking, counterfeit medicines and transplants. Photo: Kennet Ruona Ethnologist Susanne Lundin’s research is ultimately about life and death and how people relate to the inevitable. What are people willing to do to delay the end bri

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-concerns-our-deepest-fears - 2025-03-18

Published 13 April 2022 Future Week has become Future Days. It will continue to showcase innovative research with focus on the big questions of the future. The popular science programme will now be formed around the pioneering visions of researchers and teaching staff from all the University’s faculties. For the past three years, Lund University’s Future Week has presented ground-breaking research

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-days-2022-future-week-new-guise - 2025-03-18

Published 13 April 2022 Under the title The Buzz of Europe - a Day in the Spirit of Art, Culture, Science and Innovation, we will showcase the breadth of the University and our fantastic collaborations with cultural and creative actors and industries from all over the world. Creativity is one of our watchwords, and our creative juices have been flowing in the extensive Knowledge and Innovation Com

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/buzz-europe-new-sides-creative-university - 2025-03-18

Published 12 April 2022 Desks, office chairs, chairs and tables in lecture rooms and study spaces – the University handles a large volume of furniture every year. The impact on the climate from all this equipment makes up a large part of our total footprint. LU Estates is working hard to promote the reuse and recycling of more of our furniture. A new government framework agreement area, Circular F

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-government-framework-agreement-furniture-recycling - 2025-03-18

Published 2 April 2022 Check your junk folder a little more often. For those of you who send out information via computer programs other than the mail server (blog posts, newsletters, confirmations of registration etc.), make sure you are sending them the right way. Due to the war in Ukraine, security around our email has been further enhanced. This means more emails are being marked as spam and b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strengthened-spam-filters-mean-more-emails-usual-are-ending-junk-folders - 2025-03-18

By Jenny [dot] Hansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Hansson) - published 10 April 2022 In the first week of May, it is time to discuss the transition to a sustainable society and network with researchers, students, the municipality and other societal actors. During Sustainability Week, you can go on a guided tour of Lund's newest park, get the best tips for charging electric vehicles, influen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-lund-2-7-may-2022 - 2025-03-18

Published 23 April 2022 On 15 March, 24 notifications of interest had been submitted. These submissions have now been evaluated by me, in collaboration with the deans. The assessment was based on Lund University’s criteria for the profile areas. During the late autumn and winter, all researchers at the University were invited to submit notifications of interest in becoming profile areas. The crite

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-selection-profile-areas-completed-11-applications-be-summoned-interview - 2025-03-18

Published 22 April 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has affected the whole of Ukrainian society. The academic sector has played an important role in the country and had many international contacts and collaborations. What is now happening in Ukraine is both worrying and alarming. It concerns of course the suffering caused by war and destruction but also the threat to democracy and freedom of o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-under-attack-ukraine - 2025-03-18

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] ch [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 22 April 2022 Can fashion ever become sustainable? How do we transition to environmentally smart e-commerce? What role will universities play in future society? These are some of the subjects to be discussed during the research festival Our Future City on 7-10 June at Campus Helsingborg. The event is organised in collaboratio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-cities-and-communities-focus-research-festival-our-future-cityh22-7-10-june - 2025-03-18

Published 22 April 2022 Swedish Institute has granted new support to seven training programmes at Lund university, Karolinska Institute an Stockholm University. Since 2020, the Swedish Institute has been implementing the SI Public Sector Innovation Programme in collaboration with Swedish universities. Once again, The purpose of the training programmes is to strengthen the capacity of professionals

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-receives-swedish-institutes-support-international-training-programme - 2025-03-18

By maria [dot] blad [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Blad) - published 23 April 2022 It is time for faculties’ most important academic celebration – the doctoral degree conferment ceremony. After a hiatus, two doctoral degree conferment ceremonies will be held in Lund Cathedral. 6 May On 6 May there will be an additional doctoral degree conferment ceremony. During a solemn ceremony at L

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremonies-spring-6-may-and-3-june - 2025-03-18

Published 22 April 2022 Lund University invites to its 2nd official research conference on sustainable development. This conference is aimed at all researchers at Lund University who want to increase their knowledge about the challenges that lie ahead, learn how their research can contribute to change, and strengthen their contacts with researchers from other disciplines. To accelerate the transfo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-research-conference-may-2-2022 - 2025-03-18

By maria [dot] blad [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Blad) - published 22 April 2022 This weekend it is time for typical Swedish and Lund ceremonies. Don't miss the rector's courtship, the cap-donning this weekend and when Lund's student singers sing in the spring. Cap donning On April 30, Lund University Student Union Vice President Elvira Källberg will give a speech in the spring, Ble

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/spring-celebration-valborgsiste-april-and-1st-may - 2025-03-18

Published 11 May 2022 The University's Management Group has visited Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Utrecht University has written a text about the visit "The Swedish University appreciates Utrecht's innovative power". Here you can read Utrecht University's text. In the next LU News, the University Management will describe the visit to Utrecht with their own words. They are similar in sever

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/utrecht-university-writes-about-lus-management-groups-visit-utrecht - 2025-03-18

Published 5 May 2022 Education is often compared to a journey – throughout your life, you continue to fill up your store of knowledge through training and experience from various sources. From the Vice-Chancellor's blog: The doctoral graduates have completed just such a journey – they have presented their doctoral theses, hopefully full of the new knowledge and insights they have acquired on their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salve-time-doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremony-here-again - 2025-03-18

By Charlotte [dot] Hedin [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Hedin) - published 4 May 2022 Foto: Mikael Risedal If you have already made health promotion purchases during 2022, you are encouraged to send in your receipts and documentation now. During the summer period, the flow of health promotion-related requests to the HR Division slows and the processing times are shorter. Even if you have par

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-health-promotion-reimbursements-you-go-along - 2025-03-18