Head of planning, Tim Ekberg, is amazed with the swift digitisation at LU. Photo:Britta Collberg The coronavirus pandemic has not put Lund University in any financial difficulty. There is money in the University's coffers, assures the head of planning Tim Ekberg. The agency capital currently amounts to SEK 1.7 billion. "It is money that could be useful to support affected areas of activity", he co

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/no-threat-lund-universitys-finances-thanks-agency-capital - 2025-09-13

Anna Löthman and Tove Eriksson: "Right now LU is a race car! Ordinarily, LU is a great ship with hundreds of smaller boats moving in its wake. Every movement is slow. Usually, it is practically impossible to turn that ship. Now things have happened fast! How has life and work changed during the pandemic? LUM has met coworkers with widely different situations, starting with Tove Eriksson and Anna L

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/everyday-life-wake-corona-crisis - 2025-09-13

Skissernas Museum wants more people at Lund University to discover the University’s own art museum and is now offering free admission for all employees. Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art is a unique art museum, focusing on the artistic, creative process. It houses the world’s largest collection of sketches, models and studies for Swedish and International public art. Th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/free-admission-skissernas-museum - 2025-09-13

"I never would have left Syria if it were not for the war. I had it all. I was teaching a couple of hours per week, working on my research and I had a beautiful farm with space for the whole family", Moheiddin Homeidi says. Four months ago, Professor Moheiddin Homeidi came to Lund from Syria as the first researcher the University has received through the network Scholars at Risk. Despite the start

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/syrian-linguist-given-sanctuary-lu - 2025-09-13

The “Lund University Communication Guide” will shortly be distributed to faculties/ departments/divisions/equivalents (with the exception of the School of Economics and Management, which has its own communication guide, and LTH, which is to produce its own). It is the first university-wide guide of its kind and is aimed at all University staff, not just those who work specifically on communication

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-communication-guide - 2025-09-13

In early May, the RQ20 Subject Panel Week was completed, with the 32 external panels (193 advisors) meeting the authors behind the self-assessments, i.e. representatives from the 161 research environments (UoAs), to discuss the present and future conditions of research at Lund University. Originally, the panels were expected to meet in Lund; however, with the repercussions following the Covid-19 o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reporting-rq20-subject-panel-week - 2025-09-13

Lund University is a member of Scholars at Risk, an international network that works to promote academic freedom and protect researchers at risk. The Swedish section of Scholars at Risk (SAR-Sverige) consists of 20 Swedish higher education institutions, and is, through the University of Gothenburg, a project partner in the Horizon 2020-funded project Inspireurope. The aim of the project is to cont

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-conference-researchers-risk-digital - 2025-09-13

When the pandemic is over, it is important that information is preserved about how Lund University faced and managed the crisis. What decisions were made? What measures were taken? How was the organisation and its activities affected? Preserved information constitutes a basis for research and learning for the future.There are two types of documentation related to the coronavirus/Covid-19:Changes a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/swedish-national-archives-urge-everybody-preserve-documents-containing-information-about - 2025-09-13

Right now, the EUGLOH photo competition is in progress and all students and staff at Lund University are welcome to participate! How has the pandemic affected our campus? Take pictures showing Lund University right now in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. First prize is a camera.Read more about the photo competition on the EUGLOH websiteThe competition is open until 30 June 2020.European Uni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eugloh-photo-competition-students-and-staff - 2025-09-13

The prize is awarded by The L'Oréal Foundation, The Swedish National Commission for UNESCO, and The Young Academy of Sweden to encourage promising women in the early stages of their research career in science and creating role models for future generations. The prize will be awarded next time in 2021 and the call for applications is open from June 1st until September 27th 2020. Please refer to the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/loreal-unesco-women-science-prize - 2025-09-13

A new web site at Lund University has been launched aimed at you who teaches or communicates within digital learning environments. The web site is right now only available in Swedish, but it is currently being translated, and will soon be available in English as well. Please note that the links here lead to the Swedish language pages. At the web site you can: obtain information and utilise resourc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-web-site-support-digital-teaching - 2025-09-13

On 18 June, Lund University submitted an application to the EU Commission for HR Excellence in Research certification and we hope to receive a response to the application in the autumn of 2020. Certification means that Lund University fulfils many of the stringent EU requirements for a responsible and professional employer, and that it has a commitment to continuous quality management. Lund Univer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-strategies-researchers-application-certification - 2025-09-13

The University building. Photo: Kennet Ruona Lund University has been ranked as the top university in Sweden in the QS World University Rankings 2021. LU places 97th in the world, according to the prestigious ranking. With 26 000 internationally recognised universities in the world, this ranking reinforces Lund University’s place in the global top tier of higher education, among 0.4% of the world’

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-top-100 - 2025-09-13

More than 5,000 teachers at Lund University have recently received a survey. The goal is to get an overall picture of how teachers have experienced the transition to distance education in connection with the Coronavirus outbreak. The study is linked to a similar study at Uppsala University, which enables comparisons between the universities.– It is important that we, as the largest seat of learnin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/survey-examines-transition-distance-education - 2025-09-13

Arrival Days for international students were arranged on the 17th and 18th of August for those commencing their studies at Lund University in the autumn of 2020. Over the two days, 231 exchange students and 793 international Bachelor’s and Masters’ students arrived, which is around half the usual number of arrivals in August. Lund University made adjustments both to the Arrival Day events and the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/arrival-day-international-students-now-they-are-here - 2025-09-13

Did you miss the chance in the spring to apply for funds to develop a commissioned education course at your department, or would you like to try again? Now, the University is opening another round of applications, starting on 1 September. In order to provide further support for organisations within LU in the development of new commissioned education courses, a second round of applications for stra

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-opportunity-apply-funds-develop-commissioned-education-courses - 2025-09-13

The University will switch to digital parking permits in the autumn semester of 2020. From now on students and employees with Lucat ID can buy parking permits digitally. This applies to semester and full-year permits as well as day tickets.Note that the term parking permits for the spring semester are valid until 15 September. If you are in need of a parking permit, please contact the parking offi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/digital-parking-permits-be-introduced-autumn - 2025-09-13

Extensive work has been carried out at the departments and faculties on making adjustments for a new semester with more students, and, in certain cases more staff, on site in the middle of the prevailing pandemic. Read how the Faculty of Medicine as an example has adapted to follow the Swedish Public Health Agency’s recommendations and adopted the University’s practical advice and tips. The Facult

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/small-fixed-student-groups-and-clear-rules-premises-faculty-medicine - 2025-09-13

After two rounds of voting, Erik Renström is the candidate the Electoral College recommends to the Recruitment Committee to be the new vice-chancellor of Lund University, as Erik Renström received most votes. The three final candidates to be the new vice-chancellor of Lund University whom the Electoral College interviewed and voted on were: Professor Erik Renström, dean of the Faculty of Medicine,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/electoral-college-recommends-erik-renstrom-next-vice-chancellor - 2025-09-13

The conditions for personal data transfer to the USA changed on 16 July 2020 when the so-called Privacy Shield – an agreement between the EU and USA on the protection of privacy and personal data – was declared invalid by the EU Court of Justice. This means that transfers of personal data to the USA based on the Privacy Shield are no longer lawful. Regarding transfers to the UK, the General Data P

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rules-personal-data-transfer-usa-and-uk-have-changed - 2025-09-13