Published 29 September 2020 “What the whole University has done is amazing. How much we can achieve when we gather our strengths and collaborate. Everyone worked towards the same goal – to make it work – and we succeeded!” Photo: Kennet Ruona Getting important information out fast to the right target group has been a challenge for the crisis management group, which has now entered a calmer phase a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-successful-quick-digital-restart - 2025-07-03

By Mikael [dot] Hansson [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Mikael Hansson) - published 1 October 2020 Six doctoral students from Lund University participated in the first meeting of the WASP-HS graduate school when 35 doctoral students from a number of Swedish universities gathered to discuss and dive deeper in artificial intelligence and the humanities and social sciences. “A very good start,” school di

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/graduate-school-future-groundbreaking-research - 2025-07-03

Published 8 October 2020 Funding for initiatives in support of equal opportunities, gender equality and preventive work against discrimination within Lund University and Equality stimulus funding - financing of visiting chair of the underrepresented gender. Funding for initiatives in support of equal opportunities, gender equality and preventive work against discrimination within Lund UniversityLu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/equality-stimulus-funding - 2025-07-03

By robert [dot] collin [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (Robert Collin) - published 16 October 2020 Protective security refers to protecting information and activities of importance to Sweden’s security against espionage, sabotage, terrorist offences and certain other threats. Pursuant to the Protective Security Act, those who conduct security-sensitive activities are to investigate and document the ne

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/investigating-protective-security - 2025-07-03

Published 22 October 2020 On 1 October, updated regulations came into effect for public authorities’ information security that affect the University. The new requirements are considerably stricter and more detailed than the previous version and are in line with the Government’s remit to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB). MSB’s regulations cover, among other things, requirements for secu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-regulations-information-security - 2025-07-03

By carina [dot] holmberg-pousette [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Carina Holmberg Pousette) - published 22 October 2020 LU is a member of Scholars at Risk and SAR Sweden, which has received support from the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation worth an additional SEK 5 million. The funding can be applied for to co-fund the hosting of SAR researchers in the humanities and social sciences. For LU, this

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scholars-risk-sar-receives-extra-sek-5-million - 2025-07-03

Published 29 October 2020 Over 30 people were nominated or applied for the post of deputy vice-chancellor of Lund University, starting on 1 January 2021. Of these, the Recruitment Committee selected nine people for the first round of interviews. The candidates called to a first interview are:Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, professor Lund UniversityKristina Eneroth, senior lecturer Lund UniversityLena E

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-interest-deputy-vice-chancellor-post-nine-go-next-stage - 2025-07-03

By Lisa [dot] Hagsten [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lisa Hagsten) - published 1 November 2020 The new law on accessibility to digital public service requires Lund University’s digital documents to be adapted for accessibility. After extensive work, the university-wide document templates are now adapted according to the new requirements and can be downloaded from the University’s Image and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-document-templates-must-meet-accessibility-requirements - 2025-07-03

By Anna [dot] Johansson [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Johansson) - published 2 November 2020 The Recruitment Committee has now selected five people who will go on to the next stage of the recruitment process for the deputy vice-chancellor of Lund University, whose term of office begins on 1 January 2021. After the first round of interviews the result is that the following people go on to in-

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-go-forward-deputy-vice-chancellor-recruitment-process - 2025-07-03

Published 4 November 2020 Alexandra Hertz, business developer at LUCE, will devote 25 per cent of her working hours to collaborating with HT in the academic year 2020 –2021. Photo: Johan Persson. For the academic year 2020–2021, the Faculties of Humanities and Theology (HT) are funding 25 per cent of a business developer’s post at Lund University Commissioned Education (LUCE). The aim is to broade

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculties-humanities-and-theology-embark-strategic-collaboration-commissioned-education - 2025-07-03

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 6 November 2020 Usually Annie Lindberg works all alone in the secret warehouse. Photo:Kennet Ruona Lund University has a world-class art collection worth hundreds of millions of Swedish crowns. But many of the less valuable paintings are currently hidden in attics and cellar storage rooms. “With the initiative

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/art-treasures-taken-out-hiding - 2025-07-03

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 9 November 2020 Anette Agardh, who led a research-based project on sexual harassment at LU. Photo: Jenny Loftrup There is nothing to indicate that sexual harassment is more common at the University than in other workplaces. However, different relationships of a dependent nature complicate the situation, such as

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/power-hierarchies-make-it-more-difficult-curb-sexual-harassment - 2025-07-03

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 6 November 2020 The students are not satisfied with the University's system for quality assurance of education. "It does not maintain the high and even quality that we would like", says Ella Sjöbeck, vice president of LUS. The students are not satisfied with the University's system for quality assurance of educatio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-criticise-quality-assurance-education - 2025-07-03

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 9 November 2020 Feiner and her research team will travel to six locations in the Mediterranean region and collect wall lizards to study. Photo:Johan Joelsson Using fishing-rods laced with dental floss and the Nobel-prize winning Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology, Nathalie Feiner wants to reveal some of the deepes

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lizards-key-evolutionary-mysteries - 2025-07-03

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maris Lindh) - published 9 November 2020 Daniel Göransson, one of the digital heroes, ensures the technology functions between the external assessors, Pro vice-chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen (far bottom left of the screen) and Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz (top right) Photo: M Lindh So say Mats Benner and Freddy Ståhlberg afte

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rq20-research-still-evaluated-despite-pandemic-obstacles - 2025-07-03

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 9 November 2020 “Replication studies are not seen as valuable, but researchers and society need to know which studies hold up”, says Burak Tunca. Photo: erol ahmed, evan smogor och hans reniers/unsplash Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2025-07-03

By gisela [dot] lindberg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Gisela Lindberg) - published 9 November 2020 Philip Warkander is Sweden's first ever PhD graduate in fashion studies. Photo: Kennet Ruona Workhorse Philip Warkander became Sweden’s first PhD graduate in Fashion Studies. He describes research in a new subject as continuously doubting – an approach he also applies to the academic communi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doubting-fashion-pioneer - 2025-07-03

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 9 November 2020 Rasmus Eltén at his first road accident on the E6 north of Helsingborg. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter “Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Hel

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2025-07-03

By jenny [dot] hansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Hansson) - published 13 November 2020 The vice-chancellor has decided to give the Sustainability Forum a broader remit with resources increased to SEK 4 million per year as of 2021, from the previous SEK 2 million annually. The Sustainability Forum will also be a permanent fixture, as sustainability issues are long-term. The most significant

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-forum-broadens-its-remit-include-students-and-education - 2025-07-03

Published 19 November 2020 With a new sustainability plan, Lund University management wants to increase the level of ambition and develop sustainability work within the organisation. Education and research are to increase their positive impact, while the University is to halve its contribution to climate change by 2023. In autumn 2019 a strategy for sustainable development was adopted. Now the sus

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-plan-approved - 2025-07-03