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In this third and final theme in the series The international classroom we will focus on Insiders and outsiders in the classroom. At the webinar on the 8th of April you will hear three presentations on how students’ stories and experience can be an asset in building an effective and inclusive learning environment. Webinar April 8, 13:00-15:00, on-line. The webinar is open to the public. About the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/insiders-and-outsiders-classroom-webinar-and-workshop-8-april - 2025-12-14

These are busy times for atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier. Earlier this year, she received the prestigious Wolf Prize – perhaps not as widely known among the general public, but within the field of physics it is considered second only to the Nobel Prize. Anne L’Huillier was honoured for her contribution to ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics. “I haven’t really taken it all in yet. I hav

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/prestigious-physics-prize-goes-lund-researcher - 2025-12-14

Climate research in the Arctic is being hit hard as collaboration with Russian researchers is put on ice. “It’s impossible to get an overall picture of the Arctic without looking at Russia. If this becomes permanent, we will be thrown back 20 years,” says Margareta Johansson, who leads the unique research project INTERACT, which incorporates researchers from all eight Arctic countries. Margareta J

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/negative-impact-arctic-research-russia-excluded - 2025-12-14

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 Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB), outlined some of the linguistic challenges. The question of how to warn people in the future was raised in connection with the decision made in January this

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-language-eternity - 2025-12-14

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 philosopher Jonna Bornemark. Will your future colleagues have human intelligence – or perhaps artificial? It may sound like a stra

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-your-next-colleague-have-artificial-intelligence - 2025-12-14

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 may seem like two different worlds, but not for Kalle Åström. On the contrary, he sees synergies and is keen to bring the two together. The Pro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ai-provides-agricultural-intelligence - 2025-12-14

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 briefly? Is there a limit beyond which someone ceases to be human? Susanne Lundin is a professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences and has conducted interdisciplinary research with medics for 30 years. Today, she is a sought-

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-concerns-our-deepest-fears - 2025-12-14

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; research that has its

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-days-2022-future-week-new-guise - 2025-12-14

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 Community (KIC) application

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/buzz-europe-new-sides-creative-university - 2025-12-14

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 Furniture Flow, has been

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-government-framework-agreement-furniture-recycling - 2025-12-14

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 being sent to junk folde

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strengthened-spam-filters-mean-more-emails-usual-are-ending-junk-folders - 2025-12-14

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, influence the planning for a sustainable Lund and participate in performance and poetry slam. Toget

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-lund-2-7-may-2022 - 2025-12-14

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 criteria concern the research

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-selection-profile-areas-completed-11-applications-be-summoned-interview - 2025-12-14

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 opinion. At Lund Universi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-under-attack-ukraine - 2025-12-14

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 collaboration with the daily newspapers Helsingborgs Dagblad. Our Future City can most simply be de

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-cities-and-communities-focus-research-festival-our-future-cityh22-7-10-june - 2025-12-14

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 to contribute to innova

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-receives-swedish-institutes-support-international-training-programme - 2025-12-14

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 Lund Cathedral, doctoral degrees will be conferred on those doctors who were not able to particip

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremonies-spring-6-may-and-3-june - 2025-12-14

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 transformation of our society,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-research-conference-may-2-2022 - 2025-12-14

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, Bleckhornen will play and the women's choir Bella Voce – Lunds Studentångerskor will sing in the sp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/spring-celebration-valborgsiste-april-and-1st-may - 2025-12-14

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 several ways: Lund Universi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/utrecht-university-writes-about-lus-management-groups-visit-utrecht - 2025-12-14