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Climathon is an annual 24 hour hackathon for climate solutions. The format was launched by Climate-KIC 2015 and has spread rapidly across the globe. In 2017, 104 cities participated in 6 continents, all at the same time 27 October, 10:00 to 10:00 the following day. Lund University organized Climathon in Lund 2017 together with Lund Municipality and Kraftringen. This was the first time the event wa
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2017 - 2025-11-13
A new research project aims to contribute to greater understanding between Central Asian and EU business and legal cultures, and lower the risk of foreign companies becoming involved in corruption. To achieve this, about a dozen universities in Europe and Central Asia are involved in an extensive exchange scheme of researching staff. Foreign companies establishing in Central Asia will find largely
Associate Senior Lecturer Isabel Schoultz and project assistant Heraclitos Muhire at the Sociology of Law Department lead the endeavour they hope will help improve labour market policies and practices, bettering the conditions for immigrated labourers. In a report published in 2019, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights found that dishonest employers across the EU hire migrant workers u
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociologists-law-investigating-migrant-worker-exploitation-nordics - 2025-11-13
For the first time, Lund University has a new strategy for education. What does this mean for the Faculty and how does it affect our teaching? Maria Björkqvist, Vice Dean for Education at the Faculty, answers. For the first time in the University's history, there is now a common strategy for education. It aims to guide everyone who works with education at Lund University. The strategy contains the
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/now-we-have-strategy-education-its-about-time - 2025-11-13
Lund University is strengthening its work in retail and logistics at Campus Helsingborg under the name REAL - Centre for Retail and Logistics. The centre will focus on sustainability, digitalisation and changes in working life - the major challenges facing retail and logistics. Lund University and the City of Helsingborg are each contributing SEK 4 million to the centre's start-up Retailing and lo
https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/investing-future-retail-and-logistics - 2025-11-13
Last week some 60 people gathered in the conference room at Palaestra in Lund for the seminar ”Universities' role in sustainable change work” hosted by Lund University Commissioned Education, Child Rights Institute at Lund University and partners. The event marked the start of a new online global platform aiming to strengthen international collaboration and research focusing on child rights and al
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/change-agents-child-rights-told-their-stories - 2025-11-13
In the beginning of October we welcomed two of our three new doctoral students; Isabelle Karlsson from Germany and Monica Porzionato from Italy. Isabelle Karlsson did her Master’s in Strategic Communication at the Department between 2016-2018. After her Master’s she has worked within communication in various sectors, but decided to come back to academia. Find out more about Isabelle below;What is
https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/isabelle-and-monica-our-new-doctoral-students - 2025-11-13
The graduate research schools ClimBEco and the Bolin Centre Climate Research School (CRS) have recently initiated a collaboration with multiple climate-focused intentions. The joint activities will strengthen the course curriculum and network possibilities for the respective PhD students and contribute to the advancement of the climate and biodiversity research front. “This is a fantastic way to
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-strengthens-climate-and-biodiversity-research - 2025-11-13
Last week, Lund University's external Cultural Council convened and several interesting discussions about the future were initiated. The Cultural Council is an important part of the university's cultural strategy to strengthen collaboration between art, culture, education, and research. As of spring of 2024, the council has been reinforced with the following new members: Nina Andersson (CEO of Fol
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/culture-water-essential-and-enduring - 2025-11-14
Many very positive things are happening within management and leadership development right now. It is around a year since our new policy for academic leadership was approved, and a couple of weeks ago our new head of department programme was launched. I am truly glad that we are now able to offer a leadership programme that is specifically aimed at heads of department. The HR Division is now worki
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-managers-forum-and-new-leadership-programme - 2025-11-14
During the excursion week this spring, Master’s students from the Department of Geology visited Öland and the Danish town of Faxe. This year there was also a new location in the programme. Students had the opportunity to learn more about the Cretaceous period and its fossil remains in the bat-filled Tykarp Cave, which is actually an old limestone mine. Anders Lindskog and Johan Lindgren suddenly c
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-between-university-and-underground-world - 2025-11-14
"When I was a kid, I said tetra about all the juice drinks," says Roxanne Mae Targa when she talks about her first experience with Tetra Pak. Now she knows more. After completing her degree project, she is now employed by the company. As a student at Tetra Pak, she quickly felt like one in the group – an experience she shares with her classmates Nawapan Boonchum and Elif Tiryakioglu. How much did
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/degree-project-students-appreciate-open-working-climate-tetra-pak - 2025-11-14
