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On December 1, 2025, at 10.15 a.m, at EC2:101, Lund, CMES PhD student Rami Zalfou will defend the PhD thesis titled: Borders and Pathways. Essays on Syrian Economic Development and Migrant Integration. The faculty opponent is Associate Professor Mohamed Saleh, London School of Economics.AbstractOver the past century, Syria and the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have undergone p
"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 - 2025-12-20
The course “Climate Change: a question of justice?” will be held just in time for the UN climate summit in Paris in December and is open to all with no registration fee. The Department of Political Science is collaborating with the Interdisciplinary Distance Learning Programme in Environmental Sciences (infernum) at Hagen University, Germany to produce this massive open online course (MOOC).Learn
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/un-climate-summit-paris-focus-interactive-open-online-course - 2025-12-20
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 - 2025-12-20
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 - 2025-12-20
I hope that you have all had an enjoyable summer and holiday! Two important reviews were completed during the summer: an examination of the Central Administration’s organisation and working methods and a pre-study on professional and career development for technical and administrative staff. Both reviews are very much in line with the University’s Platform for Strategic Work, which specifies measu
Professor Sophia Zackrisson has been appointed as the new LUCC coordinator for a 3-year period and she will replace Kristian Pietras as coordinator from March 1st 2021. Nomination of coordinator candidates took place during December 2020 until the end of February 2021 and the Dean of Faculty of Medicine appointed the new coordinator in March. Sophia Zackrisson is part of the LUCC steering group an
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/new-lucc-coordinator - 2025-12-19
On Friday 15 September, Lund University celebrated its 350th anniversary together with staff and students. To start off the festivities, the USV Centres had a pre-party where SASNET researchers Admir Skodo and Maria Tonini, amongst other USV researchers, held mini talks to highlight the work and research of the USV. The pre-party and mini talks took place on the grounds of the Pufendorf Institute
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-researchers-held-mini-talks - 2025-12-19
Anders Lindroth was interviewed by the magazine Dagens ETC about the climate impact of forests, and about why the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is increasing. Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus at the Department, was recently interviewed by Dagens ETC. In one article about about the effect of forests on the climate, he says “In principle, it would be best for the climate simply not to cut do
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/anders-lindroth-interviewed-dagens-etc - 2025-12-19
The vice-chancellor has now taken a decision on a long-term strategy for sustainable development at Lund University. The strategy affects all of the University’s activities and all of its employees. Each organisation is responsible for producing action plans that describe in detail how the strategy is to be followed. In parallel to this work, a university-wide action plan is also being produced. T
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/decision-taken-strategy-sustainable-development-2019-2026 - 2025-12-19
