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In light of the upcoming Swedish election in 2026, AI Lund is organising a series of seminars that highlight how AI affects different aspects of democracy, but also how research can use AI to better understand how democracy is doing. The next seminar is titled "Fabricated engagement in an agentic AI era: politics and gender in Sweden pre-election" and will take place on 17 June, 12:00–13:00 (onlin

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/lunch-seminars-ai-and-democracy - 2026-09-09

Margaret McNamee, Professor at the Department of Building and Environmental Technology and current Deputy Dean of LTH, has been elected the new Dean of LTH, and Ulf Ellervik, Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Head of Division at the Centre for Analysis and Synthesis (CAS) has been elected Deputy Dean. This is now clear as the votes have been counted in the election held among the staff

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/lths-dean-and-deputy-dean-election-result - 2026-09-09

Despite Lise Meitner’s great scientific achievement, only her research colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 "for the discovery of the fission of heavy atomic nuclei.” A new exhibition about the nuclear physicist, who also lends her name to a guest professorship at LTH, is now on display at Kårhuset. Lise Meitner explained the theory behind fission and has given her

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/research-career-against-odds-new-exhibition - 2026-09-09

Food preparedness has in a short time become a central issue in both research and public debate. The way we produce, distribute and consume food is shaped by global dependencies, climate change and an increasingly uncertain global situation. LTH’s Cecilia Tullberg is the director of FORCE, a knowledge centre that brings together researchers from multiple disciplines and actors across Sweden’s food

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/how-do-we-prepare-food-system-uncertain-future-force-builds-new-knowledge - 2026-09-09

We are now inviting Lund University employees to apply for the position of Office director of Vattenhallen Science Center at LTH. This is a fixed-term position, three years, at least 50%, scheduled to begin this autumn.More about the position and how to apply (Varbi, in Swedish)

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/office-director-vattenhallen-would-you-lead-unique-and-inspiring-organisation - 2026-09-09

The E22 will be closed from 14 to 28 August 2026. Traffic information All information about the roadwork on the E22 and how this will affect your journey can be found on Trafikverketswebsite:About the roadwork on the E22 and how this will affect your journey on Trafikverkets website (in Swedish)

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/are-you-commuting-work-e22-summer - 2026-09-09

To all teachers, researchers and colleagues at LTH, I would like to extend my warm thanks for your great commitment and deep expertise this term, writes Annika Olsson, Dean of LTH. We create together – and we need one another. This is an important idea for us at LTH, as we conduct research and educate the problem-solvers of the future, and as we collaborate with the surrounding society. To all tea

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/first-we-embrace-summer - 2026-09-09

Almedals Week is just around the corner, and The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University is taking place on stage. This year’s program offers everything from quantum technology and biotechnology to semiconductors and the future of aviation. Annika Olsson, Dean at The Faculty of Engineering, will be in Visby. She says:“If we are to succeed in the transition to a sustainable and competitive societ

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/quantum-biotechnology-and-future-aviation-heres-lths-almedalen-week - 2026-09-09

At the LTH Board meeting in June, the board members were briefed about a study of materials research at LTH. They also learned more about the ongoing work to establish LTH in Science Village. At the request of LTH’s Dean Annika Olsson, a working group has conducted a study of materials research at LTH to provide guidance for the future development of the research.During the board meeting, the work

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/status-report-insights-materials-research-and-short-update-science-village - 2026-09-09

SUMMER READING. What does having your own summer home mean, and what is the history of the holiday home in Sweden? Here, Per-Johan Dahl, Head of the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, together with his LTH colleague and architectural historian Erik Sigge, tells about his own summer house and looks back at our collective longing for a home of our own, in all its clarity and simpl

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/letter-summer-house - 2026-09-09

On 4 September, Formas, the Swedish Energy Agency and Vinnova will host a digital information meeting about this autumn’s call for proposals within the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT), a partnership within the Horizon Europe framework. There are good opportunities to apply for funding for research and innovation projects related to sustainable urban development, including projects that are already

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/information-meeting-funding-opportunities-sustainable-urban-transition - 2026-09-09

On 20 October 9:00-17:00, the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA), in collaboration with the Bertebos Foundation, will host a full-day symposium on advances in science and innovation that can help meet global food demand through the development of resilient crops. The event will take place in Stockholm and can also be followed online via Zoom. The keynote seminar, "Wheat and r

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/seminar-20-october-closing-yield-gap - 2026-09-09

The University Board decided in June to propose Erik Renström as Vice-Chancellor for the next three-year term of office. The next step is to appoint a deputy vice-chancellor. Applications and nominations can now be submitted for this position – the closing date is 14 September. Lund University is now seeking a deputy vice-chancellor who, together with the Vice-Chancellor, will help to develop the

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/deputy-vice-chancellor-lund-university-apply-or-nominate - 2026-09-09

From Australia to Lund, Karen Manley has built a career focussed on innovation and the responsible delivery of resilient infrastructure. As a Lise Meitner Professor at LTH, she aims to advance research on supply chains, strengthen international collaboration, and support the development of female researchers. Hello and welcome to LTH! How did your career as an expert in your field begin?– My PhD w

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/welcome-lth-lise-meitner-professor-karen-manley - 2026-09-09

This autumn, LTH will launch the pilot course Critical Thinking and Complex Systems: Challenges and Futures. The course is aimed at students from several engineering programmes and is designed to help them work with complex issues where technical, social and sustainability-related perspectives must be considered together. The long-term ambition is for the course to become part of all engineering p

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/new-course-aims-strengthen-students-ability-address-complex-societal-challenges - 2026-09-09

Everyone is talking about agentic AI. On the fika-to-fika event 28 September, you will see what it actually looks like in practice, and then you get to build one yourself. The event is jointly organised by the LU eScience Hub and WASP Lighthouse. On 28 September we bring together researchers and companies working with AI agents right now. The day closes with a hands-on session where you build an a

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/agentic-ai-research-and-applications-building-your-own-agents - 2026-09-09

This year marks the centenary of Lise Meitner’s appointment as professor of physics at the University of Berlin. To honour the occasion, LTH is dedicating its Lise Meitner Seminar 2026 to another pioneering woman in academia: Carin Margareta Boalt (1912–1999), professor at LTH and the first female professor at a Swedish university of technology. The programme features a lecture by Professor Johan

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/lise-meitner-seminar-14-october-highlights-pioneering-women-academia - 2026-09-09

The Centre for Engineering Education (CEE) offers a range of inspiring pedagogical courses for teaching staff. There are still places available on this autumn’s courses, so apply now! For course leadersAre you a course coordinator, or about to become one? Then CEE’s course Developing and Leading Courses at LTH, also known as the “course leader course”, is an excellent choice. The course is specifi

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/places-still-available-cees-autumn-courses - 2026-09-09

Se upp var du kastar bananskalet! Nu inför vi successivt separata matavfallskärl i fakultetens byggnader i Lund. Kartong, metall, plast och glas har vi kunnat sortera länge. Sedan maj finns även separata kärl för matavfall i personalköken i Gamla kirurgen samt i Edens personalkök och studiemiljöer. Under hösten fortsätter arbetet med att successivt införa matavfallshantering i alla fakultetens byg

https://www.sam.lu.se/internt/artikel/nu-infors-matavfallshantering-i-kvarteret-paradis - 2026-09-09

I det tillfälliga konstprojektet Skolarbete bjuder konstnären Loulou Cherinet, i samarbete med Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet, Statens konstråd och Akademiska Hus, in Lundabor, studenter och universitetsanställda att improvisera tillsammans. Med flätad pil, lera, hampa och koskit får deltagarna utforska hur kunskap kan gestaltas och delas fysiskt, relationellt och med kropp

https://www.sam.lu.se/internt/artikel/kom-och-ge-form-kvarteret-paradis - 2026-09-09