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Protein researcher Mikael Akke has been showered with grants recently: a total in excess of SEK 130 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the European Research Council. But who is the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) professor whose research is so hot right now? Since childhood, Mikael Akke has been driven by a desire to understand how things work in nature. Biology and chemistry w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protein-researcher-receives-major-grants - 2025-10-28

Anne L'Huillier is one of the winners of the Nobel prize 2023. Anne L'Huillier is Professor at Atomic Physics at the Faculty of Engineering, Lund University. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 to L'Huillier, Lund University, Sweden, Pierre Agostini, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, and Ferenc Krausz, Max Planck Institute of Quantum O

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-physics-lund-university - 2025-10-28

LINXS invites proposals for new Themes, starting in 2024. We welcome original, innovative, and pioneering Theme proposals that will advance science using X-rays, neutrons, and complementing techniques. For this call, LINXS encourages applications relating to hard and soft condensed matter.   LINXS Themes are funded for three years and aim to bring research communities together. A Theme does not fu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/linxs-institute-advanced-neutron-and-x-ray-science-invites-new-themes - 2025-10-28

All researchers at Lund University now have the opportunity to share their research through the international news platform, The Conversation. The Conversation is a politically independent news site where researchers from member universities write popular science news articles, analyses, and opinion pieces in English within their areas of expertise, with the support of an editor. Lund University h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-conversation-autumn-and-reach-international-audience - 2025-10-28

Many believe that the profile areas initiative has been forgotten and is in hibernation, since the government has not reached a decision about a national effort. But that is not the case – at least not at Lund University. When I met the coordinators for the profile areas, they were all able to tell me about exciting new initiatives within research, education and external engagement. Here are a few

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/full-speed-ahead-profile-areas - 2025-10-28

Today, we are signing a university-wide collaboration agreement with UC Berkeley. This opens the door to new collaboration opportunities for the entire University. From 11 to 13 October, University management will host a unique visit from UC Berkeley. Among the guests are representatives for research, education, international issues, innovation and entrepreneurship. The aim of the visit is to furt

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-agreement-uc-berkeley-provides-new-opportunities - 2025-10-28

On Friday 13 October, 22 new professors will be inaugurated in a ceremony held in the Main University Building auditorium. The University’s new professors will be inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor. In connection with the inauguration ceremony, one of the new professors, Anna Houmann, will deliver a short popular science lecture. The chair of Lund University Students’ Unions, Linnea Landegren, wil

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inauguration-ceremony-new-professors-13-october-2023 - 2025-10-28

What ethical challenges might you come across in your research and how should you deal with them? A new course aimed at all the University’s researchers will help you orientate yourself in research ethics issues. The course is structured around five themes within research ethics: academic freedom, good research practice in experiments on humans, animal experiments and other issues that affect your

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-ethics-research-staff-lund-university - 2025-10-28

Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson recently presented the government’s budget bill. It contains reduced grants but also some additional funding for Lund University. Elisabeth Svantesson spoke of the economic winter in which Sweden now finds itself, and the importance of pushing down inflation, while households and public services need support. The recession is not expected to be over until 2026

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-lund-university-affected-budget-bill - 2025-10-28

Times Higher Education (THE) published their latest ranking on 28 September. Lund University made 106th place, an improvement of 13 places compared with last year. The ranking is based on thirteen indicators within five areas. Factors that weigh heavily are the evaluation surveys sent to teaching staff and researchers from other higher education institutions who list the fifteen most important uni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-106th-place-times-higher-educations-ranking - 2025-10-28

What are the latest contributions to sustainability research, and who is working on the Global Goals? It is now possible to search for researchers, organisations, research output and projects that relate to the UN’s global goals. At the beginning of October, sustainability labels were launched to the public in Lund University’s Research Portal. The tagging can be used as one of many filters when l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/53-910-taggings-sustainable-goals-universitys-research-output - 2025-10-28

Hear from the business leaders themselves – what is it about Lund that leads to innovations and success? Everyone is talking about innovation districts, but what is an innovation district and how, for example, does it fit in with the EU’s innovation agenda? It is time for EU Days Lund on 14-15 November. This year the event will be held at Lund City Hall, where LU is arranging three exciting sessio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eu-days-lund-14-15-november-europe-and-innovations - 2025-10-28

Are you a teacher at Lund University and looking to further develop your teaching skills? The application for the spring courses in higher education pedagogy is now open. The deadline for applications is November 28, 2023. The application for the spring courses in higher education pedagogy is now open! These courses are offered by the Department of Higher Education Development and are suitable for

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/application-spring-courses-higher-education-pedagogy-open - 2025-10-28

The conference is an opportunity for all LU researchers, PhD students and support staff to share ideas, experiences and open up for dialogue regarding open science at LU and beyond. On the 20th and 21st of November the Lund University Open Science Champions Group will host the LU Open Science days, a lunch-to-lunch conference at Palaestra. The program for the conference is now set and includes a m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/welcome-lu-open-science-days - 2025-10-28

Extensive development work is already in progress on several of the buildings in the University Square. The King’s House will soon be ready for occupancy and project planning for the forthcoming renovation of the Main University Building is in full swing. The University is also conducting a site development project for the nearby small park, Petriplatsen, in order to highlight the unique value of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-square-now-set-be-developed - 2025-10-28

Based on the new government framework agreements adopted on 1 October, local negotiations are now under way regarding the signing of local negotiation procedures between the University as employer and the respective employee organisations with which the University has collective agreements (OFR/S, Seko and Saco-S). Salary-setting appraisal for non-union employees and Saco-S members For those who a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-under-way - 2025-10-28

There is now a new chatbot in place for students’ admissions-related questions. It went live on 17 October and gives students the opportunity to get answers to questions at any time of the day or night. The chatbot (in Swedish) can be found on the education pages of www.lu.se. Students find it immediately via a small symbol (see image above) when they access the “Anmälan och antagning” webpage con

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-chatbot-admissions-questions - 2025-10-28

On 17 October, the Lubas course syllabus module became operational and replaced the old course syllabus module (Ubas). The Lubas system previously consisted of three modules: Lubas-utbud (information on courses and programmes), Lubas-kursplan (course syllabus) and Lubas-utbildningsplan (programme syllabus). The module for course and programme information was replaced in spring 2021 by a new, more

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-lubas-course-syllabus-module-here - 2025-10-28

There is now a single page of tips and instructions on how staff members are to manage various situations that may arise. This could be anything from unauthorised persons at the workplace, victimisation, shortcomings and accidents to lost keys, information disseminated to outsiders, or fraud. By bringing together everything in one place, information will be easier to find, regardless of the specif

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/all-case-emergency-information-now-same-webpage - 2025-10-28

After several years of reduced air travel due to the Covid pandemic, business trips involving flights have now risen to about the same level as before the pandemic. In other words, the goal of a 50 per cent reduction by the end of 2023 is remote, and new activities are needed to reduce the climate impact of air travel, which is one of the largest single emission sources linked to Lund University s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/air-travel-rises-considerably - 2025-10-28