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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Workhorse Philip Warkander became Sweden’s first PhD graduate in Fashion Studies. He describes research in a new subject as continuously doubting – an approach he also applies to the academic community’s focus on hard work. Moving around as a researcher, he noticed one day that he had fallen into the classic man-trap
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doubting-fashion-pioneer - 2026-09-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Helsingborg. He is in his first week of internship on the specialist nursing programme in pre-hospital emergency
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2026-09-05
The vice-chancellor has decided to give the Sustainability Forum a broader remit with resources increased to SEK 4 million per year as of 2021, from the previous SEK 2 million annually. The Sustainability Forum will also be a permanent fixture, as sustainability issues are long-term. The most significant change in the remit of the Sustainability Forum is the investment in increased sustainability
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-forum-broadens-its-remit-include-students-and-education - 2026-09-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With a new sustainability plan, Lund University management wants to increase the level of ambition and develop sustainability work within the organisation. Education and research are to increase their positive impact, while the University is to halve its contribution to climate change by 2023. In autumn 2019 a strateg
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-plan-approved - 2026-09-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Government has appointed Erik Renström as the vice-chancellor of Lund University for the term of office 2021–2026. Renström, a physician and professor of experimental endocrinology, has extensive academic experience. He is currently the dean of Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine. “It feels very exciting and a l
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/erik-renstrom-be-vice-chancellor-lund-university - 2026-09-05
Trade shocks can have various impacts on the economic activities of a country, yet it remains uncertain whether such shocks influence the environmental behaviors of firms. Albert Duodu shows, in a recent investigation, that trade shocks originating from countries with less stringent environmental regulations can spur significant demand for emission-intensive goods from Swedish firms, subsequently
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/carbon-offshoring-and-manufacturing-cleanup - 2026-09-05
The happy buzz among the students who just completed their Leadership Academy journey more than made up for the gray skies, as they gathered in Skånis and received their diplomas. They were joined by the teachers Christine Blomquist, and Nadja Sörgärde, Maria Ekelund from our partner Deloitte, coach Pernilla Thellmark, and project Manager Simon Öhlin. The program is an extracurricular activity for
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leadership-academy-graduation - 2026-09-05
A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added that his mother had also had Pierre as a teacher and thought he was pretty awesome. Few, if any statistics teachers can claim to have reached and inspired more students than Pierre Carbonnier, who has
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/44-years-teaching-stats-dont-lie - 2026-09-05
18 delegates traveled from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Why come all this way? And what knowledge will they bring back? Meet Pamla, Faith, Nahed and David and learn more about their thoughts on the four weeks course. And on the LundaCarnival 😁 When Senior lecturer in Economic history Martin Andersson learned that a new c
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/africa-lund-joining-course-lusem - 2026-09-05
The Ratio Institute scholarship for young researchers 2024 is awarded to Natalie Irmert, PhD student in Economics at Lund University School of Economics and Management. In 2022, Ratio instituted this scholarship, which is specifically aimed at doctoral students and newly-disputed researchers, who want to acquire new experience and skills in research related to the conditions of business. Natalie I
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/natalie-irmert-awarded-ratios-scholarship-young-researchers - 2026-09-05
We are happy to announce that Malgorzata Bogdan, Professor of Statistics at Lund University School of Economics and Management and University of Wroclaw, has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Professor Malgorzata Bogdan receives the award ”for innovative contributions to high-dimensional statistics, particularly in multiple testing and variable selection, insight
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/statistics-professor-malgorzata-bogdan-now-part-prestigious-fellowship - 2026-09-05
NASA Swift satellite and AI unravel the distance of the farthest gamma-ray bursts. In this project, LUSEM Statistics Professor Malgorzata Bogdan, consulted on the choice of statistical methods and the interpretation of the results. The research article was published in Astrophysical Journal Letters on 24 May. Astronomers are now using AI, quite literally, to measure the expansion of our universe.
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/predicting-redshifts-distant-astronomical-objects-machine-learning - 2026-09-05
Nordic and Andean countries started their economic modernisation in the same way: with export of raw natural resources. Later on, Norway and Sweden became rich, while Bolivia, Chile and Peru followed a quite different path. What made them diverge from the common road? Different fiscal policies may be one of the reasons, new research from Lund University suggests. In the mid-19th century, Norway ex
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/resource-curse-new-light-research-findings-fiscal-policy-andean-and-nordic-countries - 2026-09-05
Markus Lahtinen, Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Informatics at Lund University School of Economics and Management, assumed the position of chairman for the think tank Säkerhet för Näringsliv och Samhälle (SNOS, Security for Industry and Society). The SNOS network is a leading actor in security and safety discussions. Through opinion journalism and news dissemination via its platforms
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/markus-lahtinen-new-chairman-sakerhet-naringsliv-och-samhalle - 2026-09-05
A key goal of public health systems is to reduce existing socioeconomic disparities in health. Yet, the economic incentives facing healthcare providers sometimes work in the other direction. Specifically, when providers are remunerated by a fixed sum for taking the overall responsibility for a given patient, they are incentivised to avoid or undertreat patients whose care needs are relatively larg
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/incentives-care-health-equity - 2026-09-05
Several inaccuracies in historical CPIs in popular online databases have been discovered, according to new research by Jonas Ljungberg at Lund University, published in Cliometrica. This can have major consequences for both research and the decisions politicians make regarding economic policy. Jonas Ljungberg needed access to different European countries' consumer price indices (CPIs) for the last
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/errors-detected-several-historical-consumer-price-indices - 2026-09-05
Dzhamilia Mamysheva, a 2023 graduate of LUSEM’s master’s programme in European and International Trade and Tax Law, has an inspiring career journey. From roles in international trade and supply chain management to her current position in Mars' Leadership Experience Program, she shares her post-graduation experiences, lessons from her studies, and favorite memories from Lund in our interview. Edito
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/dzhamilias-path-international-trade-business-leadership-mars - 2026-09-05
Meet Stina Vikingson and Pernilla Thellmark at Lund University School of Economics and Management’s career centre, who have begun working hands-on with personal development goals for a sustainable future. Their target group is students, but the methodology works for everyone from individuals to teams and larger groups in the workplace. ”Choose a skill that you would like to develop. Reflect on it
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/inner-development-goals-build-sustainable-careers - 2026-09-05
After graduating from LUSEM's MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation in 2023, Marlow Guttmann has built a career driven by curiosity, innovation, and meaningful impact. Today, he works in People and Organisational Development at ESA-Holding in Hamburg, where he applies the entrepreneurial mindset he developed in Lund to help organizations and people grow. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/marlow-turned-entrepreneurial-mindset-people-focused-career - 2026-09-05
Stina Vikingson is a career adviser at the Career Services at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM). Here are her five best pieces of advice on how to succeed as a student on the networking platform Linkedin. Make your headline unique and less genericBeing a ”Student at Lund University” doesn’t say very much; rather try to emphasise who you are and what skills you have! This i
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/five-tips-how-make-most-linkedin - 2026-09-05
