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For six months, artist Jennifer Rainsford will be exploring MAX IV – one of the world’s largest research laboratories for synchrotron light. Inside the ring-shaped MAX IV building on the outskirts of Lund, extremely intense X-ray light known as synchrotron light is produced. The light, which is not visible to the naked eye, is used by researchers from around the globe to study materials, molecules

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/artist-takes-residency-max-iv - 2026-05-01

LU Accommodation provides student services at Lund University and offers housing for international students. LU Accommodation manages a limited number of rooms and flats in Lund and Helsingborg. LU Accommodation is mainly a service for international degree-seeking students with a housing guarantee as well as international exchange students. They are not able to offer accommodation to EU students u

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/student-life/housing/lu-accommodation - 2026-05-01

A myriad of colours that survived millions of years of evolution have disappeared in a short period of time. The culprit? A bright green, aggressive, and sexually dominant wall lizard that has wiped out several colour variants within its species. Many animal species display clearly defined colour variants, or colour morphs. These are not just superficial differences, but are often linked to differ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hulk-lizard-knocks-out-ancient-colour-palette - 2026-05-01

The Lund University Programme for Global Excellence is the University’s largest international recruitment initiative to date, highlighting our commitment to world-leading research in strategically prioritised research areas. It comprises the Lund Global Visiting Professors' Programme and the Lund Global Research Fellows Programme. Global Visiting Professors' ProgrammeGlobal Research Fellows Progra

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lund-university-programme-global-excellence-2025 - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Science Current position: Professor of Plant Ecology (2000)Current university or institution: Department of Plant Sciences and Centre for Global Wood Security, University of CambridgeCountry: United Kingdom  Why did you choose Lund University? I work on biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability issues, and already have collaborations with the F

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/david-edwards - 2026-05-01

Global Research Fellow at the IIIEE Previous position: Carbon Management SpecialistPrevious university or institution: Samsung Electronics Country: South KoreaHaein Cho's LinkedIn profile  Why did you choose Lund University?IIIEE’s integrative and solution-oriented approach to sustainability, which recognizes it as a systemic, interdisciplinary challenge requiring collaboration across policy, indu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/haein-cho - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Science Current position: ProfessorCurrent university or institution: Department of Mathematics, Virginia TechCountry: USA  Why did you choose Lund University?I chose to apply for the visiting professorship because I was drawn by the excellent research reputation of Lund University. I have been visiting Sweden since 2019, and in particular Uppsala University an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/yingda-cheng - 2026-05-01

Global Research Fellow at the Faculty of Science Previous position: Postdoctoral researcherPrevious university or institution: Paul Scherrer InstituteCountry (resident in at the moment): Switzerland  Why did you choose Lund University?I was interested in Lund firstly because of the European Spallation Source (ESS) being built in the area, which is going to be very important for my research. When I

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/jennifer-graham - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Science Current position: Professor of Ecological MicrobiologyCurrent university or institution: Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Science (RIBES), Radboud UniversityCountry: The NetherlandsMike Jetten's Linkedin profile  Why did you choose Lund University? I chose Lund University because of its unique convergence of excellent colleagues and wo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/mike-jetten - 2026-05-01

Almost half of all dementia cases can be attributed to risk factors that we potentially can influence ourselves, such as smoking and high blood pressure. A new study from Lund University shows which risk factors are associated with two of our most common causes of dementia – Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. During our lifetime, the risk of developing dementia is influenced by aspects tha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-your-lifestyle-can-affect-your-risk-dementia - 2026-05-01

It is not easy to be an urban planner. Cities must be built more densely because surrounding agricultural land and nature must be protected – while at the same time health requirements are high. Over a period of five years researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have closely studied densification plans in three cities and found keys to solving this difficult equation. In short, the solution is t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/health-benefits-if-cities-are-densified-right-way - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Science Current position: ProfessorCurrent university or institution: University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School & Centre for Mechanochemical Cell BiologyCountry: UKAnne Straube's LinkedIn profile  Why did you choose Lund University?I am keen to get insight into Sweden’s academic culture. Lund University is world-class university with many opportunities for

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/anne-straube - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology  Current position: C.K. Yen Professor, Miller Center for Public Affairs, Director, University of Virginia East Asia Center, Professor, Media Studies, University of VirginiaCurrent university or institution: University of VirginiaCountry: USAAynne Kokas' LinkedIn profile  Why did you choose Lund University?I was excited about Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/aynne-kokas - 2026-05-01

Here you can get a sense of what the academic experience at Lund University is like. Explore our teaching and learning approach, how credits and degrees work, and how the academic year is structured. Teaching style and learning environmentGet an overview of what teaching and learning are like at Lund University. Learn about interactive classes, independent study, and the collaborative approach com

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/study/your-academic-experience - 2026-05-01

Lund University is strengthening its position as one of Europe's leading universities and ranks the highest among the Nordic universities in the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026. ”At Lund University we conduct research and education that truly makes a difference. That we are now ranked as the leading university in the Nordic region and as number one in the world for sustainability, is bot

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-number-one-nordic-region - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology  Current position: R. Klein Research Chair in Communication Studies (full professor rank)Current university or institution: Mount Royal UniversityCountry: CanadaShelley Boulianne's LinkedIn profile  Why did you choose Lund University? I visited Lund University in November 2018 to attend a workshop on social media and polarization

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/shelley-boulianne - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology  Current position: Professor of History, Associated Faculty in Comparative LiteratureCurrent university or institution: Princeton UniversityCountry: USA  Why did you choose Lund University? I first visited Lund University in October 2010 for an international conference on "Syria under Bashar al-Asad” that was held at the Center f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/max-weiss - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology  Current position: ProfessorCurrent university or institution: Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus UniversityCountry: Denmark  Why did you choose Lund University?I was drawn to Lund University’s strong interdisciplinary ambition to understand the human mind. The combination of philosophical expertise in Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/morten-storm-overgaard - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology  Current position: Frothingham Professor of the History of ReligionCurrent university or institution: Harvard University, The Divinity SchoolCountry: USA  Why did you choose Lund University? Lund’s faculty offers extensive expertise in New Testament studies, religion, and apocalyptic literature with significant international conn

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/giovanni-b-bazzana - 2026-05-01

Visiting Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology  Current position: Research Professor in Social AnthropologyCurrent university or institution: Christian Michelsen Institute in BergenCountry: NorwayEdyta Roszko's LinkedIn profile  Why did you choose Lund University? I am impressed by Lund University’s commitment to fostering intellectual spaces for exchange that value the plura

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/edyta-roszko - 2026-05-01