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In an absolutely new exciting project, the University is now calling for applications for an artist residency based at MAX IV, where artists in artistic forms will interpret and provide perspective on what is happening in the world-leading synchrotron light facility at Brunnshög. The Gyllenstiernska Krapperup Foundation has generously donated funds to create an artists in residence programme. In t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/artistic-interpretation-max-iv - 2026-08-04

Public Art Agency Sweden often collaborates with Akademiska Hus to arrange public art on campuses around the country. Such installations are virtually cost-free for Lund University – the only thing we need to do is take part in collaborative groups to discuss the establishment of artworks and to assist and spread information about it. It is fantastic that in this way we gain access to new and exci

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/art-light-and-sound-campus-during-darkest-time - 2026-08-04

The University has established a new university-wide reference group for academic appointments boards. The aim is to create a long-term forum for the exchange of experiences and the continued development of recruitment processes for teaching staff and researchers. In the HR Excellence in Research Award Action Plan 2020–2022 project, the chairs of the academic appointments boards expressed a need t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-university-wide-reference-group-strengthen-recruitment-process-teaching-staff - 2026-08-04

The university-wide project “A unified web experience for education” has been rolling along at breakneck speed this spring – from in-house training for publishers in the new PIM system to further development of web design, technology and content. The launch is currently planned for February 2026. “We have done our best to stick to the schedule set when the project was commissioned in winter 2023.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/launch-unified-web-experience-education-planned-february-2026 - 2026-08-04

In recent years, Lund University has invested heavily in emphasising the role of culture and the arts in education, research and innovation. To support teaching practitioners in this work, money for seed funding was announced last autumn – a chance to support new projects that will bring culture into the teaching practitioners work in creative ways. In total, 18 exciting applications were received

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-projects-receive-seed-funding-integrate-arts-and-culture-education-and-research - 2026-08-04

Scientific researchers are not usually known for their entrepreneurship. However, at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, there is an innovative group of experts who have developed a tool that can help stakeholders in society when flooding occurs. The sun is beating down on Sölvegatan as a barefooted Professor Petter Pilesjö opens the door to the GIS Centre. It has not raine

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scientists-new-flood-analysis-product-goes-against-flow - 2026-08-04

International text theft is difficult to deal with, especially for individual researchers. The University should take the lead, and find out how plagiarism issues are dealt with in different countries and what authorities exist there. So says Haro de Grauw, the doctoral student ombudsman. “The University could have such a resource, and gather knowledge on how such issues are handled in different c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-knowledge-needed-about-plagiarism - 2026-08-04

Linguist Sara Farshchi's research was plagiarised by three Ukrainian researchers who published it as their own. Five months have passed since Professor Carita Paradis discovered that parts of her former doctoral student Sara Farshchi's five-year-old thesis had been plagiarised by three Ukrainian researchers and that the plagiarism had been published by international publishers Springer, among othe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-was-plagiarised - 2026-08-04

The Faculty Office, ”Kansli S”, is currently preparing for a reorganisation at the turn of the year. The aim is to create a clearer, more efficient and better-coordinated organisation that meets the needs of the organisation and demands of the future more effectively. The Faculty Office has had an increasingly complex and growing workload for a long time. To meet this challenge and improve the wor

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-organisation-faculty-office-more-efficient-and-clearer-operational-support - 2026-08-05

Lund University is hiring 45 new assistant professors and visiting professors this spring. The initiative, which involves just over SEK 30 million in university-wide funding, represents a significant boost to operations – not least at the Faculty of Social Sciences, which is welcoming nine of the new recruits. The number of applications for Lund University’s international recruitment drive was hig

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/unprecedented-interest-international-recruitment - 2026-08-05

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/international-workshop-green-extractivism - 2026-08-05

The Nordic-Baltic Sound Residency Network gathers institutions, programmes and shares opportunities for international sound artists on behalf of 8 network partners. Representing a growing number of partners in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Lithuania, The Nordic-Baltic Sound Residency Network is an initiative across the Nordics and Baltics. The partners within the network all offer residency program

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/new-nordic-baltic-sound-residency-network-connecting-opportunities-sound-artists-across-borders - 2026-08-05

On 11–12 December, the Board of the Faculty of Science and the Board of Lund University of Technology (LTH) made a decision regarding the faculties' joint establishment in Science Village and outlined the next steps in the process.The decisions, based on proposals from the Operations Steering Group (VSG) and the Science Village Stage 2 project group, include the following:Previous options for a Sc

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/board-decision-next-steps-universitys-establishment-science-village - 2026-08-05

A point-of-care test developed by researchers at Lund University is poised to transform fertility treatment protocols globally. The innovation, backed by a clinical study published in Frontiers in Endocrinology, enables rapid identification of optimal hormone treatments for IVF patients, significantly improving success rates while minimising side effects. Led by Professor Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/breakthrough-testing-method-ivf-treatment-shows-38-increase-babies-born - 2026-08-05

https://www.physchem.lu.se/article/ingemar-wadso - 2026-08-05

https://www.advancedchiptechnologies.lu.se/article/strengthening-national-collaboration-act-consortium-meeting-kth - 2026-08-05

On Friday, January 24, Isabelle Karlsson defended her thesis titled "Making foreign policy matter: A discursive analysis of the strategic communication of Sweden's feminist foreign policy", which shows the complexity of strategic communication in an international context. Positive public opinion is important for states to realise foreign policy objectives and ambitions. Therefore, they strive to c

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/isabelle-karlsson-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2026-08-05

This year, the Mats Paulsson Foundation for Research, Innovation and Societal Development awarded grants to eight outstanding research projects — among them, a project led by WCMM Fellow and Professor Filipe Pereira at Lund University. The awarded initiatives highlight scientific excellence and innovation with potential to address major societal challenges and drive development in the life science

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellow-filipe-pereira-awarded-grant-mats-paulsson-foundation - 2026-08-05

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/pandemics-and-alertness - 2026-08-05

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/work-environment-prize-malin-alsved-and-jakob-londahl - 2026-08-05