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I have participated in a very interesting conference arranged by the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) on the theme of administration quality – changes in ways of working. Several researchers from Swedish higher education institutions shared knowledge and ideas about how, based on experiences from the pandemic, we can create even better conditions for our work. The questi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-workplace-lessons-learned-conference - 2026-04-21

Business travel at the University took off again in November last year compared with the same month the year before. More business trips could mean that the University’s climate footprint is increasing again and that the drop seen in 2020 was a one-off phenomenon. For a time last autumn, the pandemic restrictions were eased and people started to travel again. Some employees made the most of the op

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/business-travel-university-rise - 2026-04-21

Replies to external emails include a mandatory data protection notice. Update your iPhone to patch security vulnerabilities. Automatic data protection information in all outgoing emails (Text updated on 16 April)From now on, when you reply to emails from organisations outside the University*, a short text will be automatically inserted at the bottom of the email.  The text reads: “When you send em

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-new-data-protection-information-outgoing-emails-update-your-iphone - 2026-04-22

At the end of September, Karl Dahlstrand visited Iceland to present at the international conference "Recognising Sexual Violence: Developing Pathways to Survivor-Centred Justice", organised by the University of Iceland. Karl Dahlstrand has studied crime victim compensation for over a decade. At the conference organised by the Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference (RIKK) at the University o

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/karl-dahlstrand-presented-icelandic-conference-recognising-sexual-violence - 2026-04-23

MERGE is one of the partners in CLIMB-FOREST - a new Horizon Europe project that will investigate how the climate is affected by different ways of managing the forest. There is a lot of expertise in each individual country, but there is no coordinated overview of Europe’s forests and forest health. A major new EU project, CLIMB-FOREST, will create an overview of European forests and forestry over

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/how-climate-affected-forest-management-new-project-help-guide-european-forestry - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Each year, the analysis company Clarivate Analytics identifies the world’s most influential researchers ─ the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. The list includes three names from Lund University, and Sara Linse, principal investigator at NanoLund, is one of them. The H

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sara-linse-among-worlds-most-cited-researchers - 2026-04-23

During the year 2022, SASNET organizes a digital lecture series on Indian religions in collaboration with the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) at Lund University and the Nordic Centre in India (NCI) in Delhi. The digital lecture series is one of the projects funded by External Relations at Lund University as a part of the university’s strategic Asia Action Plan which aims to support

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-lectures-indian-religions - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Actic expeditions - very expensive as well as time consuming and sometimes dangerous. Researchers Hakim Abdi and Daniel Metcalfe about unevenly distributed research. The Arctic is a remote and hard to reach area, which affects where research expeditions go and where climate scientists set up their field experiments. "

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/what-we-do-not-know-about-arctic - 2026-04-23

A new collaborative research project led by researchers Torsten Krause and Barbara Schröter will investigate the global value chains of cattle (meat / leather), gold, tin and palm oil - commodities that are all imported to the European market, and originally produced in Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia. What is the project about? The project EPICC: Environmental Policy Instruments across Commodity C

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/global-value-chains-meat-gold-tin-and-palm-oil-spotlight-new-research-project - 2026-04-23

Hur mäter vi ett lands utsläpp av koldioxid mest rättvisande? Genom hur mycket utsläpp produktionen ger upphov till inom landets gränser? Eller ska vi ta hänsyn även till utrikeshandeln på olika sätt? Ekonomihistorikern Astrid Kander från Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet förespråkar att de nuvarande måtten kompletteras med egenutvecklade ”teknikjusterade klimatfotavtrycket” som även mäter ex

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/energihistorikern-astrid-kander-om-det-teknikjusterade-klimatfotavtrycket - 2026-04-23

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/fek-table-tennis-tournament-2024-meet-winners - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn she was awarded SEK 22 million in ERC grants for her Alzheimer’s research. In addition, she is a member of the Nobel Prize committee for chemistry, she has written children’s books, won the veterans’ European Championship in orienteering and is director of Humlegården, a day centre for people with autism.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/multi-tasking-top - 2026-04-23

There is a lot of talk about ChatGPT just now – one of the chat-based AI services delivering answers to all possible questions in matter of seconds. But the new technology is not merely generating answers, but also raising many questions. In order to get insight into what everyone is talking about, LUM has given it a try. It is easy to get started – all that is required is to create an account on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dialogue-chatbot - 2026-04-22

People with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease and dying prematurely due to atherosclerosis. A research team at Lund University in Sweden has now identified molecular mechanisms that may explain the increased risk. Their discovery may lead to more accurate treatments for patients with atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes in the future. People with type 2 diabete

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-explanation-dangerous-atherosclerotic-plaques-type-2-diabetes - 2026-04-23

That eating plenty of vegetables, wholegrains and legumes is beneficial for health is well known. More surprising, however, is that people who eat in a environmentally-friendly way also display nutritional values that are better than researchers had expected. This is shown in a new study from Lund University. The EAT–Lancet diet is a global dietary guideline developed to promote both human health

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/climate-friendly-diet-yielded-unexpectedly-strong-nutritional-outcomes - 2026-04-23

Is it possible to put a value on nature and the vital ecosystem services it provides for us? What are the pros and cons of different valuation models? These are the key questions addressed in a new report by IPBES, the UN’s biodiversity panel, to be published on 11 July. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) can be described as the equivalent

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-nature-be-valued-new-report-way-ipbes - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The transition of the salary and human resources administration to the National Government Service Centre (SSC) is not painless. After just over four months, uncertainty still prevails among administrative staff and managers about processing cases through Primula. “We are happy to come and help people out where there

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-director-promises-help-tricky-salary-payments-0 - 2026-04-23

Christmas coming and a kind reminder that LED lights should be used. The Faculty’s Fire protection manager, Linus Jeppsson, shares his best tips for safe and cosy December. 1 December is Smoke Alarm Day, when the public is encouraged to test their smoke alarms to ensure that they work. At the Faculty, fire detectors and alarms are checked regularly throughout the year. Linus Jeppsson, the Faculty'

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/smoke-alarm-day-112-light-december-led-responsibility-and-faculty-spirit - 2026-04-21

UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science I veckan kom UNESCO:s rekommendationer rörande öppen vetenskap. Man har identifierat sju "key objectives and areas of action", nämligen: Promoting a common understanding of open science, associated benefits and challenges, as well as diverse paths to open science Developing an enabling policy environment for open science Investing in open science infrastructur

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-december-januari-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-04-23

UniStem Day 2020 was another great success, with high school students visiting Lund University to enjoy a variety of activities introducing them to the fascinating world of stem cell research. The 6th UniStem day hosted by Lund University kicked off at the LUX Aula lecture theatre, Lund University, where over 200 high school students from over the Skåne region were welcomed by event co-ordinator A

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bringing-stem-cell-research-next-generation-scientists - 2026-04-22