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Here you can read a compilation of the outcome of the organisational dialogue about equal opportunities, sustainable development and the doctoral student’s perspective. The dialogue was held in September 2020 between representatives of the faculty, the departments and the doctoral students. This year’s evaluations focused on the three assessment areas of equal opportunities, sustainable developmen

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/research-and-education/quality-management/quality-assurance-work-third-cycle-education/follow-quality-assurance-work-and-its-results-third-cycle-education/organisational-dialogue-2020-equal-opportunities-sustainable-development-and-doctoral-student - 2026-05-27

In his thesis work, Lund University Master's student Daniel Diaz Rivas shows that is possible to reconstruct the time-dependent polarization of a very short pulse using a dispersion scan technique. Rivas recently recieved a price for best Master's thesis by PhotonicsSweden. Hi Daniel, congratulations to the award! Could you tell us a little bit about your thesis. What is it about? - My thesis is d

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/daniel-diaz-rivas-awarded-best-masters-thesis-photonics-2022 - 2026-05-27

With a presentation focusing on how research using chicken embryos can help cure an unusual form of childhood cancer, researcher Sofie Mohlin took home the win in this year's final of the Forskar (Researcher) Grand Prix held in Stockholm on November 23rd, 2023. In October, she competed against seven other researchers from Lund University - to see who was the best at presenting their research in ju

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/research-chickens-and-childhood-cancer-takes-center-stage-forskar-grand-prix - 2026-05-27

Fidelity Investments handles financial services all over the world and is on many finance students' wish list of future employers. Active members of Lund University Finance Society (LINC), have for several years in a row secured at place at the company’s popular summer internship in London. Sebastian Lindeborg is studying Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet (Bachelor's in Business and Economy) and is goin

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-internship-finance-goes-annually-cambridge-oxford-and-lund - 2026-05-27

Autumn is underway, and Dean Per Persson highlights some of the key issues currently in focus for the faculty. Among other things, he writes about the research bill, the strong interest in visiting professorships, the work on gender equality and equal opportunities, and why it is important to keep the tradition of honorary doctors alive. The autumn term has begun, and in addition to everything tha

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/deans-corner-dean-persson - 2026-05-27

Packed tightly together like sparkling beehives in space. That's what the globular clusters of hundreds of thousands of stars look like. Now, for the first time, a team of researchers can reveal how these ancient and mysterious star systems are actually formed. The existence of these spherical clusters of millions of stars has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Th

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-have-solved-astronomical-star-mystery - 2026-05-27

There is a great deal of interest at the University in welcoming researchers from Afghanistan. The University Management and all the faculties consulted are prepared to contribute what is needed to receive these researchers. At the International Office of LU’s External Relations Division, Pär Svensson is in charge of coordinating work with vulnerable researchers at LU within the framework of ‟Scho

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interest-welcoming-researchers-afghanistan - 2026-05-27

The Department of Economic History recognises the rapid increase in the use of AI-based tools in fields related to the education we provide and in society at large. We recognise that these tools are likely to remain accessible to students. To ascertain that the tools are used responsibly, ethically, and in ways that promote and accelerate student learning while safeguarding examination by working

https://www.lusem.lu.se/organisation/department-economic-history/study-economic-history/current-student-economic-history/ai-policy-department-economic-history - 2026-05-28

This October marks the launch of Sweden’s first Swedish Biodiversity Symposium—an entirely new meeting place where experts and stakeholders in biodiversity will gather to promote positive developments in the field. We had the opportunity to talk with Mats Björkman, BECC's coordinator in Gothenburg and the project manager for the symposium. Mats Björkman is a senior lecturer at the Department of Bi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/has-been-lacking-premiere-swedish-biodiversity-symposium-new-meeting-place-biodiversity - 2026-05-27

The on-screen lecture looks like any other digital seminar. But this is no normal session. The audience lives in the university town of Zhytomyr in Ukraine, and they are taking part in a series of online seminars organised by around ten researchers and teaching staff from Lund. One of the organisers of the knowledge exchange is Oksana Chernysh, dean of the Faculty of Pedagogical Technologies and L

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/respite-ukrainian-students-through-collaboration-lund - 2026-05-28

Lund University has been sliding down the lists of the three main university ranking organisations for several years. Today, we make only one of the top 100 lists, and even then with a mere five places above the 100 cut-off. Daniel J. Guhr is an expert on the importance of these rankings and knows what the consequences can be if the downward trend continues. “Losing a top 100 position in all three

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/consultants-warning-major-consequences-falling-outside-top-100 - 2026-05-28

Archaeologist Greer Jarrett’s research focuses on reconstructing Viking sailing routes and cartography. To do so, he learnt to sail boats similar to those sailed by the Vikings and set off out to sea. He likens the sailors of that time to today’s extreme athletes. “I started a fairly theoretical doctoral thesis on reconstructing Viking sailing routes, but I wanted practical experience from a sailo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chase-vikings - 2026-05-28

Ice sheets, snow and the ocean as far as the eye can see. No shipping vessels or people in sight, and only polar bears for company. The icebreaker Oden sails between Svalbard and Greenland, and this spring, doctoral student Lovisa Nilsson joined the ship to study the transition from winter to summer in the Arctic, and how soot affects the melting of sea ice. For six weeks, the spaces onboard Oden

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/polar-bears-company - 2026-05-28

The library at Malmö Art Academy When is the library open? Normal opening hours: Mondays 13.00 – 16.30, Tuesdays 10 – 16.30, Wednesdays & Thursdays 15 – 16.30 and Fridays 10 – 15. However, opening hours may vary. Check out our website for the latest updates: https://www.khm.lu.se/en/library. How can I borrow from the library? You can create an account, keep track of your loans and search for books

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/sites/khm.lu.se.en/files/2021-08/khm%20faq%20en.pdf - 2026-05-28

Microsoft Word - Lunds universitets föreskrift för tillfällig upplåtelse av lokal - eng.docx Vice-chancellor DECISION 16 January 2020 STYR 2020/71 1 Lund University regulations concerning temporary leasing of premises to democratically constituted students’ associations Background The present regulations concern the University’s position on temporarily leasing premises to political organisations f

https://www.staff.lu.se/sites/staff.lu.se/files/lund-university-regulations-concerning-temporary-leasing-of-premises-to-democratically-constituted-associations.pdf - 2026-05-28

BDR Minutes 2019-01-25 Page 1 of 3 BDR MINUTES Department of Biology Date 2019-01-25 Minutes Biologiska doktorandrådet (BDR) Present Ann-Kathrin Ziegler (Evolutionary Ecology), Daphne Ram (Biodiversity)Victor Kalbskopf (MEMEG), Kristaps Sokolovskis (MEMEG), Kajta Kozjek (Biodiversity), Raphael Gollnisch (Aquatic Ecology) § 1 Start of the meeting 12:08 § 2 Choosing secretary and minutes approving p

https://www.biologi.lu.se/internt/sites/biologi.lu.se.internt/files/2020-12/bdrminutes20190125.pdf - 2026-05-28

In a study led by Lund University and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyse aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over the world. The study – the largest ever of its kind – examines the connection between genetic predisposition, gender and age in relation to tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. The study is published in Nature Neuroscie

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/largest-ever-taupet-study-alzheimers-deepens-understanding-disease - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge of the coronavirus. “Data from the app will give us a clearer picture of the development of the disease and why some people only experience mild symptoms while others get seriously ill

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/covid-symptom-tracker-app-launched-sweden - 2026-05-27

29th of May, it will be 70 years since one of the world’s tallest mountains, Mount Everest, was climbed for the very first time. An important moment to bring attention to how glacial melt not only threatens the tourism industry in the region, but the livelihoods of over a billion people depending on the Himalayas for water, according to sustainability researcher Mine Islar. Mine Islar, senior lect

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/70-years-mount-everest-was-climbed-first-time-glacial-melt-now-threatens-more-just-tourism-industry - 2026-05-27

In a study led by Lund University and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyse aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over the world. The study – the largest ever of its kind – examines the connection between genetic predisposition, gender and age in relation to tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. The study is published in Nature Neuroscie

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/largest-ever-taupet-study-alzheimers-deepens-understanding-disease - 2026-05-27