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No 59, 15 April 2026 Welcome to a new addition of the NAISS training newsletter. Since the last edition we have added the course “AI in HPC”, which can be attended on-site in Stockholm and online. We still take late registrations for the “Using Python in an HPC environment” event next week. We remind on a number of events announced previously, which cover a wide range of topics. Our new use
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-11 - 2026-05-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After your PhD, the clock starts ticking fast. For a young researcher there are no guarantees that you will have a long career in research. Still, you have to give it your all, often while combining it with having small children. There is no time for you to draw up a plan B. In this equation, Pontus Nordenfelt from Fu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-people-should-be-sharing-grants - 2026-05-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Master students and people from the tourism industry was in place when the conference "Tourism 2.0: Innovation & Experience" was held at Campus Helsingborg. During the conference, participants could, among other things hear about exchange students as tourists, about queuing in amusement parks as well as about free gui
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-ideas-tourism-industry - 2026-05-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Studenterna på kandidatprogrammets andra år fick under torsdagseftermiddagen lyssna på två inspirerande gästföreläsare. Det var Louise Benediktsson från WeMake och Christoffer Robertsson från Sproud som berättade sina intressanta resor och vad som tagit dem dit de är idag. Samtidigt fick studenterna en inblick i de
https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/inspirerande-gastforelasare-pa-besok - 2026-05-17
Former CMES researcher Dr Rami Zalfou and CMES board member Prof Martin Dribe have been awarded the 2025 Alixa Naff Prize for Best Scholarly Paper in Migration Studies. Their winning article, “Premium or Penalty? Occupations and Earnings of Ottoman Immigrants and Their Offspring in the United States, 1900-1940”, published in the European Review of Economic History, uses extensive US census data to
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/scholarly-paper-prize-winner-dr-rami-zalfou-and-prof-martin-dribe - 2026-05-17
The use of technologies to support teaching was essential during the pandemic. But what can they do to support education at a campus university in ‘normal’ times? Here are four reasons why the university might want to plan strategically for the use of digital learning to enhance campus experiences. Continue reading and you will find out more in this opinion piece by Rachel Forsyth. Photo: Ben Davi
https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/why-bother-blended-learning - 2026-05-17
Lena Uller, universitetslektor och docent vid institutionen för experimentell medicinsk vetenskap, är en av QPS-föregångarna på Lunds universitet. Hon gör nu sitt tredje och fjärde prov för läkarstudenter tillsammans med externa frågeskrivare och är övertygad om att proven är bättre än tidigare. Hämtad från MedFaks tidigare QPS-blogg. Publiceringsdatum: 2019-11-27 | Författare: Teresa Lindstedt Ti
https://www.qps.education.lu.se/artikel/nu-skoter-qps-det-vi-tidigare-gjorde-manuellt - 2026-05-17
What does your work consist of? As a coordinator, I have an overarching perspective since I work with all the faculty’s programmes. My job is partly to coordinating all written exams in the QPS system, and optimise the processes around this, and partly to provide training and support to the faculty's teachers and administrators. Currently I am focused on the written exams, but further on I will wo
https://www.qps.education.lu.se/en/article/frida-reisdal-exam-coordinator-faculty-medicine - 2026-05-17
At the start of 2018 – as a reaction to the MeToo movement – the University decided to implement the Tellus project in order to strengthen the prevention of sexual harassment. Professor Anette Agardh was selected as the project leader. Almost five years have passed and what has happened since then? The first report of the Tellus project stated, among other things, that we needed to gather and incr
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/continued-work-against-sexual-harassment - 2026-05-18
Car travel accounts for half of all emissions in Lund. In order to reach the climate targets set out, it will be necessary for more people to choose sustainable commuting. Now all the members of CoAction Lund have committed to promote sustainable travel together, for commuting, business travel and the transport of goods. Lund University is contributing expertise to the collaboration, and is also p
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/climate-collaboration-coaction-lund-gathers-speed - 2026-05-18
Do you want to be better at summarising your research in an engaging and easily understandable way? If so, the Researchers’ Grand Prix could be for you. The Researchers’ Grand Prix is Sweden’s biggest presentation technique competition for researchers. The challenge is to convey your research in just four minutes and make it as simple, inspiring and educational as possible. At the same time, the
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hone-your-presentation-skills-researchers-grand-prix - 2026-05-18
During two snowy half-days, we organised the conference Ett LU för alla (One LU for everyone) at Stadshallen in Lund. Approximately 110 participants listened to presentations on accessibility and inclusion in teaching and work. The presentations were given by teachers, researchers, students and representatives from the world of work. You can read more about the various presentations in the link be
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/summaries-ett-lu-for-alla-one-lu-for-everyone-2025 - 2026-05-17
Artificial intelligence has gone from horror visions on film to a tool in everyone’s pocket. From spelling advice to shopping tips – and now to assigning work and measuring performance. What’s next? We met with organisational researcher Sverre Spoelstra to talk about algorithmic leadership and management. You may not have your boss in an app, yet. But the idea is not as futuristic as it may sound.
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/he-researches-algorithmic-leadership - 2026-05-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A forest management method different to those practised today would contribute to greater welfare and wellbeing for society in general, compared with current methods that mainly benefit the forestry industry. This has been shown in a new study by two researchers from Lund University in Sweden. There is an intensive de
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/another-type-forest-management-would-provide-greater-values-society - 2026-05-17
Work on Lund University’s establishment in Science Village has continued this year, but with a new focus. At the end of 2024, the boards of LTH and the Faculty of Science decided not to proceed with scenario 5 – a co-location of the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry in the area – due to cost considerations and the challenges of running education across two sites. The project gr
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/light-and-materials-focus-lund-universitys-science-village-establishment - 2026-05-17
Mycket diabetesforskning handlar om att förstå vad som händer när de insulinproducerande cellerna förstörs. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har valt ett annat angreppssätt. Det går ut på att förstå vad som skyddar cellerna. I sin forskning visar de hur ett protein i kroppens immunförsvar skyddar de insulinproducerande cellerna från att inflammeras och dö. Studien som publiceras i PNAS är ett exempe
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/proteinet-som-skyddar-insulinproducerande-celler - 2026-05-17
Bundy Academys stora pris 2022 om 3 miljoner kronor tilldelas Sebastian Palmqvist, docent i klinisk minnesforskning vid Lunds universitet och överläkare vid minnesmottagningen vid Skånes universitetssjukhus, för sin forskning kring förbättrad diagnostik vid Alzheimers sjukdom. Motivering"Sebastian Palmqvist har publicerat ett stort antal arbeten inom området kognitiva sjukdomar och Alzheimers sjuk
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/2022-ars-pristagare-av-bundy-academys-stora-pris - 2026-05-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Missionsvetaren Mika Vähäkangas tycker att nordbor kan vara lite självgoda. Han berättar att han har blivit den han är till stor del tack vare forskningen i Afrika – det han vet om medmänsklighet har han lärt sig där. Under snart trettio år har han först missionerat och senare forskat, undervisat och gjort fältarbe
https://www.lu.se/artikel/jag-har-fatt-mer-ifran-afrika-jag-nagonsin-kunnat-ge - 2026-05-18
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Regeringen måste utrota den svenska hemlösheten, bland annat genom att ge hemlösa ett starkare rättsskydd än vad socialtjänstlagen ger i dag. Det skriver professorerna Hans Swärd och Per Eriksson i ett debattinlägg publicerat i tidningen Dagens Samhälle den 4 oktober 2019. Enligt den senaste svenska nationella kartl
https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/barnkonventionen-i-lag-kraver-skarpt-socialtjanstlag - 2026-05-17
