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A heated discussion under the hashtag Swedengate erupted on social media last spring. Swedes were accused of being strange as they did not invite their children’s friends to eat with them when the family was having dinner. The phenomenon was upsetting and ethnologist Håkan Jönsson was quickly inundated with questions. Are Swedes stingy? Swedengate came about when someone on the news and discussion

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/swedengate-disrespect-or-being-stingy - 2026-05-18

Fredagen den 26 maj är det dags för universitetets största akademiska högtid, doktorspromotionen, som äger rum i Lunds domkyrka. Vid årets doktorspromotion promoveras 244 doktorer och 17 hedersdoktorer medan 40 jubeldoktorer kreeras. Processionen avgår från Universitetshuset kl. 12.00 och beräknas tåga tillbaka från Lunds Domkyrka till Universitetshuset 3-3,5 timmar senare. Antal doktorer Doktorer

https://www.lu.se/artikel/snart-dags-230-doktorer-att-prydas-med-hatt-och-krans - 2026-05-18

Physical violence is rarely something people think about or act out. Even violence specialists - people with a propensity for violence and a capacity to cause devastating damage - are belligerent only a fraction of their time awake. Sociology professor David Wästerfors is an anomaly. He has thought about violence a lot. This fall, Professor Wästerfors published some of his thoughts in the book Vio

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/david-wasterfors-cant-stop-thinking-about-violence - 2026-05-19

Can dragonflies migrate thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean, from India via the Maldives to Africa, and back again? An international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has used models and simulations to find out if the hypothesis could be true. In 2009, marine biologist Charles Anderson put forward a hypothesis after observing globe skimmer dragonflies (Pantala flavescens) on th

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/study-supports-theory-dragonflies-migrate-across-indian-ocean - 2026-05-19

With an approval rate of just 17 %, this year’s Swedish Research Council grants were harder than usual to secure. Still, several of MultiPark’s group leaders were awarded major grants in Medicine and Health 2025. Receiving grants from the Swedish Research Council is seen as a mark of quality and an important step in advancing an independent research group. Recently, six MultiPark researchers were

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-scientists-awarded-prestigious-vr-consolidator-grant - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Long ago, Carl Borrebaeck worked side by side with one of this year’s Nobel Prize winners for chemistry, Sir Gregory Winter, on the publication of an innovative technology within what was then a hot new research field: antibody engineering. In 1989, within the same couple of weeks, both researchers published findings

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hard-heels-nobel-laureate - 2026-05-19

Ansök om affiliering till SWEAH, Sveriges enda nationella forskarskola i åldrande och hälsa! Som affilierad får du tillgång till ett unikt nätverk, kurser på hög nivå, tvärvetenskapliga samarbeten och möjlighet att stärka din forskningsprofil inom ett snabbt växande fält. SWEAH samlar doktorander och handledare från hela landet – här formas framtidens forskning om äldre, välfärd och hälsa.Den 26 a

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ar-du-doktorand-och-forskar-om-aldrande-och-halsa-bli-en-del-av-sweah - 2026-05-18

Nu är namnen på de 45 nya biträdande universitetslektorer och gästprofessorer som blir våra nya kolleger publicerade. Vi i universitetsledningen har tidigare skrivit om vilket fantastiskt intresse dessa satsningar har fått, med sammanlagt 1327 ansökningar. Och nu finns möjligheten att bekanta oss med våra nya kolleger. Våra nya kolleger kommer från många olika länder - flera från USA, men också fr

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/nu-valkomnar-vi-vara-nya-kolleger-fran-hela-varlden - 2026-05-18

No 46, 8 October 2025 In this newsletter we advertise a wide variety of NAISS training events, scheduled for the autumn term.   Since the last time, we added an introduction to the Linux command line and the Programming Formalism course.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS website.OverviewNAISS trainingOnline training workshop: Basic Singularity/Apptainer workshop, 13 October, 2025O

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-1 - 2026-05-19

“English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English. “Today, there are often no educational reasons why a particular course in the first-cycle is taught in English,” says Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration at the School of Economic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2026-05-18

“English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English. “Today, there are often no educational reasons why a particular course in the first-cycle is taught in English,” argues Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration at Lund University Scho

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2026-05-19

The Swedish Research Council has recently recommended that the government establish new strategic research areas. In two of them, researchers within NanoLund play key roles: Quantum technologies and Advanced materials. These are two fields that are crucial for the future energy transition, digitalisation, and technological development. Strategic Research Area Advanced MaterialsWithin the research

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/contributing-new-strategic-research-areas - 2026-05-19

Starting at the beginning of next year it will no longer be possible to get IT support on site at Medicon Village. Employees are referred to support by phone or email in the same way as the rest of the faculty. Delivery of computers and other hardware will continue to be handled at BMC. Due to the cost-cutting constraints on IT at the Faculty of Medicine, the department has had to review how the a

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/site-it-support-no-longer-available-medicon-village - 2026-05-17

Lund university information on important IT updates that may affect your job. Microsoft’s support for Windows 10 will cease on 14 October 2025. After that date, the operative system will no longer receive security updates, which means increased risks for computers still using Windows 10. Changes in the Office package for University associates. As of Tuesday 2 September, Microsoft will begin to rem

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/important-it-updates-windows-10-strong-authentication-and-office-package - 2026-05-19

This event intends to bring together the scientific community and shed light on the capabilities of Natural Language Processing (NLP) while providing an overview of its achievements in different scientific fields A series of speakers from diverse scientific backgrounds will share insights and experiences. The event will end with an opportunity mingle with coffee and tea. More information will be p

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lu-escience-hub-nlp-applications-scientific-domains - 2026-05-18

The Humanities Lab is a university-wide research infrastructure that enables research on behaviour, communication, cognition, and culture. The lab offers free access to advanced technology, methodological support, and expertise for all researchers at Lund University, regardless of faculty, and supports projects from idea to data collection to analysis. The lab hosts a unique combination of sensor-

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/open-event-26-27-february-discover-humanities-lab - 2026-05-18

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. With the coming of spring, Themes find themselves midway and their work is progressing. The Theme In Search of Search and its Engines sees the arrival of a new member, guest researcher Dirk Lewandowski. We´ve asked the coordinators, Olof Sundin and Alison Gerber, about their plans and hopes for the future. And what

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/closer-look-search-search-and-its-engines-interview-coordinators - 2026-05-19

Att det är en konst att skriva bra flervalsfrågor är det nog många lärare som håller med om. Flervalsfrågor, på engelska kallade Multiple Choice Questions eller MCQ, är så kallade stängda frågor, där den som svarar får välja bland ett antal givna svarsalternativ istället för att själv formulera ett svar. Foto: Ashley Batz på unsplash.com. MCQ När man skapar sina flervalsfrågor måste man reflektera

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/konsten-att-formulera-flervalsfragor-till-ett-quiz - 2026-05-19

CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored a report that explores the possible establishment of a new official multilateral forum for sustainable dialogue and engagement in the Middle East and North Africa. Last week a Chatham House report was launched to explore the possible establishment of a new official multilateral forum for sustainable dialogue and engagement in the Middle East

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-visiting-professor-dalia-dassa-kaye-launches-report-mena-multilateral-forum - 2026-05-19

This course will teach knowledge and practical experience of how to develop software together in a team. The focus is on practical experience of methods and tools suitable for a smaller software project with one developer team. ObjectivesThis course will teach knowledge and practical experience of how to develop software together in a team. The focus is on practical experience of methods and tools

https://www.compute.lu.se/article/agile-software-development-edag05f-vt-2025-75-ects - 2026-05-19