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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 6 PhD positions within the BECC area, covering drought, wetlands, post-fire forest ecosystems, microbial soil, sustainable forest management and balancing agriculture in a policy context. Six PhD positions are available within BECC1) Sustainable forest management in a changing climate - Developing a landscape approach

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-announces-six-phd-positions-lund - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-08

September 2025Last month, our COMMONS postdoc Nicole Galenkamp spent a few days in the north of Sweden with the another Center of Excellence, Icelab @ Umeå during their IceLab Camp. The camp brings together early-career researchers from many different fields to do something we rearly get to do in science: to slow down.Instead of chasing results or ticking off deadlines, the week was about giving c

https://www.commons-center.lu.se/article/commons-postdoc-icelab-camp - 2026-05-07

The first pair of WCMM ScienceBrew popular science talks was a success. Stay tuned for the many exciting plans we have for our popular science talks series! Thanks to all the speakers for their fantastic performance at Café Ariman! At the inaugural WCMM ScienceBrew we heard from: Luís, on turning skin into immune cells to fight disease. Zackarias, on the "sweet" science of sugars that decorate our

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/two-wcmm-sciencebrews-down-many-more-come - 2026-05-07

The human body is meant to move. When working from home, the environment may be different, but the body’s need for movement and variation is unchanged. Remember to plan your days to make room for movement. For example, you could begin and end each day with a brisk walk, which has the added benefit of exposing you to sunlight and framing your working day. Think about which work duties you could car

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/little-goes-long-way-when-working-home - 2026-05-07

Another academic year at the WCMM Research School has come to an end, and students and PIs alike had the chance to celebrate the success of yet another dynamic year during a well-deserved and well-organized retreat. The WCMM Research School retreat continues to strike a fine balance between an inspiring scientific program, featuring both external speakers and WCMM researchers, and engaging social

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/building-community-through-science-reflections-2025-wcmm-research-school-retreat - 2026-05-07

Lack of choice, clashing views and time pressure are findings in a first article on welfare technology, from the Welfare@home project, which includes SWEAH PhD student Samantha Svärdh, Lund University. Her second article gives us information about four different challenges. – Older adults and staff were often given devices without being involved in the decision. We also saw that technologies that

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/welfare-technology-not-solution-without-user-engagement - 2026-05-07

The network is designed to spark conversations about diversity and inclusion in leadership roles and responsibilities, while providing a platform for peer mentoring and shared learning. Last day to sign up is 16 January. ”This network is for colleagues who want to explore their leadership identity, sharpen their academic direction and profile, strengthen their visibility, and who may experience ch

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/academic-leadership-network-lusem - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ill-health resulting from sedentary, static or repetitive work causes major problems for employees. The University has now purchased a pause program, Pausit, which all employees can download to their computers. Pausit’s break program offers pause exercises during the working day. It is a computer-based tool that helps

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-pause-program-prevent-occupational-injuries - 2026-05-07

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/johan-furaker-galleri-kant - 2026-05-07

Lysande gästföreläsning med Jason Diakité för freds- och konfliktstudenter och ett insiktsfullt och tankeväckande forskningsseminarium med Jason och Madubuko Diakité om populärkultur, rasism, världsfred, demokrati, aktörskap, mellanrum och att ”medborga”. Tack! The Higher Research Seminar: Jason Diakité, LU Honorary Doctor and Madubuko Diakité, LU Raoul-Wallenberg-Institute9 oktober 2024 13:15 til

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/jason-diakite-lu-hedersdoktor-och-madubuko-diakite-lu-raoul-wallenberg-institutet-besokte-eden-och - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ordinary table salt can be used to measure radiation from radioactive substances, provided that it is stored in the dark. This has been shown in a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden, where the method has been enhanced and tested on fallout from the nuclear disasters in Fukushima and Chernobyl. “Salt is readily

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/table-salt-measures-radiation-fukushima - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ana Maria Vargas has been awarded the FALF-prize for best doctoral thesis in Sweden 2016 in the field of work and working environment. Her thesis is called "Outside the Law - An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors In Bogota". The jury consisting of the board of FALF, forum for working life research, motivates the cho

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/award-winning-account-street-vendors-and-rickshaws-bogota - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fruit flies can be a scourge in our homes, but to date no-one has known how they became our uninvited lodgers. For decades, researchers have searched for their origins and now a Swedish-American research team has succeeded. They have also discovered that fruit flies in the wild are far more picky than their domesticat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-fruit-flies-ended-our-fruit-bowls - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national m

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/reflections-corona-pandemic-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski - 2026-05-07

LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national measures to slow its spread have hit many people hard. How is your daily life impa

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/interview-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski-about-impact-corona-pandemic-nepal - 2026-05-07

With the Research Data Office, the University is working to improve support for researchers in the management of research data. Each faculty now has a data steward to assist researchers in their work with research data. Maria Johnsson will take on the role of data steward at the Faculty of Medicine. The new Research Data Office will better support researchers in managing their research data accord

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-research-data-unit-data-stewards-each-faculty - 2026-05-07

In the first week of May, it is time to discuss the transition to a sustainable society and network with researchers, students, the municipality and other societal actors. During Sustainability Week, you can go on a guided tour of Lund's newest park, get the best tips for charging electric vehicles, influence the planning for a sustainable Lund and participate in performance and poetry slam. Toget

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-lund-2-7-may-2022 - 2026-05-08

Digitalisation and AI affect us all – whether we work in research, teaching, administration or management. In order to face the future with the right tools and knowledge, we have formed an Ad hoc group to support our employees in developing their expertise in digitalisation and AI. We are launching an AI course for all staff as the semester gets underway. It is a basic course, aimed at those who a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-ad-hoc-ai-group-bolster-staff-expertise-digitalisation-and-ai - 2026-05-08