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Colourful illustrations shone in Forum Medicum's foyer when WCMM inaugurated Fusion 2025 – an exhibition format where art and science meet. Last autumn, WCMM announced a competition in which researchers at WCMM units around Sweden were invited to contribute their best scientific illustrations. 21 entries were submitted and on Friday it was time for the opening in Forum Medicum's foyer. In addition

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/marvel-forum-medicum-art-meets-science-wcmm-fusion-2025-exibit - 2026-04-23

Has it been more than five years since you attended a fire extinguishing training? Then it's time to refresh your skills. Also, every fifteenth employee at the Faculty should have up-to-date knowledge of CPR. Interested? Talk to your manager. Fire extinguishing trainingYou should attend both basic fire safety training and practical extinguishing exercises. Log in to the Competence Portal with your

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/two-important-courses-new-dates-fire-extinguishing-cpr-training - 2026-04-23

At the February meeting you will meet Vice Dean Karin Jirström who will talk about the ongoing project to review the use of our buildings and empty premises in order to identify cost savings and spaces for collaboration. All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. These are recurring monthly information meetings where you can learn more about a current topic. The meeting

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-132-use-our-buildings-and-empty-premises - 2026-04-23

Are you a senior researcher? Then you can apply for the European Research Council Advanced Grants. The University's Research Services now invites researchers, who are planning to apply, to a workshop on ERC Advanced Grants. Deadline: 18 March. European Research Council Advanced Grants (AdG) are aimed at senior researchers and provide up to €2.5 million for up to 5 years. The next call is AdG 2025,

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/workshop-erc-advanced-grant-potential-applicants - 2026-04-23

No more excuses. Everyone has the right to read the documents we produce at the Faculty. Therefore, all our documents must be made accessible. Here's how. Statistics Sweden says that there are quite a few of us whose senses fail, permanently or temporarily, just over a third of Sweden's population.Our law makers think this is so important that they have passed a law that will make us more equal. W

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/video-sharper-compliance-inclusion-law-concerning-digital-documents-faculty - 2026-04-23

The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the Dean informing about the research bill and how it affects us at the university and the faculty and how we are now working with this. She also informed about the ongoing work on the new strategic direction for the faculty, which will be decided at a coming meeting, and the continued implementation of the decis

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-5-february-2025 - 2026-04-23

In conjunction with the tragic school shooting in Örebro, a reminder about the safety measures at Lund University. Link to Staff pages. Read more at Staff pages.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/account-school-shooting-orebro - 2026-04-23

To pay respect to the victims of the school shooting in Örebro the government has announced a minute of silence Tuesday February 11th at 12 noon. We encourage everyone at the Faculty of Medicine to observe this minute of silence.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/minute-silence-february-11th-12-noon - 2026-04-23

The Faculty of Medicine's one-day conference (6/3) focuses on open science from a researcher's perspective; Opportunities, challenges, open publishing and data management. Librarian Aprile Clark explains why you should join. Open science is an umbrella term that deals with making research results, data and methods freely available to everyone, in order to promote transparency, collaboration and fa

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/our-one-day-conference-everything-you-need-know-about-open-science - 2026-04-23

Internationalisation is fundamental in today's world. Therefore, a delegation from the Faculty traveled to Jordan, to deepen the collaboration with higher education institutions in the country, which means expanded opportunities for students for exchanges, in both directions. The purpose of the trip was to maintain and deepen relationships with the University of Jordan in Amman. The university is

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/deepened-collaboration-jordanian-higher-education-institutions-after-our-delegation-visit - 2026-04-23

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. Ann-Sofie Zettergren has the role of data steward at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The new Research Data Office will better support researchers in managing their research data ac

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-research-data-office-data-stewards-each-faculty - 2026-04-23

The renovation project for Gamla kirurgen is entering the fourth stage of the construction process as architects produce a more detailed design. If all goes according to plan, the fifth renovation in the building's history will begin in 2026. Two years ago, the project to establish a social science centre paused, awaiting the Land and Environment Courts' consideration of an appeal against Lund Mun

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/renewal-gamla-kirurgen-enters-new-phase - 2026-04-23

The Social Sciences Faculty Office will soon have a new division; the International Office. The division will be responsible for planning and coordinating international student exchange and faculty-wide international programmes and courses at first, second and third cycle levels.  The staff at the International Office will also administer the inter-faculty agreements with partner universities worl

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-international-office-faculty - 2026-04-23

New and revised education information is now available on the faculty's internal website. The information is aimed at both those who teach and those who plan and administer education. The purpose of the new pages is to gather faculty-wide information related to educational issues. You will find, among other things, the faculty's regulations, support in the process of writing course and programme s

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-internal-web-pages-supporting-first-and-second-cycle-education - 2026-04-23

A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the first changes to take place at the end of the year:The Department of Communicati

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2026-04-23

The Faculty of Social Sciences is now planning a new course for those who teach social science research methods and want to explore new ways to develop their pedagogy and strengthen students' learning. The course "Teaching and Learning Research Methods in Social Sciences" will be both practically and theoretically grounded in order to provide the conditions for reflecting together on challenges an

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/do-you-want-develop-your-skills-teacher-research-methods - 2026-04-23

The Faculty's pilot of transcription using the Whisper AI tool has worked very well, with many hundreds of hours of interview material transcribed so far. Until there is a university-wide solution, we are therefore continuing to offer the tool through the Department of Psychology. About the offerThe Department of Psychology has purchased a powerful computer to be used for transcribing audio and vi

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/whisper-transcription-tool-still-available-spring-term - 2026-04-23

Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsApplication monthsThe application months are to be used to draw up research applications. PhD holders employed until further notice as senior l

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2025 - 2026-04-23

On 15 January, the web pages of the Faculty of Social Sciences Library were launched on the Faculty's general website. At the same time the website sambib.lu.se was closed. Library information can now be found at www.sam.lu.se/en/library. The exception is the information about the library's support for researchers and teachers, which has been moved to the faculty's internal website together with o

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/library-has-moved-samluse - 2026-04-23

Lund University's social sciences have risen from 53rd to 46th place in Times Higher Education's subject rankings for 2025. This means that the University's social science subjects are the second highest ranked subjects at LU, after law. Times Higher Education's definition of social sciences covers political science and international relations, including development studies, public policy, and gov

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-sciences-climb-rankings - 2026-04-23