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The University’s new professors will be inaugurated at a ceremony in the Main University Building on 24 October. Twenty-eight new professors will be inaugurated at a ceremony in the Main University Building at 16:00.24 October 2025 16:00 | the Main University Building Open event, no pre-registration required. The ceremony will be held in Swedish.The University’s new professors are inaugurated by t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inauguration-ceremony-new-professors-2025 - 2026-01-01

As one of five locations in Sweden, Lund is receiving support from Formas to start a lab for urban development issues. The Lund Urban Transition Lab will be located in the innovation district in northeast Lund, where sustainable solutions in the built environment, mobility and urban planning will be developed and tested. How can sustainable urban development become a natural part of the cities of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-city-lund-urban-transition-lab-shows-way - 2026-01-01

Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management, has been named the 2025 annual Anna Lindh speaker. On 13 November, she will present ”Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in a Fragmented World” Commissioner Lahbib will address the growing challenges to international humanitarian law in an era marked by geopolitical division and the erosi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anna-lindh-lecture-13-november-eu-commissioner-hadja-lahbib - 2026-01-01

Knowledge for Sustainable Development is an annual research conference, aimed at all researchers at Lund University who want to increase their knowledge about the challenges that lie ahead, how their research can contribute to change, and strengthen their contacts with researchers from other disciplines. This year, we are pleased to coordinate together with University of Cambridge to further broad

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/knowledge-sustainable-development-research-conference-be-organised-university-cambridge-9-december - 2026-01-01

Do you have idea that contributes to sustainability? Now you can apply for funding from the Sustainability Fund to work on a new research idea or to find new sustainability solutions at the university. Lund University's Sustainability Fund is a university-wide fund for ecological, social and economic sustainability. The fund now offers two opportunities for funding – one aimed at researchers and o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-funding-develop-and-test-ideas-related-sustainability - 2026-01-01

RAMP-UP, a new EU-funded doctoral programme coordinated by Lund University, is now inviting researchers from all faculties to submit proposals for co-funded PhD projects in regenerative medicine and advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). The programme welcomes interdisciplinary ideas that span scientific, technological, clinical, ethical, economic, and societal perspectives on the developmen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-interdisciplinary-project-co-funding-ramp - 2026-01-01

Environmental pioneer Henrik Smith has won a major international ecology prize. He is also keen to emphasise the importance of research activity’s interaction with society – gone are the days when writing an extensive study and then leaving it to gather dust was enough. Henrik Smith, professor of animal ecology at Lund University, has been awarded the internationally renowned Marsh Awards for Ecol

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/awarded-environmental-pioneer-has-message-academia - 2026-01-01

A new Campus Plan covering all campuses in Lund, Malmö, Helsingborg and Ljungbyhed has been drawn up with a view to 2050. The Plan is a strategic tool designed to support the University's development in a changing world, contribute to a more efficient use of premises and outdoor environments, and enable future expansion in the coming decades. The Campus Plan is aimed at everyone involved in campus

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-campus-plan-sights-set-2050-adopted - 2026-01-01

To strengthen Sweden's innovative capacity and technological independence, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova have been tasked with setting up clusters of excellence in groundbreaking technology. A total of SEK 2.5 billion is being invested, with SEK 1.5 billion coming from the Swedish Research Council and SEK 1 billion from Vinnova. This investment in clusters of excellence is part of a Gov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fourteen-networks-receive-funding-swedish-research-council-and-vinnova-planning-future-clusters - 2026-01-01

The University is getting a new portal for support and case management, Supportcenter. More of the University's systems require strong authentication. Supportcenter: New portal for support and case management systems On 1 December, the University will launch a new portal for support and case management systems, Supportcenter. You can find the new portal at supportcenter.lu.se. The old portal will

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-supportcenter-launch-and-strong-authentication - 2026-01-01

There is considerable interest in generative AI among the University's technical and administrative staff, according to a survey sent out by the Ad hoc group. Almost half of the approximately 1,200 randomly selected employees responded to the survey. “We were delighted with the high response rate, which shows that generative AI is a topic that people are passionate about,” says Nathalie Stenbeck,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-enthusiasm-and-lots-questions-about-ai - 2026-01-01

More than 34,000 people have applied for the University's programmes for the spring semester of 2026. Law tops the list of the most attractive programmes, followed by medicine and economics. A total of 34,869 people have applied for the University's programmes and courses for the spring semester of 2026, or 39,011 if courses within programmes are included. The number of first-choice applicants is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/law-medicine-and-economics-remain-most-popular-subjects-lund-university - 2026-01-01

Global Responsible Engagement is the University's overall framework for international collaboration. For many years, our international collaborations have been entirely positive and have contributed to the emergence of new research findings. As geopolitical pressures increase, so too do demands to balance the positive aspects of international collaboration with more careful consideration of which

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/working-gre-more-turbulent-world-demands-careful-consideration-international-collaboration - 2026-01-01

Lund University is now distributing 100 licences for the DeepL translation tool. The licences are valid for one year and enable employees to translate in a more secure environment with higher quality – thanks to customised terminology and a management structure for the tool. DeepL is an AI-powered translation tool primarily used for translating text from Swedish to English. Lund University has now

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/one-hundred-deepl-licences-provide-more-secure-ai-translation-lu - 2026-01-01

The University has decided that health promotion reimbursement will rise to SEK 3,000 from 1 January 2026. The University Management regards health promotion as important and they are keen to see more employees taking part. Health promotion benefit is offered to all employees at Lund University, regardless of the terms of your employment. To encourage higher uptake of the benefit, it has now been

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/increased-health-promotion-reimbursement-1-january-2026 - 2026-01-01

On 24 October, 28 new professors were inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor at the inauguration ceremony for new professors in a packed auditorium of the Main University Building. The ceremony was also attended by musicians and singers from the Lund University Academic Orchestra and Lund University Academic Choir at Odeum. The choirs were conducted by Director Cantorum Cecilia Martin-Löf.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pictures-inauguration-ceremony-new-professors - 2026-01-01

The Agenda 2030 Graduate School is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the Lund University Agenda 2030 Award, which recognises innovative contributions to sustainable development. The award comes with a prize of 25,000 SEK. Early-career researchers affiliated with Lund University—including doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and researchers who have completed their PhD w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-agenda-2030-award-nominations-now-open-0 - 2026-01-01

Nu lanserar biblioteken vid Lunds universitet ett nytt söksystem som ska göra det lättare att söka. LUBcat och LUBsearch stänger den 1 oktober, och det nya söksystemet Finn kommer att ersätta dem. Med bytet till ett enda söksystem vill biblioteken göra det enklare för studenter, medarbetare och andra användare.Med Finn hittar du alla böcker, tidskrifter, artiklar och databaser som finns på Lunds u

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/biblioteken-byter-till-soktjansten-finn-den-1-oktober - 2026-01-01

Under oktober byts verktyget för textjämförelse som ska identifiera plagiat ut. Ouriginal (eller gamla Urkund) ersätts då av Inspera Originality. Funktionen kommer vara densamma, att hjälpa lärare och handledare att identifiera plagiat i studenters texter. Vad innebär det för dig?Ditt material kommer att följa med till Inspera Originality, men det gör inte själva analyserna. Kolla därför om du beh

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/verktyget-ouriginal-gamla-urkund-byts-ut-mot-inspera-originality - 2026-01-01

Välkommen till en sprängfylld förmiddag om ledarskapets betydelse för att hantera konflikter på individ-, grupp- och organisationsnivå. Forumet vänder sig till chefer med arbetsgivar- samt verksamhetsansvar och hålls på svenska. Medverkar gör experter inom områden som samarbetssvårigheter och kränkande särbehandling, arbets- och organisationspsykologi, förändringsprocesser, samtalsmetodik, familje

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/chefer-chefsforum-lu-konflikthantering-en-av-ledarskapets-utmaningar - 2026-01-01