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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 - 2026-07-17

CMES visiting scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has written an article in Foreign Affairs. IntroductionOn April 1, Israel launched its latest attack on Iran in the two countries’ ongoing shadow war, with an airstrike that flattened a section of Iran’s embassy complex in Damascus and reportedly killed at least 12 people. Among the dead was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who headed Iran’s military operations in Syria

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israels-campaign-against-iranian-targets-could-backfire - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How is authenticity enacted in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia? Which role do local and global (sub)cultures play in these enactments? Erik Hannerz has contributed a book chapter on “Emplacing Punk: Subcultural Boundary Work and Space in Indonesia” to the book edited by Julian Ch Lee and Marco Ferrarese. Description

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hannerz-punks-monks-and-politics - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 11 February 2016, the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) and the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) at Lund University are organising a joint initiative on the theme: “Conflict and Violence in the Middle East: Far away but close to home” Creating spaces for hope and a better f

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/design-workshop-post-conflict-sustainability-labs - 2026-07-17

At Forum Medicum. Register by 1 November. Since 2007, Lund University has held a university-wide pedagogical development conference (LUTL) every two years. The conference is hosted by the Education Board and is a joint arrangement between the faculties and the Division for Higher Education Pedagogical Development (AHU). The conference provides an opportunity for teaching staff and students to shar

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/teachers-students-welcome-universitys-conference-teaching-and-learning - 2026-07-17

An economist as a comic book character, podcaster, or cultural commentator? Andreas Bergh from LUSEM has chosen all three (and a bit more) as he, alongside his lectures on microeconomics and the welfare state, curiously explores various ways to reach the public. Here, he shares his best tips on where and why. Comics – because it’s so challenging. "It’s a challenge to simplify complex things. That’

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/andreas-bergh-media-choices-research-communication - 2026-07-17

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 - 2026-07-17

What are AI writing tools and how do they affect our assessments? Three main options for considering AI writing tools in assessment are: 1. to ban their use, 2. to assume that they may be used, and set tasks which incorporate them or 3. require them to be used – to fully incorporate the tools in the assessment. Continue reading and get concrete examples on this current topic! Foto: Deepmind, Domhn

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/potential-impact-ai-tools-assessment - 2026-07-17

Join us at lunch, every other Thursday! The Development Lunch Seminar Program for the spring semester of 2025 is now official. About the Developent Lunch SeminarsThe seminar series is a collaboration between the Development Research School and the Development Group at the Department of Economic History at Lund University. Both junior and senior scholars - from a wide range of disciplines and unive

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/spring-2025-program-development-lunch-seminars - 2026-07-17

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-international-staff-members-were-welcomed-new-academic-year - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A record donation of SEK 350 million from the IKEA Foundation has secured the future of the School of Industrial Design at Lund University. It is not the first time that the school has received a major donation from IKEA. It all started at a meeting over a lot of coffee and snuff between Ingvar Kamprad and Thomas Joha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shared-vision-about-good-design-everyone-behind-huge-donations - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The South Asian Studies Association's (SASA) Conference 2017, will be held on 24-26 March, 2017 at Claremont McKenna College, California. Deadline for paper submission is January 24, 2017. South Asian Studies:  Never More RelevantHome to one quarter of the earth’s population and the world’s fastest growing major econo

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/2017-sasa-conference-claremont - 2026-07-17

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/bangalore-professor-toured-lund-university-and-sigtuna - 2026-07-17

MultiPark researchers have discovered a new promising pharmacological approach stimulating recovery after stroke. Professor Tadeusz Wieloch tells about how the MultiPark Innovation Office supported the first steps in converting their academic research findings into something with commercial potential that may finally benefit the patients. Around 80% of people who suffer a stroke permanently lose s

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/turning-academic-discoveries-therapies-how-multipark-innovation-office-helps - 2026-07-17

Magdalena Götz, a professor of physiology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, held the prestigious Segerfalk lecture last year. The discovery she made as a young researcher started the new field of direct reprogramming to replace degenerated neurons. Magdalena Götz was about to start her lab and was in the process of conducting a control experiment. What she observed was unexpected. Rather

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/control-experiment-transformed-entire-research-field - 2026-07-17

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-vice-chancellor-decision-continues-lay-foundation-universitys-presence-science-village - 2026-07-18

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/jobbspranget-sweden-and-swedes - 2026-07-17

When using quizzes you might want to adjust the points to make them better match what the student deserve. Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Inflexibility Many of us are using the quiz function in Canvas, both for allowing students to practice and for exams. Canvas uses a rather inflexible way of automatically grading the answers in most cases – either the answers are completely correct or all wrong!

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/using-quizzes-give-your-students-points-they-deserve - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Bioeconomy: An Introduction to the World of BioenergyBioenergy is booming around the world and with the expansion comes exciting opportunities and some disturbing risks. Learning about bioenergy – from technologies, to resources, to policies – is important to the success and sustainability of the bioeconomy. This

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-guide-bioeconomy-available - 2026-07-17

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/joint-career-development-academic-staff - 2026-07-17