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At the October meeting you will meet Deputy Dean Jonas Larsson and the newly appointed Head of CRI, Markus Heidenblad, who will talk about the new infrastructure organisation at the Faculty, the Centre for Research Infrastructure in Health and Life Sciences (CRI), and what the centre will be able to offer researchers. NOTE: This meeting will be held in English.All employees are welcome to join our

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-1610-about-new-faculty-infrastructure-organisation-cri - 2026-07-09

At the November meeting you will meet Dean Maria Björkqvist and Head of Finance Marie Creutzer, who will give us an update about the contents of the resource allocation (budget) for 2026. NOTE: This meeting will be held in Swedish. NOTE: This meeting will be held in Swedish. (A recording with English subtitles will be published on Intramed after the meeting.)All employees are welcome to join our d

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-2011-resource-allocation-2026 - 2026-07-09

The names of the 45 new assistant professors (associate senior lecturers) and visiting professors who will become our colleagues have been published. University Management has previously written about the remarkable interest these initiatives have generated. This resulted in a total of 1,327 applications. We now have the opportunity to get to know our new colleagues Our new colleagues come from ma

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/welcoming-our-new-colleagues-around-world - 2026-07-10

The basis of the legislation is that permanent employment becomes an even stronger norm and fixed-term employment is more quickly converted to permanent employment. The time is 1 year of fixed-term employment instead of the previous 2 years and is counted retroactively from the first of March this year. What do the new rules mean for our various employment types?General fixed-term employment (ALVA

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/new-employment-rules-come-force-first-october - 2026-07-09

On 15 March, 24 notifications of interest had been submitted. These submissions have now been evaluated by me, in collaboration with the deans. The assessment was based on Lund University’s criteria for the profile areas. During the late autumn and winter, all researchers at the University were invited to submit notifications of interest in becoming profile areas. The criteria concern the research

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-selection-profile-areas-completed-11-applications-be-summoned-interview - 2026-07-09

Genom att beskriva sin forskning som en kamp mellan ont och gott och likna sig själv vid en hacker som attackerar cancerceller för att göra dem snälla tog doktoranden Luís Oliveira hem vinsten i årets deltävling av Forskar Grand Prix. Det är en tävling i presentationsteknik för forskare och i år genomfördes den inför en publik på nästan 400 elever på Helsingborgs stadsteater den 1 oktober. Hans pr

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forskning-om-omprogrammering-av-cancerceller-vann-forskar-grand-prix - 2026-07-10

The heads of the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), and the Department of Geology have agreed on a proposed name for a joint department, contingent upon a co-organisation decision in September. Below is a background on how the departmental representatives, tasked with developing name proposals, have crafted the pre

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/name-suggestions-potential-joint-department - 2026-07-09

With the support of an EU grant of 1.9 million euros, Alzheimer's researcher Oskar Hansson will lead and coordinate a research collaboration between Sweden, Spain, France, Germany and Denmark. The goal is to create conditions for early and correct diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. This is to improve the treatment and care of the patients and reduce the societal costs that the disease causes. The i

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/large-eu-project-alzheimers-coordinated-lund-university - 2026-07-09

Christmas is approaching and we’re all starting to look forward to some relaxation and Christmas spirit. But before you wind down, here are a few reminders. It is high time to apply for annual leave for the Christmas and New Year periodIf you are planning to take annual leave days in the Christmas and New Year period, it is high time to put in your application. Bear in mind that your manager must

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-coming-first-few-tips-ahead-break - 2026-07-10

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 - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent years, RNA molecules, with the ability to affect or turn off pathogenic genes, have become promising drug candidates in several areas. However, it has been a challenge to develop techniques to deliver the RNA molecules into the cells where they have an effect. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have no

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/rna-drugs-one-step-closer-be-being-used-cancer-treatment - 2026-07-09

The Department of Service Studies welcomes Marta Baltruszewicz and Diana Ivanova, two visiting researchers who will be part of our research environment for a couple of weeks. They are the first of five pairs of visiting researchers. Thanks to an internationalisation initiative at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Department of Service Studies has been able to apply for funding to invite internat

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/department-invites-international-guest-researchers - 2026-07-09

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-y-sasm-conference-2018 - 2026-07-09

The aim of annual leave is to give employees leisure time for rest and recreation; the main principle is therefore that annual leave is to be taken as holiday time. Already early on in the year, annual leave needs to be planned on the basis of the manager’s responsibility for ensuring the function of the organisational unit, and the wishes of the employees. Pursuant to the Annual Leave Act, an emp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/useful-information-about-annual-leave - 2026-07-09

At the February meeting you will get an opportunity to meet the new Faculty management team. At the February meeting you will get an opportunity to meet the new faculty management team when dean Maria Björkqvist, deputy dean Jonas Larsson and vice deans Eva Ageberg, David Gisselsson Nord, Thomas Hellmark, Karin Jirström and Niklas Nielsen present themselves to us.NOTE: This meeting will be held in

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-82-meet-our-new-faculty-management - 2026-07-09

Vice Dean David Gisselsson Nord, on crisis planning and more. Registration open until meeting starts. All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. At the March meeting you will meet Vice Dean David Gisselsson Nord who will talk about how we can build a crisis resilient Faculty and also share some information about the work he does with the NATO Science and Technology Orga

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-march-7-building-crisis-resilient-faculty - 2026-07-09

CMES supports three-year research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES funds one new project annually and encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University to conduct interdisciplinary research on the Middle East. Project proposals should be focused on novel interdi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-project-proposals - 2026-07-09

The Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by LU and Lund municipality. The week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas, for cross-disciplinary collaborations, for raising public awareness and for inspiring sustainable change. Check out what the faculty is doing! Exhibitions and activities at the librariesThe Faculty of Medicine Library participates t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-sustainability-week - 2026-07-09

At the September meeting you will meet Vice-Dean David Gisselsson Nord and our guests Cicilia Jeppsson, international coordinator, Division of Global engagement, and Erika Söderstjerna, policy officer, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, who will walk us through how we work with improving our international ranking, specifically the QS ranking, and what we can do to contribute.  NOTE: This meeting will

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-259-improving-our-international-ranking - 2026-07-09

On 12 September, the Government decided on the appointment of the chair and other external members of the University Board for the period 1 October 2024–30 April 2028. Ingrid Petersson continues as chair. The new external board members areAnders O. Bjarklev, President of the Technical University of DenmarkKlas Friberg, Strategic advisorAnna Victoria Hallberg PhDThe external board members who conti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/decision-university-boards-external-members-upcoming-term-office - 2026-07-10