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It is halftime for Vice-chancellor Erik Renström and his team. Three years of his term of office have passed, and three remain. Here in LUM, he sums up the first-half performance, looks ahead and explains how he approaches a job in which everyone wants a bit of his time. Word is that he is always on time to meetings, but almost never arrives early. Heading up the stairs to his office on the second

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/halftime-vice-chancellor-erik-renstrom - 2026-10-08

For the last three years, middle-school classrooms in Lund and Staffanstorp have been getting a special visit during the autumn: scientists walk in with stories about their favorite research topic and what it is like to work in a lab. This is the Science to Schools program, an initiative that began as an idea from PhD student Abigail Altman and has now grown into a collaboration involving Lund Ste

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bringing-science-classroom-taking-science-middle-schools-lund - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From internal training courses for university lecturers in which the participants take a deep dive into case method teaching, to dedicated conferences and competitions. The alternatives to traditional classroom teaching are increasing and one of them is known as case method teaching, with assignments based on real sit

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-case-method-teaching-spreads-one-lecturer-another - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How do you make the regional craft beer industry more sustainable? Through direct collaboration with the sector to create “hyperlocal” solutions say researchers from LUCSUS who are growing hops at a local brewery in Skåne, Sweden. The aim is to test ways to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to regional,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/researchers-are-testing-new-ways-make-your-beer-more-sustainable - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Now I dare to rejoice a little", says Sven Lidin, dean of the Faculty of Science. "The uphill task that establishment in Brunnshög had become at times is now much easier, as the whole Department of Chemistry has agreed to join in the move." Another person breathing a sigh of relief is Leif Bülow, who is in his fourth

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemists-jump-science-village-bandwagon - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chad Boda recently attended the highly competitive 9th Summer School in Economic Geography. This is a brief reflection on his experience. What is the Summer Institute in Economic Geography?The Summer Institute in Economic Geography (SIEG) represents a unique approach to advanced training, mentoring, and professional d

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/chad-boda-9th-summer-institute-economic-geography-reflections-self-critical-disciplinary-development - 2026-10-07

The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030. It’s a noble aim, yet Colombia itself shows just how far we have to go. If you travel south east fr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/colombia-hosts-un-biodiversity-summit-its-own-amazonian-rainforest-crisis - 2026-10-07

On 1 January 2020, a new law will come into force that means that cases concerning research misconduct are to be forwarded to a new national board exclusively dedicated to this. At Lund University, this will involve two or three current cases that will not be finalised in time.  "The purpose of the act is good, however, the allocation of responsibilities between the new board and ourselves is unfo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-national-board-take-over-cases-research-misconduct - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By analysing the growth rings from trees that are several thousand years old, preserved in peat bogs, geologist Johannes Edvardsson is creating a unique timeline of Sweden’s historical climate. The buried time capsules also hold clues that could help us to better understand how our forests will be affected by future c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chainsaw-geologist-studies-historical-climate-change-growth-rings - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In 2019, the number of flights for business travel decreased by nearly 10 per cent at the University. At the same time, train travel increased by 20 per cent.   “There are many deliberate individual decisions behind this. We are on the right track!” says the head of sustainability Claes Nilén. When you look at the num

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fewer-flights-lund-university-staff-2019 - 2026-10-07

LUCSUS PhD students, Fabiola Espinoza Córdova and Alicia N’Guetta, share their insights from their experience at COP27. The COP27 UN Climate Change Conference came to an end on 20 November. Since then, researchers have analysed the outcomes, highlighting both successes and failures.  LUCSUS PhD students Fabiola Espinoza Córdova and Alicia N’Guetta were both at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to ob

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-cop27-fabiola-espinoza-cordova-and-alicia-nguetta - 2026-10-07

Contained within Greenland’s millennia-old ice are the traces of gigantic solar storms. Geology professor Raimund Muscheler is now undertaking a major initiative to chart the storms back through time, to improve our knowledge of potentially dangerous solar flares. Our sun is currently in an active phase which is seeing an increased number of solar storms. During such events, particles from the sun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ice-stone-age-might-reveal-future-solar-storms - 2026-10-08

Preschool and primary school children will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how people can protect nature. The Natural Nations co-operation project is introducing biodiversity into the curriculum. In the past, knowledge of species and nature was part of general education, and knowledge was also transmitted between generations. Today, the

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2026-10-07

Since 24 February, nothing has been the same for Ukrainian researchers. In this urgent situation, MultiPark has offered some of them a sanctuary. They are eager to share their thoughts about how we may all contribute to this period to be as constructive as possible, despite the threatening circumstances. It is impossible not to be touched by the horrible situation for the Ukrainian people. As a re

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-provides-safe-places-ukrainian-researchers - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tomas Bergström is stepping down as head of department after nine years at the helm, twelve if you count his time as assistant head of department. During his time as head of department, the department grew by 50 per cent, external funding tripled, internationalisation proceeded at record speed, English became the work

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tomas-bergstrom-hands-over-growing-eden - 2026-10-07

This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:2) by Lisa Strömbom focuses on the global responses to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In February 2025, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into force, briefly easing the intense humanitarian crisis in Gaza after months of devastating conflict. The truce was structured in three phases. The first stage was implemented and included the ex

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-global-responses-escalating-humanitarian-crisis-gaza - 2026-10-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hon har överlevt en hjärntumör och hatar floskler som ”fånga dagen” och ”leva i nuet”. Trots det har Ulrika Sandén efter tumöroperationen både forskat på och skrivit en bok om vad hon kallar ”Nuets förnöjsamhet”, ett förhållningssätt till livet som hon tog till sig under sina år vid Vesterålen i Nordnorge. – Nuet ka

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tappade-minnet-fann-fornojsamheten - 2026-10-08

Dick Harrison är ett varumärke. 57 år gammal har han skrivit 105 böcker. Han föreläser över hela landet, är återkommande expert i tv och radio, driver en podd, skriver artiklar i populärvetenskapliga tidskrifter och två krönikor i veckan i en av Sveriges största dagstidningar. – Men det är undervisning som är mitt kall, det är så nära min identitet man kan komma. Det är vinter och lerigt på gårdsp

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/varumarket-dick-harrison - 2026-10-08

Litet som stort, hela tiden pågår arbetet på universitetet och vid sidan av kärnverksamheten jobbar många andra yrkesgrupper. En onsdagsförmiddag i januari träffade LUM några av alla anställda för att höra vad de håller på med. Designcentrum: Storstädning Ståendes i strumplästen sveper ­Claudia Janmaat moppen över den vita golvduken i fotostudion. Hon är en av fem medarbetare i Servicegruppen vid

https://www.lu.se/artikel/onsdag-formiddag-den-18-januari - 2026-10-08

This autumn, LU Estates and Akademiska Hus will measure how much certain premises rented by the University are actually used. The measurements will be conducted by sensors placed at the entrances and exits to some offices and in lecture halls. The aim is to improve efficiency and reduce the need for premises. Digitalisation and the increase in working from home have led to offices being used less

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/measurements-may-lead-fewer-premises - 2026-10-08