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Olof Karis, former Interim Director of MAX IV, has been appointed as the Director of MAX IV following an open recruitment process and the recommendation of the MAX IV Board. The decision was made by the Vice-Chancellor of Lund University, the host university for MAX IV. MAX IV, Sweden's synchrotron, is fully operational with 16 beamlines and 1400 users yearly from academia and industry. Olof Karis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/olof-karis-becomes-director-max-iv - 2026-05-28

The record-breaking 2025 recruitment drive resulted in leading researchers from around the world choosing Lund University. The University is now launching a new initiative and seeking a total of 14 international researchers in fields such as sustainability. The positions will be distributed across 8 of the University’s 9 faculties. The recruitment is part of the Lund University Programme for Globa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-recruit-more-leading-international-researchers - 2026-05-28

As a staff member, it is important that you report adverse occurrences. This could be accidents or incidents connected to the physical environment or threats and victimisation that affect the psychosocial work environment. As a staff member, it is important that you report adverse occurrences. This could be accidents or incidents connected to the physical environment or threats and victimisation t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/remember-report-occurrences - 2026-05-28

WCMM Fellow Iben Lundgaard has received major international funding from the Lundbeck Foundation to advance research into the brain’s glymphatic system, strengthening Nordic collaboration and accelerating efforts to translate emerging neuroscience discoveries into clinical practice. WCMM Fellow Iben Lundgaard has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the Lundbeck Foundation, providing jus

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/major-research-grant-awarded-wcmm-fellow-iben-lundgaard - 2026-05-27

Jamirah Nazziwa will defend her thesis: Dynamics of HIV-1 infection within and between hosts. Date: 2022-06-15 Time: 13:00 Place: Agardh lecture hall, CRC, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, Malmö or you can join by Zoom, https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/5911574417 Opponent: Professor Fernando Gonzalez Candelas, University of Valencia, Spain  Dynamics of HIV-1 infection within and between hosts-Lund University. Pop

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/156-thesis-defense-jamirah-nazziwa - 2026-05-27

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-top-preferred-employer-skane - 2026-05-27

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/notes-tools - 2026-05-27

2024 is coming to an end, and it’s time for a retrospective on some of the things we’ve written about during the year. Perhaps you’ve missed some of the articles, or maybe you’d like to revisit something. Throughout the year, we’ve had the opportunity to speak with several specialist physiotherapists and learn more about topics such as how osteoarthritis schools works and how to approach exercise

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/arthritis-portal-highlights-2024 - 2026-05-27

Employees and students at Lund University are hereby invited to propose candidates for the 2026 Lund University Administrative Prize. Nominate by 10 November 2025 at the latest. With this award, the University management wishes to recognize extraordinary contributions in administration throughout the University.Lund University’s administrative prize is to be awarded annually to an employee at Lund

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nominate-candidates-administrative-prize-2026 - 2026-05-28

What constitutes leadership? The idea of leadership is often that of a strong individual offering positive solutions and heroic deeds. But this is difficult to demonstrate in everyday interactions without falling into arguments that could be criticised, given that leadership is practised all the time and everywhere. In his thesis “How is leadership enacted?: Sacralization in everyday interactions

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/how-leadership-enacted-new-thesis-examines-leadership-everyday-situations - 2026-05-27

Forests have long been seen as a sink for greenhouse gases. Research conducted by scientists from University of Gothenburg has shown that over a forest rotation of 80 years, forest production on drained peat soil is a large source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. BECC/MERGE researchers Hongxing He and Åsa Kasimir, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, are two of the authors

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/forest-production-drained-peat-release-greenhouse-gases - 2026-05-27

Forests have long been seen as a sink for greenhouse gases. Research conducted by scientists from University of Gothenburg has shown that over a forest rotation of 80 years, forest production on drained peat soil is a large source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. MERGE/BECC researchers Hongxing He and Åsa Kasimir, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, are two of the authors

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/forest-production-drained-peat-release-greenhouse-gases - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How does higher education prepare students for work under neoliberal forms of control? These and other questions are scrutinized by Carola Aili, together with Lars-Erik Nilsson, in their new publication “Preparing higher education students for the new landscape of governance”. Abstract:Studies have demonstrated that n

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/aili-preparing-higher-education-students-new-landscape-governance - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions: Getting the most out of Urban Living Labs A new trans-European project aims to better define and evaluate the concept of Urban Living Labs. One goal is to understand what can be shared and learned in order to advance urban sustainability transitions.Across Europe, so-cal

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-kes-mccormick - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When a patient is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the disease has usually already progressed over several years and damage to areas such as blood vessels and eyes has already taken place. To find a test that indicates who is at risk at an early stage would be valuable, as it would enable preventive treatment to be pTe

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/protein-reveals-diabetes-risk-many-years-advance - 2026-05-27

The Swedish Research Council has identified Lund University as a key actor in the next generation of strategic research areas. The university is proposed to be included in six new national research environments. “Lund University is building research for the future. The fact that the Swedish Research Council has identified us in six of eight new areas is clear proof that our research is of the high

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-proposed-receive-funding-six-eight-new-strategic-research-areas - 2026-05-28

Adapting cities is key for increasing the resilience of citizens, communities, organisations and wider systems to deal with the effects of climate change. For more than 20 years Professor Christine Wamsler has collaborated with national authorities, municipalities and citizens to implement sustainable climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and long-term sustainability projects to supp

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-sustainable-climate-change-adaptation-and-disaster-risk-reduction-local-national-and - 2026-05-27

We are now taking the next step in the University's work to make bias visible and prevent it in academia. Through a new training programme for critical friends, we want to raise awareness of how unconscious bias affects our academic environments. Biases, unconscious perceptions and preconceived ideas can influence the way we make decisions, judge others and shape our organisations. It is a challen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/critical-friends-will-help-make-academia-fairer - 2026-05-28

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-workplace-lessons-learned-conference - 2026-05-27

I en studie publicerad i Nature Energy visar forskare från Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet att bristen på infrastruktur var en viktig faktor bakom att bilproducenter valde att tillverka bensinbilar istället för elbilar i det tidiga 1900-talets USA. Forskarna uppskattar att om elnätet hade etablerats och spridits 15 till 20 år tidigare så kunde det ha lett till att en majoritet av producente

https://www.lu.se/artikel/brist-pa-elnat-gav-oss-bensinbilar-i-stallet-elbilar-under-1900-talets-borjan - 2026-05-28