Career development for academic staff
Lund University offers a broad range of activities that contribute in one way or another to career development for academic staff, either within academia or outside it.
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In order to attract, retain and develop employees, Lund University has highlighted a series of career opportunities for academic staff. The career development activities are offered in English and the vast majority are free of charge, both for individuals and departments. Some activities are suitable for doctoral students, some for postdocs and others for research team leaders.
Descriptions of the content of the individual activities are available in Kompetensportalen or on dedicated web pages.
Several faculties run their own activities that could be relevant to your career. You will find links to these activities in the right-hand column.
Activities
Take Charge of your Career - online workshop on career planning (lu.se)
- Target groups: Early stage researchers including PhD students
- April 18-19th or October 24-25th (webinar)
A logical start of an academic career: Getting that external funding – where, when and how?
- Target group: Early stage researchers
- April 19th and November 18th
International mobility – Why is it important for your career? How can you obtain it?
- Target group: PhD students
- April 24th
Get organised: Fill that portfolio of yours with substance
- Target group: PhD students and early stage researchers
- May 22nd
How to build a support network for your next career steps
- Target groups: Early stage researchers including PhD students
- May 24th (webinar)
How to manage your time as a (senior) researcher (lu.se)
- Target groups: Postdoctoral and more senior researchers
- September 6th (webinar)
- Target group: PhD students
- October 18th
Academic writing - From Perfectionism and Procrastination to Flow (lu.se)
- Target groups: PhD students
- December 5th
International mobility – Why is it important for your career? How can you obtain it?
- Target group: PhD students
Planned, register your notice of interest
Where to register
Choose category Academic career.
Funding paths
There is a guide which compiles funding opportunities oriented towards basic research available in different career stages with an indicative list of expected merits and skills.
Read more about "Funding paths to excellence" on the web page Research funding
Contact
If you cannot find what you are looking for on this webpage, you can ask the HR Division a question via the case management system, which is reached via the page Find the right HR information and support on the HR website.
Contact your line manager or the HR officer at your organisational unit if you have any questions concerning employment or your organisational unit’s procedures for HR/staff matters.
Career paths within research and teaching at Lund University
Related information for doctoral students
- Careers centre at the Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Engineering careers pages
- LUSEM’s relevant pages
- WINGS (Network of researchers within the Science faculty, Medical faculty and LTH)
- Course at HT Faculties (at a cost): Written English for scholarly publication.
Related information for postdocs
- Faculty of Medicine careers centre
- LTH Career Academy
- Faculty of Engineering career pages
- LUSEM’s relevant pages
- Faculty of Social Sciences relevant pages
- Career development and mentoring programme - on the internal website of Faculty of Social Sciences
- WINGS (Network of researchers within the Science faculty, Medical faculty and LTH)
- Course at HT Faculties (at a cost): Written English for scholarly publication.