The deans at Lund University have jointly decided that the 2021 doctoral degree conferment ceremony will be held over two days. The doctoral graduates who should have been celebrated in May 2020 will instead be included in the May 2021 ceremony together with the new graduands. For doctoral graduands, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors at the Faculty of Science, the degree conferment ceremony will take place on Friday 28 May 2021.
Read more in the LU calendar where information will be continuously updated during the autumn – lu.se
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Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the inauguration ceremony for new professors scheduled for 16 October has been postponed until 2021.
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Two research projects at the Faculty of Science were recently awarded grants by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Lund astronomers Sofia Feltzing and Oscar Agertz will receive just over SEK 20 million, together with collaboration partners in the UK and the US, for the use of a galactic time machine to understand what happened when our own galaxy, the Milky Way, was formed. Biology professor Anders Hedenström will receive around SEK 23 million for his efforts to gain a holistic understanding of the factors that affect migratory birds and their flight from one part of the world to another. The Faculty of Science will be awarded an additional slice of the cake in this year’s round of grants. It will go to plant physiologist Allan Rasmusson who, together with Vivi Vajda at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, will study the survival strategies of plants – at the time of the dinosaurs and in the present day.
Read more – lunduniversity.lu.se
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| In October every year, the vice-chancellor invites the University’s organisational units to apply for funding to stimulate equal opportunities and gender equality within the University. You can apply for funding for two purposes: to finance a visiting professor of the under-represented gender, and for initiatives to promote equal opportunities, gender equality and preventive action against discrimination. Applications go via the faculty’s gender equality and equal opportunities committee (JoL). Apply using the attached Word files and email them no later than 10 December to Ragnhild Möller, work environment coordinator at the Faculty of Science: (ragnhild.moller@science.lu.se) |
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In the Research Professional database, you can find both national and international calls for applications. Log in with your University account (Lucat ID).
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Until 30 October, employees and students at Lund University can propose candidates for the 2021 Lund University administrative prize. With this prize, the University management wishes to draw attention to excellent contributions to administration. The vice-chancellor will select one or two prize winners who will be awarded a sum of SEK 15 000 to be used for professional development. The nominations are to be sent to Johanna Albihn, the University director’s secretary: (johanna.albihn@rektor.lu.se).
Read more about the prize and what is to be included in the nomination on the Staff Pages
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During the autumn, the research infrastructure HALOS – Hanseatic League of Science - Interconnecting Infrastructures for Life Science Research and Innovation – will be offering a webinar series on synchrotron and neutron applications. On 9 November at 12:00, researcher Andrea Thorn from the University of Hamburg will give a lecture entitled “Inside the Coronavirus”. Among other things, the webinar will address how facilities such as MAX IV can be used to investigate the structures of the virus.
Read more and register (registration forms to be available soon) on the HALOS website – halos.lu.se
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On Tuesday 10 November from 15:30 to 16:30 Professor Trevor Forsyth will hold a lecture on biological systems and amyloid formation. The lecture will take place in the Belfrage room at BMC. The number of seats is limited to 30, but it will also be possible to follow the lecture via Zoom.
Read more and sign up on the Faculty of Medicine website – medicin.lu.se
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To stimulate junior researchers to work on entrepreneurship, innovation and business development, the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum gives out an annual Young Researcher award. The prize goes to a woman every other year, and to a man in the intervening years. The 2021 award will be assigned to a woman who holds a PhD, is a researcher at a higher education institution in Sweden, has distinguished herself through her academic work and is not over the age of 35 at the time of nomination. The prize money amounts to SEK 150 000. All those who are qualified to be associate professors or higher can nominate candidates. Send your nomination supported by a CV and list of publications for your candidate to Pernilla Heed, project manager at the Entrepreneurship Forum: (pernilla.heed@entreprenorskapsforum.se).
Read more on the conditions for the prize on the Entrepreneurship Forum website – entreprenorskapsforum.se
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A webinar on 28 September presented the results from the Tellus survey on the prevalence of sexual harassment, harassment and victimisation at Lund University and how the University will address this issue in future. The University has set aside funding for a team to be set up during the autumn. The team will consist of staff with expertise in the Discrimination Act and labour law who will support employees as well as assisting the organisation in cases concerning students.
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