At the meeting on 28 September, the board decided to establish two new Master’s programmes in the area of computational science. A decision was also taken regarding the distribution of grants for first-cycle education. In addition, the board were informed about the faculty’s model for co-funding. The process for the appointment of honorary doctors was also discussed. Finally, it was decided to submit a formal request to the Vice-Chancellor to be allowed to further investigate future development in Science Village.
Read about the decision regarding Science Village (sciencevillageoffice.blogg.lu.se) |
|
The faculty management invites you to the second and third seminars in the series about the future of science.
- Göran Sandberg, executive board member of the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW), discusses the Wallenberg Foundation’s strategies and investments (in English). Additionally, Dean Sven Lidin will give a brief account of what is coming up within the faculty. Time and place: 25 October, from 16:00 to 17:00 in Lundmarksalen, Astronomihuset, and via Zoom. The registration deadline is 21 October.
Register for the seminar to be held on 25 October via the faculty’s internal website
- Hans Ellegren, permanent secretary at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will speak about the Academy – research now and in the future (in Swedish). Time and place: 8 November, from 16:00 to 17:00 in Lundmarksalen, Astronomihuset, and via Zoom. The registration deadline is 4 November.
Register for the seminar to be held on 8 November via the faculty’s internal website
|
|
Peter Schurtenberger, professor at the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded The Graham Prize by the German Colloid Society. He receives the prize, which comprises a certificate and a memorial coin, for his exceptional efforts in the field of colloid science.
Read the news item (physchem.lu.se) |
|
| Peter Spégel, senior lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, receives SEK 500,000 for a project, the main goal of which is to define meal compositions that inhibit weight gain and the risk of type 2 diabetes. He will receive the money from the Dr P Håkansson Foundation. |
|
Employees can now nominate candidates for Lund University’s Administrative Prize, which is awarded annually for outstanding administrative efforts of an innovative nature that have contributed to the University’s development, or for extraordinary service and efficiency. The deadline for nominations is 31 October.
Read more and nominate candidates (staff.lu.se) |
|
The collaboration project MIRAI 2.0, in which Lund University participates, invites applications for seed-funding for both research and innovation projects and courses for doctoral students and postdocs. The purpose of the call is to strengthen academic collaboration between Sweden and Japan. The projects are to be conducted during the 2023 calendar year. The application deadline is 1 December.
Read the call for applications (mirai.nu)
Read more about the MIRAI 2.0 collaboration (staff.lu.se) |
|
You can search for calls for applications and funding bodies from all over the world and across all research areas in Pivot-RP. You can even search for grants to take part in academic conferences and postdocs funding.
Read more about how to use Pivot-RP (staff.lu.se) |
|
Studio is a tool that enables you to create and manage video and audio files directly in Canvas. You can also upload, share or embed a video on other educational platforms, websites or blogs.
Read more about Studio on the University’s website about support for online teaching and in Canvas:
|
|
Registration is now open for three of the faculty’s higher education teaching and learning courses that will run later in the autumn and during the spring. The registration deadline is 28 November. Read more and sign up for the workshop via the faculty’s internal website:
|
|
| Erik van Loon will hold an associate professorship lecture with the title, “Molecular dynamics and machine learning”. Time and place: 2 November 13:30 to 14:30 in hall MA 6, Matteannexet. |
|
| Several researchers have been interviewed as a result of the discovery at Hyltemossa and Norunda research stations of elevated levels of methane in the air following the leaks from the natural gas pipeline Nord Stream. “It is not dangerous to humans but its effect on the climate is worrying,” says Jutta Holst, a researcher at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science. Other researchers who have been interviewed are: Tobias Biermann, (research engineer at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science), Marko Scholze (senior lecturer in the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science), Irene Lehner (research engineer at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science), Anders Lindroth (professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science), and Anders Båth (research engineer at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science). |
|
| Rebecca Forsberg, doctoral student at the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, was interviewed about NASA’s attempt to alter the trajectory of an asteroid by allowing a space probe to collide with the asteroid. The purpose of the exercise is to investigate whether it is possible to deflect asteroids that are on a collision course with earth. |
|
| William Sidemo Holm, researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science has been interviewed by many media outlets about a new report that shows that cities have a negative effect on the diversity of bird life – in urban woodlands there are significantly fewer woodland bird species than in rural areas, even though the woodlands are of the same quality. “Our study shows that you cannot surround nature with built urban environments and believe that things should remain as they were – there is in fact going to be a negative effect,” he says. |
|
| Ulf Ellervik, professor at the Department of Chemistry, has been interviewed about this year’s Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry – Morten Meldal, Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless. Ellervik explains their ground-breaking efforts in what is known as click chemistry. |
|
| Markku Rummukainen, professor at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, has been interviewed about how net carbon storage in Swedish forests is markedly declining. This as logging rose to record levels during 2021. |
|
| Margareta Johansson, research coordinator at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, is mentioned on the occasion of her lecture about climate change in the Arctic. The lecture was held at Landskrona Library. |
|
| Dainis Dravins, professor emeritus at the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, has been interviewed about the Nordenmark Lecture he gave during Astronomdagarna in Gothenburg. The lecture was about where in space reasonable conditions for life exist. |
|
| Martin Green, researcher at the Department of Biology, has been interviewed about the headcount of the country’s hedgehogs. “Over the twelve years that the counts have been going, the overarching trend is slightly negative for the hedgehogs,” he says. |
|
| Hans Chen, researcher at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, and Markku Rummukainen, professor at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, have been interviewed about the three satellites that are to be launched into orbit in 2025. The satellites, which are part of the CoCO2 project, will measure the release of greenhouse gases. “It will be possible to measure basically all emissions from human activity,” says Chen. |
|
| Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, is named in journalist Lisa Röstlund’s book “Skogslandet,” which newspaper Dala-Demokraten published extracts from. The book chapter is about the conflict between researchers who argue that old forests do not capture much carbon and therefore wish to see increased logging and those researchers who want to see more forests preserved for the sake of biodiversity and the climate. An extract from the book was published in the print edition of the newspaper. |
|
| Markku Rummukainen, professor at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, has been interviewed about his role as Sweden’s contact person in the UN’s climate panel, the IPCC. Even though a lot of measures need to be taken in a short space of time, Rummukainen believes that it is possible to turn things around and restrict temperature rises. |
|
| Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, is named in an opinion piece about how low-impact, continuous cover forestry could help Luleå municipality to reduce their carbon footprint at almost no cost. |
|
A foreign researcher at a Swedish university faces lots of questions – which can range from qualifications and overheads to social entitlements. To help out, the Young Academy of Sweden has produced the book, “A Beginner's Guide to Swedish Academia”. The book is also relevant for new doctoral students and postdocs (both Swedish and those from abroad) who need an introduction into how Swedish higher education institutions work.
Read more and download the book (sverigesungaakademi.se) |
|
The Government now requests that all public authorities, including Lund University, take the necessary steps to reduce government administration’s electricity usage in the short term. The aim is to try and limit electricity price rises ahead of the coming winter.
Read the news item (staff.lu.se) |
|
|
