AktuelLTH is the internal newsletter at the Faculty of Engineering LTH. If you have news, suggestions or ideas you would like to share with your colleagues, let us know by emailing AktuelLTH@kansli.lth.se. If possible, please submit content in both Swedish and English.

The deadline to nominate the candidates for the honorary doctorates 2018 has been extended to 9 October 2017. You are welcome to send your nomination via email to dl_hedersdoktor@kansli.lth.se

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Researchers from Lund University and interested external partners from public and private organisations are welcome to an information meeting on funding opportunities 2018-2020. The information meeting is held in Swedish.

When: 17 October 2017, 13:15-15:00
Where: Pangea, Hörsalen in Geocentrum II, Sölvegatan 12, Lund

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The Centre for Engineering Education and Genombrottet are pleased to invite you to explore engineering communication in a lecture and a workshop by Dr. Robert Irish, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s Engineering Communication Program. 

When: Lecture on 24 October 2017, 10:30–12:00. Workshop on 24 October, 13:15–16:00.

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Welcome to a WINGS – Women in Great Sciences – seminar with Kimberly Nicholas, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS). Her research focuses on advancing scientific and policy solutions for global sustainability.

When: 19 October 2017, 12:00-13:00
Where: Geology department, room Rodinia. Take the entrance just opposite to Gerdahallen. 

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Welcome to Lund University’s Jubilee symposium on “The Infrastructures of the Future: Basic Science in Dynamic Regions”, focusing on how these facilities affect research, knowledge production and future opportunities for innovation.

When: 17 October 2017, 13:00-20:00, and 18 October, 09:00 12:30
Where: Lund University, Palaestra

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Students and employees are welcome to take part in two events organised in connection with IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:

• 23 October 2017, 10:00-12:00, Malmö Live: researchers from Lund University and Malmö University meet Isabella Lövin, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate. Read more (in Swedish)
• 24 October 2017, Malmömässan in Hyllie, Malmö: the panel will explore the challenges related to health, food and water in a changing climate and the need for innovations and new strategies to tackle the challenges we are facing. Students with interest in these topics will have the chance to put forward their questions. Read more

The Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments (CASE) presents, through an exhibition and a series of lectures, current research on aging and health. The event is free and open to all.

When: 10 October 2017, 09:30-12:30
Where: Medicon Village, Hörsal 302-1, Scheelevägen 2, Lund.

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Do you have reading impairment which makes it hard to read printed material? Students and staff at Lund University can now install on their computer the assistive software TorTalk, a reading tool that can read out all kinds of text from paper and screen. 

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Call for ASG proposals for 2018
The Pufendorf IAS invites researchers to apply for an ASG to start in the autumn of 2018.
Deadline: 15 Janyary 2017
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Call for proposals for seed-funding grants for collaboration with Africa
Research and teaching staff with a doctoral degree, employed by Lund University, are hereby invited to submit applications for funding for up to a maximum of SEK 25 000. Available total funding for the call is SEK 100.000.
Deadline: 20 October 2017
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Find more grants and scholarships on:

The university's central information about scholarships

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