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Dean's blog: It is important that the Lise Meitner professors work in LTH’s environments
Ultimately, it is about creating an open and creative environment that attracts students and researchers, and where everyone can realise their potential. I have taken part in events which highlight the fact that currently more women than men leave academia after earning a PhD – and that it is thus harder for LTH to recruit women as lecturers and [...]
Swedish Minister of EU Affairs paid NanoLund a visit
The semiconductor shortage was one reason why Swedish Minister of EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren recently visited NanoLund and the Lund Nano Lab.
LTH hosts CESAER conference - to benefit the world
Today, LTH is hosting a major conference, "Academia for the benefit of society - to meet critical challenges", which addresses some of today's major challenges. The conference is part of the CESAER Network, Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, which brings together representatives from 53 technical [...]
Rural areas forgotten in e-commerce
What is the importance of commerce for those living in rural areas? It’s great, according to researchers in logistics at LTH. The poorer access people in the countryside have to products and services makes online shopping an important function. But as an increasing number of e-business services are adapted to big cities, rural areas are in danger [...]
"Some of the materials will probably not be recycled, but composted instead"
The use of substances from citrus rinds in bioplastics is an example of how we can be inspired by nature’s own protective systems – and more research is needed in future about how to extend the shelf life of food products, according to Katrin Molina-Besch, packaging researcher at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering, LTH.
Dean's blog: LTH is a lively 60-year-old continuing on a creative path to benefit the world
Students, researchers, alumni, collaborative partners, innovators and innovation support representatives. Everyone in LTH's problem-solving community is needed as LTH brings together curious questions and the highest quality research to improve living conditions and find answers to challenges of all kinds. This is what LTH's Dean Annika Olsson [...]
We’ll soon meet at work as avatars
During the year of the pandemic, many new ways have popped up for us to meet since we haven’t been able to see one another in person. The digital meeting has become the new normal. But an upcoming trend is the virtual meeting. “Having meetings that make use of virtual reality, as I see it, will be the new normal after the pandemic,“ says Mattias [...]
Top international researcher will maximise the potential of MAX IV and ESS
Lund University has recruited Trevor Forsyth to lead the development of LINXS, Lund Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science. He also takes up the position as professor of biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine. This strategic recruitment is part of Lund University's efforts to develop new research using neutron and synchrotron light [...]
Dean's blog: Autumn in Lund – and a journey that we embark on together
It is so heart-warming to see older students devote many hours of their spare time during the orientation period to make new students feel welcome and help them settle into their studies at LTH, writes LTH’s Dean Annika Olsson.
Dean's blog: "Thank you for your commitment and great efforts"
We have seen that you have all persevered, and that you have not only struggled on your own but also helped each other through several challenges this spring. That's what LTH's Dean Annika Olsson and Deputy Dean Heiner Linke write in a summer greeting to LTH's employees.
Dean's blog: "We will bring together the leading-edge competence of industry and academia"
How could we then, together, create virtuous circles and strengthen lifelong learning that will benefit individuals, companies, academia and by extension, society as a whole? The concept of affiliation that we have developed is, I think, something that deserves attention at the national level as well, writes Annika Olsson, LTH's dean.
The establishment of activities in Science Village is now taking shape
The Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering (LTH) are creating a joint office for campus development. We hope that all faculties will get involved in Science Village and identify opportunities associated with the University’s establishment in the area, write Sven Lidin and Annika Olsson, the deans of the Faculty of Science and LTH [...]
"Thank you and please continue to take good care of yourselves!"
Seek help if you need it and help others if you can. Anyone who has good tips on how we can help and strengthen LTH’s community is welcome to contact us, write LTH's Dean Annika Olsson and Kristofer Modig, Assistant Dean for First and Second Cycle Studies.
"Major investments in various green technologies for green steel production are being made today"
Valentin Vogl, a doctoral student at LTH, has taken the initiative for a knowledge bank that aims to attract industry giants to invest in carbon dioxide-free steel production. The UN’s Leadership Group for Industry Transition – LeadIT – is making the database public, which could ultimately contribute to knowledge that enables the achievement of the [...]
ERC Advanced Grant for research on ferroelectric transistors
Lars-Erik Wernersson, professor of nanoelectronics, has received an ERC Advanced Grant for the integration of new materials into the high-performance, energy-efficient transistors and circuit solutions of the future.