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MSCA Doctoral Network on Knowledge and Practices for AI Governance Awarded
The AI and Society research group at LTH has been awarded a place in a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network, following strong competition for funding from the Horizon Europe research programme.

Sustainability Week 2026 – LTH’s Program
For the 10th time, Lund University is organising Sustainability Week together with Lund Municipality. With over 70 events over six days, sustainability topics will be highlighted in different ways within social, ecological and economic sustainability. It is a week of discussion and action, serious issues and hopeful visions of the future.

Airing affects energy use – now we know how much
"High-airers" and "low-airers" have been mapped in a research study at LTH, The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University. The study examines how much we ventilate by window airing and how energy use in our homes is affected by airing - the added energy use can vary up to 60 times between different households.

Unprecedented interest in Lund University’s recruitment – LTH welcomes AI researcher
There has been a record-breaking number of applicants for Lund University’s international recruitment drive. The original total of 25 advertised positions has been increased to 45 – researchers from some of the world’s leading universities who are now heading to Lund. LTH welcomes AI-researcher Danqing Shi to the faculty.

Interested in doing research within AI and Digitalization?
Would you like to do research within AI and Digitalization? On this page, we post positions within AI and Digitalization at LTH.

Dissertations within AI and Digitalization
Reliable robots, brain-computer interfaces, and computing for AI are some of the topics covered in doctoral theses within AI and Digitalization during the fall 2025.

Second term for EU's Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change – LTH-professor continues
The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change is entering a new phase as its first four-year term ends in March 2026. The Council's new members have now been announced, and Lars J Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems at LTH, will continue to be one of the representatives.

From ticks to fossil-free: Researchers awarded for their work – Himani Garg at LTH one of them
There is a solemn atmosphere among the researchers who are about to take the stage and talk about their research. They are all scholarship recipients from one of Hain's four foundations that distribute funds to Lund University research. This year, 17 researchers will share SEK 13.5 million.

New dissertations within Engineering Health
Cells and their acoustic properties, as well as computer-simulated fluid flows in the heart, are some of the topics covered in the latest dissertations within the profile area Engineering Health.

Funding from Swedish Research Council to Engineering Health
In the recent grant decision by Swedish Research Council several researchers from the LTH profile area Engineering Health are present. Together, they have been granted nearly 34 millions SEK.