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On 17 October, the Faculty Board decided to merge the Department of Gender Studies and the Department of Sociology. The merger will formally take place on 1 January 2025. The decision means that the Department of Gender Studies will be reorganized from being a separate department to becoming a division within the Department of Sociology, along with the divisions Sociology and Social Anthropology.

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/sociology-social-anthropology-and-gender-studies-form-new-joint-department - 2025-12-07

This autumn, teachers at the faculty can attend pedagogical workshops on Canvas and Inspera. Take this opportunity to develop and learn more about these platforms! The workshops are an initiative of the faculty's Education Council with the aim of increasing digital pedagogical competence. Become an expert on Canvas Canvas is the platform where you can gather and structure all information about you

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/pedagogical-workshops-teachers - 2025-12-07

With the Research Data Office, the University is working to improve support for researchers in the management of research data. Each faculty now has a data steward to assist researchers in their work with research data. Ann-Sofie Zettergren has the role of data steward at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The new Research Data Office will better support researchers in managing their research data ac

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-research-data-office-data-stewards-each-faculty - 2025-12-07

The renovation project for Gamla kirurgen is entering the fourth stage of the construction process as architects produce a more detailed design. If all goes according to plan, the fifth renovation in the building's history will begin in 2026. Two years ago, the project to establish a social science centre paused, awaiting the Land and Environment Courts' consideration of an appeal against Lund Mun

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/renewal-gamla-kirurgen-enters-new-phase - 2025-12-07

The Social Sciences Faculty Office will soon have a new division; the International Office. The division will be responsible for planning and coordinating international student exchange and faculty-wide international programmes and courses at first, second and third cycle levels.  The staff at the International Office will also administer the inter-faculty agreements with partner universities worl

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-international-office-faculty - 2025-12-07

New and revised education information is now available on the faculty's internal website. The information is aimed at both those who teach and those who plan and administer education. The purpose of the new pages is to gather faculty-wide information related to educational issues. You will find, among other things, the faculty's regulations, support in the process of writing course and programme s

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-internal-web-pages-supporting-first-and-second-cycle-education - 2025-12-07

A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the first changes to take place at the end of the year:The Department of Communicati

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2025-12-07

The Faculty of Social Sciences is now planning a new course for those who teach social science research methods and want to explore new ways to develop their pedagogy and strengthen students' learning. The course "Teaching and Learning Research Methods in Social Sciences" will be both practically and theoretically grounded in order to provide the conditions for reflecting together on challenges an

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/do-you-want-develop-your-skills-teacher-research-methods - 2025-12-07

Before the start of each semester, a staggering 7,500 booking requests are made for teaching premises at BMC and CRC. Behind the scenes, course administrators, course directors and EGLS work for months to ensure everything runs smoothly. Intramed asked Thomas Hellmark, chairman of EGLS, the unit for undergraduate premises and scheduling, to summarize the first year of using the new house E at BMC.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/undergraduate-teaching-premises-booking-system-well-oiled-machine - 2025-12-07

On Wednesdays from 4/9, Gerdahallen will run a tabata circle at the LTH park, at 12 noon. During this autumn, the popular outdoor exercise continues in the LTH park. It is Akademiska Hus and Gerdahallen that offer free training in September and October. Every Wednesday between 12:00 – 12:45 at the LTH park at the A-building/IKDC.Look out for the beach flags. Start on Wednesday 4 September. The tra

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lunch-training-outdoors-september-october-free-no-pre-registration - 2025-12-07

Lund University is hosting a Horizon Europe workshop to stimulate collaborations that strengthen our international impact in research and innovation. Deadline for application is 20/9. As part of the work with Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), Lund University is hosting a Horizon Europe workshop to stimulate collaborations that strengthen our international impact in research and innovation. Deadline

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/international-impact-actions-new-call-lund-hosts-workshop - 2025-12-07

Welcome to the Faculty of Medicine! The academic year's introductory days were held for students of the nursing programme, the radiology nursing programme, the occupational therapy programme and the physiotherapy programme. Around 300 students were present in Forum Medicum on 29–30 August. Other degree programmes hold their own introductions.Student registration, welcome speeche by Vice Dean Thoma

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-students-four-programmes-filled-forum-medicum - 2025-12-07

Does your manager know what you do at work, what challenges you have and how well you performed your tasks? If not, you have a chance to tell it in the upcoming follow-up discussion, deadline October 4. "But it is in the continuous conversation during the year that you can influence your work tasks," says HR partner Sara Skogar. Every year, the University conducts a salary review to review the sal

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/follow-discussion-prepare-good-conversation - 2025-12-07

On the first of August, former Head of HR at Medfak, Mikael Rydahl, became Head of Med-service, BIKT, CCM and the University Veterinarian. The new management model will synchronise services and provide a better and more adapted service for all employees. "With a joint manager for the service units, management and dialogue between the dean, management, other users and the service operations are sim

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-yet-old-manager-coordinates-our-services-our-goal-flexible-fast-cost-effective-problem-solving - 2025-12-07

The Paralympics, the parasport's equivalent of the Olympics, is currently in full swing with 4400 athletes from 184 countries. Jan Lexell, a researcher at Medfak, is on site for the fifth time and has overall medical responsibility during the Games. Jan Lexell started working with parasport and the Paralympics 15 years ago, and between 2010 and 2018 he was Chief Medical Officer for the Swedish tea

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/paralympics-paris-our-man-site-great-commitment - 2025-12-07

Mattias Collin, is the new Head of Department at Clinical Sciences in Lund, IKVL, as of January, 2025. For Intramed, he reveals what attracts him to the assignment: "To be able to raise your sights a little and work for the good of an entire department, instead of a single research area or education," he says. How does it feel to be appointed Head of Department at IKVL?"It feels great that my coll

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/ikvls-head-department-be-i-find-genuine-joy-facilitating-others-do-their-best - 2025-12-07

Welcome to an open house on Saturday 21 September. This year we are holding an open house at Forum Medicum where we arrange exciting stations, lectures and try-out activities on the theme of medicine and health.Culture Night is arranged at Forum Medicum, Sölvegatan 19 Lund. The event is free of charge and open to everyone. No pre-registration required!Stations (open between 12.30-17.00)Teddy Bear

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/fun-culture-night-forum-medicum-come-join - 2025-12-07

Always keep up to date on relevant grants, stipends and scholarships, so you don't miss the deadline. Exciting research funding to apply for right now, an example, with a deadline of 6 October: he Greta and Johan Kock Foundations (the Foundation for Medical Research - Fromma), which announces grants for patient-related medical research. This year's call is for SEK 8,000,000 and can be applied for

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/dont-miss-out-good-grant-keep-yourself-informed - 2025-12-07

The Faculty Office's Trivsel (Well being) Committee organises joint activities for greater togetherness at work. Walking together is a nice, healthy and inexpensive activity tip. A successful morning at work. See full story and all the photos from the energizing event here (in Swedish). 

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/building-community-work-faculty-office-walks-health-path-and-enjoys-ice-cream-sake-balance - 2025-12-07

Excerpt from the award motivation: "Catharina Hagerling ... seeks answers to why some children with neuroblastoma have tumors that give rise to metastases and thus the spread of the cancer." This is the first time the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund's award has been awarded. Catharina Hagerling's research focuses on cases of neuroblastoma in which the cancer spreads to various organs in the body and

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/awarded-forum-medicum-first-childhood-cancer-researcher-year-medfaks-catharina-hagerling - 2025-12-07