👉LUSEM Staff News, 2024:10 👈 💼✍️🐜

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12 September 2024

Autumn at LUSEM: Events, News, and Celebrations

As we settle into the new semester, the pace is picking up quickly. Summer may be behind us, but there’s plenty to look forward to this autumn at LUSEM.
First, we invite all colleagues and friends to join us for Kulturnatten at LUSEM 21 September. This year’s theme is money – featuring three brief yet fascinating seminars on cash, crypto, and microfinance.

We’re also proud to congratulate Sarah Rosenberg, Postdoctoral fellow in Economics, on receiving the prestigious Pontus Roos Memorial Foundation stipend.

In this issue, you’ll find important updates, including information about the mandatory course on information security for all employees. We’ve also released a new News Comment video and encourage you to check out the latest episodes of the LUSEM podcast.

Lastly, don’t miss our upcoming event on 16 October:

Upphandling inom välfärdssektorn – Ratingssystem och offentliga jämförelseregister inom offentlig upphandling

Explore all our upcoming events and stay engaged with everything happening at LUSEM. See all events here

Enjoy this edition of LUSEM Staff News!

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Course in information security

All employees at Lund University must complete a basic information security training to raise awareness about the risks involved in handling different types of information. Before the summer, the Vice-Chancellor decided that the basic information security training will be mandatory. The course is only available in Swedish at the moment, but an English version will be published shortly.

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LUSEM News Comment

What does the Swedish government have in store for us in the latest budget? Åsa Hansson, associate professor of Economics at LUSEM shares a critical view on the proposals for interest deductions, and specifically the exceptions for boats and cars.

News comment (in Swedish)

ERC Starting Grant to economic historian Ingrid van Dijk for project on health

She is the first researcher ever from LUSEM to receive an ERC Starting Grant. Her project is titled “Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations”.

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New thesis: Three questions for Steve Berggren-Clausen

After nailing his thesis “Climate, Culture, and History – Essays in Development Economics” to the wall at LUSEM, Steve Berggren-Clausen is gearing up for his defence on 4 October.

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Course: Behavioural economics of beliefs and misperceptions

We are pleased to announce a course organised by LUSEM in collaboration with colleagues from Hanken School of Economics in Finland.

The course will explore key topics through a series of online and hybrid lectures.

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Have you checked out our podcast – Minds over Matters?

Researchers at LUSEM dive into subjects such as why it is so hard to rent a flat in Sweden, what is a black swan, the future of higher education or how to supervise master student papers. Have a listen and feel free to give your tips to the LUSEM Communications department or come let us do an episode with you. (So far all episodes are in Swedish, but we would love to do some in English as well).

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Once again, LUSEM earns a spot among the world’s leading Management programmes

LUSEM is proud to announce that our Master’s programme in International Strategic Management has once again been recognised among the top 50 programmes globally in the Financial Times' prestigious annual global ranking of 100 Master’s programmes.

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Reading and writing retreats

Open for all our doctoral students, as well as other students at LUSEM, the next one is due on 26 September.

Do you find it hard to get started on your reading or writing task? Would you like to establish better routines? Then you should try our reading and writing retreats!

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Seminars and courses – KEFU

Every year, KEFU offers courses for employees in municipalities and regions, as well as ongoing seminars where we highlight various current topics and encourage a lively dialogue between theory and practice.

KEFU is a cooperation between Lund University, Region Skåne and local municipalities.

Learn more about seminars courses and events (in Swedish)

Staff exchange – see the world

Are things the same, but different or just plain different? How do students enroll? What is it like to be a teacher or administrator at a business school in Spain, or South Africa for that matter? With grants such as Erasmus+, we have a chance to find out for ourselves.

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Lund University invites you to its 4th official research conference on sustainable development

Highlighting sustainability research at Lund University, the conference 4 December addresses how global conflict and crises affect research and the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals. How do conflicts and crises (past and present) influence the ambition to build more sustainable societies and what challenges do we face as a result?

Both early-career and senior researchers at Lund University are welcome to submit their research contributions relating to sustainable development.

The deadline to send in an abstract is 8th of October.

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AHU courses spring 2025

The AHU’s higher education teaching and learning courses are aimed at all teaching staff at Lund University and are suitable for teachers at all levels.

The courses are given in a blended form, i.e. both classroom teaching and online assignments, unless otherwise stated. The application is open until 1 November.

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