May is here – and with it, a wave of exciting activity across the School.
The Sustainability Week is in full swing (but wrapping up soon), AI developments are picking up pace, and we also have dissertation defenses on the horizon. You’ll find all the details in the Staff Calendar.
Our researchers continue to make daily appearances in the media – explore the latest highlights in “LUSEM in the news.”
And an important reminder: Strong authentication is now required for Lucat. If you haven’t set it up yet, make sure to do so via the LU Staff Pages.
LUSEM’s programmes remain highly attractive. According to the recently published application statistics from the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR), the Swedish Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics (Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet) ranks as the second most applied-to programme across all of Lund University.
100 days of Trump – and what the researchers have to say about them
This is what the researchers at LUSEM have said in the media in April, relating to the policies of the Donald Trump administration.
With Donald Trump’s second term in the White house we have seen turmoil on the stock exchanges of the world, tariffs being presented, taken back and reintroduced, American claims on Greenland, Mexico and Canada, and chocking remarks by the president on Ukraine and Gaza.
Inspired by the fanzine culture: Workshop on academic self-publishing
Welcome to a workshop 15 May on academic self-publishing, inspired by the fanzine culture. Join in and explore how we, as academics and university employees, can find alternative ways to write and share knowledge in more playful, simple, and self-organized forms.
LUSEM welcomes new Honorary Doctors for guest lectures
Save the date 22 May! Then our new honorary doctors Business Leader Lars Ljungälv and Professors Viswanath Venkatesh and Stephen Broadberry will give their lectures at LUSEM, the day before the Doctoral Conferment Ceremony. More to learn in teh calendar.
Marcus squeezed in some time to answer our questions about the thesis in Economic History, titled: "Wealth, Consumption, and Industriousness – Evidence from southern Sweden, 1570-1860".
Nick just finished his dissertation in Business Administration called: "Constraints and Costs: Essays in Corporate Finance", and is preparing for its defense.
As mentioned in the previous LUSEM Staff News, we’ve reintroduced the helpful feature of sharing a very brief summary of the latest Faculty Board meeting minutes in this newsletter.
If you are curious and want to get a brief glimpse of what was on the agenda at the latest Faculty board meeting you can get it through "Minutes in brief". To the short version of the minutes taken at the last Faculty board meeting 4 March 2025:
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Important messages
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Sustainable procurement – how you as an employee can contribute to a greener future
Full list of the faculties’ honorary doctors for 2025
The Main University Building will be closed from 2026 onwards
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