This year's celebrations start at this very moment as we proudly congratulate not only LUSEM's Teacher of the year, Pontus Hansson, but also the winner of Lund University Students’ Prize for Excellence in Teaching for 2025, Björn Svensson! Read more about this in the news below.
Speaking of news, do you follow LUSEM in social media? You will find all the links to our social media at the bottom of this letter. This week, for example, Maria Stanfors and Martin Nordin appear on our LinkedIn. If you don't already do so, start following us now!
During the holidays our buildings are closed 21 December – 6 January. Staff and students can always access the buildings with a LU access card.
Enjoy this edition of LUSEM Staff News!
Staff news 2024 an overview
This is a recap with some of our most watched/read material of 2024. We hope you enjoy reading our newsletter and look forward to bringing them to you in 2025 as well.
LUSEM teacher awarded the Lund Students’ Prize for Excellence in Teaching for 2025
Last year he was teacher of the year at LUSEM and now Björn Svensson is recognized by the university as a whole, alongside Per Carlsson at the department of Biology.
He started his PhD studies in the mid nineties, started lecturing in macroeconomics here at LUSEM in 1998, and simply never looked back". LundaEkonomerna and the Education Committee proudly present Pontus Hansson, from the Economics Department, as the Teacher of the Year 2024.
In his book "the Brand Matrix" Mats Urde presents a model that lies in the intersection between strategy, marketing and organization. The subtitle foretells, “Corporate Brand Leadership Starts from the Inside.”
Making digital markets work for people – Fairness, efficiency and consumer welfare in dialogue
Have you also been totally immersed in discussions about competition law and economics of digital markets and artificial intelligence, more narrowly, issues relating to fairness and consumer welfare in those contexts? In that case, you definitely shouldn't miss this conference in February.
The first edition of Lund University Magazine – LUM – was published 1968. Now the university management proposes to close the newspaper, in both physical and digital form.
The SURCO project looks at the effects of draughts, poverty and migration in two rural regions of northern Colombia, and is directed by Andrés Palacio, Associate Professor in Economic History at LUSEM.
