Birdsong, sunshine and graduations, what more can we ask for? For one thing, there is the award for best Doctoral thesis of 2025 which goes to Kajsa Ganhammar from Department of Economics. Her dissertation Essays on Policy and Market Imperfections in Electricity and Auction Markets won the jury's liking and she will receive the prize at the summer lunch on 17 June.
17 June is also the date for the next faculty board meeting and after that vacations should be just around the corner.
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Nominations for STINT Teaching Sabbatical 2027
STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offers researchers and teachers to spend an autumn term at one of STINT's partner campuses in Botswana, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the US.
As the one year presidency draws to a close Agnes Ask starts eyeing the summer break while the new president Axel Elmberg is learning the ins and outs of LundaEkonomerna.
We're here to help – Meet LUSEM's Health and Safety Representatives
Most of us know that every department and unit at LUSEM has a health and safety representative. But what do they actually do, and when should you contact them? The short answer is: whenever you have concerns about your work environment – or simply need someone to talk to.
When teaching becomes storytelling: Inspiration from LU Case Day
To share experiences and improve teaching, LUCA organises the annual LU Case Day conference, where teachers gather to exchange ideas and find inspiration.
Are you ready for the Swedish elections in September? Botten Ada is a kind of poll of polls developed by amongst others Jonas Wallin from our department of statistics. In the elections of 2022 it was the most accurate at foretelling the electoral results and of course they are active again leading up to the Election Day of 2026 (Article in Swedish).
The notion that the elderly in the past lived securely within extended families and were supported by their children is a romanticized exaggeration. Anton Svensson from Economic History demonstrates how elderly households in 19th-century Stockholm were in reality forced to navigate a vulnerable existence, where differences in living standards were deeply unequal.
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Fine and performing arts campus in Heleneholm
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