A night at the opera is associated with reverential listening and a formally dressed audience. But during an opera improvisation, a performance emerges organically. The audience may contribute with their thoughts and ideas before it starts.
Fifty per cent of all pregnant women in need of a C-section are unable to get one. Most people around the world still do not have access to safe surgery, resulting in millions of deaths and disabilities each year. As a paediatric surgeon, Lars Hagander wanted to find ways to help, and has travelled the world to perform surgery. But, of course, this is not enough. A major change is needed.
Smith & Meissner are two researchers who have been hand-picked to find molecular clues to healing processes in the heart and blood vessels. A cardiologist and a molecular biologist who complement one another and work together to move research forward, Gustav Smith and Anja Meissner are one of the “tandem pairs” in a major initiative at the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM).
Continual managerial changes and collegial leadership are major challenges for rehabilitation at LU according to Anne Link, head of the Occupational Health Service.
A realistic sense of time, mentors at work, body therapy and a manager who welcomed her back. These were important elements in Ingela Steij Stålbrand’s rehabilitation after a severe case of exhaustion. Now she has organised her life in such a way as to prohibit her job from taking up too much time – and is enjoying everyday life more than she has for many years.
The manager’s attitude can both facilitate and complicate the return to work of an employee who has been on sick leave. Gunnel Holm has headed a faculty office for seventeen years and she strives to show consideration and provide moderate follow-up without dwelling on the situation when someone returns to work after a period of sick leave.
The number of problematic rehabilitations is increasing at LU, according to the employee organisations which often get involved when things go wrong.
Narcissism, psychopathy and machiavellianism are personality traits that often lead to major social problems in the workplace. Magnus Lindén has researched “the dark triad” – dark personality traits that can nevertheless lead to success and […]
High spirits, a magnificently versatile show, and long beer queues, as Lund University staff and students celebrated the 350th anniversary with a big birthday bash. But the party came close to not being held on historic ground.
A new trend among food-conscious Swedes is to adopt a gluten-free diet. However, according to LU researchers studying coeliac disease (gluten intolerance), the trend is not solely a good thing as it may blur the line between illness and health.
