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23 Jun 2026
Call open: Five fully funded fellowships in Health and Sustainability
Do you have an idea for a research project that will explore innovative solutions to challenges within health and sustainability? The NNF-IAS Fellowship Programme invites researche...
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30 Apr 2026
During the academic year 2026/2027, five new Themes will be here at Pufendorf IAS
Our Themes are currently all busy with organising their final events and precisely at the same time, the cycle of our new Themes begins. “Breathless with anticipation”, the coordin...
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27 Apr 2026
The Season of Final Events at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies Approaches
In late May and early June, the Pufendorf Themes will host their final events, presenting the interdisciplinary work carried out at the Pufendorf IAS over the past academic year. T...
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22 Apr 2026
From Practice to Research: Meet International Fellow Liesbeth van Heel
When Liesbeth van Heel joins the Theme Next Generation Healthscapes at the Pufendorf IAS, she does so with a rare combination of long-term hands‑on experience and research. Liesbe...
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10 Mar 2026
Meet Daniela Kleinschmit, international Fellow
This article is an interview. Professor Daniela Kleinschmit has been an international Fellow here at Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University for a couple of we...
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12 Feb 2026
The unknown ‘out there’ is ‘in’ once more
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) – previously known as UFOs – have fascinated humankind for centuries, from mysterious lights in the sky to sensor data and close contacts whi...
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10 Feb 2026
The Pufendorf IAS Board
The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies believes that the best decisions come from blending fresh perspectives with institutional memory. That’s why the institute doesn't repl...
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23 Jan 2026
Welcome to our three new Advanced Study Groups
At the Pufendorf Institute, researchers come together to work beyond the boundaries of their usual disciplines. It is a space where ideas can be tested before they take the shape o...
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13 Nov 2025
Welcome to a Responsible Neurotechnologies Symposium
A couple of months into the autumn term, one of our Themes want to talk to more people about what they, together with their international Fellow, are currently working with. So: W...
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7 Nov 2025
Opening minds across borders: Our international fellows at Pufendorf IAS
Each year, Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies welcomes international Fellows who join our interdisciplinary research groups. The Institute’s coordinator Eva Persson tells us ...
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16 Oct 2025
International Fellow Jonathan Andrew
He has been around for a couple of months now, Jonathan Andrew, Research Fellow at GENEVA ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS, Switzerland. I meet him in his...
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29 Sep 2025
Welcome back to Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Britta Padberg!
Britta Padberg (PhD), former managing director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University for twelve years and managing director for The New Institute in ...
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9 Jul 2025
Launch: Call for applications to start a Theme at Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies 8 September
Have you been thinking about a research problem perfect for an interdisciplinary research group to explore? Perhaps you think that it needs to be more mature in order to pursue fun...
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18 Jun 2025
Four new Advanced Study Groups to be welcomed in September
The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies offers two different types of interdisciplinary groups: Our Themes, where researchers from different disciplines and faculties at Lund ...
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18 May 2025
Three Themes at our doorstep!
During the academic year 2025/2026, three new Themes will be here at Pufendorf IAS.
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12 May 2025
Welcome Antoinette, NordIAS Fellow from Aarhus
Nord IAS Fellow Antoinette Fage-Butler from Aarhus University visits the Pufendorf IAS
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7 May 2025
One Theme (?) – several events
One of our interdisciplinary Themes, Ancient Synagogues and the Human Sensorium, decided to make this May even eventful(l)er. We are all for it. Especially since they provide simul...
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9 Apr 2025
An eventful spring awaits
Soon, it is that time of year again, where current Themes, our interdisciplinary research groups here at Pufendorf IAS, arrange a palette of events. The events are open for all and...
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31 Mar 2025
Welcome to the conference “DigiJustice: Human Rights in the Age of AI” 15 May
The digital transformation of our world and the use of innovative digital technologies, including AI, reshape economic, social, political, and cultural interactions in most areas o...
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24 Mar 2025
Researchers at Lund University to launch Sweden's first interdisciplinary tax centre
Although the public sector makes up half of our economy, there is currently no interdisciplinary tax centre in Sweden. By linking research to specific societal challenges, Lund Uni...