Rekordintresse för internationell rekrytering – åtta forskare kommer till HT

Av Sanna Trygg - Publicerad den 2 februari 2026
Porträtt av alla biträdande universitetslektorer och gästprofessorer som kommer till LU
– Utöver universitetets goda anseende, ser många Lund och Sverige som ett typexempel på en välfungerande demokrati med en stark akademisk frihet och ett öppet och jämställt samhälle, säger Erik Renström, rektor vid Lunds universitet.

Söktrycket i Lunds universitets internationella rekrytering blev rekordstort. De 25 utlysta tjänsterna har utökats till 45 – forskare från några av världens främsta universitet är nu på väg till Lund. Sex gästprofessorer och två biträdande universitetslektorer kommer till Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna. Välkomna!

Lukas J. Meier

AI – biträdande universitetslektorat (bul)
– At Lund University, I am planning to combine empirical data from current studies on certain brain interventions with concepts from the philosophy of mind to arrive at ethical assessments of novel medical technologies.

Läs hela intervjun: Lukas J. Meier, Harvard University, USA
 

Adam Koberinski

Spjutspets – biträdande universitetslektorat (bul)
– I am a philosopher of physics, specializing in the foundations, epistemology, and methodology of frontier physics.  

Läs intervjun med: Adam Koberinski, Western University, Canada

Aynne Kokas

Gästprofessor
– I was excited about Lund University because of the University’s close relationship to important port infrastructure related to new research I am conducting on ports and digital infrastructure.
Läs intervjun med: Aynne Kokas, University of Virginia East Asia Center and University of Virginia, USA

Edyta Roszko

Gästprofessor
– My broader theoretical interest lies in bridging the conceptual divide between land and sea by examining their deep historical and contemporary interconnections. 

Läs intervjun med Edyta Roszko, Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway

Giovanni B. Bazzana

Gästprofessor
– I'm particularly drawn to the "Scripture and Secularism" project and the Humanities Village's interdisciplinary approach. Lund's strengths in sociology, anthropology, and religious studies will further my research on apocalyptic imagination and its ethical implications.

Läs intervjun med Giovanni B. Bazzana, Harvard University, The Divinity School, USA

Max Weiss

Gästprofessor
– I am a cultural and intellectual historian of the modern Middle East, with specific interests in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and the history of Zionism and Israel; I am also a translator of modern and contemporary Arabic literature into English.
 
Läs intervjun med Max Weiss, Princeton University, USA

Morten Storm Overgaard

Gästprofessor
– I study how conscious experience relates to brain organization, particularly in patients recovering from neurological disorders, and use these insights to develop principled frameworks for evaluating whether artificial systems could, in principle, possess subjective experience.

Läs intervjun med Morten Storm Overgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark

Shelley Boulianne

Gästprofessor
– My research examines the global dynamics of digital media use for citizen engagement in civic and political life. I am finishing the publication of a series of books/articles about social media and collective action.

Läs intervjun med Shelley Boulianne, Mount Royal University, Canada

Här är LU:s alla 45 rekryterade forskare

AI – biträdande universitetslektorat (bul) 

  • Sukrit Singh, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
  • Stig Strandbæk Nyman, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
  • Lukas J. Meier, Harvard University, USA
  • Haein Cho, Samsung Electronics, South Korea
  • Eleni-Ira Panourgia, University of Copenhagen, Gustave Eiffel University, France
  • Danqing Shi, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Ye Hong, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Spjutspets – biträdande universitetslektorat (bul)

  • Linnéa Nordlander, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Jennifer Graham, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
  • Kaizhen Li, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Adriano De Falco,  University of Bologna, Italy
  • Adam Koberinski, Western University, Canada
  • Juliana Streva, Harvard University, USA

Gästprofessorer 

  • Patrick MacDonald, University of Alberta, Canada
  • Robert Cramer, PhD, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
  • Sarah Rowland Jones, University of Oxford, UK
  • Francisco Liñán, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
  • Iuliana Ionita-Laza, Columbia University, USA
  • J. David Hacker, University of Minnesota, USA
  • Jørgen Modalsli, Oslo Business School at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
  • Aynne Kokas, University of Virginia East Asia Center and University of Virginia, USA
  • Edyta Roszko, Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway
  • Giovanni B. Bazzana, Harvard University, The Divinity School, USA
  • Max Weiss, Princeton University, USA
  • Morten Storm Overgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Shelley Boulianne, Mount Royal University, Canada
  • Dan Svantesson, Bond University, Australia
  • Linda Gröning, University of Bergen, Norway 
  • Thérèse Murphy, School of Law at Queen’s University, Belfast        
  • John Östh, Oslomet University, Norway
  • Jonathan Scourfield, Cardiff University, UK
  • Magdalena Nowicka, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
  • Michael Hall, Massey University Business School, New Zealand
  • Nadia Kaneva, University of Denver, USA
  • Victoria Canning, Lancaster University, UK
  • Zoe Robinson, Keele University, UK
  • Anne Straube, University of Warwick, UK
  • Chelsea Dvorak Specht, Cornell University, USA
  • David Edwards, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Johannes Lehmann, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor, USA
  • Katerina Lipka, University of Wuppertal and DESY Hamburg, Germany
  • Mike Jetten, Radboud University, The Netherlands
  • Radu Laza, Stony Brook University, USA 
  • Yingda Cheng, Virginia Tech, USA
  • En kandidat kommer att formellt utses våren 2026.

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