Are you ready to give up everything you have for money?
Would you risk everything, including your life, for money? I mean a lot of money. The first thing I did while watching Netflix’s new series Squid Game was to transform the Korean currency to Swedish kronor. The winner of the game hasn’t just risked their whole life, the person also wins around 337 million kronor.…
Oatly: Is all press, good press?
Our world is falling apart. Slowly, but consistently. In ten years, it will be too late to stop the environmental crisis, and we need to act now. “How?” is the question that burdens our generation. In fact, even our food consumption has a negative impact on the climate. Livsmedelsverket tells us that our food consumption…
Goodbye Zoom – Hello School!
It’s Sunday evening, and my alarm is set at 06.00 am. Monday is approaching, exams are coming up, and I’m about to have my most productive week of this semester so far. I’ll workout in the mornings, study microeconomics harder than Marie Curie on radioactivity – simply get stuff done. At least that’s what I’m…
The first sittning in 18 months
You could feel the adrenaline and hear the heartbeat of all novices waiting patiently for entering AF Borgen. The rain was slowly pouring but all new students standing in front of AF Borgen, in the middle of Lund, with their new friends, were happy and laughing. They were about to finish their novice period and…
The Novice Week in Lund
The Novice Week has been a spectacular happening for new business students for many years. The event is created by the Novice Committee and the main purpose is to introduce new students to Lund as a city, the student union of LundaEkonomerna, and most importantly all their new friends. The COVID-19 situation has affected all…
Transitions in the Past, Present, and Future
Introducing the Bachelor Programme ‘Economy and Society’ In 2019 LUSEM’s newest Bachelor program, ‘Economy and Society’, welcomed its first cohort of students. The program offers courses highlighting technological, economic, and social transitions. It provides students with the skills and knowledge required for facing the challenges of the twenty-first century. The overall focus of the program…
A Summer of Football
Summer is officially here, and for football fans calendars are already marked with the dates of the Euro matches. After having been postponed in 2020, the tournament is finally ready to kick-off again in June 2021. The Euros, like the World Cup, is a competition that takes place every four years. It assembles 24 qualified…
Nourish the Flowers Properly, and They Will Grow
Monday 07:55 It’s Monday morning and I wake up with a somewhat heavy feeling in my body. Something feels wrong, but I can’t put my finger on it. After a lot of ifs and buts, my body begins to wake up and I eventually approach my wardrobe. The clothes hanging there are perfectly ironed and…
Word From The Dean
It gives me great pleasure to address the students at LUSEM, also in the format of Nådiga Lundtan. It has been soon six months since I took over as dean of school after Fredrik Andersson. I have been at the school since 2001, and I have my training in the social sciences at Lund University.…
Quiz – What do you know about the world?
1. In all low-income countries across the world today, how many girls finish primary school? A) 20% B) 40% C) 60% 2. Where does the majority of the world population live? A) Low-income countries B) Middle-income countries C) High-income countries 3. In the past 20 years, the proportion of the world population living in extreme…
