Lund’s Success Stories
Last spring, I graduated from upper secondary school. As the Swedish tradition dictates, my family and friends gathered at my house to celebrate my graduation – and the table of gifts started to grow. Cookbooks, plates, glasses, paintings and candlesticks. You probably know the deal; beautiful things that contribute to the fear of growing up.…
Why You Suck at Golf
Sculling your drive at the first tee, shanking every wedge close to the green, missing every short putt on the practice green every time someone with a better golf game than you walks by – yeah, we all know the drill. With better weather coming up, it might just happen that you have dusted off…
From LUSEM to Ferrero
It has now been fourteen years since I began to study at Lund University. In my first year as a student I studied languages, then I decided to study a Master of Science in Business and Economics at LUSEM. I graduated from Ekonomihögskolan in 2012 and throughout my five years in Lund, I got to…
A Success Story – The Man Behind the Empire Based in Lund
There is no other place that we both love and hate so much at the same time. We walk through the doors with heavy steps, with our thoughts still lingering around our comfortable bed, our favorite tv-show or the snacks waiting for us at home. However, an hour later we walk out the same doors…
Never Too Young to Start a Business
“You don’t have to live up to the romanticized view of entrepreneurship – it isn’t about working 14hrs a day whilst waking up at 5AM running 2 miles before work and then somehow squeezing in time with friends and family in between.” Amanda Larsson and Calle (Carl-Gustaf) Rosengren started their company named Färsking in high…
Student Life in Amsterdam
Guest Article by Andrea Stanisci, student at the University of Amsterdam. You step out of the plane and the first thing that catches your eye is an orange lion. You continue forward, and all that appears are more orange symbols of the animal. You start questioning reality. What is this place? Have I just stepped…
What Do We Communicate Through Our Clothes?
Can what we wear say something about us as individuals? The way we dress has for decades been seen as something negligible, but previous research has shown that choice of clothing is something more than that. Every day when we get out of bed, the very first thing we do is to put on clothes.…
Climate Change, Coronavirus and a Green Recovery
As vigorous economic plans are being laid out to ensure a holistic recovery following the adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic, environmental sustainability and the issue of global warming and climate change is one of central priority. Climate change, which encompasses the complex changes occurring to the world’s climatic patterns, is one of the most…
The Novice Week
The novice week, the first event in Lund for most of us LundaEkonomer. This week you meet your first friends in Lund, maybe your future partner or your study group for years to come. It’s an intense week where activities and competitions mix with loads of interactions and new impressions. The week will give you…
Selfish Fashionistas?
Have you ever walked into a store and bought something you knew you didn’t need? I’m sure the answer is yes. If I were to take a look inside my wardrobe I always seem to find pieces I forgot I even had. Does this change my mindset about consuming? Unfortunately, no. The market for fast-fashion…
