The University has made a further major investment in the Lund University Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP). The funding will go to the Centre's graduate school, which will have eight new positions. The aim is to be Sweden's leading hub for research, education and collaboration concerning preparedness and resilience.
In the autumn of 2025, the University established the Lund University Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP) as a response to the increasing threats to society - from climate change to security policy changes that require new ways to understand and strengthen societal resilience. Now, the University is investing a further SEK 31 million in the Centre's graduate school, in addition to the previous funding of Master's programmes and strategic research projects.
"Universities have a clear role to play in contributing to society's knowledge and skills provision in the area of societal preparedness. Lund University is now one of the more proactive universities in Sweden in taking on this responsibility. The new funding means that the organisation can grow with more relevant projects, programmes and collaboration with preparedness agencies outside academia," says the director of LUPREP, Johan Bergström.
Expanded graduate school
The graduate school for interdisciplinary research in preparedness, resilience and total defence will expand with a further eight positions: four doctoral students and four postdocs. The aim of the graduate school is to continue to establish LUPREP and the University's Campus in Helsingborg as a national hub for collaboration between academia, the political sphere and other societal agencies, with resources for recurring workshops, seminars and open lectures.
