Lund University values interdisciplinary research. The Pufendorf Institute for Advances Studies, inaugurated 2009 in one of Lund’s most beautiful buildings, is an incubator for new interdisciplinary research initiatives.
In recent years, medical humanities have been a constant “visitor” at the institute and benefited from the opportunities to pursue a wide range of research activities.
- Next Generation Healthscapes – ASG, Pufendorf IAS – Lund University (started autumn 2024), which has been granted a Theme as well! (starts autumn 2025)
- The Art of Supervision: Interdisciplinary perspectives on supervision (starting autumn 2025)
- Storytelling – from cell to society | The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies (started spring 2025)
- Empathy and compassion – so important yet so complex ASG, Pufendorf IAS – Lunds universitet (started autumn 2021)
- Litteraturläsning och hälsa – ASG Pufendorf IAS – Lund University (in Swedish) (started spring 2021)
Pufendorf IAS prides itself with supporting interdisciplinary research ideas that are innovative, and in a very early stage, not yet ripe for more conventional external funding (hence the “incubator”. Did it lead to anything, you ask?
- We can’t be entirely sure if the newest, biggest, project until now would have been a reality without the Advanced Study Group that started in 2021 or not. But it sure didn’t hurt. Read more about this grand project here:
Miljoner till narrativ medicin – Birgit Rausing Centrum för Medicinsk Humaniora (in Swedish)
Stor donation till forskning om berättandets kraft i vården (also in Swedish)
- What came first? The granted application of an Advanced Study Group at Pufendorf IAS called Empathy and Compassion or the BRCMH Research Theme during the years 2021-2024? Tough call. What we do know is that we are so close to finally be able to announce for a Professor in Medical Humanities with Focus on Empathy and Compassion in a Clinical Context. And yes, as soon as that announcement is open (we hope any week now), we’ll put it here too!
Neither of these two strategic initiatives would have been possible without the Birgit Rausing Foundation for Medical Humanities – we’re thrilled and happy and filled with anticipation.