Lund University is a public research university in Sweden and one of northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania,Sweden. It traces its roots back to 1425,when a Franciscan studium generale was founded in Lund. After Sweden won Scania from Denmark in the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde,the university was officially founded in 1666 on the location of the old studium generale next to Lund Cathedral.
Margot Elisabeth Wallström is a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2019 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2016 to 2019.
Goli Ameri is an Iranian American businesswoman and former U.S. diplomat. She is the co-founder of a mobile technology platform called StartItUp,which provides resources to aspiring entrepreneurs. She is the former Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Values and Diplomacy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. She is also the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. She ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in 2004,and is a former U.S. Representative to the United Nations. She serves on the board of trustees of the international NGO Freedom House,as well as on the Center for Middle East Public Policy advisory board of the RAND Corporation,a group of public and private sector leaders that provide guidance and support for RAND's Middle East research.
Anna Gunilla Carlsson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2006 to 2013,member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2013 and deputy chairman of her party from 2003 to 2015.
Tobias Lennart Billström is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 18 October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2002 general election,representing MalmöMunicipality (2002–2022) and Stockholm County.
Marie Cecilia StegöChilò was the Swedish Minister for Culture for ten days,from 6 to 16 October 2006. Prior to her appointment as a cabinet member she was Chief executive officer of the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation,and Director of Timbro,a neoliberal,free-market think-tank. A former journalist and editorialist,she is a member of the Moderate Party. From 2007 she is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Permanent Platform of Atomium Culture.
The minister affair at the announcement of the Reinfeldt cabinet in Sweden is a political scandal which started on October 7,2006 when the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt,which had been announced on October 6,immediately became affected by media allegations on past errors on the part of several cabinet ministers,in particular Maria Borelius,Cecilia StegöChilòand Tobias Billström. The affair centred on the use of domestic workers without paying employment (payroll) tax,employer's contribution,unpaid TV licences and other issues. On October 14,2006 Maria Borelius resigned after eight days in office,and on October 16,2006 Cecilia StegöChilòresigned after ten days in office. Criminal charges have been filed against Borelius,Billström and StegöChilò. The affair has also been widely reported by the international press,with the British Financial Times dubbing it "Nannygate".
Sten Sture Tolgfors is a Swedish former politician,public affairs executive and government official who is serving as Governor of Västra Götaland County since 1 September 2022,having been appointed to the position on 9 June 2022.
Judith West is an entrepreneur businesswoman,political activist and radio personality who hosts her own cable network TV Show,Getting Your Money's Worth.
Cristina Garmendia y Mendizábal is a Spanish biologist and businesswoman. With no previous political career,she was appointed as Minister of Science and Innovation in April 2008 by the President of the Government of Spain,Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
The Neeley School of Business is the undergraduate and graduate business school at Texas Christian University (TCU),a private university located in Fort Worth,Texas. The Neeley School is fully accredited by the AACSB. The school provides a range of business education programs,including:BBA,Full-time MBA,Professional MBA,Accelerated MBA,Energy MBA,Health Care MBA,Executive MBA,Master of Science in Supply Chain Management,Master of Accounting,and MBA/Ed.D.
Susan Davis is an author,public speaker,consultant and expert on international development and social entrepreneurship. She is the Chairperson of Solutions Journalism Network,an Adjunct Associate Professor at New York University Stern School of Business,a coach to social entrepreneurs and active on many boards and advisory councils.
Anna Marie Periquet is a Filipino-born entrepreneur advocate,businesswoman,socio civic leader,talk show host,5-dance Latin dancesport athlete and champion,public servant,and a former member of the House of Representatives.
Henryka Teodora Bochniarz,Ph.D. is a Polish economist and administrator who is a former Minister of Industry and Trade in the Government of Poland.
Francesca Hauser is a startup investor and advisor,funding and advising consumer-focused companies such as HelloGiggles,Levo,Mogul,The Wing and Gem&Bolt. Formerly President,Digital for Time Inc.'s Style and Entertainment Group,she is also a philanthropist and advocate for women in business.
Per Olof Berg is a Swedish organizational theorist and Professor in business administration,known for his work on "Corporate culture and organizational symbolism."
Maria Christina Lampe-Önnerud is a Swedish inorganic chemist,battery-inventor,and entrepreneur. She has founded the companies Boston-Power Inc. (2005–2012) and Cadenza Innovation. She is developing batteries for use in computers,electric vehicles,and grid storage. She has received a number of awards,including the World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneer Award in 2010 and again in 2018,and is an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Lampe-Önnerud has many interests,including opera singing,jazz dancing,playing the cello,and choir directing.
Ester Barinaga is a professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Lund University (Sweden) and a professor in the Department of Management,Politics and Philosophy (MPP) at Copenhagen Business School (CBS),Copenhagen (Denmark). She works primarily in the areas of social innovation and social entrepreneurship,with a particular emphasis on those initiatives aiming to build more inclusive and sustainable cities. Ester Barinaga was born in Spain,naturalized Swedish in 2004 and currently lives in Malmö,Sweden.
Hilma Johanna Ulrika Borelius (1869–1932) was a literary historian who became the first female docent at Lund University in 1910 and a substitute professor in 1922. In 1931 she published a history of Scandinavian literature in German:Die Nordischen Literaturen. Handbuch der Literaturwissenschaft. A strong supporter of the suffrage movement,she chaired the Lund women's association,Föreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt i Lund,from its establishment in 1903 until 1908. Borelius frequently contributed articles about female authors to the women's suffrage journals Dagny and Hertha. Throughout her life,she did all she could to strengthen the status of women in Swedish universities.
The New Society of Letters at Lund is a scientific academy founded in 1920. The purpose of the foundation was "to promote scientific humanities research",to which younger scientists in the humanities,theology and social sciences at Lund University would gather. The founders were the Sanskrit researcher Herbert Petersson,the folklore scholar Carl Wilhelm von Sydow,and the linguist Jöran Sahlgren,with the assistance of the historian Lauritz Weibull. The name was taken from the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
