The Lund University Programme for Global Excellence is the university’s largest international recruitment initiative to date, highlighting our commitment to world-leading research in strategically prioritised research areas. It comprises the Lund Global Visiting Professors' Programme and the Lund Global Research Fellows Programme.
John Östh will join the department as a Visiting Professor. He comes from Oslomet University, Norway, where he is Professor of Urban Analysis. His works centres on empirical and applied research at the intersection of spatial analysis, urban analytics, population and economic geography,
– I chose Lund because The Human geographers at Lund University are at the forefront of quantitative spatial research with interesting projects spanning from GeoAi, Remote sensing to Time-Geography. To be able to be part of this environment and to develop joint international research related to these topics is both a great opportunity and matter of pure joy.
As part of the Global Research Fellows Programme Ye Hong is appointed as an Assistant professor in Geoinformation Technology. Hong comes from the University of Zurich and ETH Zürich, Switzerland, bringing expertise inbuilding computational models from human digital traces and spatial data to understand how people move across space and time.
– I want to understand how dynamic mobility patterns reshape inequalities in accessibility and exposure, for example through hybrid work, flexible schedules, and new mobility services, and translate the findings into decision-support tools for sustainable and inclusive planning.
The international recruitment initiative, launched in 2025 and extending into early 2026, has attracted applicants from some of the world’s leading universities and aims to enhance Lund University’s international research environment.