Newsletter LU Humanities Lab September 2026
| Welcome Back to the Lab! | September is here, and the Humanities Lab is officially back after a refreshing summer break. We are looking forward to a busy and inspiring semester ahead, filled with new collaborations, exciting projects, and welcoming both new and frequent users to the Lab!
One thing we are particularly excited about is the arrival of new equipment through our GoLab initiative, funded by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ). GoLab focuses on mobile technologies that can be used in the field, allowing research to move out of the lab. So far, we have added new scanners, GPS systems, and eye-tracking glasses, with mobile EEG equipment arriving later.
These technologies make it possible to study cognition, communication, and culture in real-life environments, including classrooms, homes, and workplaces. Curious about the possibilities? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us at info@humlab.lu.se.
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Courses and training opportunities | Would you like to learn what EEG experiments can reveal about language learning? How motion capture technology can help document human movement? How GPS and georeferencing tools can be applied in archaeology? Or how to analyse data using R?
We offer courses, workshops, and tutorials covering a wide range of digital and experimental methods. Explore the available opportunities for this semester on our education page!
The first course of the semester is Statistics, aimed at students and researchers working with quantitative and experimental data. Courses and tutorials autumn 2026 - humlab.lu.se
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The Lab at conferences! |  | The semester is also off to a busy start on the conference front. This week, Humanities Lab staff (Nyström, Niehorster) co-organised ECEM 2026, the 23rd European Conference on Eye Movements, in Ulm, Germany. Find the conference information at ECEM 2026 - www.uni-ulm.de
In October, we will participate in the DARIAH-SE conference at the Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden: "Heritage Futures: Digital Transformation and Beyond", while also contributing to discussions related to Huminfra and digital research infrastructures. Perhaps we'll see you there? Heritage Futures: Digital Transformation and Beyond. A DARIAH-SE Event - www.lnu.se
In November, Lund University will host Open Science Days. Naturally, our local coordinator for Språkbanken CLARIN will be there to discuss the consortium's work on open science, data management, and GDPR. The event will take place at the Centre for Languages and Literature here at Lund University. LU Open Science Days - www.staff.lu.se
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Guest researchers and the Annual Report 2025 |  | This year, we are especially happy to welcome a large number of guest researchers to the Lab. We have hosted, and will continue to host, visitors from countries including Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, and Japan, to name just a few.
Guest researchers are a vital part of the Humanities Lab community. If you would like to learn more about what it is like to visit the Lab, take a look at page 25 of our Annual Report 2025!
And if you are curious about everything that happened at the Humanities Lab during 2025, (we know you are!) the full report is well worth a read. Highlights include: live-streamed avatars, robats and human emotions, memory and eye movements, multilingual minds, and of course; making mobile research! The Annual Report 2025 can be found on the lab webpage - humlab.lu.se
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Don't forget! |  | Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the Huminfra newsletter to stay updated on the latest developments in digital and experimental research in the humanities. Sign up! - huminfra.se
We look forward to seeing many of you in the Lab this semester!
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