Published 10 September 2018 Catarina Kinnvall has together with Ian Manners and Jennifer Mitzen edited a special issue of European Security, entitled “Ontological (In)Security in the European Union”. The European Union (EU) faces many crises and risks to its security and existence. While few of them threaten the lives of EU citizens, they all create a sense of anxiety and insecurity about the futu

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Published 13 September 2018 Fabio Cristiano has contributed with the chapter “Internet Access as Human Right: A Dystopian Critique from the Occupied Palestinian Territory" to the newly published volume Human Rights as Battlefields. In his chapter, Cristiano explores the controversial correlation between technology and political freedoms by questioning the inclusion of internet access into the huma

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Published 18 September 2018 Christer Jönsson has contributed with two book chapters. The first book chapter is "Lessons for Democracy: Diplomacy to the Rescue?" which has been published in the book Democracy under Threat: A Crisis of Legitimacy?. The second book chapter is "Evolution in Knowlege and Norms" (co-author Leon Gordenker) which has been published in the book “The Oxford Handbook on the

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Published 20 September 2018 Douglas Brommesson has co-authored the newly published article “Teaching university teachers to become better teachers: the effects of pedagogical training courses at six Swedish universities”,  which has been publish in “Higher Education Research & Development”. The article can be found on tandfonline.comDouglas Brommesson's personal page

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Published 9 October 2018 Catarina Kinnvall has recently published the article “Ontological Insecurities and Postcolonial Imaginaries: The Emotional Appeal of Populism” in Humanity & Society”. In the article, Catarina Kinnvall addresses the particular narratives and discourses that respond to increased feelings of uncertainty, anxiety, and fear, so-called ontological insecurities, and their connect

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Published 11 October 2018 Photo: Leif Johansson Josef Chaib will defend his dissertation "Evidence, Expertise and 'Other' Knowledge: Governing Welfare Collaboration" on October 12 at 10:15 in Niagara, Malmö University. Discussant is Associate Professor Gun Hedlund, Örebro University. In contemporary welfare, collaboration between professions, agencies and different municipal departments is increas

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Published 16 October 2018 Catarina Kinnvall and Jennifer Mitzen have authored an introductory article for their joint special issue in “Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD)”, with the title “Ontological security and conflict: the dynamics of crisis and the constitution of community”. In an era defined by insecurity, uncertainty, and increasing anxieties, ontological security h

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Published 24 October 2018 How is EU-funding translated into local policy? In an article in the journal Critical Policy Studies, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Mats Fred have analyzed how EU-projects in education policies are mediated and translated into local policies. They conclude that these processes entail both a change in organisation - from permanent to temporary endeavors - as well as changes i

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Published 26 October 2018 Kurtis Boyer defended his dissertation "An Autocracy of Empathy: Human-Animal Relations and the Emotional Architecture of Speciesism" on October 26 at 10:00 in Eden auditorium, Paradisgatan 5H, Lund. Discussant was Professor Erika Cudworth, University of East London.An Autocracy of Empathy: Human-Animal Relations and the Emotional Architecture of Speciesism Kurtis Boyer’s

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Published 25 October 2018 After four years of drafting, debating, rethinking, and revising, the IPSP report is finally published with Cambridge University Press. Karin Aggestam is one of many contributing lead authors. Read more on ipsp.orgKarin Aggestams personal page

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Published 30 October 2018 Jakob Skovgaard has published the article "Policy coherence and organizational cultures: Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction targets” in the journal Environmental Policy and Governance. The article concerns the role of the organizational cultures of two of the European Commission’s Directorate-Generals, respectively Energy and Climate Action, for the policy coh

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Published 1 November 2018 Is there a return of the “north” in Nordic foreign policy? Douglas Brommesson is the editor of new special section in Global Affairs where he together with a group of Nordic scholars seeks to identify, analyse and explain developments of and variations in what we call "Nordicness" in the foreign and security policies of Nordic states.  In this special section in Global Af

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Published 8 November 2018 What are the sources and processes of legitimacy in global governance? The research program LegGov has published the volume ”Legitimacy in Global Governance” (Oxford University Press). The volume includes chapters written by LegGov researchers Anders Uhlin, Catia Gregoratti, Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson and Fariborz Zelli at the Department of Political Science.Learn

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Published 12 November 2018 Photo: Mostphotos Simon Davidsson has authored the article ”Left-Right Orientation, Homeownership, and Class Position in Sweden” in the journal Scandinavian Political Studies. Sweden is a country where left‐right orientation structures the political landscape, homeownership is increasingly important, and the importance of class for political preferences and behavior is c

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Published 20 September 2016 Anders Uhlin has authored the book ”Civil Society and Regional Governance: The Asian Development Bank and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations”. Information about the book:”Through detailed comparative case studies of civil society engagement with two major regional international organizations in Southeast Asia this book demonstrates the potentials and limitations

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Published 26 September 2016 Karin Aggestam and Annika Bergman Rosamond have co-authored the article ”Swedish Feminist Foreign Policy in the Making: Ethics, Politics and Gender” published by Ethics and International Affairs. Abstract:"In 2015, the world's first self-defined feminist government was formed in Sweden with the explicit ambition of pursuing a feminist foreign policy. This essay seeks to

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Published 23 September 2016 Karin Aggestam and Jacqui True will give a talk on gender equality in foreign policy at PRIO in Oslo. About the seminar:Recently the Norwegian Government launched an action plan on women's rights and gender equality in foreign policy and development cooperation.  At this seminar leading international scholars on gender and foreign policy have been invited to discuss som

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Published 30 September 2016 Researchers from our Department have gained research money for two different projects. The first one is on conflict prevention in vulnerable cities and the other one is on the new urban challenge. Annika Björkdahl has together with Ivan Gusic (Lund University), Johanna Mannergren Selimovic (The Swedish Institute of International Affairs) and Kristine Höglund (Uppsala Un

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Published 5 October 2016 Ole Elgström and Malena Rosén Sundström have published the Sieps (Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies) report "Success Factors in EU Agricultural Negotiations". The authors presented their findings at a seminar in Stockholm last Friday.The report can be found on Sieps’ websiteOle Elgström’s personal pageMalena Rosén Sundström’s personal page 

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Published 6 October 2016 Annika Bergman Rosamond will deliver a keynote on celebrity and peace at the opening seminar of HÖFÐI Reykjavik Peace Centre, at the University of Iceland on October 7. Learn more on visitreykjavik.isProgramme (PDF)Annika Bergman Rosamond’s personal page 

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