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Karin Aggestam and Constance Duncombe have co-authored the article and edited the special issue “Advancing a New Research Agenda on Digital Disruption in Diplomacy”. Abstract:This article introduces the special issue on digital disruption in diplomacy. We propose a new research agenda, advancing novel conceptualisations and empirical insights into the hybrid nature of contemporary diplomatic pract

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/advancing-new-research-agenda-digital-disruption-diplomacy - 2025-09-17

On Wednesday, Georgia de Leeuw nailed her thesis, "The Comfort of Alignment: Mining, Green Steel, and Killjoy Desires in Sweden/Sápmi" at the Department of Political Science, Eden. Georgia de Leeuw nails her thesis to the wall in Eden, surrounded by her colleagues. In the background is the Assistant Head of Department for Doctoral studies, Ted Svensson. The public defense will take place on Friday

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/georgia-de-leeuw-nailed-her-thesis - 2025-09-17

Professor Karin Aggestam, Lund University and Jacqui True, Monash University (Karin's photo: Johan Persson). Karin Aggestam and Jacqui True have co-authored the contribution ”Foreign Policy Analysis and Feminism” published in the The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis. Read more about The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis here:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-han

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-true-foreign-policy-analysis-and-feminism - 2025-09-17

We would like to congratulate Ketevan Bolkvadze for receiving funding as a partner in a Europe-wide consortium. The project "Re-ENGAGE: Re-Engaging with Neighbours in a State of War and Geopolitical Tensions" received EUR 3 million in funding through the Horizon Europe framework. Associate Senior Lecturer Ketevan Bolkvadze, Lund University. (Photo: DAVIS) Lund is one of eight partners, and the con

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ketevan-bolkvadze-receives-funding-partner-europe-wide-consortium - 2025-09-17

Associate Professor Magdalena Bexell, Department of Political Science, Lund University. Magdalena Bexell has published the article "Indicator accountability or policy shrinking? Multistakeholder partnerships in reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals" in the journal Global Policy. The article suggests the notion of a global indicator reporting trajectory that is shaped by three main elements:

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-global-governance-numbers - 2025-09-17

Although there is no clear connection between attractiveness and generosity, we often expect attractive people to be more generous than less attractive people. This study explores the bi-directional relationship between (expectations of) prosocial behavior and attractiveness. In a pre-registered behavioral experiment, we examined the causal effect of attractiveness on expectations of generosity an

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/beauty-prosocial-behavior-how-prosocial-behavior-affect-attractiveness - 2025-09-17

Based on a review of the correspondence between Swedish diplomats in the Baltic States and the Swedish Foreign Ministry for the years 1938–1940, the purpose of this article is, firstly, to elaborate a framework for the analysis of intelligence reporting in times of crisis, secondly, to investigate how the Swedish diplomats in the Baltic States went about to report intelligence, and thirdly, to try

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/intelligence-reporting-and-crisis-swedish-diplomats-reporting-intelligence-baltic-states-1938-1940 - 2025-09-17

Associate Professor Jakob Skovgaard och doctoral student Evan Drake at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. In November 2023, Jakob Skovgaard, Evan Drake, and experts from the University of Cambridge and the International Institute for Sustainable Development organised a workshop in Paris titled 'Strengthening International Commitments to Shift Public Financial Flows Away from Fos

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/workshop-highlights-challenges-redirecting-public-finance-fossil-fuels-sustainable-development - 2025-09-17

Roxanna Sjöstedt has authored the chapter "Foreign Policy Analysis and Securitization" which has been published in The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis (eds. Juliet Kaarbo & Cameron Thies). The chapter explores to what extent securitization theory can be linked to the issues raised within the field of Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) and argues that these seemingly different research tradit

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roxanna-sjostedt-securitization-and-foreign-policy-analysis - 2025-09-17

Doctor Georgia de Leeuw being celebrated at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. Georgia de Leeuw has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'The comfort of alignment: Mining, green steel, and killjoy desires in Sweden/Sápmi'. Congratulations! Georgia de Leeuw and Associate Professor Mattias Borg Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen during dissertation at the Department of Polit

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/georgia-de-leeuw-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2025-09-17

Foreign ministers are prominent actors in foreign affairs, often second only to heads of government in their influence. Yet, despite the growing awareness of the importance of key actors in the study of international relations, foreign ministers remain understudied. In a recently published book, Bäck and colleagues present an original dataset on the background of foreign ministers, spanning thirte

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-foreign-ministers-hanna-back-alejandro-quiroz-flores-and-jan-teorell - 2025-09-17

In 1974, Sweden got a new Instrument of government which will be celebrated in the Swedish Riksdag on March 6. Leading scholars from law and political science have approached the new rules from different perspectives that compose a new edition that will be presented during the seminar. Annika Fredén is one of the contributors, with a chapter on the Swedish electoral system with emphasis on the fou

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-freden-participates-new-anthology-instrument-government-celebrates-50-years - 2025-09-17

Climate change, gender and peace are closely linked, according to Agenda 2030 Award winner Christie Nicoson's research. She is a PhD student at the Department of Political Science and part of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School. Photo: Sara Håkansson While we are inundated with data on rising temperatures, carbon dioxide levels and melting glaciers, there are other areas that are also affected by a wa

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-christie-nicoson-agenda-2030-award-winner-2024 - 2025-09-17

Doctoral student Jana Wrange, Department of Political Science, Lund University. ‘Outsider’ socialization: Sweden’s interactions with NATO in civil defence prior to membershipABSTRACTThis study assesses the impact of NATO socialization upon an ’outsider’ country, using Sweden in the area of civil defence as a case study. Relying on 33 interviews from 2020 and 2022 with civil servants from Swedish g

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jana-wrange-has-published-article-interactions-nato-area-swedens-civil-defence-prior-countrys - 2025-09-17

On Friday 14 February Freja Morris successfully defended her thesis “Tenacious Documents: Exploring the Allure of Documentation in Swedish Compulsory Schools” and is now a doctor in sociology. For over a decade, Swedish teachers have voiced their frustration over the increasing demands for documentation, which they feel detracts from valuable teaching time. Despite various governmental efforts to

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/freja-morris-thesis-highlights-documentation-burden-swedish-schools - 2025-09-17

Aube Tollu is now a doctor in sociology. The thesis offers a fresh perspective on studying armed group members. Aube Tollu’s research intervenes in criminological debates by moving beyond interpretations that portray individuals in armed political milieus solely as pathological. Instead, it develops a more differentiated account of their social realities. Drawing on crip theory and affect theory,

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/aube-tollu-doctor-sociology-after-successful-defence - 2025-09-17

The diversity of our research is reflected in our programmes and provides our students with an inspiring environment in which to develop. The Department of Sociology offers a wide and varied range of courses and programmes in our fields of sociology, social anthropology, gender studies and human resources, both on campus in Lund and online.All our courses and programmes can be found here on the we

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/time-apply-courses-and-programmes-starting-autumn - 2025-09-17

Congratulations all admitted students and welcome to the Department of Sociology! There are four international master's programmes at the Department of Sociology: Cultural Criminology (SACCR), Human Resources, Sociology (SASCO) and Social Anthropology (SASAN). We also collaborate with other departments on several master's programmes and one bachelor's programme in English.Do not miss important inf

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/admitted-one-our-international-masters-programmes-starting-autumn - 2025-09-17

External Reviewer Susanne Wallman Lundåsen, Linköping University and Alexander Saaranen. Photo: Linnéa Saaranen Why do some people believe that most others can be trusted, while others don’t? And how does trust change over time? In his recently defended doctoral thesis, Alexander Saaranen studies social trust, and his findings show that our teenage years may be more important than previously thoug

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/alexander-saaranens-thesis-uncovers-what-makes-us-trust - 2025-09-17

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, decision-makers around the world turned to predictive models and scenarios to navigate the unknown. But how did these projections shape—and sometimes mislead—strategies and public debate? In a newly published article in the journal Social Studies of Science, sociologist Tobias Olofsson explores how early pandemic predictions influenced policy and public discourse. T

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/can-flawed-predictions-still-guide-us-times-uncertainty - 2025-09-17