OUTREACH: Angela Oels is a panelist in a big discussion on the outcomes of the Paris climate summit hosted in Lund by the Association of Foreign Affairs. Learn more on facebook.comAngela Oels personal page here at the Department’s website

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/big-discussion-about-paris-climate-summit - 2025-08-25

Annika Fredén defended her dissertation "Strategic Voting under Coalition Governments " on February 5 at 10:00 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Associate professor Indridi Indridason, University of California Riverside, USA.Strategic Voting under Coalition GovernmentsAnnika Fredén 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-freden-has-defended-her-thesis - 2025-08-25

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Catarina Kinnvall has published the article “The Postcolonial has Moved into Europe: Bordering, Security and Ethno-Cultural Belonging” AbstractThe legacy of European colonialisms and nationalisms has conditioned immigration and citizenship policies that inform the postcolonial move into Europe. This article questions the assumptions that undergird conceptions of boundary,

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-postcolonial-has-moved-europe - 2025-08-25

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Emil Edenborg has published "The secret funerals in Pskov: Spectacles of war and spectres from the past” in the Newsletter of the Institute of East European, Eurasian and Slavic Studies, UC Berkeley. Read the text on iseees.berkeley.edu (pdf, page 11)Emil Edenborg’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/edenborg-secret-funerals-pskov - 2025-08-25

The Teaching Academy at the Faculty of Social Sciences has appointed Karin Aggestam as Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) and Magdalena Bexell, Douglas Brommesson and Åsa Knaggård as Qualified Teaching Practitioners (QTP). Learn more about Teaching Academy on the Faculty of Social Sciences website.Karin Aggestam's personal pageMagdalena Bexell's personal pageDouglas Brommesson's personal pageÅs

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-members-teaching-academy - 2025-08-25

OUTREACH: Annika Bergman Rosamond is one of the speakers at the seminar Women, War and Refugees on the occasion of the International Women’s Day on the 8th of March. The seminar is organised by the Faculty of Social Science amongst others at LU. Other contributors are Gudrun Schyman, party leader of Feministiskt Initiativ and Lena Agg, General Secretary of Kvinna till Kvinna.Time: 8 March 2016, 10

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/women-war-and-refugees - 2025-08-25

OUTREACH: Annika Bergman Rosamond has been invited to join the editorial advisory board of the British journal "Review of International Studies" between 2016-2019. Annika Bergman Rosamond's personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-has-been-invited-join-editorial-advisory-board - 2025-08-25

Emil Edenborg defended his dissertation "Nothing more to see: Contestations of belonging and visibility in Russian media" on April 8 at 10:15 in Niagara, auditorium B0E15, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, Malmö. External reviewer: Professor Nira Yuval-Davies, University of East London, UK. Nothing more to see: Contestations of belonging and visibility in Russian mediaEmil Edenborg 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/emil-edenborg-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-08-25

Karin Aggestam has together with Ronny Berndtsson, Kaveh Madani and Dan-Erik Andersson co-authored the book-chapter "The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Conflict and Water Diplomacy in the Nile Basin" in the book "Water Diplomacy in Action. Contingent Approaches to Managing Complex Water Problems", edited by Shafiqul Islam and Kaveh Madani. Learn more on Anthem Press’ websiteKarin Aggestam 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-diplomacy-water-and-conflict - 2025-08-25

Henrik Friberg Fernros at University of Gothenburg has together with Douglas Brommesson co-authored the reply ”The limits of the principle of charity: Why Haeselbrouck is wrong after all” published in International Politics. Learn more on Palgrave Macmillan’s website:The limits of the principle of charity: Why Haeselbrouck is wrong after all (2016)The responsibility to protect doctrine – Coherent

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/brommesson-responsibility-protect - 2025-08-25

Our researchers Roger Hildingsson, Åsa Knaggård, Annica Kronsell, Ina Möller, Jasmine Livingston and Vasna Ramasavisit visit Colorado State University, Fort Collins to initiate collaborations on teaching environmental politics.  Roger Hildingsson’s personal pageÅsa Knaggård’s personal pageAnnica Kronsell’s personal pageIna Möller’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/our-researchers-visit-colorado-state-university - 2025-08-25

Hanna Bäck is one of the authors of the article ”Intra-party diversity and ministerial selection in coalition governments” which has been published in the journal Public Choice. Learn more on Springer Link’s websiteHanna Bäck’s personal site 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-selection-ministers-coalition-governments - 2025-08-25

Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus have published a book about speeches and debates in European parliaments (published by Palgrave Macmillan). In this book, the authors study which members participate more, and which members deviate more from the party line in parliamentary debates.Learn more on palgrave.comHanna Bäck’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-new-book-debates-european-parliaments - 2025-08-25

Annika Bergman Rosamond features in two recent television broadcasts on the occasion of International Women’s Day. See the broadcasts on UR Play’s website:Universitetets ansvar för kvinnor på flykt (in Swedish)Feministisk utrikes- och säkerhetspolitik (in Swedish)Annika Bergman Rosamond’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/television-broadcasts-women-war-and-flight - 2025-08-25

Karin Aggestam has been appointed visiting professor (2016-2018) at Monash University, Australia. She will be participating in the research program on Gender, Peace & Security (GPS). Learn more on GPS's websiteKarin Aggestams personliga hemsida 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-has-been-appointed-visiting-professor - 2025-08-25

Annika Björkdahl is one of the editors of the book ”Peacebuilding and Friction: Global and Local Encounters in Post-Conflict Societies” published with Routledge, 2016. This book aims to understand the processes of and the outcomes that arise from frictional encounters in peacebuilding, when global and local forces meet.Annika Björkdahl's personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-book-peacebuilding - 2025-08-25

Karin Aggestam is moderating a talk with author Göran Rosenberg and professor Avi Shlaim, Oxford University, Thursday 14 April, 19.00, AF-borgen, Café Athen. Learn more on lu.seKarin Aggestam’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/whither-israel - 2025-08-25

Tobias Nielsen defended his dissertation "Words Matter in the Woods. Discourses on Deforestation in Global Climate Politics" on May 4 at 10:00 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Peter Feindt, Wageningen University and Research Centre.Words Matter in the Woods. Discourses on Deforestation in Global Climate PoliticsTobias Nielsen’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tobias-nielsen-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-08-25

Tony Ingesson defended his dissertation "The Politics of Combat: The Political and Strategic Impact of Tactical-Level Subcultures, 1939-1995" on May 13 at 10:15 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Jan Ångström, Försvarshögskolan.The Politics of Combat: The Political and Strategic Impact of Tactical-Level Subcultures, 1939-1995Tony Ingesson’s personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tony-ingesson-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-08-25

Karin Aggestam gives a talk on women’s role in peacemaking at European University Institute, ”The State of the Union: Women in Europe and the World”, on May 5 in Florens. Learn more on The State of Union’s websiteKarin Aggestam's personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-womens-roles-peacemaking-eui - 2025-08-25