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The Social Sciences Faculty Office will soon have a new division; the International Office. The division will be responsible for planning and coordinating international student exchange and faculty-wide international programmes and courses at first, second and third cycle levels.  The staff at the International Office will also administer the inter-faculty agreements with partner universities worl

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-international-office-faculty - 2025-12-17

New and revised education information is now available on the faculty's internal website. The information is aimed at both those who teach and those who plan and administer education. The purpose of the new pages is to gather faculty-wide information related to educational issues. You will find, among other things, the faculty's regulations, support in the process of writing course and programme s

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-internal-web-pages-supporting-first-and-second-cycle-education - 2025-12-17

A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the first changes to take place at the end of the year:The Department of Communicati

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2025-12-17

The Faculty of Social Sciences is now planning a new course for those who teach social science research methods and want to explore new ways to develop their pedagogy and strengthen students' learning. The course "Teaching and Learning Research Methods in Social Sciences" will be both practically and theoretically grounded in order to provide the conditions for reflecting together on challenges an

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/do-you-want-develop-your-skills-teacher-research-methods - 2025-12-17

The Faculty's pilot of transcription using the Whisper AI tool has worked very well, with many hundreds of hours of interview material transcribed so far. Until there is a university-wide solution, we are therefore continuing to offer the tool through the Department of Psychology. About the offerThe Department of Psychology has purchased a powerful computer to be used for transcribing audio and vi

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/whisper-transcription-tool-still-available-spring-term - 2025-12-17

Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsApplication monthsThe application months are to be used to draw up research applications. PhD holders employed until further notice as senior l

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2025 - 2025-12-17

The Foundation has now decided to award grants for the spring semester to applicants who are actively engaged in research at the Faculty. We are pleased to announce that the Rune and Lena Lavin Foundation for Legal Research at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, has decided at its spring meeting to award a total of SEK 169 200 to nine applicants.Information regarding the autumn 2025 call for appl

https://www.law.lu.se/article/award-rune-and-lena-lavin-foundation-legal-research - 2025-12-17

Katarina Olsson, Professor Emerita of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law, has been awarded the Medal for Significant Deeds for her many and varied contributions to Sweden's foundations. Nine medals were awarded during the Royal Patriotic Society's annual ceremony on 21 May at the Royal Swedish House of Knights. HRH Prince Daniel presented the medals. Katarina Olsson's contributions to the Swedish Fou

https://www.law.lu.se/article/katarina-olsson-has-been-awarded-medal-significant-deeds-0 - 2025-12-17

The Faculty's Research Day took place on 22 May to celebrate the Faculty's honorary doctors, the Jubilee Doctor and the newly awarded doctors. The day was opened by Dean Henrik Wenander. After the introduction, the Faculty's honorary doctors  Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Professor at the University of Oxford, and Professor Marta Pertegás Sender, Professor at the University of Maastricht was pr

https://www.law.lu.se/article/facultys-research-day-0 - 2025-12-17

Alezini Loxa has published Sustainability and EU Migration Law: Tracing the History of a Contemporary Concept on Cambridge University Press. The book is published Open Access with support from the LU book fund.Access the bookAlezini Ioxa's profile page in Research Portal

https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-loxa-publishes-sustainability-and-eu-migration-law - 2025-12-17

The Faculty of Law is releasing a new podcast about crime and punishment: ‘Kriminalsamtal - a slightly different podcast about crime and punishment’. The podcast is aimed at anyone who wants to know more about the criminal justice system and the thoughts and ideas behind criminal law. At a time when criminal policy is very loud and dominant in the public debate, there is reason to take a step back

https://www.law.lu.se/article/kriminalsamtal-new-podcast-crime-and-punishment - 2025-12-17

The search is on for 25 researchers from around the world in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. The main focus will be on AI research and other areas in which the University has a strategic focus. “In an uncertain world where free research and education are under intense pressure, Lund University is making its largest ever investment in international recruitment. The a

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-launches-largest-ever-global-recruitment-drive-researchers - 2025-12-17

Privacy International, a UK-based legal entity and international human rights organisation with a high profile in privacy rights issues, has appointed Professor Martin Scheinin as a member of its Board of Trustees. Professor Scheinin will take up his post on 1 May 2025 and will hold it for three years. He emphasises the importance of his research covering issues related to the right to privacy, in

https://www.law.lu.se/article/visiting-professor-martin-scheinin-elected-board-member-privacy-international - 2025-12-17

On 13 June, the World Maritime University (WMU) and the Faculty of Law at Lund University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen academic and research collaboration in maritime law and policy, safety, oceans affairs, and marine environment protection. Signed by WMU President, Professor Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr. and Professor Henrik Wenander, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Lund Universi

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-world-maritime-university-signed-memorandum-understanding - 2025-12-17

Matilda Hernqvist, who graduated from the law programme in Lund in the spring semester of 2025, has been awarded the Swedish Copyright Association's SFU Prize. The SFU Prize in copyright and related rights is awarded every year. The prize money is SEK 25,000 and was awarded on 9 June at the association's spring closing ceremony. Matilda's thesis supervisor was Ulrika Wennersten. Title of the essay

https://www.law.lu.se/article/student-lund-wins-prize-her-essay-swedish-copyright-association - 2025-12-17

On 5 May 2025, a mock trial was held at the Faculty of Law in Lund, in a hypothetical prosecution of Stig Engström for the murder of Olof Palme. On the evening of 28 February 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot dead in central Stockholm as he was returning home from the cinema with his wife Lisbeth Palme. The killer ran into a dark alley and vanished.Thirty-four years later, in June 2

https://www.law.lu.se/article/mock-trial-against-stig-engstrom-murder-olof-palme - 2025-12-17

The board of the Einar Hansen Research Foundation has decided to appoint Professor Martin Sunnqvist as the recipient of the Einar Hansen Research Prize 2025. The board's motivation for the recipient of the Einar Hansen Research Prize 2025: "Sunnqvist is professor of legal history at the Faculty of Law at Lund University. He defended his thesis in 2014 on Constitutional Critical Judging. The Change

https://www.law.lu.se/article/recipient-einar-hansen-research-prize-2025 - 2025-12-17

The Judges Proposals Board has appointed Torvald Larsson, LL.D. and senior lecturer in public law, as a special member in cases concerning legality review at the Administrative Court in Malmö. The appointment is for the period from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028. Legality review is a form of appeal against municipal decisions regulated in Chapter 13 of the Local Government Act (2017:725). In a

https://www.law.lu.se/article/torvald-larsson-appointed-special-member-administrative-court-malmo - 2025-12-17

Petra Holmberg, postdoc in medical law at the Faculty of Law, won the Research Grand Prix competition in Helsingborg on 7 October. In front of an audience of over 500 secondary school students, she presented her research on the risks of 80 per cent of Gen Z using chatbots to manage stress or anxiety. “It’s not surprising, AI feels simple and safe. But my research shows that it can be downright dan

https://www.law.lu.se/article/petra-holmberg-wins-forskar-grand-prix-competition - 2025-12-17

Professor Marko Milanovic is appointed as Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from September 2025. The Faculty of Law is honoured and pleased to announce that Professor Mark Milanovic, University of Reading, has been appointed as Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from September 2025 until August 2027, and affiliated to the Faculty

https://www.law.lu.se/article/professor-marko-milanovic-appointed-raoul-wallenberg-visiting-chair - 2025-12-17