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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PROJECT SUPPORT: Malena Rosén Sundström and Hanna Bäck have been granted 5 mn SEK by the Marianne and Marcus Wallenbergs foundation in support of the project Political Participation among young people - from party democrats to social media activists. The department extends its congratulations!Malena Rosén SundströmHan

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/funding-political-participation-among-young-people - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petter Narby defended his dissertation ”Time of Crisis: Order, Politics, Temporality.” yesterday at one o'clock in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. Discussant: Kimberly Hutchings, London School of Economics. AbstractCrises are common and problematic features of contemporary politics. Thought as

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/petter-narby-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University's advent calendar Merry Quizmas features Johannes Lindvall's research today. Every day you have a chance to enter the competition by sending a message (comment). Indicate the correct answer to today’s question in the message/comment: 1, X or 2.Today's quiz-question:There are various theories about what

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lindvall-quiz-question-todays-advent-calendar - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Roger Hildingsson defended his dissertation "Governing Decarbonisation. The State and the New Politics of Climate Change" yesterday in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. Roger HildingssonDiscussant: Professor James Meadowcroft.AbstractThis dissertation examines the “new climate politics of decarb

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roger-hildingsson-defended-his-thesis - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Fredén writes about the government crisis on the international election blog "Making Electoral Democracy Work". The post is authored together with Elina Lindgren and Patrik Öhberg at Gothenburg University. Read post: Sweden: An unprecedented crisis in a (lost?) political stability heavenAnnika Fredén

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/freden-about-government-crisis - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two postdoc positions with STANCE (Lund). Apply by 2015-02-20. The project STANCE (State-Making and the Origins of Global Order in the Long Nineteenth Century and Beyond) announces a call for two postdocs in Political Science with a Specialization in Comparative Politics and/or International Relations.Read more.   

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/two-postdoc-positions-political-science - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eden will be completely closed on the following days: Christmas Eve 24 December - Sunday, 28 December. New Year's Eve 31 December and New Year's Day 1 January 2015. Opening hours over the winter holiday.The main entrance is open:Monday, 29 December between 10 and 12. The main entrance is open to students with a LU-Car

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/departments-holiday-hours - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jonna Pettersson defended her dissertation "Incalculable Community" today at one o'clock in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. External reviewer: Associate professor Lars Toender, University of Melbourne.Jonna Pettersson  AbstractThis thesis argues that the Western thinking of political community

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jonna-pettersson-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science is organising its spring conference in Stockholm 19-20 March 2015. This year's theme is: Change and Continuity in Transatlantic Relations.

 SNES Spring Conference 2015

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/spring-conference-snes - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Ole Elgström and Jakob Skovgaard have penned the article "Previewing Paris 2015: The EU's ‘Leadiator’ Role in Future Climate Change Negotiations" published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Online, "the flagship publication of Georgetown's School of Foreign Service".Together

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-och-skovgaard-climate-change-negotiations - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Martin Hall (2014) have written the article ’Cooperation and Conflict’, Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 26:4. Learn more.    

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-and-hall-cooperation-and-conflict - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Department of Political Science (University of Gothenburg) announces the availability of six fully funded doctoral student positions. Apply by March 2. Learn more...

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ph-d-candidate-positions-gothenburg-0 - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Welcome to the Department of Political Science, Spring term 2015 Follow this link to find relevant information about the courses on offer in English, spring term 2015.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/compulsory-introductory-meetings-admitted-students-and-incoming-exchange-students - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Bergman Rosamond has authored “The Nordic States and Gender Cosmopolitanism” published in the DIIS conference proceedings Nordic Foreign and Security Policy, Danish Institute for International Studies. December 2014.Learn more.  

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nordic-states-and-gender-cosmopolitanism - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Catarina Kinnvall gave a presentation yesterday for The Tony Blair Foundation on the theme 'Hinduism as a Transnational Force' at a workshop in Pristina, Kososvo. The theme of the workshop was ’Religion and Conflict: Practical Policy Responses’ (An intensive training course for diplomats, public o

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hinduism-transnational-force - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Senior lecturer in Sociology Erik Hannerz will co-coordinate a Pufendorf-project about urban creativity together with Peter Bengtsen at the Division of Art History and Visual Studies. It was recently announced that the 2018-2019 thematic projects at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University will

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-collaboration-project-urban-creativity - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Sandberg's article "Beyond Granted Asylum-Labor Market Integration Challenges in Sweden" has been published in the latest issue of SAIS Review, on migration and its consequences. The article analyses recent changes to Sweden’s immigration policy and draws upon statistical data to show the effect of the new immig

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/radical-shift-swedish-migration-policy-analysed - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SWEDISH PARENTING SUPPORT: Lisa Eklund and Åsa Lundqvist, at the Department of Sociology, have published an article in the Journal of Family Studies (12/6). The article Children’s Rights and Gender Equality in Swedish Parenting Support: Policy and Practice aims to explore how ‘children's rights’ and ‘gender equality’

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/child-rights-gender-equality - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Priscilla Solano has received a three-year grant from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet VR) for a research project that will study ”a second side to the refugee crisis” - how civil society organisations filled the gaps left by EU national policies and fulfilled refugees’ and migrants’ basic needs: food, a

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/funding-project-second-side-refugee-crisis - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anna Rypi, Veronika Burcar Alm and Malin Åkerström have published an article about young male crime victims with an immigrant background in the journal Nordic Social Work Research. Interactions between the police and young people with an immigrant background are well researched internationally and are often discussed

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/young-men-refrain-reporting-crimes - 2026-08-09