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The thesis in statistics is titled ”Optimization and Algorithms in Sparse Regressions: Screening Rules, Coordinate Descent, and Normalization”, but what is it about? "It is about statistical models for high-dimensional data, where the number of variables outnumber the number of observations, such as DNA microarray data where there may be hundreds of observations (patients) but millions of variable

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-johan-larsson - 2026-09-23

The new board had its first meeting on 5 June, and beyond our two external members it really is a brand new group. “We have a strong base to start from and from there we will try to be more relevant for the whole of LUSEM than ever before. For instance we have an aim set at establishing new stipends for our teachers, researchers and guest researchers besides those we already have in place for the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/presenting-our-new-partnership-board - 2026-09-23

The one year presidency of Simon Anderberg draws to a close and on 16 July he hands over the president’s club to Tova Mark. We had an opportunity to meet up with them both in Skånis and of course we leapt at it. Simon, how has the last year matched your expectations?I’m not sure what I expected, but we are at a good place as an organisation. We did not have any radical changes planned, instead we

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/one-president-another-lundaekonomerna - 2026-09-23

Lund University has risen to 75th place in the prestigious QS annual ranking. This is an improvement of ten spots on the previous year, placing Lund as the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. In addition, the University has been awarded the QS Sustainability Champions Award.Read more on LU Staff Pages

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lund-university-climbs-global-ranking-wins-sustainability-award-0 - 2026-09-23

Last week our Professor in Economic History, Sylvia Schwaag Serger was appointed as new president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).With an extraordinarily strong background in research and innovation her expertise has been called upon by the European Commission, the OECD, and the World Bank to name but a few.Congrats Sylvia!Read more on IVA's homepage 

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/sylvia-schwaag-serger-new-president-iva-0 - 2026-09-23

Summer, sun and annual leave! Read through the tips below, so that you will be able to wind down properly during your time off.Read more on LU Staff Pages

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/what-bear-mind-summer - 2026-09-23

Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) has now received its reaccreditation through both the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and The Association of MBAs (AMBA). Thereby, the School holds its position in the ranks of top business schools worldwide awarded with a “Triple Crown”. The triple accreditation, or the Triple Crown, is the combination of accreditations held b

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusem-reaffirms-its-triple-crown-accreditation - 2026-09-23

It is with great sadness that we today fly the flag at half-mast on the occasion of a memorial tribute to Antonio Marañon, teacher at the Department of Statistics at Lund University School of Economics and Management who passed away earlier this summer. Our thoughts are with the family and closest relatives.Det är med stor sorg vi idag flaggar på halv stång med anledning av en minnestund för Anton

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/flag-half-mast-today - 2026-09-23

Spanning two previously separate areas of research – civil society and elites – this book sheds new light on how certain individuals emerge as members of a civil society elite and traces interactions with elite groups from party politics, the state, and the business sector. This edited volume analyses how such processes are influenced by reliance on foreign funding and explores how they play out i

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/uhlin-and-colleagues-civil-society-elites-cambodia-and-indonesia - 2026-09-23

Tell us, why Tunisia? As a PhD student in political science with a focus on comparative politics in the Middle East, I investigate feminist activism and gender politics in the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on Tunisia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. What interests me is largely that feminism is usually seen as a European or Western "product" that is exported to the rest of the worl

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hi-there-joel-w-abdelmoez-just-back-fieldwork-tunisia - 2026-09-23

Daniel Gustafsson has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'The Present People'. Congratulations! Abstract In modern political thought, one of the most recalcitrant, and increasingly pressing, questions of modern democracy is whether, and in what sense, the people can be present. While the presence of the people has, and continues to be, the sine qua non of the democratic form of government,

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/daniel-gustafsson-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2026-09-23

In the interview The Local Sweden journalist Richard Orange set out how the far-right Sweden Democrats have tried to fire up the long-dormant debate over Sweden's membership of the European Union. Lund University professor Ian Manners spoke about what it means and what to do about it. In tweets, interviews, one article in the Aftonbladet tabloid and a second one in Svenska Dagbladet newspaper, Swe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/manners-how-best-respond-sweden-democrats-swexit-gamble - 2026-09-23

Sindre Gade Viksand has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'A World of Persons'. Congratulations! Abstract This is a study of subjecthood in international thought. Human beings and states, while often held to be opposed to one another, share this: they are international thought’s key subjects. The following chapters attempt to answer the question of why that is. The main argument advanced i

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sindre-gade-viksand-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2026-09-23

Simon Davidsson has been awarded the Swedish Political Science Association's prize for best thesis by younger researchers presented at the association's annual meeting 2022. Davidsson is awarded the prize for the thesis Testing Paths to Strong Parties in Western Europe or the Efficient Secret Shared. The motivation reads: Davidsson's essay is a careful examination of explanations for the developme

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/simon-davidsson-has-been-awarded-swedish-political-science-associations-prize - 2026-09-23

Isabel Bramsen has written the chapter ‘The web of relations shaping the Philippine peace talks’ in the book Relational Peace Practices edited by Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo. The chapter investigates the interaction between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) during peace talks and discusses this in relation to the larger web of relations shaping t

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bramsen-web-relations-shaping-philippine-peace-talks - 2026-09-23

Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article ‘The Abraham Accords’ implications for peace in the Middle East’, published in the latest issue of Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift. The Abraham Accords, signed by Israel and four Arab states in 2020, were one of President Donald Trump’s most renowned foreign policy successes. But what type of peace has emerged following the Abraham Accords? Departing from the

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lisa-strombom-abraham-accords-implications-peace-middle-east - 2026-09-23

Stina Melander, Julia Bahner and Oskar Krantz have published the article “The Personal is Political – And Then What? Ideology, Representation, and Legitimacy in a Swedish Disability Organisation.” in Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Abstract Background: Who can or cannot claim to represent other members within the disability rights movement has been discussed for decades, mainly concer

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/stina-melander-co-authors-ideology-representation-and-legitimacy-swedish-disability-organisation - 2026-09-23

Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article ”The two-state impasse in Israel/Palestine – The EU caught between egalitarian norms and expansionist realpolitik”, in Frontiers in Political Science. For many years, international actors have viewed a two-state solution based on democratic rights for both peoples in their respective nation-state as the silver-bullet that can solve the Israeli-Palestinian

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-eu-between-democratic-principles-and-expansionist-israeli-ideals - 2026-09-23

Karin Aggestam and Linda Eitrem Holmgren have co-authored the article ”The Women, Peace, and Security in the Middle East and North Africa, which is part of a special issue in Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift. Read the article (in Swedish) here: https://journals.lub.lu.se/st/article/view/25239/22259 Karin Aggestam’s page: https://www.svet.lu.se/en/karin-aggestam Linda Eitrem Holmgren’s page: https://www

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-eitrem-holmgren-women-peace-and-security-middle-east - 2026-09-23

Scholars acknowledge the existence of intra-party divisions and the potentially negative electoral effects of disunity. Some assume that intra-party divides are between professional politicians and grassroots members, others highlight the importance of ideological blocs. Yet, precisely mapping factional structures, especially ideological factions, is difficult because of the “black box of intra- p

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-ann-kristin-kolln-and-jonathan-polk-intra-party-politics-comparative-political-studies - 2026-09-23