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Lund University hosted an MSCA Ambassador event for high-school students from Uzbekistan on December 6-7, 2024. 19 students from the Academic lyceum of University of World Economy and Diplomacy from Tashkent, Uzbekistan visited Lund University. 19 students (12 boys and 7 girls), accompanied by their four teachers, visited the department of Sociology of Law at Lund University. During their visit, M

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/msca-ambassador-event-high-school-students-uzbekistan - 2026-09-17

Reaching the 1.5°C climate target requires a drastic decline in the use of fossil fuels, especially coal in Asia and OECD. Has such decline ever happed in the past? At the first glance, the answer is ‘no’. Globally, new energy and technologies have always been added on top of the old ones (so that past ‘energy transitions’ are sometimes humorously called ‘energy additions’!) But a new research co-

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/historical-lessons-getting-rid-fossil-fuels - 2026-09-17

Catarina Kinnvall has together with co-author Pasko Kisić Merino (Karlstad University) published the article ‘Governing Emotions: Hybrid media, Ontological Insecurity and the Normalisation of Far-Right Fantasies’ in Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. Abstract Focusing on the debates on ‘due impartiality’ provided to far-right leaders in Swedish media, this article uses a Lacanian approach to

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/catarina-kinnvall-governing-emotions-hybrid-media-ontological-insecurity-and-normalisation-far-right - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The book entitled "Muslim Minorities in Europe and India: Politics of Accommodation of Islamic Identities" has recently been published. The book is edited by Anwar Alam, Department of International Relations, Zirve University, Gaziantep (Turkey) and Konrad Pedziwiatr, Department of European Studies, Cracow University

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/book-muslim-minorities-europe-and-india - 2026-09-17

Professor Deliang Chen has been elected Fellow of TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries. Professor Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg and PI in MERGE, has been elected Fellow of TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries. He was one of 44 new Fellows elected on the Academy's 26th General Meetin

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/deliang-chen-new-fellow-twas-world-academy-sciences - 2026-09-17

LUCSUS is part of organising next year's Political Ecology Network conference (POLLEN24) in Lund. The unfolding and entwined social-ecological crises make the challenge of how to move towards more plural and just futures more pressing than ever. Political ecology provides an important toolbox to explore the unjust and colonial power relations that condition global flows of material resources, mone

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/next-pollen-conference-lund - 2026-09-17

Several Qur’an burnings occurred in Sweden this summer leading to protests in Muslim-majority countries. The repercussions might be limited in the short-term with the strong reactions from governments and Islamic organisations mostly being of a symbolic nature. However, the increasing perception in many countries in the MENA region that Swedish state and society are hostile to Islam endangers Swed

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-mena-responses-quran-burnings-sweden - 2026-09-17

How regional, local and national governments decide to develop coastal regions affects 21st century flood exposure more than climate threats according to a new study, focusing on China. The research, which for the first time integrates projected land use change under different policies, sea-level rise, extreme events, and land subsidence, identifies that strategic coastal planning can have huge ef

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/coastal-development-planning-matters-more-21st-century-flood-risk-climate-change - 2026-09-17

Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The week features more than 70 events and all of them are free of charge. As usual, researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences participate in several interesting events. Come and listen to your colleagues! Faculty of Social Sciences events during Sustainabilty WeekFaculty of S

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-scientists-sustainability-week-13-18-april - 2026-09-17

As part of the international POLLEN24 Conference, SASNET co-hosted a panel on Political Ecology of Glacierized Environments. Visiting from India was Manshi Asher, environmental justice activist and researcher. In June, the cross-continental POLLEN24 Conference was held in Lund, (Sweden), Dodoma (Tanzania), and Lima (Peru). The conference aims to provide a platform to discuss the unfolding and entw

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/politics-ecology-and-glaciers-sasnet-pollen24-conference - 2026-09-17

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered thirteen new species of extinct brittle stars on the island of Gotland, Sweden. The fossils were dug out of rocks from the Silurian Period (around 444 to 419 million years ago). The species have now been named after several famous hard rock musicians and bands. Ophiuroids are a group of echinoderms closely related to starfish. Their bodies c

https://www.science.lu.se/article/extinct-brittle-stars-named-after-death-metal-bands - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Apply for doctoral positions in social resilience for the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University. Applicants can choose Sustainability sciences as their subject area - and come work at LUCSUS! The Faculty of Social Sciences is offering two doctoral student positions in social resilience. Social resilience can

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/doctoral-positions-now-open-agenda-2030-graduate-school-lund-university - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University’s ‘critical friends’ and strategic advisors – the University Advisory Board – met over two intensive days in April the University Management to discuss LU’s development over the past year. The overall impression from the international experts was positive, especially with regard to research. On the edu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-advisory-board-lund-university-needs-invest-education - 2026-09-17

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/forest-fires-ravaged-europe-thousands-years-201-million-years-ago - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Nilsson will join SASNET to prepare a project tracing the reception of South Asian religion in Swedish Theosophy. Nilsson recently completed his PhD in the history of religions at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University. Nilsson's primary focus of study is esoteric and occult movements act

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-johan-nilsson - 2026-09-17

How did COVID-19 lockdowns work in practice in densely populated low-income neighbourhoods? At a recent SASNET seminar, Professor Glyn Williams presented research on how pandemic measures were implemented and experienced in three Indian cities, highlighting tensions between public health policies and everyday urban life. The COVID-19 pandemic led governments around the world to introduce lockdowns

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lockdowns-indian-cities-uneven-impacts-low-income-neighbourhoods - 2026-09-17

The program is called "Longer-living older adults: Multidisciplinary approaches to a growing area of research on aging" and is hosted by the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging at Mount Saint Vincent University and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Aging. The SWEAH PhD Aber Sharon Kagwa, a second year PhD. student at the Division of Nursing, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/three-sweah-affiliated-researchers-are-going-canada-summer-program-aging-spa-2023 - 2026-09-17

Are you interested in fashion, trends, communication, and sustainability? Are you already working in the fashion industry and want to deepen your knowledge? Or are you a student who wants to broaden your education? Then apply for our new stand-alone courses: The Fashion Market: Innovation and Fashion Forecasting (5 credits) and The Fashion Market: Fashion Communication and Sustainability (5 credit

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/fashion-market-focus-latest-additions-our-course-portfolio - 2026-09-17

The 18th of October we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Aurimas Pumputis nailed his doctors thesis ”Trust and Control on P2P platforms: A sociomaterial analysis of guest-host relationships in digital environments”. Aurimas is defending his thesis during a dissertation the 8th of November. – Myy dissertation is about tourism, particularly involvement of t

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/aurimas-pumputis-nailed-his-dissertation - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On the 16 and 17 of September 2016 Ivanna Read and Tatiana Proskurina, Master students at the International Master programme in Strategic Communication (year 1) had the opportunity to attend the welcome event for the Swedish Institute (SI) Scholars. The Ceremony was held in Stockholm City Conference Center, where arou

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/two-master-students-department-strategic-communication-are-awarded-swedish-institute-scholarship - 2026-09-17