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On January 25 2016 Åsa Petersen gave an invited talk on “Hypothalamic pathology in HD” at the Department for Neurology at Ulm University in Germany. Here with one of the hosts; Dr Patrick Weydt.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/talk-ulm-university - 2025-11-05
Rana Soylu Kucharz successfully defended her PhD thesis at Lund University on Thursday January 28! Congratulations Dr Rana Soylu Kucharz!
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-rana-soylu-kucharz - 2025-11-05
In the magazine Reflex (1/2016), issued by Neuroförbundet, an article on the TNU research on Huntington's disease is highlighted. Three PhD theses have been published during 2014-2016 in the TNU group; all focusing on different aspect of the disease. Read the article here (in Swedish): artikel_i_reflex_1_2016.pdf
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnus-research-highlighted-reflex - 2025-11-05
Petersén is invited to give a talk entitled "Huntington disease - in the crossroads of neurology and psychiatry" at the Swedish Psychiatry Congress in Stockholm, March 16-18 2016.
On Friday April 15 2016 Åsa Petersén hosted a national HD meeting in Lund for health care personnel. 50 participants from different parts of Sweden attended the meeting. program_nationellt_hd-mote_lund_15_april_2016.pdf
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-hosts-national-hd-meeting - 2025-11-05
Åsa Petersén was appointed Professor in Neuroscience at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University on March 16 2016.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-now-appointed-professor-lund-university - 2025-11-05
Former TNU PhD student Sanaz Gabery was awarded Best Neurobiology section PhD thesis 2015 for her thesis New perspectives on pathology in Huntington's disease - characterization of hypothalamic changes.Congratulations, Sanaz!
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/gabery-awarded-best-neurobiology-section-phd-thesis-2015 - 2025-11-05
Dr Rachel Cheong is awarded Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forsknings (SSMF) stipend for post doctoral studies. The stipend of 600 000 SEK during two years allows Rachel to conduct research aiming to understand the neuropsychiatric aspects of HD. A greater understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of HD will clearly help to develop novel therapeutic strategies to treat this debilitating di
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/cheong-receives-ssmf-post-doc-stipend - 2025-11-05
Petersen and Cheong were awarded a 500 000 SEK grant for a project on the oxytocin system as a therapeutic target for HD!Brain Foundation's webpage (in Swedish)
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/swedish-brain-foundation-grant-petersen-and-cheong - 2025-11-05
Drs Baldo, Cheong and Soylu-Kucharz present their recent research findings at the 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Copenhagen, July 2-6 2016.More about FENS:FENS website
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-members-present-research-fens-copenhagen - 2025-11-05
Dr Cheong presents her recent work at the HDF (Hereditary Disease Foundation) “The Milton Wexler Celebration of Life” symposium in Boston, August 3-6 2016.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-cheong-presents-her-research-hdf-meeting-boston - 2025-11-05
ONGOING RESEARCH: Amin Parsa’s research on migration and the use of new technology in tracing mobility focuses on how the use of such technology can potentially reshape our laws. – I want to show how our use of new technology is shaping the way that we do law, says Amin Parsa.– Generally my research is about the relationship between law and technology. Artificial intelligence and decision making t
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-technology-shapes-our-understanding-what-legal - 2025-11-05
Ghana’s “overall best student 2018” is studying Sociology of Law in Lund. Labiks’s story shows how far hard work and perseverance can get you. Ghana’s Inter Tertiary Excellence Award 2018 for Overall Best Student 4th Year in the academia category went to Thomas Duke Labik Amanquandor, who is studying the second semester of the Sociology of Law Master’s programme here in Lund. The Inter Tertiary Ex
Martin Joormann defended his doctoral thesis in Sociology of Law ”Legitimized Refugees: A Critical Investigation of Legitimacy Claims within the Precedents of Swedish Asylum Law” today Friday 3rd May at 10 o'clock in Kulturen's Auditorium, Tegnérsplatsen in Lund. The external reviewer was Professor Åsa Wettergren, Göteborg University.Abstract på engelskaThis study focuses on asylum cases decided a
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/martin-joormann-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-11-05
Everything is in the same place but the address has changed. The departments visiting address is now Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18 C. To make it easier for emergency services to find the right building in the Paradis area in Lund, several university buildings changed addresses on 1 July. The Sociology of Law Department's address was changed from Allhelgona Kyrkogata 14.to Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18 C.The
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-gets-new-address - 2025-11-05
Amin Parsa has written the chapter ”Military Uniform and Lethal Targeting in International Law on Armed Conflict” in the newly published book Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World. In the chapter, Amin Parsa, postdoctoral researcher at The Sociology of Law Department, investigates the production of human target in laws of armed conflict as a derivative of the different visual functi
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/amin-parsa-legal-materiality-laws-armed-conflict - 2025-11-05
Marie Leth-Espensen has co-authored an article on the recent gastronomic trend known as “New Carnivorism.” Marie Leth-Espensen, doctoral student at the Sociology of Law Department, has together with Mathias Elrød Madsen studied this relatively new food media trend. In an article in the journal Society & Animals, they discuss how examples such as the Danish TV show “Kill Your Favorite Dish” (Dræb d
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-ideology-meat-eating - 2025-11-05
Renowned criminologist Dr Molly Dragiewicz, Associate Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, visited Lund University for a seminar with the criminology program students. The seminar, “Digital media and domestic violence: Emerging international research”, on Tuesday 10th April, covered the role of digital technology in domestic abu
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/seminar-domestic-abuse-and-how-it-facilitated-digital-technology - 2025-11-05
The Sociology of Law Department's Professor Emeritus, Karsten Åström, has received an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy at Linköping University. For many years, Karsten Åström has been a Guest Professor at Linköping University, where he has established Welfare Law as a subject at the Faculty of Philosophy. The Faculty Board motivates awarding Åström with the honorary degree by statin
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/karsten-astrom-has-been-awarded-honorary-doctorate-linkoping-university - 2025-11-05
Growing amounts of hateful messages sent to journalists are threatening to undermine central democratic concepts. The extent of problem is being investigated at the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University. In the last ten years, more journalists have received hateful and threatening messages online. The trend has led to self-censorship and declining mental health among media professionals.
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-studies-effects-hateful-messages-journalism - 2025-11-05
