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This article examines public sector innovation and how different actors – municipalities, consultants, academics, financiers, and non-profit organizations – create and distribute stories about a poorly functioning public sector in need of "opening up" to new types of actors, services, and knowledge. Despite differences, the actors involved narrate their world similarly constituting coalitions that

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/promoting-public-sector-innovation-who-does-what-when-and-how - 2026-07-11

Inclusion has become somewhat of a standard formula when trying to create political order in the transition from war to peace. But how does inclusion come into play in practice? In the article, Inclusivity in Practice: Patchworks of Inclusion at Multiple Tracks in the Colombian Peace Process, Bramsen and Strömbom investigate the inclusion/multi-track nexus in the Colombian peace process and show h

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/inclusivity-practice-patchworks-inclusion-multiple-tracks-colombian-peace-process - 2026-07-11

Anna Wieslander has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Transatlantic Transitions: Responses to the Russian Threat in the Baltic Sea Region, 2014–2020'. Congratulations! AbstractThe overall aim of this thesis is to explore alliance formation and management in a regional setting, by analyzing responses to the Russian threat in the Baltic Sea region during the years 2014–2020. In particular,

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/anna-wieslander-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-07-11

This chapter explores feminist activism during and after the so-called Arab Spring, a transformative event that brought new challenges and a new political environment for feminist activists. At first, the overthrow of old regimes raised hopes for a more open and liberated society, but these hopes did not last long. Feminist organizations in countries such as Egypt and Tunisia have faced state repr

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/abdelmoez-digital-feminist-practice-during-and-after-arab-spring - 2026-07-11

Barbara Magalhães Teixeira has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'The Nature of Peace and the Continuum of Violence in Environmental Conflicts'. Congratulations! AbstractIn this dissertation, I aim to explore the links between nature, conflict, and peace building on literature from peace and conflict studies and environmental peacebuilding. I argue that environmental issues, especially rel

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/barbara-magalhaes-teixeira-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-07-11

Isabel Bramsen has published a new chapter on the role of emotions and emotional energy in conflict, repression and violence in The Oxford Handbook of Emotions in International Relations. AbstractEmotions play a significant role in shaping human interaction, not least in the context of conflict and violence. This chapter delves into the intricate interplay between emotional energy, protest, repres

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bramsen-role-emotions-and-emotional-energy-conflict-repression-and-violence - 2026-07-11

The book “Peace and the Politics of Memory”, Manchester University Press, co-authored with Johanna Mannergren, Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Stefanie Kappler and Timothy Williams provides new understandings of how the politics of memory impacts peace in societies transitioning from a violent past. It does so by developing a theoretical approach focusing on the intersection of sites, agency, narratives,

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-annika-bjorkdahl-et-al-peace-and-politics-memory - 2026-07-11

On Thursday, the Eden auditorium was filled with students when the Department of Political Science was visited by researchers from the University of Denver to analyze and discuss the political situation ahead of the upcoming elections in the United States. The panel, which was moderated by our own Professor Jonathan Polk, consisted of Professor Seth Masket, Assistant Professor Jesse Acevedo and As

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/full-house-when-visiting-political-scientists-denver-discussed-upcoming-us-election - 2026-07-11

To what extent does moderation in ideological positioning by social democratic parties affect their short- and long-term electoral fortunes? This chapter builds on our prior work to further probe whether there is a link between moderation and individual voters’ shifts from social democratic parties at a later point, by considering a larger number of cases and by differentiating between the economi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/polk-and-karreth-new-study-voter-responses-social-democratic-party-ideological-moderation - 2026-07-11

Brilliant guest lecture with Jason Diakité for peace and conflict students and an insightful and thought-provoking research seminar with Jason and Madubuko Diakité on popular culture, racism, world peace, democracy, agency, space and "exercising citizenship"! Thanks! The Higher Research Seminar: Jason Diakité, LU Honorary Doctor and Madubuko Diakité, LU Raoul-Wallenberg-Institute9 oktober 2024 13:

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jason-diakite-lu-honorary-doctor-and-madubuko-diakite-lu-raoul-wallenberg-institute-visited-eden-and - 2026-07-11

Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored the chapter “The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria”, in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3d edition), eds S. Smith, A. Hadfield, and T. Dunne, Oxford: Oxford University Press. AbstractThis chapter argues that the international community’s response to the Syrian civil war was a failure of resolute diplomacy. It first recounts how a po

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-and-time-dunne-failure-diplomacy-and-protection-syria - 2026-07-11

Hello Ian Manners! Lund University has recently committed itself to student-centred education to improve the quality of learning and teaching on campus. Could you tell us more about the motivation behind this focus? – Certainly! Lund University aims to create a learning environment where students are at the heart of the educational process, and a crucial part of that is the implementation of activ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/professor-ian-manners-active-learning-social-science - 2026-07-11

Lisa Strömbom, together with Gustav Agneman (LU and Trondheim University) and Angelica Rettberg (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá), has published the article “Do Apologies Promote the Reintegration of former combatants? Lessons from a Video Experiment in Colombia” in Journal of Peace Research. The article tests the common proposition inherent in transitional justice theory and practice which holds

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-agneman-och-rettberg-journal-peace-research-apologies-and-reintegration-former-combatants - 2026-07-11

Isabel Bramsen, Lisa Strömbom, and Kasia Jezierska have received funding for the project "The United Nations as a Platform Enabling Agonistic Contestation and Engagement? (UNPEACE)" to analyse the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly meetings about Israel-Palestine since 1948, i.a. via video material. Congratulations!!! Isabel Bramsens profile in Lund University research portalLisa Strö

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/isabel-bramsen-lisa-strombom-and-kasia-jezierska-have-been-granted-funding-swedish-research-council - 2026-07-11

This article explores legitimation attempts by global multistakeholder partnerships that seek to support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. This generation of global partnerships faces strong expectations on obtaining synergies between policy fields and between the actors involved. We examine self-legitimation in a comparative study of two partnerships aiming t

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-legitimacy-challenges-multistakeholder-partnerships-2030-agenda - 2026-07-11

Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Polk, who has secured a prestigious grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) for his project, "Political Party Competition and the Transnational Cleavage in Europe." This groundbreaking work aims to shed light on the evolving political landscape and its implications for Europe’s future. SummaryPolitical Party Competition and the Transnational Cleavage in Euro

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/major-research-grant-awarded-professor-jonathan-polk-exploring-political-party-dynamics-europe - 2026-07-11

Karin Aggestam and Jacqui True have edited the book “Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis: A New Subfield” (Bristol University Press). How can feminist scholarship advance the field of foreign policy analysis to better understand contemporary foreign policy actions and challenges? This groundbreaking book provides the state-of-the-art in the study of gender, feminisms and foreign policy. Bringing toge

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-karin-aggestam-and-jacqui-true-feminist-foreign-policy-analysis - 2026-07-11

Rikard Bengtsson recently published a chapter entitled “Complex Role Enactment Amid Global Value Contestation: The European Union and the Crisis of the European Security Order” in the volume International Organizations Amid Global Crisis. Analysing Role Selection and Impact through Role Theory, edited by Diana Panke and Gordon M. Friedrichs (Bristol University Press). Departing from existing role

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bengtsson-eu-and-european-security-order - 2026-07-11

Patrick Nitzschner has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'Defending what is yet to come: Towards a critical theory of democratic defense'. Congratulations! AbstractCertainty about the robustness of democracy has given way to a widely diagnosed crisis of democracy. There are increasing calls to defend democratic institutions against those who seek their formally democratic abolishment. But

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/patrick-nitzschner-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2026-07-11

The world is facing several crises in terms of water quality, quantity, and safety. Policy measures to date focus on a 'business as usual' approach that prioritises economic and/or green growth. But measures that prioritize growth largely fail. A group of some of the world's most prominent water scientists highlights the crucial role that policy capture has played. They call for measures that are

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jesper-svensson-et-al-beyond-growth-response-worlds-water-crises - 2026-07-11