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SESAC (Swedish Competence Centre for Satellite Enabled Social Science Analytics) is a national competence centre which, with support from the Swedish National Space Agency, makes satellite data available to social science researchers. Why satellite data?Every day, huge amounts of images are collected from the Earth's surface. When analysed using the right methods, they become powerful tools for re
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21 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Pelle Valentin Olsen, CMES and Department of History, Lund University By examining modern Iraqi history through the lens of leisure, this talk offers an entirely new perspective as it explores the institutions, practices, distractions, and discourses of leisure that occupied increasing space and time in the life of many Iraqis in the twentieth c
4 June 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Pinar Dinc, Lina Eklund, Maria Andrea Nardi, Mo Hamza, Hakim Abdi, CMES and Lund University. Over a decade has passed since the onset of the Syrian conflict, which continues to have dire humanitarian consequences in the region. Syria, with a population of approximately 17 million, ranks among low-income countries, with a gross national income pe
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26 May 2026 09:00 to 27 May 2026 17:00 | Workshop The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Lund University invites you to explore the intersection of authoritarianism, climate policy, and displacement: In 2024, climate disasters caused 45.8 million displacements, more than double those from armed conflict. This workshop shifts the focus from traditional conflict-driven migration to
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/authoritarian-climates-immobility-and-green-transition-middle-east - 2026-05-15
9 June 2026 13:15 to 15:15 | Workshop Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies is associated with interdisciplinary research - and with good reason. But we don't only provide support to our own research groups, we want to inspire more LU researchers to interdisciplinary endeavours. One logical step towards this goal? Finding funding... Finding funding for cross and interdisciplinary research proje
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/funding-interdisciplinary-research-how-where-when-whom-0 - 2026-05-15
We are looking forward to having you at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Getting started at the Faculty of Social SciencesFor specific information about the program or course you are starting at the Faculty of Social Sciences, you can log onto the online student platform Canvas, after creating your student account.Canvas is Lund University’s learning platform, where you can access course materials,
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/admitted-student/faculty-wide-programmes - 2026-05-15
18 May 2026 13:00 to 15:00 | Workshop Lund Social Science Methods Centre invites you to a workshop with Dr. Giulia Garofalo Geymonat from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice on participant compensation in qualitative research. No registration is required for this workshop.The workshop examines participant compensation as a key methodological and ethical issue in qualitative research. While remunerati
9 June 2026 10:00 to 12:00 | Seminar Lund Social Science Methods Centre invites you to a seminar with Prof. Iddo Tavory from New York University, on abductive analysis, pragmatist philosophy and methodological precepts. No registration is required for this seminar.This talk outlines some of the main tenets of abductive analysis: an attempt to analytically center the surprises that emerge in the re
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/abductive-analysis-surprises-and-theory-construction - 2026-05-15
28 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar CMES welcomes Dalia Dassa Kaye for a talk on her book Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy. A timely and rigorous analysis of a half-century of American policymakers' shifting perceptions of Iran, and how they have driven US-Iran relations.US–Iran hostility has endured for longer than the Cold War. Momentous geopolitical shifts, changing lead
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/book-talk-enduring-hostility-making-americas-iran-policy - 2026-05-15
27 May 2026 15:15 to 16:45 | Lecture/talk Welcome to this year’s honorary doctor seminars hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences. 15:15-16:00Frank Biermann: “Planetary crisis and plurilateral politics: Global governance in the age of Trump”Frank Biermann is Professor of Global Sustainability Governance at Utrecht University. Drawing on political science and law, his influential scholarship criti
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/meet-2026-honorary-doctors-faculty-social-sciences - 2026-05-15
10 June 2026 09:30 to 12:30 | Workshop Lund Social Science Methods Centre invites all doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences to a half-day workshop with Professor Iddo Tavory. This workshop is conducted in English.Iddo Tavory is Professor of sociology at NYU, and a theorist of culture and interaction. Iddo Tavory is also giving a seminar here at the Faculty on 9th of June (Abductive A
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/analytic-refinery-professor-iddo-tavory-phds-only - 2026-05-15
27 May 2026 09:00 to 13:00 | Workshop From invasive and non-invasive brain-computer interfaces to data privacy, governance models, and the impact on democracy and human dignity, the Pufendorf-Theme has examined how these technologies are reshaping our brains, bodies, and societies. Now, the researchers invite academic staff, students, practitioners, and curious minds - to join them for a provocati
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/neurofutures-promises-and-perils-neurotechnologies - 2026-05-15
Faculty of Social Sciences Every year Lund University welcomes international students from all over the world. Being an exchange student in Lund allows you to be part of the unique student life, get to know people from all around the world and experience the international atmosphere and memorable student traditions in one of Sweden’s most charming towns. Film about studying at Lund University Facu
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/education/exchange-studies/incoming-exchange-students - 2026-05-15
11 May 2026 10:00 to 15 May 2026 16:00 | Event Den 28 april – 2 maj och 11 – 15 maj finns det möjlighet för alla att medverka i konstprojektet på gräsmattan mellan Gamla Paviljongen och Gamla Lungkliniken. Konstnären Loulou Cherinet är på plats med material och medarbetare. Håll utkik efter vad som händer och passa på att vara med under en dag eller ett par timmar.Här kan du läsa mer om projektet:
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22 May 2026 13:00 | Thesis defence Annabell Merkel has written a thesis entitled: Valorising seaweed: Novel food valuation in everyday encountersExternal reviewer: Docent Sebastian Abrahamsson, Uppsala universitetMore information about the thesis is available in the Lund University Research Portal About the eventLocation:U203, Universitetsplatsen 2, HelsingborgContact:cecilia [dot] fredriksson [at
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/phd-defence-service-studies-annabell-merkel - 2026-05-15
22 May 2026 09:00 | Thesis defence Carlo Nicoli Aldini has written a thesis entitled: Lagligt och Dödligt: Lawfare och Juridisk Mobilisering i Konflikten kring Stålverket i Taranto, ItalienExternal reviewer: Professor Siri Gloppen, University of BergenMore information about the thesis is available in the Lund University Research Portal About the eventLocation:LUX aula, Helgonavägen 3, LundContact:
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/phd-defence-sociology-law-carlo-nicoli-aldini - 2026-05-15
25 May 2026 13:00 | Thesis defence Sophia Zisakou has written a thesis entitled: Feeling Queer, Feeling Real: Affective Economies of Truth in Queer Asylum PoliticsExternal reviewer: Professor Jack Halberstam, Columbia UniversityMer information om avhandlingen finns i Lunds universitets forskningsportal About the eventLocation:Gamla Köket, Sh128, Allhelgona kyrkogata 8, LundContact:anna [dot] lundb
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/phd-defence-sociology-law-sophia-zisakou - 2026-05-15
20 May 2026 08:30 to 12:00 | Symposium Welcome to a seminar focusing on fashion and fashion sustainability in Europe. Europe stands at a critical juncture in its pursuit of sustainable clothing production and consumption. Despite growing awareness and policy commitments, the environmental and social challenges posed by the clothing industry remain profound. The EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circ
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/rethinking-europes-clothing-sector - 2026-05-15
9 June 2026 13:00 to 15:00 | Seminar We warmly invite practitioners, researchers, advocates, and policymakers to attend and contribute to the conversation on complicated plastics and menstrual sanitation. Join us for an engaging webinar featuring research findings from the Complicated Plastics Project, a film screening, and a policy dialogue with stakeholders and decision-makers from Kenya. At the
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