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Professor Håkan Johansson has received more than SEK 35 million to lead a project about elites in civil society: "Civil Society Elites" A comparative study of the composition, reproduction, integration and questioning of elites in European Civil Society. " The money is awarded by Riksbankens jubileumsfond. Read an interview with Håkan in Swedish here.
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/35-million-research-civil-society-elites - 2025-09-29
Kristina Göransson has received five million from the Riksbankens jubileumsfond for the project "Parents' strategies for children's education in China, South Korea and Singapore: A Comparative Ethnographic Study".Read an interview with Kristine in Swedish here.
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/research-project-parenting-receives-funding - 2025-09-29
This fall PhD candidate Carolin Schütze is a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. What have you been working on since you got there?I recently gave a presentation about migration in the Swedish welfare state and discussed a new working paper, which is part of my dissertation project. The paper focuses on the role of attitudes towards migrants in the practical welfar
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/brief-interview-carolin-schutze - 2025-09-29
The city of Helsingborg first implemented the Housing First method seven years ago. Since then, the number of homeless per 10,000 inhabitants has fallen sharply. The programme, introduced by researchers at the School of Social Work, has also brought about additional positive effects for socially vulnerable groups in Helsingborg. This is shown in a new report, written by Arne Kristensen and Marcus
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seven-years-housing-first-success-story - 2025-09-29
At least Three (2 year) Postdoctoral positions on Great social challenges at the Faculty of Social Sciences. To be appointed as a postdoc requires a PhD in any of the following research subjects offered at the Faculty of Social Sciences: Communication and Media Studies, Education, Gender Studies, Human Ecology, Human or Economic Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Service Studies, Social Ant
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/postdoctoral-positions-great-social-challenges - 2025-09-29
Professor Hans Swärd has been awarded the biennial Swedish Association for Social Work Research (FORSA) Prize. "With long-term commitment, Professor Hans Swärd has been interested in the most vulnerable in society and their living conditions for several decades. Through his research, Hans Swärd has achieved improvements and a paradigm shift in how to think about the homeless, including contributin
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/hans-sward-awarded-forsa-prize - 2025-09-29
Susanna Johansson and Lina Ponnert have published an article in the British Journal of Social Work. The article aims to analyse juridification and standardisation as two legal dimensions influencing contemporary child-protection work, and to discuss their implications for practice. Read the while article online: Juridification and Standardisation: Two Legal Dimensions Influencing Contemporary Chi
On 14 and 15 April, the School of Social Work, in collaboration with SASNET, hosted a workshop on nationalisms in South Asia. The convenors were Frank Korom from Boston University, Jan Magnusson from the School of Social Work and the Director of SASNET, Andreas Johansson. The core idea of the workshop was formed in opposition to a generation of scholarship which argued that nationalism was strictl
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/comparing-nationalist-actors-south-asia - 2025-09-29
"We have no alternative but to look for new ideas and imaginaries of welfare and social inclusion in the absence of growth", says Max Koch in an interview in the Green European Journal. Read the entire interview with Max Koch and Jean Lambert, a Greens/EFA MEP from the UK, on the Green Journal Website.Professor Max Koch's research deals with capitalist restructuring and its impact on social inequa
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/max-koch-welfare-and-work-within-planetary-limits - 2025-09-29
The 6th International Degrowth Conference in Malmö will take place from August 21-25. The 6th International Degrowth Conference in Malmö, Sweden, titled “Dialogues in turbulent times” is organized by the Institute for degrowth studies. This conference aims at expanding the geographical and thematic scope of degrowth discussions, as well as building dialogues with critical social theories, sciences
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/malmo-hosts-degrowth-conference - 2025-09-29
In an article recently published in the European Social Work Research journal, researchers Anna Rypi, Malin Åkerström and Veronika Burcar Alm attempt to shed light on why young men with an immigrant background who are subjected to violent crimes rarely report the incidents to the police. The young men who were interviewed mainly portrayed their decisions not to notify the police in the context of
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/discrimination-discourse-incompatible-hegemonic-masculinity - 2025-09-29
Carolin Schütze has been awarded the ReNEW Early Career Paper Prize in social sciences for the best conference paper at the Third Nordic Challenges Conference, 2019. In her award-winning paper entitled “Feeling Fear in Times of Polarization. A Systematic Content Analysis of Bureaucrats’ Commentary on Migrants using the Concept of Ontological Security”, Schütze addresses the question of immigratio
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-student-wins-early-career-prize - 2025-09-29
During a whole day in April researchers in elite studies discussed the relevance of central theoretical and empirical knowledge about elite research for studying civil society elites. The research seminar was filled with discussions about ”shadow elites” in America influencing important geopolitical decisions without visible political leadership, and the power decline of bureaucratic elite groups
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seminar-brings-together-several-international-researchers - 2025-09-29
The Housing First model is effective, but needs more political support to increase its impact across Europe, a new Europe-wide study from the Housing First Europe Hub shows. Marcus Knutagård, researcher at Lund University School of Social Work is one of the authors of the new report that will be released on World Homelessness Day, 10 October. On World Homelessness Day, the Housing First Europe Hub
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/housing-first-effective-if-given-adequate-political-support - 2025-09-29
Interested in spending a couple of days in Sigtuna to write together with peers in a beautiful environment and discuss your writing with senior scholars? The retreat takes place at Stora Brännbo Konferens och Hotel and starts in the late afternoon on the 13th of May and ends in the afternoon of the 15th of May. The graduate school will pay for your travel and the stay at the retreat. Deadline to a
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/writing-retreat-may - 2025-09-29
Want to stay up-to-date on Asian affairs and research in the Nordics and beyond? Tune in to the Nordic Asia Podcast! The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration between the following academic partners: Asia Centre, University of Tartu (Estonia), Asian Studies, University of Helsinki (Finland), Centre for Asian Studies, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Centre for East Asian Studies, Universit
New deadline 15 April. At this workshop, led by Altitude Meetings, and co-organised with the Graduate School in History, you will get practical advice in a workshop format on how to become a better speaker.The workshop takes place on 22 May at Stadshallen in LundSee here for more information
Application deadline: 13 June, 2024 During the fall of 2024, we will give the PhD course Critical Perspectives on East and South-East Asian Studies. The course is given part-time during the fall semester with some in-person events in Lund. Please check the link for more information and application form if you are interested. PhD students focusing on East and South-East Asia, currently enrolled in
The 2024 annual retreat will be held 6-8 November in Sigtuna at Sigtunastiftelsen. The application deadline is 25 September. At this event we will discuss the need for knowledge on East and South-East Asia among Swedish and international institutions, and career possibilities in and experiences from these institutions. We will also have a grant writing session. PhD students in their final year and
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/application-annual-retreat-application-now-closed - 2025-09-29
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for two workshops taking place in fall 2024. Podcast Production Workshop, 24-25 October 2024This one-and-a-half-day workshop in October covers all essential aspects of podcast production, from concept development and recording to post-launch engagement. It is a hands-on, interactive workshop that starts from the basics and requires no prior
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/upcoming-workshops-application-now-closed - 2025-09-29
