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Petra Holmberg, postdoc in medical law at the Faculty of Law, won the Research Grand Prix competition in Helsingborg on 7 October. In front of an audience of over 500 secondary school students, she presented her research on the risks of 80 per cent of Gen Z using chatbots to manage stress or anxiety. “It’s not surprising, AI feels simple and safe. But my research shows that it can be downright dan

https://www.law.lu.se/article/petra-holmberg-wins-forskar-grand-prix-competition - 2025-11-29

Professor Marko Milanovic is appointed as Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from September 2025. The Faculty of Law is honoured and pleased to announce that Professor Mark Milanovic, University of Reading, has been appointed as Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from September 2025 until August 2027, and affiliated to the Faculty

https://www.law.lu.se/article/professor-marko-milanovic-appointed-raoul-wallenberg-visiting-chair - 2025-11-29

Julia Björverud is one of this year's seven recipients of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' 2025 Dissertation Prize for outstanding dissertations. In its justification for the nomination, the Faculty of Law stated, among other things: "In her thesis, Julia Björverud examined how the Swedish principle of public access to official records has been handled by legislators during the period 1809–1

https://www.law.lu.se/article/julia-bjorverud-awarded-royal-swedish-academy-sciences-dissertation-prize - 2025-11-29

The Swedish government has appointed Vilhelm Persson, professor of public law at the faculty, as a member of the board of the Swedish Institute for Human Rights. He succeeds another of the faculty's professors, Titti Mattsson, whose term as a board member expires at the end of the year. The Swedish Institute for Human Rights is an independent government agency tasked with protecting and promoting

https://www.law.lu.se/article/vilhelm-persson-appointed-new-board-member-swedish-institute-human-rights - 2025-11-29

Marie Jacobsson, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law in Lund, has been awarded a Doctor of Science in Maritime Affairs honoris causa in recognition of outstanding services to the international maritime community at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö. Until her retirement in 2023, Marie Jacobsson was an ambassador and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' Legal Adviser on International

https://www.law.lu.se/article/honorary-doctorate-world-maritime-university - 2025-11-29

LL.M. Max Bodin, who graduated from the law program at Lund University in the spring term of 2025, has been awarded the YAS (Young Arbitrators Sweden) prize for the best thesis in arbitration law in Sweden. The title of the thesis is: The Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals to Examine Set-Off Claims in International Arbitration. The prize amount is SEK 15,000 and was presented during a ceremony in

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-student-max-bodin-receives-award-his-thesis-arbitration-law - 2025-11-29

Mariya Senyk has been awarded funding for the project “From the Court of Justice to the General Court: Can legitimacy be preserved?”. The project aims to analyse the General Court’s judgments during the first four years after part of the responsibility for preliminary rulings was transferred from the Court of Justice to the General Court. The focus is on cases concerning value-added tax and excise

https://www.law.lu.se/article/torsten-soderberg-foundation-awards-grant-eu-law-project - 2025-11-29

Positive news that the Rune and Lena Lavin Foundation for Legal Research at the Faculty of Law in Lund, at its autumn meeting, has decided to award SEK 176,500 to a total of seven applicants. Information about the spring 2026 call for applications will be published in March 2026.For the mandate period 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028, the board consists of the following members:Associate Senior

https://www.law.lu.se/article/award-rune-and-lena-lavin-foundation-legal-research-0 - 2025-11-29

The fundraising campaign for establishing the world’s first Museum of International Law at the Faculty of Law has reached a major milestone. Thanks to a significant donation of SEK 143,000 from Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund (the Royal Society of the Humanities in Lund), as well as generous contributions from Mannheimer Swartling, Engström & Co., and the Human Rights Profile Area

https://www.law.lu.se/article/fundraising-milestone-reached-worlds-first-museum-international-law - 2025-11-29

The European Commission has, thankfully, approved funding of approximately 10 million SEK (892,000 EUR) for the research project FAMIMOVE (3.0). The project builds on the experiences of previous initiatives and focuses on examining the international family law regulations that become relevant when families move within the EU or to the EU from other countries, with a particular emphasis on the vuln

https://www.law.lu.se/article/research-grant-eu-project-famimove-30 - 2025-11-29

In Januari 2023, the Department of Service Management and Service Studies has changed name to the shorter version Department of Service Studies. With the name change, the department wants to convey clarity, professionalism and closeness to the research. The name change means that "Service management" disappears from the department's title. The Bachelor's and Master's programmes offered by the depa

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-name-department-ism-has-become-ses - 2025-11-29

The Faculty of Social Sciences will during the autumn term 2023 elect a new dean, deputy dean and Faculty Board for the upcoming three-year term (1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026). The Faculty Nominating Committee now wishes to receive nominations to these positions no later than 20 April. Nomination letter The nomination letter below has been sent by e-mail to all staff at the Faculty of Social

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/time-nominate-candidates-positions-dean-deputy-dean-and-members-faculty-board-2024-2026 - 2025-11-29

The application process and assessment criteria have been revised for this year’s application. Lecturers, senior lecturers and professors on indefinite-term contracts, or associate senior lecturers, at the Faculty of Social Sciences are entitled to apply to the Faculty teaching academy to have their teaching skills assessed and be admitted as a Qualified Teaching Practitioner or Excellent Teaching

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/applying-assessment-teaching-skills - 2025-11-29

This autumn, the faculty is again offering the course Gender and diversity in teaching and learning. The course is a part of the qualifying training in the field of teaching and learning in higher education for teaching staff at the Faculty of Social Sciences. It provides a space to analyse gender and diversity both within the university as an organisation and in teaching and learning situations i

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-opportunity-take-course-gender-and-diversity - 2025-11-29

Now it is time for the renovation of Gamla lungkliniken. The building will be closed from 1 July 2023 to 31 March 2024.  During the renovation, the house will get a new ventilation system and a slightly remodeled entrance facing north. In addition, individual workrooms will be refurbished and windows will be renovated. The building will be blocked off with a construction fence (see red marking on

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/renovation-gamla-lungkliniken-building-g-1-july-2023-31-march-2024 - 2025-11-29

The process of appointing the dean, deputy dean and Faculty Board continues and interviews are now being held with the candidates nominated as dean and deputy dean. The last day to nominate candidates was 20 April. Since then, the faculty's nomination committee has invited the candidates nominated as dean or deputy dean to interviews. The interviews are held in the first two weeks of May.    In th

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/interviews-positions-dean-and-deputy-dean - 2025-11-29

LU Byggnad has recently decided on new names for some of the buildings in the Paradis area. The change is made to create a uniform naming scheme within the area. The building names in the Paradis area have previously not followed the same template and the same building could have different names in different systems. After a review of the names, LU Byggnad is therefore introducing the old hospital

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-building-names-paradis-area - 2025-11-29

The Faculty Board has decided on a changed order for the projects within the building project Campus Paradis. The next step will be a renovation of Gamla kirurgen. According to the preliminary schedule and project plan for stage 3 of the building project, the Centre for Social Sciences - Cesam - would be the next project after Gamla lungkliniken (building G). The Cesam project has however been del

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/gamla-kirurgen-next-facultys-building-project - 2025-11-29

The Faculty of Social Sciences will offer five Autumn Workshops in Methods and Methodologies this year. These are for teachers, researchers, and PhD candidates who desire to continue to broaden and deepen their knowledge of research methods. You may sign up for more than one workshop: their schedules do not conflict.  All workshops are offered in English. Timing September–October 2023. Dates are d

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/autumn-methods-workshops-2023 - 2025-11-29

The nominating committee has now completed its work on proposing candidates for the positions as dean, deputy dean and faculty board members. The election will be held after the summer, in September. The nominating committee proposes Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt as dean and Björn Badersten as deputy dean for the next term of office, 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2026. The following proposal is sent by

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/nominating-committees-proposal-dean-deputy-dean-and-faculty-board-members - 2025-11-29