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Karin Aggestam has been appointed as Director for Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and coordinator of the strategic research area “Middle East in the Contemporary World". Why have you been appointed as new director and scientific research coordinator on the Middle East? From the start, I was part of the team that planned the new Centre for Middle Eastern Studies in 2007. Later I was also a

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-has-been-appointed-new-director-centre-middle-eastern-studies - 2025-11-29

Nina Wilén’s article about how the ‘added value’ of female peacekeepers risks becoming an ‘added burden’ is now open access in International Affairs. In this article, Nina argues that discussions about female peacekeepers’ "added value" may increase gender inequality, due to the added burden that it places upon female peacekeepers - a burden which is not carried by their male counterparts and ther

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nina-wilens-latest-article-now-open-access-international-affairs - 2025-11-29

Catarina Kinnvall has recently published a book chapter entitled ‘Postcolonialism’ in the Routledge Handbook of Critical European Studies, edited by Didier Bigo, Thomas Diez, Evangelos Fanoulis, Ben Rosamond and Yannis A. Stivachtis and published with Routledge. This handbook comprehensively defines and shapes the field of Critical European Union Studies, sets the research agenda and highlights em

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-chapter-catarina-kinnvall-postcolonialism - 2025-11-29

Annika Bergman Rosamond and Catarina Kinnvall have together with Chris Agius (Swinburne University, Australia) published the article ‘Populism, Ontological Insecurity and Gendered Nationalism: Masculinity, Climate Denial and Covid-19’ in the journal Politics, Religion and Ideology. The  article proceeds from a critical analysis of gendered narratives of nationhood as manifested in far-right populi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-annika-bergman-rosamond-and-catarina-kinnvall - 2025-11-29

Christie Nicoson has recently published an article entitled 'Towards climate resilient peace: an intersectional and degrowth approach.' This paper calls for stronger consideration of positive conceptualizations of peace and of intersectionality and degrowth in pursuit of peace and resilience. Not only does climate change make planetary limitations more salient, but it also highlights rising inequa

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-christie-nicoson - 2025-11-29

Johannes Lindvall and Carl Dahlström (University of Gothenburg) has contributed a report to the Danish parliament’s study Managing the Covid-19-Crisis The report, which deals with Sweden’s response to Covid-19, is published as Appendix 4 in the Danish study. An English-language summary is available. Link to the study at ft.dk Johannes Lindvall's personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lindvall-contributes-danish-report-covid-19 - 2025-11-29

In an article entitled "Nordic Security and Defence Cooperation: Differentiated Integration in Uncertain Times" Rikard Bengtsson analyzes the development and nature of Nordic security and defence cooperation. The article is part of the thematic issue on "Rediscovering Nordic Cooperation" in the journal Politics and Governance. Link to the publication on cogitatiopress.com Rikard Bengtsson’s person

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bengtsson-nordic-security-and-defence-cooperation - 2025-11-29

New article in "Foreign Policy Analysis" by Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell, Alexander Von Hagen-Jamar and Alejandro Quiroz Flores. In this study, Hanna Bäck and Jan Teorell with colleagues engage in the debate about leadership and foreign policy outcomes by focusing on the tenure of foreign ministers. They ask why some foreign ministers stay longer in office than others. Using a unique data set on over 1

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/war-performance-and-survival-foreign-ministers - 2025-11-29

In a chapter on ‘European Communion and Planetary Organic Crisis’, Ian Manners argues that economic, social, ecological, conflictual, and political crises of the EU are not separate, but part of the same planetary crisis. The most common way of theorising the European Union’s crises is to see them as, at best, a run of ‘bad luck’, or at worst as ‘multiple challenges’. This chapter brings two very

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-chapter-ian-manners-european-union-and-planetary-organic-crisis - 2025-11-29

Annika Björkdahl raises the critical question Where does peace take place? in the chapter Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies co-authored with Stefanie Kappler  Link to the publication on doi.org Annika Björkdahl's personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-bjorkdahl-where-does-peace-take-place - 2025-11-29

”Expanding the Reach of the Special Forces with a Gender-Mixed Deep Development Capability (DDC): Identifying Challenges and Lessons Learned” This policy brief examines the development and implementation of a new gender mixed military capability within the Belgian Special Forces Group, including female soldiers in the operational detachment of the unit for the first time. Wilén examines the develo

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-publication-nina-wilen - 2025-11-29

Karin Aggestam and Annika Bergman Rosamond have co-authored the chapter “Gender and Peaceful Change” in the Oxford Handbook on Peaceful Change in International Relations. edited by T.V. Paul et al.  Link to the publication on oxfordhandbooks.com Karin Aggestam’s personal page Annika Bergman Rosamond’s personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-bergman-rosamond-gender-and-peaceful-change-international-relations - 2025-11-29

”To Strike Together: Conflict Rituals and the Situational Power of Nonviolence” Isabel Bramsen published a piece on ”To Strike Together: Conflict Rituals and the Situational Power of Nonviolence” in Journal of Resistance Studies. The study theorizes the micro-sociological dynamics of conflict and nonviolence as micro-sociological and discusses how nonviolent resistance can disrupt the rhythm and s

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-situational-power-nonviolence - 2025-11-29

Annika Björkdahl recently published the chapter Urban Peacebuilding in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies that is applying the lens of the urban to rethink and rescale peacebuilding in post conflict societies. Link to the publication on doi.org Annika Björkdahl's personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-chapter-annika-bjorkdahl - 2025-11-29

Tomas Bergström is one of the editors of a new book published by Palgrave Macmillan on the challenges for local self-government in a number of european countries. "The Future of Local Self- Government. European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations.” He contributes with a chapter on ”The future of local democracy. A somewhat dystopian view”. Link to the publication on springe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-local-self-government - 2025-11-29

Do governing parties strategically time welfare benefit cuts and other austerity policies to help them win elections? Hanna Bäck has, together with med Daniel Strobl, Wolfgang Müller and Mariyana Angelova analyzed this question in a comparative analysis of the Western European countries. You can read about their results in the article “Electoral Cycles in Government Policy Making: Strategic Timing

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-timing-austerity-reforms - 2025-11-29

Den 18 december är det dags för LTH:s officiella firande av 2023 års Nobelpris i fysik. Då håller professor Anne L'Huillier en Nobelföreläsning som sänds live via LTH:s Youtubekanal. Efter föreläsningen bjuder vi in till ett samtal med Anne L'Huillier, där hon svarar på publikens och tittarnas frågor om sitt nya liv som Nobelpristagare. Alla är välkomna att delta via livesändningen, som startar 15

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/livesandning-av-lths-nobelforelasning - 2025-11-29

Han har kartlagt de innersta delarna av Vintergatan med spektroskopi. Nu utses R. Michael Rich, en amerikansk astronom, till hedersdoktor vid naturvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Professor R. Michael Rich är verksam vid University of California Los Angeles och har i snart 30 år utforskat vår galax innersta delar med hjälp av spektroskopi. Genom sina studier har han lyckats fördjupa

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/varldsledande-astrofysiker-blir-ny-hedersdoktor-i-naturvetenskap - 2025-11-29

Eva Lindroth är professor inom teoretisk atomfysik vid Stockholms universitet. Utöver att vara en välciterad och excellent forskare har hon varit biträdande handledare för flera LTH-doktorander, en flitig gästföreläsare och inkluderat LTH-doktorander i kurser på Stockholms universitet. Sammantaget har hon de senaste tio åren bidragit till att stärka LTH:s forskningsprofil och doktorandutbildning i

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/eva-lindroth-blir-hedersdoktor-vid-lth - 2025-11-29

WISE, The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, är den största satsningen på materialforskning för hållbarhet i Sverige och är möjlig tack vare finansiering från Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse. Nu investerar WISE 500 miljoner kronor i utrustning och infrastruktur vid sju universitet i Sverige – och av dessa går nära 90 miljoner till Lund. För att bekämpa klimatförändrin

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/storsatsning-pa-materialforskning-en-hallbar-framtid - 2025-11-29