Published 8 October 2015 Abdulhadi Khalaf has written the preface to a recently published book called "Bahrain’s Uprising - Resistance and Repression in the Gulf". The book explores the contentious politics of Bahrain, and charts the way in which a dynamic culture of street protest, a strong moral belief in legitimate democratic demands and creative forms of resistance continue to hamper the effor

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Published 12 October 2015 Due to an anonymous threat made toward the university and its students via the app Jodel, which the police regards very seriously, the university will be closed on Monday for all students and staff at all campuses. More information will be posted on the university websites www.lu.se and www.lunduniversity.lu.se during the day. If you have any questions you can call +46 46

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Published 12 October 2015 A decision to reopen Lund University was taken in the afternoon of Monday 12 October following the closure that has been in force since Sunday night. Activities are expected to be running as usual from Tuesday morning. The decision is based on new information from the Region Syd police. Investigations have revealed that the threat directed at Lund University posted on the

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Published 14 October 2015 Daniel Görtz defended his dissertation in sociology " Ethnified police practices. How ethnicity is done in police work" on 29th of September at 10:00 in Edens hörsal, Paradisgatan 5, Lund University, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Liv Finstad, UiOSupervisors: David Wästerfors and Malin Åkerström, the Department of Sociology, Lund University.Examining committee:Vesa Le

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Published 16 October 2015 Susanne Boethius defended her dissertation in sociology "Men, violence and moral work. Reports from help-seeking men at treatment centrers working with violence in close relationships" on 2nd October at 14:00 in the auditorium of Kulturen, Lund. External reviewer: Tove Pettersson, Kriminologiska institutionen, Stockholm University.Supervisors: Malin Åkerström and Christof

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Published 26 October 2015 Our researchers Goran Basic, Sophia Yakhlef and Malin Åkerström have published two new reports on their Project Turnstone. Turnstone is a study of the cooperation between the border police and coastguards in the Baltic Sea area.Based on empirical material (interviews and field observations), the purpose is to map and analyse how the staff of the different organizations ex

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/passenger-safety-and-police-and-coastguard-collaboration-baltic-sea-area - 2025-07-01

Published 11 November 2015 Anders Kjellberg has been awarded 75 000 sek from The Swedish Federation of Unemployment Insurance Funds (Arbetslöshetskassornas Samorganisation, SO) today. The ceremony took place at Juricium, Lund University. The Swedish Federation of Unemployment Insurance Funds awards a prize every two years to highlight research on unemployment insurance.Anders Kjellberg's personal

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Published 24 November 2015 Ola Stjärnhagen defended his dissertation in sociology "Ekonomisk tillväxt i välfärdskapitalismen. En jämförande studie av BNP per capita-tillväxten i rika OECD-länder 1970-2000" on 24th November at 10:15 in auditorium 128, Stora Algatan 4, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Kenneth Nelson, Institutet för social forskning, Stockholm University.Supervisors: Antoinette Het

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/ola-stjarnhagen-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-07-01

Published 30 November 2015 Goran Basic has published a new article (in Bosnian) linked to the project War Sociology: ”Pomirenje i nepomirljivost u pričama preživjelih poslije rata u Bosni i Hercegovini” (Reconciliation and implacability in narratives of survivors after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina). The article is published in the journal Kriminalističke teme. Časopis za kriminalistiku, krimi

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Published 3 December 2015 Anders Hylmö has published a chapter on social class, political trust and protests in times of economic crisis in the book Austerity and Protest. The book Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis asks what the relationship is between economic crises and protest behaviour. Does the experience of austerity, or economic hardship more broadly defi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/does-class-matter-anti-austerity-protests - 2025-07-01

Published 7 December 2015 Abdulhadi Khalaf is one of three editors of the newly released book ”Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf”. Abdulhadi Khalaf has also contributed with the chapter The Politics of Migration.AbstractThe states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour

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Published 5 February 2016 Simon Ceder defended his dissertation in Education "Cutting Through Water: Towards a Posthuman Theory of Educational Relationality" today, 5th of February at 13:15, in the Palaestra lower auditory, Lund University, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Sharon Todd, Maynooth University, Education Department, Ireland.Supervisors: Bosse Bergstedt and Barbara Schulte, the Depart

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Published 8 December 2015 Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has interviewed Antoinette Hetzler about her research project Threats and Violence in School – Are Teachers Without Legal Rights? (Hot och våld I skolan – är lärare rättslösa?) The project will try to answer question like Can teachers and other school personnel use their rights to gain a safer work environment? How much do conditions vary regardi

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Published 18 December 2015 Lisa Eklund has just published an article on "Son Preference Reconfigured? A Qualitative Study of Migration and Social Change in Four Chinese Villages” in The China Quarterly. More information on journals.cambridge.orgLisa Eklund's personal page Abstract:Drawing from ethnographic data from 48 households in four villages in rural Anhui, this study explores how two practic

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Published 30 January 2016 Shai Mulinari has, together with Andreas Vilhelmsson and Courtney Davis, published the article "Pharmaceutical Industry Off-label Promotion and Self-regulation: A Document Analysis of Off-label Promotion Rulings by the United Kingdom Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority 2003–2012" in PLOS Medicine. Learn more at PLOS MedicineShai Mulinari has also published t

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Published 1 February 2016 Sara Eldén has reviewed the book “Couple Relationships in the 21st Century”. "Scholars who study love run the risk of being accused of demystifying and simplifying one of the most beautiful things there is in life. When scientific analysis labels, categorizes and separates that which is experienced simultaneously and often strongly at so many levels – emotional, sensory,

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Published 1 February 2016 Magnus Ring has co-authored the chapter “How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: a comparative snapshot” in Long-term care reforms in OECD countries (ed. Cristiano Gori, Jose-Luis Fernandez and Raphael Wittenberg, Policy Press, 2016). Learn more at Policy PressMagnus Ring’s personal page

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Published 8 February 2016 Tina Kindeberg has published both a book chapter and a journal article. The book chapter is:Kindeberg, Tina (2015). The oral interaction between students and teachers in higher education. In Booth, S & L.Woollacott (eds) The Scholarship of teaching and Learning: It’s constitution and its transformative potential. Stellenbosch: Sun Press.The journal article is:Kindeberg, T

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Published 4 March 2016 Malin Åkerström and David Wästerfors have together with Katarina Jacobsson published the new article “Struggling for One’s Name: Defense Narratives by those Accused of Small-Time Corruption” in "Sociological Focus". Abstract:Under scrutiny (what we term a “bribery gaze”), many interpersonal exchanges in work contexts are perceived as bribes rather than gifts, tokens of appre

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Published 10 March 2016 Johan Sandberg has just published a new co-authored article (with Moira Nelson) "From Perspectives to Policy Contingencies: Conditional cash transfers as social investments" in Global Social Policy. AbstractDespite the popularity of social investment, there remain ambiguities regarding how to design an effective social investment approach. We review evaluations of condition

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