Published 10 April 2018 Johan Sandberg's article "Beyond Granted Asylum-Labor Market Integration Challenges in Sweden" has been published in the latest issue of SAIS Review, on migration and its consequences. The article analyses recent changes to Sweden’s immigration policy and draws upon statistical data to show the effect of the new immigration regime.It discusses the structural economic challe

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Published 19 June 2018 SWEDISH PARENTING SUPPORT: Lisa Eklund and Åsa Lundqvist, at the Department of Sociology, have published an article in the Journal of Family Studies (12/6). The article Children’s Rights and Gender Equality in Swedish Parenting Support: Policy and Practice aims to explore how ‘children's rights’ and ‘gender equality’ are articulated in parenting support policies in Sweden, a

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Published 3 July 2018 Priscilla Solano has received a three-year grant from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet VR) for a research project that will study ”a second side to the refugee crisis” - how civil society organisations filled the gaps left by EU national policies and fulfilled refugees’ and migrants’ basic needs: food, a place to stay and legal assistance. Priscilla Solano’s Inte

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Published 6 September 2018 Anna Rypi, Veronika Burcar Alm and Malin Åkerström have published an article about young male crime victims with an immigrant background in the journal Nordic Social Work Research. Interactions between the police and young people with an immigrant background are well researched internationally and are often discussed in the context of discrimination. Such interactions ma

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Published 7 September 2018 Mikael Klintman has written a chapter looking at political consumerism in the toy sector in The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism. The chapter looks at political consumerism in the toy sector, offering a brief history of consumer concerns and distinguishing among four strands of political consumerist research in this sector.Manufacturers cannot assume that parents

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Published 12 September 2018 Gökhan Kaya at the Department of Sociology defended his doctoral thesis in sociology ”Aspirations, capital and identity: four studies on the determinants of life chances for young Swedes with an immigrant background”, on 12th September at 14:00 in Stora Algatan's auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Associate Professor Susanne Urban, Institutet för Bostads- och urbanforsknin

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Published 24 September 2018 Erik Hannerz at the Department of Sociology and Peter Bengtsen at the Division of Art History and Visual Studies recently attended the annual Street Art & Urban Creativity Conference in Lisbon, Portual. Here they presented their plans for the upcoming Pufendorf research theme on Urban Creativity. The theme will run 1 October 2018 - 31 May 2019. During this period, an in

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Published 28 September 2018 Anders Hylmö at the Department of Sociology has defended his doctoral thesis in sociology ”Disciplined Reasoning. The mainstream-heterodoxy divide and styles of reasoning in Swedish economics” today, 28th September at 10:00 in Eden's auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Associate Professor Elizabeth Popp Berman, Sociology Department, University at AlbanyChair person of the d

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Published 16 October 2018 Jugdes are people not robots and emotions are inevitabably part of their daily life. In The Conversation Lisa Flower gives her view on why the US jugde Brett Kavanaugh is not seen as fit to be a jugde. Lisa Flower, studies the sociology of emotions at the Department of Sociology. Her research focuses on ways in which defence lawyers represent their clients using emotions

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Published 25 October 2018 Anna Sarri Krantz at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in social anthropology: "Third Generation Survivors, Tredje generationens överlevande – en socialantropologisk studie om minne, antisemitism och identitet i spåret av Förintelsen” today, 25th October at 10:00 in Stora Algatans auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Professor Bodil Liljefors Persson

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Published 26 October 2018 Sophia Yakhlef at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”United agents: community of practice within border policing in the Baltic Sea area” today, 26th October at 13:00 in Kulturens Auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Professor Helene Oppen Ingebrigtsen Gundhus, Department of Criminology, Oslo University.This study focuses on a border poli

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Published 30 October 2018 Lisa Flower at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”Loyalty Work: Emotional interactions of defence lawyers in Swedish courtrooms” today, 30 October at 10:15 in Kulturens Auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Professor Terry Maroney, Vanderbilt University, Law School, Nashville, USA.AbstractDefence lawyers’ work takes place in emotionally c

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Published 6 November 2018 Urban creativity giving life to hidden places. The November issue of LUM, Lund University Magazine, includes an interview with co-coordinators of the Pufendorf theme on Urban Creativity, Erik Hannerz (Sociology) and Peter Bengtsen (Art History and Visual Studies). LUM's article Urban creativity giving life to hidden places points out that Banksys street art paintings have

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Published 19 December 2018 Tullia Jack at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”Negotiating Conventions: cleanliness, sustainability and everyday life” today, 19 December at one o'clock in the Palaestra auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Professor Alan Warde, Department of Sociology, University of ManchesterPart of AbstractCleanliness has seen a rapid increase in

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Av marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - publicerad 30 april 2024 Karriärcenter hjälper studenter som är intresserade av att lära sig om arbetslivet, diskutera karriäralternativ, hitta intressanta jobb, praktikplatser och andra karriärrelaterade frågor. Hör från några studenter vilken hjälp de har fått från Karriärcenter:  August Hedenstierna Jonson August Hedenstierna Jonson,

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Publicerad 2 maj 2024 ”Spelifiering” innebär att lägga in digitala spelmoment i vårt vanliga liv, från skolan till jobbet till att peppa oss att motionera mer. Motiverande och produktivitetshöjande? Eller stressande och övervakande? Bild: Istock/PixelChoice Gamification – spelifiering på svenska – blir alltmer populärt på arbetsplatser. Men att införa spelmoment på jobbet är inte enbart positivt,

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Av louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - publicerad 3 maj 2024 Jonas Ljunggren började granska uppgifterna om historiska konsumentprisindex i ett flertal populära databaser. Han fann att i flera fall hade siffrorna råkat förvanskas, jämfört med vad som angavs i ursprungskällan. Foto: Unsplash/Jess Xu En dubblerad inflation i Tyskland under hundra år? När Jonas Ljungber

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Av carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - publicerad 13 januari 2022 Foto: Warren Wong, Unsplash Martin Moström, Retail House, kommenterar om behovet av att handeln har en förmåga att förnya sig. Ryktet om den fysiska butikens död är överdriven. Den fysiska butiken har alltid varit under omvandling. När jag började inom dagligvaruhandeln för 20 år sedan fanns det över

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Av carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - publicerad 3 december 2020 Foto: Simon Bak, Unsplash Vissa menar att tillit och förtroende är en av de viktigaste komponenterna i relationen mellan handlare och kund. Samtidigt befinner sig i handeln i en stark förändring som har med digitalisering att göra, och de analytiska möjligheter som stora mängder data erbjuder inom så

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Av carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - publicerad 16 september 2022 Foto: Blake Wisz, Unsplash De senaste årens utveckling med ökad konkurrens, hållbarhetsfokus och inte minst digitalisering, har väckt frågan kring handelns långsiktiga konkurrenskraft och förutsättningar för mer systematisk innovation i samspel med den dagliga, operativa verksamheten. Men hur ser h

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