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In 2017 Maria worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at SASNET, where she continued her exploration of the concept of recognition, this time focusing on online communities of men’s rights activists in India now she rejoins SASNET as an affiliated researcher. As a SASNET affiliated researcher, Maria plans to contribute to the research environment that SASNET fosters by intensifying collaborations with

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/maria-tonini-joins-sasnet-affiliated-researcher - 2026-01-09

SASNET affiliated researcher Maria Tonini has published two articles on gender issues in India. Read the paper entitled “Men are Vulnerable, Too: Analysing the Self- Presentation of Indian Men’s Rights Activists in Online Networks” here  Read the article “Stor seger för Indiens HBTQ-befolkning” in Sydasien here (in Swedish)  

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-affiliated-researcher-publishes-two-articles - 2026-01-09

Anna Lindberg earned her Ph.D. in history from Lund University in 2001. She is the author of an interdisciplinary book of class, caste, and gender in the Indian state of Kerala from the 1930s to 2000. She has lived in India for many years and was affiliated with the Centre for Development Studies in Thiruvanathapuram. Her research combines qualitative life histories with archival sources to examin

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/anna-lindberg-rejoins-sasnet-affiliated-researcher - 2026-01-09

Within the framework of the ongoing collaboration between SASNET and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, the latter hosted today an exciting round-table on the past, present and future challenges of American-Indian relations. The event, organized by SASNET affiliated researcher Henrik Chetan Aspengren, saw the participation of Swedish government officials as well as members of the busi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/roundtable-swedish-institute-international-affairs - 2026-01-09

Kristina Myrvold joins SASNET as an affiliated researcher which will broaden SASNET:s cooperation with other universities in Sweden. Kristina Myrvold earned her Ph.D. in History of Religions from Lund University and is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Linnaeus University with a focus on Indian religions and cultures. Her area of specialization is Sikh and Punjab Studies, focusing on Sik

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/kristina-myrvold-joins-sasnet-affiliated-researcher - 2026-01-09

SASNET is proud to announce that as of 2020 it will become a research-focused center in the Faculty of Social Sciences. This development testifies to growing importance of South Asian Studies at Lund University, and the confidence the university has in SASNET’s ability to create a strong research environment and network of scholars. Until 2020, SASNET will remain as an autonomous part of the Cente

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-will-become-research-focused-center-2020 - 2026-01-09

Therese Boje Mortensen recently got accepted as an PhD student at the department of Human Rights at Lund University and now she joins SASNET as an affiliated researcher. Therese Boje Mortensen is a PhD student in Human Rights Studies at Lund University. She holds a BA in South Asian Studies from Copenhagen University, and an MA in Human Rights and Democratisation from the European Inter-University

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/therese-boje-mortensen-joins-sasnet-affiliated-researcher - 2026-01-09

A scientific collaboration organised by the Department of Food Science, Copenhagen University in association with Danish Ministry of External Affairs, Danish Ministry of Food and Environment, Danish Embassy in India and Indian Embassy in Denmark. A scientific workshop was organised on 6th and 7th of September the Department of Food Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark.  The purpose of the workshop was to

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/report-indo-danish-workshop - 2026-01-09

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, religionsvetenskap at Ma

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/anna-sarri-krantz-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-01-09

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 police collaboration project c

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sophia-yakhlef-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-01-09

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 charged, yet emotionally co

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lisa-flower-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-01-09

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 been moved into museums p

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/erik-hannerz-and-peter-bengtsen-interviewed-about-urban-creativity - 2026-01-09

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 both developed and developi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/tullia-jack-has-defended-her-thesis-0 - 2026-01-09

A spatio-temporal historical dataset at micro-level for geocoded individuals in five Swedish parishes, 1813–1914, has been created by Finn Hedefalk, Patrick Svensson and Lars Harrie. The publication can be found at: http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201746, and author information is available at: Finn Hedefalk, Patrick Svensson and Lars Harrie.The datasets provide a detailed spatio-temporal desc

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/historical-spatio-temporal-dataset-1813-1914-published-nature-scientific-data - 2026-01-09

Professor Torben R. Christensen has contributed as lead author to a major international assessment of the status of Arctic climate and environment, "Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic" (SWIPA). The authors were interviewed for a short film now available. The SWIPA report was released on 25th April 2017 at a conference in Washington "Bringing knowledge to action" organised by the Arctic

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/torben-r-christensen-featured-short-film-about-arctic-climate-and-environment - 2026-01-09

EASAC has issued a new report on the multifunctional role of forests. Among other things, the report debunks the idea about the climate neutrality of bioenergy. EASAC - European Academies 'Science Advisory Council - has published a new report dealing with the multifunctional role of forests, focusing on biodiversity and climate. Among other things, the report debunks the myth of bioenergy's climat

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/new-report-easac - 2026-01-09

Hakim Abdi, who recently defended his PhD thesis at the department, has published a popular science article on The Conversation website. Hakim Abdi recently finished his PhD studies the department. Now he has published a popular scientific article on the The Conversation website.Articles published on The Conversation are often picked up by major newspapers around the world.Among the challenges tha

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/chad-country-most-vulnerable-climate-change-heres-why - 2026-01-09

Jörgen Olofsson, Markku Rummukainen and Minchao Wu were recently featured or cited in various media. Researcher interviewed about strategies to achieve climate targetsResearcher Jörgen Olofsson, was interviewed in the daily Dagens ETC about a new book containing 100 strategies to achieve climate targets by 2050. “I’ve only skimmed through the list, but I see that, for example, the production and c

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/staff-swedish-media - 2026-01-09

Anders Lindroth was interviewed by the magazine Dagens ETC about the climate impact of forests, and about why the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is increasing. Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus at the Department, was recently interviewed by Dagens ETC. In one article about about the effect of forests on the climate, he says “In principle, it would be best for the climate simply not to cut do

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/anders-lindroth-interviewed-dagens-etc - 2026-01-09

Swedish forests are important carbon sinks today, despite emissions from deforestration. The choice of management is paramount for the impacts on climate change and some of the concepts used in the climate discussion today needs to be thought over and based on research. This is the essense of an article published by Professor Anders Lindroth and Professor Christina Moberg, in DN Debatt on 11 Septe

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/dn-debatt-clear-cutting-forests-generate-large-greenhouse-gas-emissions - 2026-01-09