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Emil Edenborg defended his dissertation "Nothing more to see: Contestations of belonging and visibility in Russian media" on April 8 at 10:15 in Niagara, auditorium B0E15, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, Malmö. External reviewer: Professor Nira Yuval-Davies, University of East London, UK. Nothing more to see: Contestations of belonging and visibility in Russian mediaEmil Edenborg
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/emil-edenborg-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-11-28
Karin Aggestam has together with Ronny Berndtsson, Kaveh Madani and Dan-Erik Andersson co-authored the book-chapter "The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Conflict and Water Diplomacy in the Nile Basin" in the book "Water Diplomacy in Action. Contingent Approaches to Managing Complex Water Problems", edited by Shafiqul Islam and Kaveh Madani. Learn more on Anthem Press’ websiteKarin Aggestam
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-diplomacy-water-and-conflict - 2025-11-28
Henrik Friberg Fernros at University of Gothenburg has together with Douglas Brommesson co-authored the reply ”The limits of the principle of charity: Why Haeselbrouck is wrong after all” published in International Politics. Learn more on Palgrave Macmillan’s website:The limits of the principle of charity: Why Haeselbrouck is wrong after all (2016)The responsibility to protect doctrine – Coherent
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/brommesson-responsibility-protect - 2025-11-28
Our researchers Roger Hildingsson, Åsa Knaggård, Annica Kronsell, Ina Möller, Jasmine Livingston and Vasna Ramasavisit visit Colorado State University, Fort Collins to initiate collaborations on teaching environmental politics. Roger Hildingsson’s personal pageÅsa Knaggård’s personal pageAnnica Kronsell’s personal pageIna Möller’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/our-researchers-visit-colorado-state-university - 2025-11-28
Hanna Bäck is one of the authors of the article ”Intra-party diversity and ministerial selection in coalition governments” which has been published in the journal Public Choice. Learn more on Springer Link’s websiteHanna Bäck’s personal site
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-selection-ministers-coalition-governments - 2025-11-28
Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus have published a book about speeches and debates in European parliaments (published by Palgrave Macmillan). In this book, the authors study which members participate more, and which members deviate more from the party line in parliamentary debates.Learn more on palgrave.comHanna Bäck’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-new-book-debates-european-parliaments - 2025-11-28
Annika Bergman Rosamond features in two recent television broadcasts on the occasion of International Women’s Day. See the broadcasts on UR Play’s website:Universitetets ansvar för kvinnor på flykt (in Swedish)Feministisk utrikes- och säkerhetspolitik (in Swedish)Annika Bergman Rosamond’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/television-broadcasts-women-war-and-flight - 2025-11-28
Karin Aggestam has been appointed visiting professor (2016-2018) at Monash University, Australia. She will be participating in the research program on Gender, Peace & Security (GPS). Learn more on GPS's websiteKarin Aggestams personliga hemsida
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-has-been-appointed-visiting-professor - 2025-11-28
Annika Björkdahl is one of the editors of the book ”Peacebuilding and Friction: Global and Local Encounters in Post-Conflict Societies” published with Routledge, 2016. This book aims to understand the processes of and the outcomes that arise from frictional encounters in peacebuilding, when global and local forces meet.Annika Björkdahl's personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-book-peacebuilding - 2025-11-28
Karin Aggestam is moderating a talk with author Göran Rosenberg and professor Avi Shlaim, Oxford University, Thursday 14 April, 19.00, AF-borgen, Café Athen. Learn more on lu.seKarin Aggestam’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/whither-israel - 2025-11-28
Tobias Nielsen defended his dissertation "Words Matter in the Woods. Discourses on Deforestation in Global Climate Politics" on May 4 at 10:00 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Peter Feindt, Wageningen University and Research Centre.Words Matter in the Woods. Discourses on Deforestation in Global Climate PoliticsTobias Nielsen’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tobias-nielsen-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-11-28
Tony Ingesson defended his dissertation "The Politics of Combat: The Political and Strategic Impact of Tactical-Level Subcultures, 1939-1995" on May 13 at 10:15 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Jan Ångström, Försvarshögskolan.The Politics of Combat: The Political and Strategic Impact of Tactical-Level Subcultures, 1939-1995Tony Ingesson’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tony-ingesson-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-11-28
Karin Aggestam gives a talk on women’s role in peacemaking at European University Institute, ”The State of the Union: Women in Europe and the World”, on May 5 in Florens. Learn more on The State of Union’s websiteKarin Aggestam's personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-womens-roles-peacemaking-eui - 2025-11-28
Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Moira Nelson contributed a chapter to a volume entitled “Aiming High: Progressive Politics in a High-Risk, High-Opportunity Era” compiled by Policy Network. Mukhtar-Landgren and Nelson’s chapter outlines ongoing obstacles to women’s economic well-being in Sweden.This volume informs discussions held in Rome in early 2016 hosted by Federica Mogherini, High Representative o
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/mukhtar-landgren-and-nelson-new-chapter-womens-economic-well-being-sweden - 2025-11-28
Niklas Altermark defended his dissertation "After Inclusion. Intellectual Disability as Biopolitics" on May 20 at 10:15 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Dan Goodley, University of Sheffield, UK..After Inclusion. Intellectual Disability as BiopoliticsNiklas Altermark’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/niklas-altermark-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-11-28
Åsa Knaggård has written a chapter in the book "Decision-making under ambiguity and time constraints". In the chapter she suggests a development of John Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework, in order to enable a better understanding of how scientific knowledge affects the construction of political problems. She argues that this in turn affects how issues are managed in the political sphere.Read mo
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/knaggard-suggests-development-kingdons-multiple-streams-framework - 2025-11-28
Ellen Ravndal has written a briefing paper for "One World Trust" and "The 1 for 7 billion campaign" on how the appointment of Trygve Lie as the United Nations’ first secretary-general in 1946 still influences the process to appoint a new secretary-general today. The appointment of Trygve Lie as the first UN Secretary-General (PDF)Ellen Ravndal’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ravndal-un-secretary-general-selection-process - 2025-11-28
Annika Björkdahl and Susanne Buckley Zistel has co-edited the book "Spatialising Peace and Conflict: Mapping the Production of Places, Sites and Scales of Violence" (Palgrave 2016), which investigates the relationship linking peace and conflict with space and place. Learn more on palgrave.comAnnika Björkdahl’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-relationship-linking-peace-and-conflict-space-and-place - 2025-11-28
Fariborz Zelli was co-organiser of a two-day workshop on ‘Enhancing Legitimacy in Polycentric Climate Governance’ at the European University Institute in Florence (May 19-20). The workshop brought together some of the leading scholars on international institutions, legitimacy and climate governance, including keynote speakers Robert Keohane, Liliana Andonova, Karin Bäckstrand and Peter Haas.25 par
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/workshop-legitimacy-climate-governance - 2025-11-28
Annika Björkdahl and Håkan Magnusson participated in the conference “The Future of Local Government in a new Development Agenda” hosted by “International Centre for Local Democracy”. The conference took place in Visby, May 22-24. Challenging themes such as the role of local government in development, vulnerability governance, why gender matters to local democracy, the shadows of urbanization were
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/local-government-new-development-agenda - 2025-11-28
