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The latest issue of "Made in China: A Quarterly on Chinese Labour, Civil Society, and Rights" has been published, with contributions from Nicholas Loubere and Astrid Norén-Nilsson. In today’s globalised and interconnected world, Chinese labour issues have become much more than merely a local matter. With China’s political and economic power increasing by the day, it is imperative not only to asses

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-issue-made-china-published - 2025-11-09

At the recent Lund University Homecoming Weekend the Centre arranged an event where we invited three alumni to share their experiences. One of the alumni was Sune Petersen who graduated from the Masters Programme in Asian Studies in 2015 and is now a Project Administrator at DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture. Sune was kind enough to also answer a few questions for us.Why did you decide to

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/meet-alumnus-sune-petersen - 2025-11-09

Do Chinese cities compete for investments with lax environmental law enforcement? This article by Stefan Brehm and Jesper Svensson offers a tentative answer by analysing political and economic factors shaping spatial patterns of compliance with environmental transparency legislation. Do Chinese cities compete for investments with lax environmental law enforcement? The here presented study suggests

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/fragmented-environmental-state-analysing-spatial-compliance-patterns-case-transparency-legislation - 2025-11-09

Niall Duggan graduated from the Masters Programme in Asian Studies in 2007. He is now the Director of the MSC International Public Policy and Diplomacy at Department of Government, University College Cork, Ireland (UCC). Why did you decide to study the Master’s programme in Asian Studies at Lund University?After finishing my undergraduate programme I had develop a interested in International polit

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/meet-alumnus-niall-duggan - 2025-11-09

Associate Professor Erik Mobrand from the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, will be a visiting scholar at the Centre from January to mid-February 2018. Trained in political science, Erik has a regional focus on Korea and China. His research and teaching areas cover development studies, democracy in Asia, and alternative approaches to Asian studies. During his sta

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/visiting-scholar - 2025-11-09

Grants awarded from the Swedish Research Council. Dr Astrid Norén Nilsson at the Centre has together with Professor Anders Uhlin received a grant from the Swedish Research Council. They will over the coming three years work on a project on civil society in Cambodia and Indonesia.Dr Darcy Pan from the department of anthropology at Stockholm University was also awarded a grant from the same organiza

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/grants-research-cambodia-and-china - 2025-11-09

Dr Astrid Norén-Nilsson has written a country review on Cambodia in a new book titled "Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia". The chapter examines competing understandings of Cambodian civil society through the prisms of civil society and the state; the role of the international donor community; and the re-emergence of historical civil society. In conclusion, it is argued that shifting atte

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/book-chapter-cambodian-civil-society - 2025-11-09

Stefan Brehm and Nicholas Loubere have co-authored an article on the Chinese social credit system for The Conversation. The Chinese government’s ongoing attempts to create a social credit system aimed at rating the trustworthiness of people and companies is often depicted as something uniquely Chinese. In this article Stefan Brehm and Nicholas Loubere argue that Chinese social credit is a phenomen

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/article-chinese-social-credit-conversation - 2025-11-09

Nicholas Loubere at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, shares some reflections on the major achievements as well as the downsides of China’s reform period ahead of the upcoming conference “Assessing 40 Years of Reform and Opening in China” What have been the major changes in China since the reform and opening, both for society as a whole and for the Chinese people? Can you give any

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/nicholas-loubere-china-today-40-years-after-reform-and-opening - 2025-11-09

Associate professor Ji Fangfang from the Institute of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, is a visiting scholar at the Centre during March. Her research focuses on Internet publicness in China and media globalization. Her stay at the Centre is funded by the Birgit Rausing Language Programme.

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/visiting-scholar-0 - 2025-11-09

The Centre invites Swedish and Nordic Ph.D. students with an interest in East and South-East Asia to spend 1-2 months at the Centre during the fall 2018. While we are not able to offer any funding we will provide office space, access to the library, as well as possibilities to organize research seminars.Interested Ph.D. students should submita CV,a short project description (two pages)and a statem

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/calls-visiting-phd-students - 2025-11-09

John Hennessey who graduated from the Centre in 2011 successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis at the Linné University, Växsjö on 9 March . The thesis studies Japanese colonial history and is entitled, Rule by Association: Japan in the Global Trans-Imperial Culture, 1868–1912.Professor Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut, was the external reviewer, and members of the examining committee included

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/former-master-student-john-hennessey-defends-phd-thesis-history - 2025-11-09

The latest issue of "Made in China: A Quarterly on Chinese Labour, Civil Society, and Rights" has been published, with contributions from Nicholas Loubere and Stefan Brehm. On 12 May 2008, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Wenchuan county, Sichuan province. Felt as far as Beijing, the tremors caused horrific damage: 69,229 people died and 17,923 went missing. Yet, the aftermath of the seism was also

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-issue-made-china-published-0 - 2025-11-09

Pufendorfinstitutet har antagit Tema "Sound of Democracy" för arbete 1 september 2023 – 30 april 2024. Ett stort grattis riktar vi till de forskare som kommer att ingå i detta Tema och som även är aktiva i Ljudmiljöcentrums forskarnätverk. I Temat Sound of Democracy: how everyday sound environments support, reflect and deflect democratic values kommer demokratiska värderingar att utforskas genom v

https://www.lmc.lu.se/artikel/sound-democracy-nytt-tema-vid-pufendorfinstitutet - 2025-11-09

Är det ett tidigt tecken på stress att du inte kan njuta av musik? Finns det sammanhang där buller är bra? Vad skiljer Djungellekan i Helsingborg från en vanlig lekplats? Och vad menas med en ljudmiljö á la carte? Tre forskare och en ljudkreatör samlades för att prata hållbara ljudmiljöer under Hållbarhetsveckan. Som en del av Hållbarhetsveckan vid Lunds universitet arrangerade Ljudmiljöcentrum de

https://www.lmc.lu.se/artikel/hallbara-ljudmiljoer-hur-nar-vi-dit-panelsamtal-under-hallbarhetsveckan - 2025-11-09

Projektets huvudsyfte är att utreda vilken effekt olika sociala aktiviteter, som körsång och vanlig kursverksamhet, har på rösthälsa och allmänt välbefinnande för äldre vuxna. Det är vanligt att rösten försämras och blir svagare med stigande ålder, och vi vill ta reda på om körsång och andra sociala aktiviteter kan motverka detta. Dessutom vill vi undersöka om en simulerad visuell miljö (virtual r

https://www.lmc.lu.se/artikel/deltagare-sokes-till-forskningsprojekt-om-rost-och-valbefinnande - 2025-11-09

Den 19 november 2024 går konferensen Sound Environments av stapeln. Mer information kommer inom kort!

https://www.lmc.lu.se/artikel/save-date - 2025-11-09

Projektet Refleksioner om jord og landbrug begyndte i 2015, da jeg mødte John Eriksen, som er konventionel landmand på Djursland. Gennem landbrugsarbejde og eftermiddagskaffe blev jeg en del af fællesskabet omkring hans gård og lavede et filmportræt af ham. I Del I af dette udstillingsprojekt undersøger jeg i forlængelse af vores venskab, hvordan vi taler sammen om et vanskeligt og følelsesladet e

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumn-maia-torp-neergard-refleksioner-om-jord-og-landbrug - 2025-11-09

Dr. habil. Andreas Broeckmann is an art historian and curator who lives in Berlin. He is currently a Visiting Professor and tutor in our PhD Program in Fine Arts. We asked him a few questions about his work at Malmö Art Academy. What is your role at Malmö Art Academy, and what is you background?Since last year, 2024, I have been working as a tutor in the PhD Program in Fine Arts. By academic train

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/get-know-dr-andreas-broeckmann-visiting-professor-and-tutor-our-phd-program-fine-arts - 2025-11-09

KHMxMMM is a series of lectures and artist talks created in collaboration between Malmö Art Academy and Moderna Museet Malmö. Recently Nina Beier’s work has been the subject of survey exhibitions at CAPC in France (2024); Kiasma in Finland (2024); Tamayo Museum in Mexico (2024) and recent large-scale installations have been installed at Mudam in Luxembourg (2024); Art Sonje Center in Seoul (2023);

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/khmxmmm-lecture-series-nina-beier - 2025-11-09