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Allow stories to speak and weave in memories. A multidimensional vision could make urban development less stereotypical, according to ethnologist Elisabeth Högdahl, who is the manager of the research project ‟Developing and Building Locations Through Human Memories”. ‟I hope that the site developers of tomorrow will think more broadly and allow space for people’s stories.” Can memories build place

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/meaningful-memories-inspire-urban-planning - 2025-10-31

Do you work in graphic design, are you passionate about games development, or do you design jewellery in your own business? The market for entrepreneurs with cultural and creative business concepts is growing in Sweden. However, many of these initiatives require tailored support to be able to develop and find clients and partnerships. For several years, there has been a sharp increase in our inter

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/cultural-and-creative-business-concepts-need-specific-and-strategic-support - 2025-10-31

Cultural and creative industries are steadily growing and driving regional development in Sweden. The CROCUS network at Campus Helsingborg wants to strengthen knowledge exchange for students and researchers as well as for those involved and interested in this sector. "The network's ability to quickly mobilise researchers means that when an opportunity arises, we can act immediately", says project

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/crocus-flourishing-network-culture-and-creativity - 2025-10-31

Today was the day for Stuart Reid to traditionally "nail" his doctoral dissertation and celebrate together with colleagues at the Department of Service Management and Service Studies. The dissertation, which takes place on April 8, is now awaited. Stuart Reid's thesis has the title: Touring Tourism Enterprising - Mundane Practices of Tourism Development and studies how tourism enterprises practica

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/stuart-reid-nailed-his-dissertation - 2025-10-31

Albert already had an active carreer when he decided to go back to school to study Culture and Creativity management. Today he is working with a big series of events as a lead producer for the 25th anniversary of the Getty Center in Los Angeles. He looks back at his time in Sweden as a great experience! What did you do before you started studying the Master’s programme in Service Management? "I am

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-alumni-albert-montanez - 2025-10-31

For several years, it has become increasingly clear that developments in tourism need to change direction and be done in a new, more sustainable way. To change the tourism industry, we need to understand it better in practice - how small tourism enterprises are run and developed. - A new way to approach tourism development and innovation is to focus on the individual and mundane aspect, says Stuar

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/touring-tourism-enterprising-new-thesis-offers-another-view-tourism-development - 2025-10-31

Who is Professor Jan Henrik Nilsson? What does he say about the masters's programme in Service managment, specialisation Tourism? What is he currently working on in terms of research projects? And what will students be surprised to find out about him? What is your academic background and what did you do before you started teaching at Lund University? "I have a teacher's education (history, social

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-teachers-jan-henrik-nilsson - 2025-10-31

The traditional graduation ceremony for the master's programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences took place on Wednesday June 8 in the beautiful main building of Lund University. This was a day full of excitement, relief, happiness and anticipation as students joined together in taking their last official steps at Lund University. The ceremony included speeches, music, and individual congratulati

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/graduation-ceremony-masters-students-0 - 2025-10-31

The City of Helsingborg gives scholarships to students of Campus Helsingborg for trips to its Sister Cities, Pärnu in Estonia and Dubrovnik in Croatia. This year Sze Ching Lim and Zhuoxu Jiang, master students of service management recieved the scholarship for their thesis on the usage of digital systems in road transportation. Road transportation is vital in trade, commerce, and communication and

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/scholarship-masters-students-city-helsingborg - 2025-10-31

- There is a lack of research concerning what e-commerce managers do at work. At the same time, their professional role has become increasingly important for today's retail companies. Our aim in this project is to map out and explore e-commerce mangers work practices, says Christian Fuentes. Central questions involve: What do e-commerce mangers do? What competencies do they need to develop? What d

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-will-study-what-e-commerce-managers-do-work - 2025-10-31

A new academic year just started and the department has welcomed around 100 new master students, of which almost all of them are international students. Before starting their studies at our master programme with five different specializations, the students participate in our preparatory week learning to study the "LU-way" - the Lund University way. We have talked to the two teachers in charge of t

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-master-students-learning-lu-way - 2025-10-31

Today a traditional event took place on the third floor of Campus Helsingborg. Our PhD student Micol Mieli "nailed", or "spikade" as it is called in Swedish, her dissertation. This tradition of nailing the thesis is ancient and the procedure is done three weeks before the official defence. Now Micol Mieli is awaiting the dissertation defence which will take place on October 14th. The dissertation’

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/micol-mieli-nailed-her-dissertation - 2025-10-31

The study on pharmaceutical industry self-regulation that Shai Mulinari and co-authors recently published in PLOS Medicine has received considerable attention internationally. The study has recently been discussed in The British Medical Journal (published by the British Medical Association), The Pharmaceutical Journal (published by the UK Royal Pharmaceutical Society) and The Wall Street Journal. 

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/international-coverage-mulinaris-study-pharmaceutical-industry - 2025-10-31

Abdulhadi Khalaf of the Sociology Department has together with co-editors just published the book "Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf". The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour migration in the global South. In all of these states, however, the majority of the

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-book-transit-states-labour-migration-and-citizenship-gulf - 2025-10-31

The Department of Sociology held their annual PhD Research Day Friday 12th December, which provided an opportunity for PhDs candidates from Education, Social Anthropology and Sociology to present their ongoing doctors thesis. A total of 13 PhD candidates presented their work which ranged from the emotion work and impression management of loyalty used by defense lawyers, to intellectuals in the con

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/inspiring-research-day-science-mapping-rwandan-farming - 2025-10-31

Ann-Mari Sellerberg and Vesa Leppänen have published a new article: "The contradictory role of the sales assistant: superordination and subordination" Int. J. Work Organisation and Emotion, 2015. More information.  

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/contradictory-role-sales-assistant - 2025-10-31

The Department of Sociology hosted an international migration workshop on the theme “Queer Migrations and Mobilities: Sexuality, Gender, Citizenship, and Intimacy from a European Perspective” on the 11th and 12th of September. The workshop, funded by the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Societies (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond), brought together 25 researchers, scholar-activists, activists and ac

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/many-researchers-and-activists-queer-migrant-groups-brought-together-international-workshop - 2025-10-31

The successful candidate will conduct sociological research and teach sociology at the BA, MA, and PhD levels. The position includes 50 percent research and 50 percent teaching and administration. Associated Senior Lecturer in SociologyBiträdande lektor (Sw), Assistant Professor (US) In addition to conducting high-quality research and teaching insociology, the successful candidate is expected to b

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/associated-senior-lecturer-sociology - 2025-10-31

Erik Hannerz’ book Performing Punk has just been published with Palgrave Macmillan. See more details here.  Summary of bookArguing against the presumption that subcultural meaning constitutes a single set of meaning, Hannerz addresses how punks draw upon plural definitions of the mainstream and notions of subcultural authenticity.Drawing from an exceptionally rich fieldwork in Sweden and Indonesia

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/punk-identity-sweden-and-indonesia - 2025-10-31

Max Jerneck defended his dissertation in sociology "Sunrise of an Industry: Solar Energy under Financial and Industrial Capitalism in the U.S. and Japan, 1973 - 2005" today at one o'clock in Hörsal 128, Stora Algatan 4, Lunds University. External reviewer: Professor William Lazonick, University of Massachusetts Lowell.Sunrise of an Industry Max Jerneck

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/max-jerneck-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-10-31