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Lund University recently decided to allocate €4 million to promote international impact. The Faculty of Social Sciences receives €590 000, part of which goes to the Sociology of Law Department. The department receives €44 600 (SEK 520,000) for two internationalising initiatives. A grant of €12 000 goes to organising an international workshop at the end of November on de-colonialism. A further €32
NordForsk, an organisation under the Nordic Council of Ministers that funds cooperative research between researchers in the Nordics, awarded Ida Nafstad the equivalent of €324,000 as part of a larger research grant. Her research group intends to promote democratic engagement participation among marginalised groups in environmental policy-making. Transitional Environmental Justice (EnJUSTICE) is a
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/research-strives-amplify-marginalized-voices-nordic-baltic-green-transition - 2026-05-19
The Sociology of Law Department received four positive answers for funding requests this month. The Crafoord Foundation funds Anna Lundberg's ”Public employees’ mobilization against the Informers Act” project with 500,000 SEK. Information about the research will be available later this year.They also granted Jannice Käll 200,000 SEK for the organisation of Critical Legal Conference 2024: Speculati
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/several-successful-grant-applications-june - 2026-05-19
On Friday, September 13, Oscar Björkenfeldt successfully defended his thesis, "Online Harassment Against Journalists: A Socio-Legal and Working-Life Study of the Challenges and Impacts in Swedish Journalism". By integrating sociology of law and work-life science, Oscar Björkenfeldt developed insights into how online harassment targeting journalists influences journalistic practices.Björkenfeldt us
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/oscar-bjorkenfeldt-completes-doctoral-student-programme - 2026-05-19
The Sociology of Law Department receives 50,000 SEK (€4,300) in faculty mobility funds to invite Sergio Jarillo de la Torre, a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Geography, University of Melbourne. His background is in social anthropology, law, and art history, and he has spent over ten years doing fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands and Mozambique.During his two-week s
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/department-granted-funds-invite-researcher-university-melbourne - 2026-05-19
Ana Maria Vargas Falla was Lund University's only representative at COP29 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. She has researched public resistance and acceptance of climate legislation and contributed to the "10 new insights in climate science" presented during the climate summit. These are her impressions of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. I was initially very sceptical about having
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/ana-maria-vargas-falla-reflects-cop29 - 2026-05-19
Michael Molavi and Isabel Schoultz have received a major research grant from the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Programme. Together with newly hired post-doctoral researcher, Elin Jönsson, they will study how ongoing de-democratisation processes affect protest cultures and how these effects comparatively vary across Europe. Europe is experiencing a steady democratic decline. The trend is dis
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/eu-funds-research-about-democratic-decline-and-protest-culture - 2026-05-19
Climate change is a reality for communities globally, forcing governments and international agencies to propose climate adaptation measures. For many people, these top-down approaches don't always align with their needs, values or legal rights. Ana Maria Vargas is one of the researchers in the project "Everyday forms of resistance to state adaptation regulation: An ethnographic study of responses
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/the-justice-in-resisting-climate-change-policies - 2026-05-19
In October last year, the Sociology of Law Department's researcher and senior lecturer Patrik Olsson was invited to a conference in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent to contribute with expertise on the country's social and political development. On October 24, 2024, an international conference on the topic "Development of Free Civil Society and Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations" was held in Ta
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/patrik-olsson-invited-uzbekistan-expert-civil-society-and-non-profit-development - 2026-05-19
Rädsla gästar Månteatern på Lunds Kulturnatt den 21 september kl 20.00. Föreställningen var en del av teaterfestivalen "IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR" vid Teaterhögskolan i Malmö under våren 2024. Rädsla är skriven av dramatikern Nanna Berner och spelas upp av Emma Stocke, Tim Dillman och Alexej Antić. Familjen är dramatikens urämne. Relationen mellan föräldrar och barn, mellan syskon och nära vänner har
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/forestallningen-radsla-visas-under-lunds-kulturnatt - 2026-05-19
Nu har Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir spikat sin avhandling i enighet med den traditionella akademiska ceremonin. Många samlades i foajén på Teaterhögskolan i Malmö under tisdagen för att bevittna när Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir genomförde den traditionella akademiska ceremonin "spikning", och spikningen av den tjocka vita avhandlingen belönades med applåder från publiken. Avhandlingen har titeln "How li
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/steinunn-knuts-onnudottir-spikar-sin-doktorsavhandling - 2026-05-19
Under hösten är Teaterhögskolans skådespelarstudenter i årskurs 3 på praktik runtom i Sverige på några av de högst ansedda teaterscenerna i landet. Här kan du läsa var våra studenter befinner sig under sina praktiker. Alexander GustavssonÖstgöta Teatern med uppsättningen Världens lataste pojke, i regi av Rikard Lekander.Alexandra SöderqvistÖrebro teater med uppsättningen Brott och Straff, i regi
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/skadespelarstudenter-pa-praktik-0 - 2026-05-19
Forskningstidskriften Matter Journal släpper sitt andra nummer av den tredelade publikationsserien ”The Beauty-Box”.Publikationsserien görs som en del av All My Relations, också arrangerat av Teaterhögskolan i Malmö. "The Beauty-Box” är en digital bok med fotografier och reflektionsdagböcker tagna och skrivna av deltagarna i All My Relations 2, som arrangerades under 2023. Korten, som är fyllda me
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/nu-slapps-andra-numret-av-beauty-box-i-forskningstidskriften-matter-journal - 2026-05-19
Since 2020 Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir has been a PhD student at the Malmö Theatre Academy and is now defending her dissertation project: “How Little Is Enough? Sustainable Methods of Performance for Transformative Encounters.” Part of her PhD defence is the exposition at IAC during the Malmö Gallery Weekend (26 September to 3 October 2024).In her PhD project Steinunn has been exploring sustainable
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/how-little-enough-meet-steinunn-knuts-onnudottir-get-possible-answers - 2026-05-19
Teaterhögskolans doktorand Charlotte Østergaard deltar i Stockholms Konstnärliga Högskolas internationella konstnärliga konferens Alliances and Commonalities, den 17–19 oktober, 2024 tillsammans med tidigare doktorand Steinunn Knúts-Önnudóttir, samt konferensen Hurricanes and Scaffolding: Symposiumon Artistic research, Umeå Universitet 4–6 december 2024.Charlotte Østergaard och Marie Ledendal, frå
Har du någonsin undrat vad som skulle hända om ett artificiellt huvud var inblandat i ett triangeldrama? Ja, nu behöver du inte längre undra! I ett samarbete mellan den Malmöbaserade teatergruppen Banditsagor och Teaterhögskolan sätts nu föreställningen Mitt bästa liv upp på Inkonst här i Malmö. Mitt bästa liv är ett relationsdrama och en mörk komedi centrerat kring en av våra mest omtalade nymod
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/mitt-basta-liv-ett-samarbete-mellan-teaterhogskolan-och-banditsagor - 2026-05-19
Malmö Theatre Academy's MA in Performing Arts as Critical Practice is organizing the Intersectional Performance Pedagogies symposium, 4-8 November 2024. Part of the symposium is the open workshop Working with f(r)ictions – towards decolonial and speculative practices, with Sonya Lindfors Cameroonian.Lindfors Cameroonian is a Finnish choreographer and the artistic director of UrbanApa. The open wor
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/open-workshop-working-frictions-towards-decolonial-and-speculative-practices - 2026-05-19
Stiftelsen Den Nordiska Första S:t Johannislogens Jubelfond grundades 1867 med det uttryckliga syftet att stödja unga lovande människor i deras utbildning inom vetenskap, konst eller slöjd. I år har stipendiet tilldelats Monirah Hashemi, Maryam Hashempour och Zsófia Rebeka Kozma. Alla tre är studenter på vårt konstnärliga masterprogram i scenkonst som kritisk praktik. Varmt grattis!Här kan du läsa
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/masterstudenter-tilldelas-2024-ars-jubelfondstipendium - 2026-05-19
Sophia New is the new lecturer and tutor at the MA program Performing Arts as Critical Practice at Malmö Theatre Academy. Previous to her role here, Sophia has been the course Leader for MA programmes at Wimbledon College of the Arts, UAL. We took the opportunity to ask Sophia New a few questions to get to know her better. Hi Sophia! Please tell us how you found your calling in the theatre, and
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/get-know-sophia-new-new-lecturer-ma-program - 2026-05-19
Den norske författaren och dramatikern Jon Fosse, som fick Nobelpriset i litteratur 2023, utses till hedersdoktor vid Konstnärliga fakulteten, Lunds universitet. Jon Fosse har fått stort internationellt erkännande för sina verk. Hans pjäser har översatts till över 40 språk och spelas regelbundet på scener runtom i världen – hittills i över 80 länder. Teaterhögskolan i Malmö, en del av Konstnärliga
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/jon-fosse-blir-hedersdoktor-pa-konstnarliga-fakulteten - 2026-05-19
