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Swedish women talk about the shame, threats and fear that went into telling someone about being abused by their partner in this new article "Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others" published by Susanne Boethius and Malin Åkerström in the Nordic Journal of Criminology, and available as Open Access. One in three women Violence against women in close relationships is

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/women-hesitate-when-revealing-domestic-abuse - 2026-06-01

Social anthropologist Petra Östergren’s research rethinks prostitution policies and receives international response and praise. Her chapter "From zero-tolerance to full integration. Rethinking prostitution policies" has now been published in The Sage Handbook of Global Sexuality. According to professor Hendrik Wagenaar at Kings College in London it is a "seminal typology of prostitution policies"

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/governing-sex-work-new-way-categorizing-prostitution-policy-may-be-standard-years-come - 2026-06-01

Meetings are common in contemporary working life, but they are often overlooked in academic studies and sometimes defined as empty or boring by employees. Three researchers of sociology now contribute with insights into the culture of meetings. Malin Åkerström, David Wästerfors and Sophia Yakhlef at the Department of Sociology in Lund have written the article Meetings or Power Weeks? Boundary Work

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lets-pretend-not-meeting - 2026-06-01

Sociologist Tullia Jack's paper questions whether changes meant to increase life quality and provide basic human rights, are actually contributing to deepening social stratification. Tullia Jack has published the paper ‘Without cleanliness we can’t lead the life, no?’ Cleanliness practices, (in)accessible infrastructures, social (im)mobility and (un)sustainable consumption in Mysore, India on www.

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/more-cleanliness-deepening-social-gaps - 2026-06-01

The impact party politics has on the circulation of information about COVID-19 is the topic of a new article in the Canadian Journal of Political Science. Doctoral Student of Social Anthropology Isabelle Johansson has together with researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside published the article titled: ”The Partisan Impact on Local Government Dissemination of COVID-19 Information: Assess

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/how-do-politics-impact-access-information-about-covid-19 - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Alexandra Franzén, doctoral student of sociology, has published the article “But ÖB Bengt Gustafsson took me by the hand and thanked me. A comparison between Jan Guillou's and Peter Bratt's accounts of the IB-publication in 1973 and 2017 ” in the Political Science journal Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift. In May 1973, the

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sociologist-examines-swedish-ib-scandal-1973 - 2026-06-01

SWEDISH PARENTING SUPPORT: Lisa Eklund and Åsa Lundqvist at the Department of Sociology in Lund have published the article "Governing as peers : Reluctant experts and competent parents in the Swedish welfare state" in the French-language, international journal: Lien social et Politiques. Abstract In recent years, parenting support has gained traction in the Swedish welfare state in both policy and

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/competent-parents-steered-peers - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Susanne Boethius and Malin Åkerström at the Department of Sociology in Lund are winners of the Nordic Journal of Criminology Best Article Prize 2020 with the article "Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others". The study draws on interviews with 21 Swedish women who have been victims of

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/best-article-prize-2020-goes-sociology-article-victims-domestic-abuse - 2026-06-01

Even though much of their time is spent in less dramatic situations, transnational police from a range of different counties describe their own work in terms of fighting and combat. David Sausdal, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, has spent six years ethnographically researching transnational policing efforts at both the national and international level across Europe. He ha

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/war-language-used-transnational-police-when-describing-their-work - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Something to announce

https://www.cgbkansli.lu.se/en/article/testnews - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are very happy to announce that Lund University have been granted a new Project within Climate-KIC. The project is called "An Insurance-based climate adaptation tool for potato farming". Potato Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is a devastating potato disease which occurs earlier and earlier in the potato growin

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/new-climate-kic-project-awarded-lund-university - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ullrika Sahlin, risk specialist at Lund University, was awarded 15 000 Euros for her project "gaming for better decisions under uncertanty"at the Climate-KIC Ideation Day II this Tuesday. Ullrikas project aims at developing a fun and educational game for decision makers where they can develop skills in making decision

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/ullrika-sahlin-awarded-project-money-climate-kic-ideation-day - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The flagship Climate Risk Information (CRI) is looking for exciting early stage innovation project proposals to complement existing project suites. Proposals should address one of the following priorities: - Demonstrate the use of climate risk models and data for concrete end-user applications: Projects should have st

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/new-call-climate-kic-climate-risk-information - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climathon is a global 24-hour hackathon focusing on climate solutions that is run simultaneously in over 230 cities around the world on the 27th of October. This is the first time a Climathon is held in Lund. We face a number of significant climate challenges and need to work together, across traditional boundaries, t

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2710 - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Are you an entrepreneur within the circular economy or do you simply have a brilliant idea? Enter our Urban Challenge and bring your idea to life in the Circular Economy Hub South Harbour! In collaboration with Climate-KIC, The Integrated Urban Renewal Initiative of the South Harbour (the Municipality of Copenhagen) n

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/urban-challenge-circular-economy-hub-south-harbour - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climate-KIC’s Climate Innovation Summit is Europe’s leading event connecting city representatives, policymakers, businesses, entrepreneurs, scientists and academics and more to share best practice and create the opportunities to scale-up the solutions that accelerate climate action. This year’s summit is endorsed by t

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-innovation-summit-2017-milan - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climathon is an annual 24 hour hackathon for climate solutions. The format was launched by Climate-KIC 2015 and has spread rapidly across the globe. In 2017, 104 cities participated in 6 continents, all at the same time 27 October, 10:00 to 10:00 the following day. Lund University organized Climathon in Lund 2017 toge

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2017 - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Greenhouse is Climate-KICs pre-incubation program for early stage entrepenurship projects. please read more about the program in the attached flyer. Please read more about the program in this flyer.

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/greenhouse-deadline-3011 - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Here is a video recording from the panel debate on Health, food and water – The need for innovations and new strategies in a changing climate that we organised in connection to the IPCC meeting in Malmö 23-27/10 2017.

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-sparks-lecture-health-food-and-water-need-innovations-and-new-strategies-changing - 2026-06-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We had a photographer, Martin Olson, present at Climathon in Lund 2017. We wanted to share some of the pictures from this event with you.You can see them At Flickr web site it is also possible to see the pictures from the other 6 Climathons that were held in the Nordics this yearFlickr web site 

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/great-pictures-climathon-lund - 2026-06-01