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Malmö hosts Degrowth conference

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 6th International Degrowth Conference in Malmö will take place from August 21-25. The 6th International Degrowth Conference in Malmö, Sweden, titled “Dialogues in turbulent times” is organized by the Institute for degrowth studies. This conference aims at expanding the geographical and thematic scope of degrowth d

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/malmo-hosts-degrowth-conference - 2026-05-07

"Discrimination discourse is incompatible with hegemonic masculinity"

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In an article recently published in the European Social Work Research journal, researchers Anna Rypi, Malin Åkerström and Veronika Burcar Alm attempt to shed light on why young men with an immigrant background who are subjected to violent crimes rarely report the incidents to the police. The young men who were intervi

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/discrimination-discourse-incompatible-hegemonic-masculinity - 2026-05-07

Doctoral student wins early career prize

Carolin Schütze has been awarded the ReNEW Early Career Paper Prize in social sciences for the best conference paper at the Third Nordic Challenges Conference, 2019. In her award-winning paper entitled “Feeling Fear in Times of Polarization.  A Systematic Content Analysis of Bureaucrats’ Commentary on Migrants using the Concept of Ontological Security”, Schütze addresses the question of immigratio

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-student-wins-early-career-prize - 2026-05-07

Seminar brings together several international researchers

During a whole day in April researchers in elite studies discussed the relevance of central theoretical and empirical knowledge about elite research for studying civil society elites. The research seminar was filled with discussions about ”shadow elites” in America influencing important geopolitical decisions without visible political leadership, and the power decline of bureaucratic elite groups

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seminar-brings-together-several-international-researchers - 2026-05-07

Housing First is effective if given adequate political support

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Housing First model is effective, but needs more political support to increase its impact across Europe, a new Europe-wide study from the Housing First Europe Hub shows. Marcus Knutagård, researcher at Lund University School of Social Work is one of the authors of the new report that will be released on World Home

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/housing-first-effective-if-given-adequate-political-support - 2026-05-07

How Covid impacts experience-based knowledge in social work?

About 70 teachers, researchers, and representatives from different service user organisations from nine countries highlighted the matter during the conference Experience-based knowledge in the shadow of the pandemic. The conference was arranged by the international network PowerUs.  “We discussed many creative solutions to improve user participation in social work educations, as well as the possib

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/how-covid-impacts-experience-based-knowledge-social-work - 2026-05-07

SEK 1 million to research project on online consumption and vulnerability

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Senior lecturer Lupita Svensson is one of the researchers in a research group that has received funding for a project that will explore how the digitization of everyday life, including consumption, credit management and communication, affects economic vulnerability among young adults. The project, which will last for

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sek-1-million-research-project-online-consumption-and-vulnerability - 2026-05-07

Jubliee concludes with a kick-off

Although Lund University’s 350th anniversary celebrations are drawing to a close, some projects will live on, along with the working method known as the jubilee model. Carina Jensen, soon to step down from her role as jubilee coordinator, talks about Sunday’s big kick-off for the future, which is open to all. “It will start with an open house event in the main University building, celebrating the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/jubliee-concludes-kick - 2026-05-07

Sweden stands up for open access – cancels agreement with Elsevier

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Large science publisher Elsevier does not meet the requirements of Swedish universities and research institutes. The agreement will be cancelled 30th of June. This means that employees and students at Lund University will not have access to journal articles published by Elsevier after June 30, 2018. However, one can s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sweden-stands-open-access-cancels-agreement-elsevier - 2026-05-07

She got a new liver – and a new life

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUM managed to sneak in an interview with Carita Håkansson before she packs her bags for a hiking trip in Greece. For the first time in many years she has the chance once more to do what she loves the most – to experience nature and landscapes on foot. Thanks to a transplant, she is living a new life. Carita Håkansson

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-got-new-liver-and-new-life - 2026-05-07

He pumps petrol from trees

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The expression “Sweden’s green gold” has a new meaning. Forests are now not only to provide timber and paper – but also save the climate. Chemical engineering researcher Christian Hulteberg has managed to transform a residual product from pulp manufacturing into a liquid that is chemically identical to petrol. The pla

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-pumps-petrol-trees - 2026-05-07

Overstretched intensive care leads to fewer donations

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ninety thousand people die in Sweden every year. Despite 80 percent of Sweden’s population stating they would like to donate their organs after death, fewer than 200 people actually become organ donors each year. Why? This is due to, among other reasons, our limited legislation and organs not being made available beca

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overstretched-intensive-care-leads-fewer-donations - 2026-05-07

Superbosses make others become good leaders

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Superbosses” are exceptional at attracting talented people and getting them to perform at their best – while also developing them to become new, good leaders. Are superbosses to be found at the University? “I’m convinced that we would also find superbosses at Lund University if we looked”, says Christine Blomquist, w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/superbosses-make-others-become-good-leaders - 2026-05-07

Hard on the heels of a Nobel laureate

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Long ago, Carl Borrebaeck worked side by side with one of this year’s Nobel Prize winners for chemistry, Sir Gregory Winter, on the publication of an innovative technology within what was then a hot new research field: antibody engineering. In 1989, within the same couple of weeks, both researchers published findings

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hard-heels-nobel-laureate - 2026-05-07

New premises plan reveals the University’s future building projects

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A social sciences centre in the Paradis quarter and a continued reinforcement of the Knowledge Highway are priorities in the new premises plan that presents the University’s intended renovations, extensions and new builds for the next five years. “It will be nice to complete the major projects that have been underway

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-premises-plan-reveals-universitys-future-building-projects - 2026-05-07

Stressed doctoral students want better support from their supervisors

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Broke and depressed – that’s how doctoral students risk ending up if they don’t complete their studies in time. The Doctoral Student Ombudsman, Aleksandra Popvic, says supervisors and the University must take more responsibility for the structure of the thesis work, a view supported by a survey conducted by the Swedis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/stressed-doctoral-students-want-better-support-their-supervisors - 2026-05-07

SEK 64 million for leading graduate school

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is investing SEK 64 million in a graduate school focusing on societal challenges and the 2030 Agenda. Kristina Jönsson, associate professor in political science, will be its coordinator. “This is a unique opportunity to achieve something really new and exciting”, she says. The graduate school is funded

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sek-64-million-leading-graduate-school - 2026-05-07

Where would academia be without migrants?

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Migration is a talking point everywhere – in politics, in the media, and not least in academia. It is often presented as problematic and demanding on resources, seldom as something which contributes to economic, cultural, and indeed intellectual development. But without migrants where would academia be exactly? That’s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/where-would-academia-be-without-migrants - 2026-05-07

“We need to bring together our campuses in Malmö”

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Bringing together the three academies of music, art and theatre, and sorting out steering documents and routines are important tasks for Solfrid Söderlind, new Dean of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts. Solfrid Söderlind is new Dean of Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts. Professor Söderlind has most recently wo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-need-bring-together-our-campuses-malmo - 2026-05-07

Europe needs to improve researcher mobility!

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Researchers and students are mobile in a completely different way from previously, but the regulations haven’t kept up. The EU needs to act to remove the most serious types of obstacle, for example between Sweden and Denmark, and urgently”, says Lund University’s HR director Ingrid Estrada-Magnusson. Sonja Meiby and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/europe-needs-improve-researcher-mobility - 2026-05-07