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Abdulhadi Khalaf is one of three editors of the newly released book ”Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf”. Abdulhadi Khalaf has also contributed with the chapter The Politics of Migration.AbstractThe 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 S

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/labour-migration-and-citizenship-gulf - 2025-11-21

Simon Ceder defended his dissertation in Education "Cutting Through Water: Towards a Posthuman Theory of Educational Relationality" today, 5th of February at 13:15, in the Palaestra lower auditory, Lund University, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Sharon Todd, Maynooth University, Education Department, Ireland.Supervisors: Bosse Bergstedt and Barbara Schulte, the Department of Sociology, Lund Un

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/simon-ceder-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-11-21

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has interviewed Antoinette Hetzler about her research project Threats and Violence in School – Are Teachers Without Legal Rights? (Hot och våld I skolan – är lärare rättslösa?) The project will try to answer question like Can teachers and other school personnel use their rights to gain a safer work environment? How much do conditions vary regarding this among the differen

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hetzler-has-been-interviewed-about-her-project - 2025-11-21

Lisa Eklund has just published an article on "Son Preference Reconfigured? A Qualitative Study of Migration and Social Change in Four Chinese Villages” in The China Quarterly. More information on journals.cambridge.orgLisa Eklund's personal page Abstract:Drawing from ethnographic data from 48 households in four villages in rural Anhui, this study explores how two practices known for upholding son

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/eklund-son-preference-china - 2025-11-21

Shai Mulinari has, together with Andreas Vilhelmsson and Courtney Davis, published the article "Pharmaceutical Industry Off-label Promotion and Self-regulation: A Document Analysis of Off-label Promotion Rulings by the United Kingdom Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority 2003–2012" in PLOS Medicine. Learn more at PLOS MedicineShai Mulinari has also published the article “Regulating Pha

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mulinari-new-publications - 2025-11-21

Sara Eldén has reviewed the book “Couple Relationships in the 21st Century”. "Scholars who study love run the risk of being accused of demystifying and simplifying one of the most beautiful things there is in life. When scientific analysis labels, categorizes and separates that which is experienced simultaneously and often strongly at so many levels – emotional, sensory, bodily, as well as intelle

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/review-couple-relationships-21st-century - 2025-11-21

Magnus Ring has co-authored the chapter “How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: a comparative snapshot” in Long-term care reforms in OECD countries (ed. Cristiano Gori, Jose-Luis Fernandez and Raphael Wittenberg, Policy Press, 2016). Learn more at Policy PressMagnus Ring’s personal page

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/ring-has-been-co-authored-book-long-term-care-resources-older-users - 2025-11-21

Tina Kindeberg has published both a book chapter and a journal article. The book chapter is:Kindeberg, Tina (2015). The oral interaction between students and teachers in higher education. In Booth, S & L.Woollacott (eds) The Scholarship of teaching and Learning: It’s constitution and its transformative potential. Stellenbosch: Sun Press.The journal article is:Kindeberg, Tina (2015) Trust and the E

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/kindeberg-two-new-publications-education - 2025-11-21

Malin Åkerström and David Wästerfors have together with Katarina Jacobsson published the new article “Struggling for One’s Name: Defense Narratives by those Accused of Small-Time Corruption” in "Sociological Focus". Abstract:Under scrutiny (what we term a “bribery gaze”), many interpersonal exchanges in work contexts are perceived as bribes rather than gifts, tokens of appreciation, or mundane fav

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-article-about-people-who-have-been-accused-bribery - 2025-11-21

Johan Sandberg has just published a new co-authored article (with Moira Nelson) "From Perspectives to Policy Contingencies: Conditional cash transfers as social investments" in Global Social Policy. AbstractDespite the popularity of social investment, there remain ambiguities regarding how to design an effective social investment approach. We review evaluations of conditional cash transfers (CCTs)

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sandberg-new-publication - 2025-11-21

Karl Hedman defended his dissertation ”Managing Medical Emergency Calls” on June 3 at 10:00 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Jakob Cromdal, Linköping University, SwedenSupervisors: Vesa Leppänen, the Department of Sociology, Lund University. Examining committee:Docent David Wästerfors, Lunds universitet, Sociologiska institutionenProfessor emerita Viveka Adelswä

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/karl-hedman-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-11-21

Agneta Mallén has just published the article “Stirring up virtual punishment: a case of citizen journalism, authenticity and shaming” in the Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention. Abstract:Film clips and still pictures captured by civilians are increasingly used as evidence to prove specific accounts of events. This kind of visual data are not without problems, howeve

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mallen-new-publication - 2025-11-21

Johan Sandberg has just been awarded the Early Career Researchers Prize for his article “Evidence-based Policymaking? Revisiting the ‘Known', the Assumed and the Promoted in New Social Development Policy” in the Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development 6, 2 (2015). Learn more on Institute for poverty alleviation and international development’s websiteJohan Sandberg’s personal p

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sandberg-awarded-early-career-researchers-prize - 2025-11-21

Chris Swader has the forthcoming chapter "Fraudulent Values. Materialistic Bosses and the Support for Bribery and Tax Evasion" in Whyte & Wiegratz (Eds.) Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud. Routledge. Abstract:Are capitalists more likely than others to justify ‘immoral’ acts such as bribery or tax evasion? This chapter investigates the conditions under which this is the case. While quali

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/swader-new-forthcoming-publication - 2025-11-21

Malin Åkerström has, together with Erika Andersson Cederholm, published the article ”With a little help from my friends: relational work in leisure-related enterprising” in ”The Sociological Review” on Swedish lifestyle entrepreneurs, analyzing the indistinct boundaries between formal and informal economic exchanges. AbstractThe present article analyses the indistinct boundaries between formal and

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/malin-akerstrom-swedish-lifestyle-entrepreneurs - 2025-11-21

What does a defense lawyer actually do in court when performing loyalty towards her/his clients? Lisa Flower has just published a new article on courtroom work of defense lawyers in the “Journal of Contemporary Ethnography”. AbstractThe courtroom work of defense lawyers has received surprisingly little sociological attention. What does a defense lawyer actually do in court? How do defense lawyers

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/performing-drama-courtroom - 2025-11-21

How were work time issues framed in Sweden in 1975? Mikael Ottosson and Calle Rosengren scrutinize how the Swedish Employers’ Confederation debated the values of ‘workfare’ in their new article ” ‘What the hell is a high standard?’ The Swedish Employers’ Confederation and the six-hour workday debate in the mid 1970s” in Time & Society. Abstract:A concept that lies at the heart of political rhetori

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/six-hour-work-day-debate-mid-1970s-sweden - 2025-11-21

Barbara Schulte has received SEK 650,000 from the Crafoord Foundation for her project “Nation state versus ethnicity: Educating ethnic minorities in Southwest China”, to be conducted between 2016 and 2018. The project critically investigates discourse, policies and practices of Chinese multiculturalism in Yunnan Province and Chongqing.Wei Wang, doctoral student at the Department, will also be work

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-project-ethnic-minorities-southwest-china - 2025-11-21

Shai Mulinari investigates the current state of pharmaceutical marketing vis-à-vis ethical and legal standards in his new “viewpoint" article ”Unhealthy marketing of pharmaceutical products: An international public health concern” that has just been published in the Journal of Public Health Policy. Abstract:I consider the current state of pharmaceutical marketing vis-à-vis ethical and legal standa

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mulinari-unhealthy-marketing-pharmaceutical-products - 2025-11-21

Agneta Mallén and her research on citizen journalism and cyber bullying has been featured in a news release on AlphaGalileo. ”In recent years, citizen journalism has become a widely known phenomenon. It involves ordinary citizens witnessing events, documenting them on their mobile phones and sharing them on social media. It has become an increasingly important news source that often sets the tone

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mallen-citizen-journalism - 2025-11-21