Simon Davidsson has been awarded the Swedish Political Science Association's prize for best thesis by younger researchers presented at the association's annual meeting 2022. Davidsson is awarded the prize for the thesis Testing Paths to Strong Parties in Western Europe or the Efficient Secret Shared. The motivation reads: Davidsson's essay is a careful examination of explanations for the developme

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Isabel Bramsen has written the chapter ‘The web of relations shaping the Philippine peace talks’ in the book Relational Peace Practices edited by Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo. Isabel Bramsen, Associate Professor and Director of Peace and Conflict Studies, Lund University. The chapter investigates the interaction between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bramsen-web-relations-shaping-philippine-peace-talks - 2025-08-29

Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article ‘The Abraham Accords’ implications for peace in the Middle East’, published in the latest issue of Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift. Associate Professor Lisa Strömbom, Department of Political Science. The Abraham Accords, signed by Israel and four Arab states in 2020, were one of President Donald Trump’s most renowned foreign policy successes. But what type of

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Stina Melander, Julia Bahner and Oskar Krantz have published the article “The Personal is Political – And Then What? Ideology, Representation, and Legitimacy in a Swedish Disability Organisation.” in Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Senior Lecturer Stina Melander, Department of Political Science. Abstract Background: Who can or cannot claim to represent other members within the disabil

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/stina-melander-co-authors-ideology-representation-and-legitimacy-swedish-disability-organisation - 2025-08-29

Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article ”The two-state impasse in Israel/Palestine – The EU caught between egalitarian norms and expansionist realpolitik”, in Frontiers in Political Science. Associate Professor Lisa Strömbom, Department of Political Science, Lund University. For many years, international actors have viewed a two-state solution based on democratic rights for both peoples in their

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-eu-between-democratic-principles-and-expansionist-israeli-ideals - 2025-08-29

Karin Aggestam and Linda Eitrem Holmgren have co-authored the article ”The Women, Peace, and Security in the Middle East and North Africa, which is part of a special issue in Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift. Professor Karin Aggestam and Linda Eitrem Holmgren (PhD). Read the article (in Swedish) here: https://journals.lub.lu.se/st/article/view/25239/22259 Karin Aggestam’s page: https://www.svet.lu.se/e

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-eitrem-holmgren-women-peace-and-security-middle-east - 2025-08-29

Scholars acknowledge the existence of intra-party divisions and the potentially negative electoral effects of disunity. Some assume that intra-party divides are between professional politicians and grassroots members, others highlight the importance of ideological blocs. Yet, precisely mapping factional structures, especially ideological factions, is difficult because of the “black box of intra- p

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-ann-kristin-kolln-and-jonathan-polk-intra-party-politics-comparative-political-studies - 2025-08-29

Elias Isaksson has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'Between Growth and Sustainability: Exploring the Construction of Sustainable Mobility in Swedish Transport Policy'. Congratulations! Elias Isaksson and Professor Tim Richardson in discussion during dissertation. Abstract Transport policies in Western Europe are increasingly framed in terms of sustainable mobility. This is a response to

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Professor Catarina Kinnvall.  Associate Professor Ted Svensson. In their article, Catarina Kinnvall and Ted Svensson read the COVID-19 pandemic from a Lacanian perspective, in which trauma and ontological insecurity are at the heart of the analysis. They argue that a psychoanalytical approach allows us to grasp why the most common response to the pandemic consisted of intensified commitments to ho

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-isq-article-state-responses-covid-19-catarina-kinnvall-and-ted-svensson - 2025-08-29

New article by Jonathan Polk and Guri Rosén on trade and the transnational cleavage in Journal of European Public Policy. Theorists of the transnational cleavage, defined as a political reaction against European integration and immigration, also regularly conceptualise international trade preferences as a component of this contemporary societal divide. Yet empirical analyses of this cleavage focus

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/polk-and-rosen-transnational-cleavage-and-party-positioning-trade - 2025-08-29

Agnese Pacciardi has recently published an article on the securitisation of migrants’ mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. By analysing newspaper articles and declarations by the Italian government and prominent politicians, she shows how this securitisation has relied on gendered and rationalised notions deeply entrenched in colonial modernity. Author: Agnese Pacciardi  Title: Viral bo

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/agnese-pacciardi-securitisation-migration-and-mobility-during-covid-19 - 2025-08-29

Mats Fred and Sebastian Godenhjelm are editors of the anthology "Projectification of Organizations, Governance and Societies - Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Implications". The book gathers a nascent field of research on projectification by consolidating a network of Scandinavian researchers with similar interests. The hope is that this can lead to a "Scandinavian School of Projectificatio

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-anthology-starting-point-scandinavian-school-projectification-research - 2025-08-29

The university’s new professors will be inaugurated in a ceremony at the main University Building on 13th October 2023 at 16:00. Among the new professors are our colleagues Jonathan Polk, Robert Klemmensen and Fariborz Zelli. Professors Jonathan Polk, Robert Klemmensen and Fariborz Zelli at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. The ceremony includes the official inaugurations by th

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Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond and Elsa Hedling have co-authored the article ”Digital Norm Contestation and Feminist Foreign Policy, published in the journal International Studies Perspectives. Abstract: This article examines the role of digital norm contestation in feminist foreign policy (FFP). It analyzes how states that participate in digital diplomacy are involved in challenging and

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Isabel Bramsen and Anine Hagemann have published a new article, ”How research travels to policy: the case of Nordic peace research". Associate Professor Isabel Bramsen, Department of Political Science, Lund University. The article investigates how Peace Research affects the policies and practice of peace in the Nordic countries. Based on interviews with researchers and practitioners the article id

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bramsen-and-hagemann-investigates-how-peace-research-affects-policies-and-practice - 2025-08-29

Does a perceived threat increase affective polarization? And what is the role of emotional reactions to threat in increasing hostility and bias toward other parties’ supporters? Professor Hanna Bäck, Department of Political Science, Lund University. Hanna Bäck has together with Emma Renström and Royce Carroll analyzed these questions in two experimental studies performed in Sweden and Germany. The

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-threats-emotions-and-affective-polarization - 2025-08-29

Can political elites influence affective polarization among the voters through their social media communication? Does the content of their communication matter or is it enough to get a neutral message from a representative of your favorite or most hated party? Professor Hanna Bäck, Department of Political Science, Lund University. Postdoc Alexander Ryan, Department of Political Science, Lund Unive

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elite-communication-and-affective-polarization - 2025-08-29

In the article "Different logics of pain: the gendered dimension of chronic pain in a relational setting" in Social Science & Medicine, Stina Melander analyzes how chronic pain affects the conditions for how women and men live together. I think my husband has taken more responsibility for the home … and helps with these big and heavy duties like grocery shopping and such things. The quote above is

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/men-and-women-have-different-priorities-when-living-chronic-pain - 2025-08-29

The annual negotiation game and role play is part of the European Governance course within the first semester of Lund’s long-standing and highly successful Masters in European Affairs (MEA). The European Council meeting of EU heads of state and government was hosted by the Department of Political Science, Lund university this week with great success. Guided by the Spanish presidency of the EU, the

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In an article published in Geopolitics, Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren Selimovic explore the relationship between gender, silence and place by analysing the former rape camp Vilina Vlas in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The spa hotel Vilina Vlas in Višegrad (Wikimedia Commons). There is a deafening silence around the Vilina Vlas rape camp almost 30 years after the war. The Vilina Vlas spa hotel is l

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/silence-surrounding-rape-camp-vilina-vlas-echoes-almost-30-years-after-war - 2025-08-29