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Campus Helsingborg befinner sig i ett expansivt skede. En ny science park planeras och vid årsskiftet öppnar Gerdahallen på Campus. En förstudie om en ny Science Park i Helsingborg har gjorts och den föreslår att en ny forskningspark placeras i Oceanhamnen och ges en hållbarhetsprofil. – Vi ser stora möjligheter att genom etableringen öka attraktiviteten för forskningen på Campus och en stark fors

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/campus-helsingborg-vaxer - 2025-12-18

Med anledning av utvecklingen i Afghanistan vill jag slå ett slag för vårt engagemang i nätverket Scholars at Risk. Universitetsledningen har ställt sig positiv till att ta emot en inkommande forskare från Afghanistan. Scholars at Risk är ett internationellt nätverk med mer än 500 lärosäten i 42 länder som arbetar för att främja akademisk frihet och stödja riskutsatta akademiker genom att bland an

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/scholars-risk-ett-viktigt-och-aktuellt-natverk - 2025-12-18

Vi håller i rask takt på att utveckla så stora delar av campus att hela universitetet kommer att påverkas. Detta gäller inte bara vårt campus i Lund, utan också i Malmö, Helsingborg och Ljungbyhed. Det är imponerande att se hur Forum Medicum reser sig som en svamp efter regn. Detta stora projekt är bara ett av många spännande byggnadsprojekt som planeras eller håller på att förverkligas.   Det är

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/universitetets-campus-vaxer-och-utvecklas - 2025-12-18

Karin Aggestam has been assigned lead author in the International Panel on Social Progress. The panel is chaired by Amartya Sen and an international scientific council co-chaired by Nancy Fraser, Ravi Kanbur and Helga Nowotny. The report will be finalised in 2017 and is expected to have major international impact.Links:ISPSKarin Aggestam

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-assigned-lead-author-international-panel-social-progress - 2025-12-18

Ringmar's book is descibed by Björn Jerdén in the International Relations of the Asia-Pacific as: "gripping," "theoretically innovative" and "state-of-the-art". Links:International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Volume 15 (2015)Full review 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/erik-ringmars-liberal-barbarism-reviewed - 2025-12-18

Magdalena Bexell was promoted to associate professor at the board meeting of the Faculty of Social Sciences on May 6. Link:Magdalena Bexell

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/magdalena-bexell-promoted-associate-professor - 2025-12-18

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Roxanna Sjöstedt has authored the article "Assessing a Broad Teaching Approach: The Impact of Combining Active Learning Methods on Student Performance in Undergraduate Peace and Conflict Studies," published in the Journal of Political Science Education, 11 (2): 204- 220. AbstractTeaching introductory International Relations (IR) and peace and conflict studies can be chall

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roxanna-sjostedt-education-peace-and-conflict-studies - 2025-12-18

- The idea is to use the great public interest that the Climate Summit in Paris in December 2015 will stir up to educate the masses on climate change, says Angela Oels to Riksbankens website rj.se and continues:- A MOOC (massive open online course) is basically a lecture series of different speakers that is broadcasted via the internet in weekly sessions that can be watched any time. There are onl

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/angela-oels-visiting-researcher-starts-mooc-climate-justice - 2025-12-18

Hanna Bäck has co-authored the article "Group belongingness and collective action: Effects of need to belong and rejection sensitivity on willingness to participate in protest activities" which has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. Links:Group belongingness and collective action: Effects of need to belong and rejection sensitivity on willingness to participate in protest activi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-group-belongingness-and-collective-action - 2025-12-18

Sarah Anne Rennick defended her dissertation "The Practice of Politics and Revolution: Egypt's Revolutionary Youth Social Movement" today at 10:15 in Edens Hörsal. Location: Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund.Sarah Anne RennickThe Practice of Politics and Revolution: Egypt's Revolutionary Youth Social Movement

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sarah-anne-rennick-has-defended-her-thesis - 2025-12-18

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Lisa Strömbom has co-authored an article with Johanna Mannergren Selimovic (Utrikespolitiska institutet) titled "Whose Place? Emplaced narratives and the politics of belonging in East Jerusalem’s contested neighbourhood of Silwan", published in the journal Space and Polity. Links:“Whose Place? Emplaced narratives and the politics of belonging in East Jerusalem’s contested

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lisa-strombom-silwan-neighbourhood-east-jerusalem - 2025-12-18

Erik Ringmar is participating in a conference in Berlin (8-9 June) on the topic of "200 Years of Conference Diplomacy. From the Congress of Vienna to the G7 Meeting". Learn more at academia.eduErik Ringmar 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-berlin-panel-200-years-conference-diplomacy - 2025-12-18

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annica Kronsell has written the article "Sexed Bodies and Military Masculinities. Gender Path Dependence in EU's Common Security and Defense Policy" in the journal Men and Masculinities. Links:“Sexed Bodies and Military Masculinities. Gender Path Dependence in EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy in Men and Masculinities”Annica Kronsell

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annica-kronsell-gendered-identity-eus-security-and-defense-policy-institutions - 2025-12-18

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Mats Fred's article "Projectification in Swedish municipalities. A case of porous organizations" has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. Links:Projectification in Swedish municipalities. A case of porous organizationsMats Fred

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/mats-fred-projectification-swedish-municipalities - 2025-12-18

RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Tobias Dan Nielsen and Karin Bäckstrand presented yesterday at a side-event at the current UN climate negotiations in Bonn on 'Carbon footprints for effective climate policy on international trade’. The event was covered in the widely circulated ISSD newsletter.Links:Newsletter on ‘Carbon footprints for effective climate policy on international trade’Tobias Nielsen

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nielsen-and-backstrand-present-un-climate-negotiations-bonn - 2025-12-18

RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Tobias Dan Nielsen blogs on LU Sustainability Forum about last weeks UN climate negotiations. The blog post titled “Green light for REDD+” covered a ‘historical’ conclusion of the negotiations on the methodological guidance for UN based mechanism aimed at reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+). Links:“Green light for REDD+”To

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nielsen-developments-un-climate-conference - 2025-12-18

On June 24, Erik Ringmar holds a lecture in the series "Theorizing Global Order" at the Goethe University in Frankfurt Links:“Theorizing Global Order”Erik Ringmar

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/erik-ringmar-nomadic-political-theory - 2025-12-18

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Erik Ringmar's review of "Violent Protest, Contentious Politics and the Neoliberal State,” edited by Seraphim Seferiades & Hank Johnston, has just been published by Contemporary Sociology. Links:The book reviewErik Ringmar

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/erik-ringmar-reviews-violent-protest-contentious-politics-and-neoliberal-state - 2025-12-18

Magdalena Bexell has contributed the chapter "The Post-2015 Consultations: Fig Leaf Policy or Test Bed for Innovation?" in the newly published book "Global Trends. Prospects for World Society" Abstract:The United Nations (UN)-led global consultations on new development goals, which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), started in 2012. In comparison with the creation of the MDGs, t

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/magdalena-bexell-discussions-about-new-un-millennium-development-goals - 2025-12-18

Erik Ringmar's lecture, "Nomadic political theory," at the Goethe University, Frankfurt, on June 24, 2015, is now available online: Links:"Nomadic political theory"Erik Ringmar

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/erik-ringmars-lecture-nomadic-political-theory-now-available-online - 2025-12-18