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Åsa Knaggård has, together with colleagues from a number of different departments at Lund University, written a report (in Swedish) about the regional climate challenges and adaptation for Skåne, Klimatsäkrat Skåne. The report was recently presented at a well-attended seminar in Malmö and was featured in the SVT news. Download the report and read more about the seminar at CEC’s website.Åsa Knaggår

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/knaggard-co-author-report-regional-climate-change-policy - 2025-12-20

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Maysam Behravesh writes in "The Diplomat" about the ongoing nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran. Links:How Netanyahu Saved the Iran Nuclear TalksMaysam Behravesh

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/behravesh-nuclear-negotiations - 2025-12-20

RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Moira Nelson is speaking today at an event sponsored by Policy Network on "Women and the post-crisis labour market". The event brings together business leaders and childcare experts to discuss predistributive alternatives to formal childcare, the role of employers in ensuring a family friendly work environment, and ways to increase women’s employment.Links:Women and the post-c

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/moira-nelson-speaks-westminster-event - 2025-12-20

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has co-authored two articles with Bo Rothstein on how Sweden's bureaucracy during the 18th and 19th century changed from being patrimonial, nepotistic and corrupt to being professional and impartial. Teorell has also recently published an article on how genes impact political orientation.Links:Getting to Sweden, Part I: War and Malfeasance, 1720–1850Getting to

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/teorell-swedens-path-professional-and-non-corrupt-bureaucracy - 2025-12-20

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Lisa Strömbom are the editors of a newly published book titled "Divided Cities: Governing Diversity". Björkdahl contrubutes with the chapter ”Two schools under one roof: Unification in the divided city of Mostar” and Strömbom with ”Resistance in divided Jerusalem: Contesting urban planning policy”. Two other collegues have contributed: Tomas Bergström

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-and-strombom-editors-new-book-divided-cities - 2025-12-20

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Niklas Altermark has published the paper "Powers of Classification: Politics and Biology in Understandings of Intellectual Disability" in the journal Review of Disability Studies. Links:Powers of Classification: Politics and Biology in Understandings of Intellectual DisabilityNiklas Altermark

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/altermark-power-classification - 2025-12-20

Steven Bernstein, Professor at University of Toronto, Canada visited the Political Science Department January-March. His stay was financed through BECC's http://www.becc.lu.se guest professor program. Links:BECCSteven Bernstein

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/guest-researcher-steven-bernstein-ends-his-stay - 2025-12-20

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: The book: "Making Gender, Making War: Violence, Miltiary and Peacekeeping Practices", edited by Annica Kronsell and Erika Svedberg is now available in open access, through Lund University Publications. Links:Making Gender, Making War: violence, military and peacekeeping practicesAnnica Kronsell

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kronsells-book-now-available-open-access - 2025-12-20

On the 9th of April a one-day conference is held, with the title "The Politics of Global Water Crisis". Karin Aggestam presents a talk on "Water Conflict and Blue Peace in the Middle East?". Se attached flyer for more information. Attached flyer:The Politics of Global Water Crisis 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/one-day-conference-global-water-crisis - 2025-12-20

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Christer Jönsson has published the article "Relationships between Negotiators: A Neglected Topic in the Study of Negotiation" in the latest issue of the journal International Negotiation. The abstract of the article:“Negotiation can be seen as a dynamic social process. Perspectives emphasizing the social context and dynamics of negotiations have been largely neglected in

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/christer-jonsson-social-relationships-between-negotiators - 2025-12-20

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren Selimovic have authored the article Gendering Agency in Transitional Justice, publicerad in Security Dialogue (2015) vol. 46 no. 2: 165-182 Abstract:Mainstream transitional justice and peacebuilding practices tend to re-entrench gendered hierarchies by ignoring women or circumscribing their presence to passive victims in need of pro

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-bjorkdahl-gendering-agency - 2025-12-20

Erik Ringmar's article, "On the Ontological Status of the State" (1996) is included in the anthology Historical International Relations, published by Sage. The volume, to quote the blurb, "is comprehensive, well organized and encompasses many of the classic articles in the field by leading European and American scholars." Länkar:Historical International RelationsOn the Ontological Status of the St

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/erik-ringmars-article-selected-prestigious-anthology - 2025-12-20

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Karin Aggestam has written the article "Desecuritisation of water and the technocratic turn in peacebuilding", published in International Environmental Agreement: Politics, Law and Economics (2015). Abstract:This article addresses the research gap of water desecuritisation and advances an interdisciplinary approach within the issue area of peacebuilding. It draws upon thr

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-security-water-and-technocratic-peacebuilding - 2025-12-20

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Moira Nelson has written a post titled "Breaking down barriers" on the research blog Policy Network. Links:Breaking down barriersMoira Nelson

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/moria-nelson-women-and-labour-market - 2025-12-20

The Spanish journal Revista Down (a journal devoted to the topic of Down's syndrome) has in their latest issue Niklas Altermark's article "The ideology of neuroscience and intellectual disability" as main theme, and has invited a number of researchers to discuss the article. One of the commenters is Mara Dierssen, one of the world’s foremost scholars on intellectual disability and biology.Links:Al

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/niklas-altermarks-article-main-theme-journal-issue - 2025-12-20

Ullrika Sahlin, Researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC, has been awarded Richard J. Burk Outstanding Service Award for her work in the field of risk analyses. Ullrika Sahlin, Researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC, has been awarded Richard J. Burk Outstanding Service Award for her work in the field of risk analyses. The award and USD 500

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/researcher-awarded-price-society-risk-analysis - 2025-12-20

The purpose of Dr. Pejchar's visit is to advance science at the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and agriculture in collaboration with BECC researchers. Dr. Liba Pejchar brings expertise in several emerging topics in BECC at the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Her lively research program explores innovative strategies for conserving and restor

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/welcome-becc-guest-researcher-liba-pejchar-associate-professor-department-fish-wildlife-and - 2025-12-20

• Do you get your Friday emails from Research professional with the latest funding opportunities? • Is your profile in LUCRIS, ORCID-ID and PRISMA in order? • What happens with your articles once they are published? How do you get them in all these databases? Warmly welcome to a workshop on tools for researchers at LU on 9 February 10–12. This event is open to both CEC Fellows and PhD-students! He

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/workshop-tools-researchers-lu - 2025-12-20

In January 2017, Lund University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Stockholm Environmental Institute, SEI. The relationship between Lund University and SEI has a long history, covering areas such as climate adaptation and low carbon transitions in Sweden, agriculture and food security, and, most recently, with a common 58 MSEK Mistra Geopolitics programme. Future research collaboration is

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-sei-sign-mou - 2025-12-20

Kristina Jönsson's (et al.) article Health policy evolution in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: context, processes and agency is one of the top downloaded articles from 2015 in Health Policy and Planning. Health Policy and Planning publishes high quality health policy and systems research that aims to inform policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries.Learn more on oxfordjournals.orgK

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jonssons-health-policy-evolution-one-top-downloaded-articles - 2025-12-20