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Isabel Schoultz and Ida Nafstad were on an Erasmus-exchange at University of Sarajevo between 23-27 October. They visited both the Faculty for Criminal Justice Sciences and Criminology, and the Faculty of Political Science. During their stay they held lectures on topics such as Legal pluralism and laws of everyday life, Crime, control and policy and White-collar crime for bachelor and master stude

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/erasmus-exchange-university-sarajevo - 2025-10-11

Many people in Sweden do not know that they are entitled legal help through their household insurance. Doctor Isabel Schoultz reviews legal aid in Sweden in a chapter for the book Legal aid in the Nordic countries, edited by Olaf Halvorsen Rønning and Ole Hammerslev, available online as an open-access source. Today, Sweden has a combination of public and private cover for legal expenses in civil c

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/many-unaware-their-right-legal-help - 2025-10-11

On Wednesday 17th January students and researchers gathered in Stadshallen in Lund for the Sociology of Law Department's annual Panorama Day. The panorama day acts as the first meeting between students and researchers and gives students insight into the breadth of research offered by the Sociology of Law Department.Students who study Sociology of Law, both within the Criminology programme and as a

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/students-gained-insight-breadth-research - 2025-10-11

COLLABORATION WITH UZBEKISTAN: The Sociology of Law Department at Lund University and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Uzbekistan are closely collaborating within the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Programme. Both partner universities exchange academic staff, PhD students, master and undergraduate students within the Erasmus exchange programme.Staff from the Sociology of La

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/language-skills-and-international-workshop-migration-and-informality-when-interns-uzbekistan-visit - 2025-10-11

MASTER DEGREE GRADUATION CEREMONY 4 JUNE 2018. Congratulations to the first group of students who successfully completed our on-campus master’s programme in sociology of law. This interdisciplinary campus-based programme replaced the previous on-line master's programme and means the students now meet regularly for lectures and seminars at the Sociology of Law Department in Lund. The campus-based p

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/first-students-graduate-new-masters-programme - 2025-10-11

The trial against Telia and former employees who are charged with bribery after purchasing 3G licenses in Uzbekistan in 2007 begins this week. Our researcher Isabel Schoultz is in Stockholm's District Court investigating how the company is handling the crisis. – Simply put, you can say that the actual situation may have triggered crime, as it is difficult to combine high profit goals with doing bu

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/our-researcher-following-trial-against-telia - 2025-10-11

The digital platform Child Rights Online has now been launched in 14 countries and will provide teachers and aspiring teachers with a better understanding of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to offer children and young people a more inclusive and equal schooling. In recent years, the Child Rights Institute at Lund University has worked with the international digital platform Global Child

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/better-knowledge-child-rights-when-14-countries-contribute-digital-platform - 2025-10-11

Patrik Olsson and Rustam Urinboyev visited Tashkent in Uzbekistan in October to give policy advise on crime prevention and anti-corruption issues and were interviewed by Uzbek television. Two of our researchers in Sociology of Law, Senior Lecturer Patrik Olsson and Senior Research Fellow Rustam Urinboyev, are currently invited to give policy advise to the Academy of General Prosecutor’s Office of

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/uzbek-tv-reports-our-researchers-crime-prevention-and-anti-corruption-work-country - 2025-10-11

Staffan Michelson defended his doctoral thesis in Sociology of Law ”Empowerment and Private Law. Civil Impetus for Sustainable Development” Friday 30th November at one o'clock in the room Pufendorfsalen at the Faculty of Law, in Lund. The dissertation is the result of a study of private law viewed as a source of power for individuals to enhance values they favour. As an appropriate example of such

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/staffan-michelson-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-10-11

ONGOING RESEARCH: Amin Parsa’s research on migration and the use of new technology in tracing mobility focuses on how the use of such technology can potentially reshape our laws. – I want to show how our use of new technology is shaping the way that we do law, says Amin Parsa.– Generally my research is about the relationship between law and technology. Artificial intelligence and decision making t

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-technology-shapes-our-understanding-what-legal - 2025-10-11

Ghana’s “overall best student 2018” is studying Sociology of Law in Lund. Labiks’s story shows how far hard work and perseverance can get you. Ghana’s Inter Tertiary Excellence Award 2018 for Overall Best Student 4th Year in the academia category went to Thomas Duke Labik Amanquandor, who is studying the second semester of the Sociology of Law Master’s programme here in Lund. The Inter Tertiary Ex

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/student-our-masters-programme-earns-prestigious-award-after-years-struggle-high-school-exam - 2025-10-11

Martin Joormann defended his doctoral thesis in Sociology of Law ”Legitimized Refugees: A Critical Investigation of Legitimacy Claims within the Precedents of Swedish Asylum Law” today Friday 3rd May at 10 o'clock in Kulturen's Auditorium, Tegnérsplatsen in Lund. The external reviewer was Professor Åsa Wettergren, Göteborg University.Abstract på engelskaThis study focuses on asylum cases decided a

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/martin-joormann-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-10-11

A warming experiment in a subarctic birch forest resulted many times higher release of BVOCs. Not to be neglected in the climate discussions, says one of the researchers behind the study. Ecosystems and the climate change response, as well as the feedbacks of these, are complicated to fully understand and to map out. As the currently ongoing climate change amplifies the temperature, plants respond

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/warming-simulation-increased-plant-volatile-defence - 2025-10-11

On August 29th, Margareta Johansson, researcher at our department, was interviewed in SVT news program Aktuellt. The topic was how ongoing climate changes are affecting alpine regions in Sweden. Climate changes are occurring with twice the speed in northern Sweden, compared with the rest of the country. When compared to pre-industrial times, the world has been warmed with +0,8 degrees Celsius betw

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/margareta-johansson-interviewed-svt-aktuellt-how-climate-change-affecting-alpine-regions-sweden - 2025-10-11

Treasure hunt, clouds, food and much more. The department opened its doors during the cultural night in Lund on September 21, 2019. During "Kulturnatten", a yearly cultural event taking place in Lund, our department opened its doors, inviting the public to take part in a varity of activites. The aim was to show some of the themes that the department works with, including the carbon portal and ICOS

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/open-house-during-lund-kulturnatten - 2025-10-11

Several coworkers have been interviewed in different media outlets because of their expertise. Markku Rummukainen, professor at CEC and the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, was interviewed in several media channels about the latest report from the UN’s climate panel, IPCC. “The report provides a focused examination of climate change and its impact on oceans, sea ice, glacier

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/coworkers-featured-media - 2025-10-11

The local news media "Lokaltidningen" reported about a new library on Svalbard which is now hosting Jonas Åkerman's collection of books, satellite images and maps. The local newspaper reports on the opening of a library in a former radio station on Svalbard.Read the full article here (Google translated)"Jonas Åkerman has done research on permafrost and climate change for 46 years. [...] His observ

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/new-library-offers-jonas-akermans-literature - 2025-10-11

Dan Metcalfe has written a perspective piece in Science about a recently published paper. Dr Dan Metcalfe at the department has written a perspective piece in Science about a featured paper. The paper itself looked at the effect of 26 years of continual experimental warming on soil microbial populations and carbon cycling. The authors found that over extended periods of warming the soil microbial

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/much-greater-portion-global-soil-carbon-store-could-potentially-be-vulnerable-decomposition-and - 2025-10-11

A large "curtain" is being installed in order to reduce water input to parts of the forest. NBC News recently covered the ongoing activities associated with a VR-Uforsk funded project coordinated by Dr Dan Metcalfe. The project is installing a 30 metres high, 40 metres wide curtain in the middle of pristine cloud forest in Peru. The purpose is to reduce cloud water inputs to a portion of the fores

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/dan-metcalfe-coordinating-project-cloud-forest-peru - 2025-10-11

Anders Lindroth featured in several media outlets. Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus at the department, was interviewed in several media outlets about new research showing that earlier springs increase the forests’ ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Among other things, Lindroth explains that spring now arrives eight days earlier than 35 years ago.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/earlier-spring-increases-forests-carbon-uptake - 2025-10-11