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CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom has co-authored an article on the Israeli flag as a symbol of protest together with Anne Lene Stein (Department of Political Science, Lund University) in Sydsvenskan. The article "I Israel har flaggan omvandlats till en protestsymbol" (English translation: "In Israel, the Flag Has Been Transformed Into a Symbol of Protest") was published on 21 August, 2023 in Sydsvens

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israeli-flag-symbol-protest - 2025-10-03

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on identifying operational losses in agricultural water distribution systems in Iran published in the journal Agricultural Water Management. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Operational loss estimation in irrigation canals by integrating hydraulic simulation and crop growth modeling" together with Ha

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/operational-losses-agricultural-water-distribution-iran - 2025-10-03

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has authored the article "When the Assyrian Tragedy Became Seyfo: A Study of Swedish-Assyrian Politics of Memory" in the journal Genocide Studies International. Abstract Research into and widespread knowledge about the Assyrian Genocide, called Seyfo by Assyrians, is a recent phenomenon. Assyrians themselves have always known of the tragic events that occurred durin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swedish-assyrian-politics-memory - 2025-10-03

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written a review of a book which provides a solid overview of Turkey's history as the country approaches its centenary this autumn. The reviewed book is called Drama utan slut. Turkiet 100 år. (English translation: Drama Without End. Turkey 100 Years.) and was written by journalist Bitte Hammargren and photographer Stefan Bladh (Atlas, 2023). Svante's review was

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-100-years-turkish-republic - 2025-10-03

This 7.5 credit course is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences as an interdisciplinary single–subject course at the doctoral studies level. The language of instruction is English. Course period: 29 November 2023 - 14 January 2024 This course covers the environmental impact of natural resources management and its political, social, and economic dimensions. The main objective is to understand l

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-phd-course-environment-and-sustainable-development-mena - 2025-10-03

Several Qur’an burnings occurred in Sweden this summer leading to protests in Muslim-majority countries. The repercussions might be limited in the short-term with the strong reactions from governments and Islamic organisations mostly being of a symbolic nature. However, the increasing perception in many countries in the MENA region that Swedish state and society are hostile to Islam endangers Swed

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-mena-responses-quran-burnings-sweden - 2025-10-03

I podden Plugga naturvetenskap blir studenten Rasmus Solem och studievägledaren Sofie Ceberg intervjuade om vad sjukhusfysik är, hur det är att plugga det och vad man kan arbeta med efter man har tagit sin examen.  Lyssna här

https://www.msf.lu.se/artikel/att-plugga-sjukhusfysik - 2025-10-03

Everything is in the same place but the address has changed. The departments visiting address is now Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18 C. To make it easier for emergency services to find the right building in the Paradis area in Lund, several university buildings changed addresses on 1 July.  The Sociology of Law Department's address was changed from  Allhelgona Kyrkogata 14.to Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18 C.The

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-gets-new-address - 2025-10-03

Amin Parsa has written the chapter ”Military Uniform and Lethal Targeting in International Law on Armed Conflict” in the newly published book Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World. In the chapter, Amin Parsa, postdoctoral researcher at The Sociology of Law Department, investigates the production of human target in laws of armed conflict as a derivative of the different visual functi

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/amin-parsa-legal-materiality-laws-armed-conflict - 2025-10-03

Marie Leth-Espensen has co-authored an article on the recent gastronomic trend known as “New Carnivorism.” Marie Leth-Espensen, doctoral student at the Sociology of Law Department, has together with Mathias Elrød Madsen studied this relatively new food media trend. In an article in the journal Society & Animals, they discuss how examples such as the Danish TV show “Kill Your Favorite Dish” (Dræb d

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-ideology-meat-eating - 2025-10-03

Renowned criminologist Dr Molly Dragiewicz, Associate Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, visited Lund University for a seminar with the criminology program students. The seminar, “Digital media and domestic violence: Emerging international research”, on Tuesday 10th April, covered the role of digital technology in domestic abu

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/seminar-domestic-abuse-and-how-it-facilitated-digital-technology - 2025-10-03

The Sociology of Law Department's Professor Emeritus, Karsten Åström, has received an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy at Linköping University. For many years, Karsten Åström has been a Guest Professor at Linköping University, where he has established Welfare Law as a subject at the Faculty of Philosophy. The Faculty Board motivates awarding Åström with the honorary degree by statin

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/karsten-astrom-has-been-awarded-honorary-doctorate-linkoping-university - 2025-10-03

Growing amounts of hateful messages sent to journalists are threatening to undermine central democratic concepts. The extent of problem is being investigated at the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University. In the last ten years, more journalists have received hateful and threatening messages online. The trend has led to self-censorship and declining mental health among media professionals.

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-studies-effects-hateful-messages-journalism - 2025-10-03

On Wednesday 29 January, the Sociology of Law Department hosted The Panorama Day, an annual relay seminar about ongoing research. For students, it was an opportunity to get an overview of the production of science at their current department, and deepen their understanding of the subject. Roughly 120 students gathered at Lux auditorium to hear 16 presentations about research projects with titles l

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/short-and-sweet-when-students-were-introduced-departments-research - 2025-10-03

In the end of February, Patrik Olsson, associate professor at Lund University visited Uzbekistan to discuss one of the main academic problems in the area. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the General Prosecutor’s Office (GPO) of the Republic of Uzbekistan were among the main organizers behind the conference ”Higher Education – a Sphere without Corru

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociologist-law-anticorruption-assignment-central-asia - 2025-10-03

Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir at the Sociology of Law Department defended her doctoral thesis “Decentring Criminal Law: Understandings of Justice by Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence and its Implications for Different Justice Strategies” on Friday, 24 April. The thesis defence was a mostly digital occasion, with Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir streaming from Iceland, and the discussant, Professor Clare Mc

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/hildur-fjola-antonsdottir-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2025-10-03

Three researchers within the Social Science Faculty at Lund University have compiled an anthology challenging the notion of the refugee crisis of 2015. The book also investigates how Germany, Sweden, and Denmark use bureaucracy to control, discipline, and shape asylum seekers’ lives. In 2015, the number of asylum seekers arriving in the EU doubled from the previous year, totalling over 1.3 million

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-northern-european-welfare-states-exercise-bureaucratic-violence-asylum-seekers - 2025-10-03

The Minister for Gender Equality, Åsa Lindhagen, has appointed Lena Svenaeus, researcher at the Sociology of Law Department, for an expert role in a commission for gender-equal lifetime earnings. The commission is working on proposals that may contribute to increased economic equality between women and men in the long term, a gender-equal distribution of public support measures, as well as gender-

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/lena-svenaeus-selected-governmental-expert-committee - 2025-10-03

Isabel Schoultz at the Sociology of Law Department has studied how two major Swedish companies have defended themselves against accusations of corporate crime. When corruption accusations against Swedish telecommunications provider Telia surfaced in 2012, regarding the acquisition of its business permit in Uzbekistan, the company initially denied the allegations. “I feel convinced that Telia has n

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/corporate-strategies-legitimise-potentially-criminal-business-actions - 2025-10-03

An international research project headed by the Sociology of Law Department has received sufficient funding. The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology grants Isabel Schoultz, researcher and Associate Senior Lecturer at the Sociology of Law Department, 1,400,000 SEK (approximately 135,000 €) to fund the research project ”Law in action - Policy and legal responses to the exploitation of migr

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/investigating-legal-responses-migrant-worker-exploitation-nordics - 2025-10-03