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För 38e gången delar KEFUs styrelse ut priset för bästa uppsats inom kommunal och regional ledning, organisation och ekonomi på totalt 20 000 kronor. För läsåret 2022/2023 går priset till uppsatsen: "Opportunities for Agency in Offshore Wind Power in Skåne, Sweden?" författad av Alice Petersson, Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi vid Lunds universitet. Styrelsens motivering ti
In collaboration with Lund University Commissioned Education (LUCE) the department of Service studies offers a new international education programme with start later this spring. Focus is on the region around Lake Victoria in east Africa and prefect Mattias Wengelin, responsible for the programme, hope to share knowledge about sustainable services. LUCE contacted Mattias Wengelin in his prefect ro
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/service-studies-starts-education-programme-great-lakes-region - 2025-09-29
This fall, world leading researchers and practicians will gather att Lund university, Campus Helsingborg to exchange ideas and discuss the latest research at the seventh international conference on place branding. The theme is place branding in times of crisis and uncertainty. The conference is hosted by the Department of Strategic Communication, Lund University in collaboration with the Departmen
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/world-leading-conference-place-branding-comes-sweden-and-campus-helsingborg - 2025-09-29
The 24th of March Rui Liu defended her doctoral dissertation “Tinkered Care: Assembling Medicine Consumption in Grey Zones”. The thesis looks into two related domains: care seekers’ self-care and medicine consumption strategies on the one hand, and the provision of health services on the other. The thesis explores how medical professionals and care seekers negotiate their perceptions of medicine a
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-doctoral-thesis-about-grey-zones-medical-care - 2025-09-29
Reducing plastic waste and plastic pollution in our oceans is on the agenda for UN’s member states since March 2022. In a hearing between the French Sénat and Assemblée Nationale regarding this matter, Professor Hervé Corvellec participated as an invited expert on plastic waste and answered the question “Why is there so much plastic waste?”. In March 2022 UN Member States agreed to start negotiati
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/herve-corvellec-plastic-embedded-consumption - 2025-09-29
The students at the master programme in Service Management with the specialization in Supply Chain Management is currently taking the course Service Logistics where several interesting guest lecturers are invited. – Guest lecturers creates a possibility for collaboration between Campus and the outside world, says course examiner Klas Hjort. – The course started with a guest from the University of
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturers-gives-valuable-industry-insights-and-connection-business-life - 2025-09-29
The students at the masters' programme in Service Management with the specialization in Supply Chain Management is currently taking the course Service Logistics where several interesting guest lecturers are invited. – Guest lecturers creates a possibility for collaboration between Campus and the outside world, says course examiner Klas Hjort. – The course started with a guest from the University o
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturers-gives-valuable-industry-insights-and-connection-business-life-0 - 2025-09-29
On the 8th of June, the graduation ceremony for our Master's students was arranged by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Lund University Main Building. During the ceremony, two theses were awarded the honorary award from the department for their excellent work. The ceremony began with live music and speeches by the Dean, Christofer Edling, and student Janine Pröll. Following that, Malin Zilling
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/two-master-theses-received-honorary-award - 2025-09-29
CCT, Consumer Culture Theory, annually arrange an international conference on consumer culture. This year it was organized on 27-30 June by the School of Economics and Management at Lund University. The conference was attended by 317 participants from 25 different countries. Four researchers from Service Studies contributed to the conference. Dystopia or utopia – how does it affect consumer behavi
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/fashion-textile-care-cryptocurrency-and-seaweed-cct-conference - 2025-09-29
Are you interested in fashion, trends, communication, and sustainability? Are you already working in the fashion industry and want to deepen your knowledge? Or are you a student who wants to broaden your education? Then apply for our new stand-alone courses: The Fashion Market: Innovation and Fashion Forecasting (5 credits) and The Fashion Market: Fashion Communication and Sustainability (5 credit
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/fashion-market-focus-latest-additions-our-course-portfolio - 2025-09-29
How much environmental impact does your hair removal have? With the method LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) it’s possible to find out. Sustainability researchers from Lund, United Kingdom and Italy put the shaving habits to a test when they tried to find answer to which method has the least environmental impact. That is, if you don't consider the option of not removing it at all. Researchers Tullia Jac
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/razors-vs-lazers-hair-removals-environmental-footprint - 2025-09-29
From climate change disasters to the war in Ukraine and the shaky global economy, there is a growing and palpable sense of living in a time of perpetual crisis and uncertainty. How do crises and uncertain times affect place brands and what are the implications for research? In October, a unique and world-leading conference will bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss today's challe
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/place-branding-times-crisis-and-uncertainty - 2025-09-29
The European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR) at Mid Sweden University, hosted the 31st Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research on 19-21 Sep 2023. The symposium focused on the topic “Rethinking tourism for a sustainable future”. Several researchers from the department of Service Studies attended the conference. The theme Wherever you go in the world, almost every region rely on thei
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/tourism-conference-about-sustainable-future-ostersund - 2025-09-29
A new study on how to develop resilience among library staff is presented in the article "The resilient public library: Understand and reflect on own practice". The results of the study show that locally designed educational programmes can facilitate personal resilience, in addition to increasing the general level of organisational resilience. The study describes, discusses and evaluates a educati
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/tailored-educational-programmes-promote-librarians-resilience - 2025-09-29
The image of Sweden, travel and place communication in times of crisis and uncertainty were some of the topics that guided the content of the international conference on place branding organised by the International Place Branding Association (IPBA). Service Studies was the co-chair together with the Department of Strategic Communication and the universities of Halmstad and Kristianstad. The confe
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/conference-place-branding-brought-visitors-all-over-world - 2025-09-29
At the Advisory Board on November 6, there were paper presentations during the break by some of the students at our programmes. The presentations were very appreciated by the members in Advisory Board that got an insight into the work done by the students. And the students got the chance to present their hard work and an opportunity to mingle with representatives from the business. The subjects of
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/student-presentations-advisory-board - 2025-09-29
In the middle of October, the first project partner meeting was held in Helsingborg. The project is about shared and sustainable mobility in new housing developments, and was hosted by Lund University, Campus Helsingborg and the City of Helsingborg. The goal of the project is to create innovative conditions for new residential areas with the preservation of green spaces that enables valuable natur
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reduced-number-parking-spaces-favour-green-meeting-places-new-eu-project - 2025-09-29
Several of the Department researchers have been apart in the creation of the newly released book ”Health Management – Att leda hälsoverksamheter med service i fokus” (”Health Management – To lead health organisations with service in focus"). Health Management is a unique book with focus on health, servcie and leadership. The book explains the benefits with leading and organising health organisatio
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-book-release-health-management-att-leda-halsoverksamheter-med-service-i-fokus - 2025-09-29
The retail industry is constantly changing and has been for the past decades. Technology, sustainability and consumer wellbeing have influenced and continue to influence retailing and consumption. What will be important to the consumers of the future? And how will retailers be able to offer them the customer experiences they demand? Through 24 chapters, this new open access book addresses the issu
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-technology-and-wellbeing-new-book-about-consumption - 2025-09-29
Why is listening important and how can we as employees and organisations become better at it? These and other questions are answered in a new book aimed at those who want to become a more customer-oriented organisation and to develop good relations both internally and externally. Despite the positive impact of listening and the fact that organisations have more communication channels than ever, to
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-book-why-it-so-important-listen - 2025-09-29
