Published 20 March 2025 The Lund University Centre for Business Law (ACLU) has been awarded funding of SEK 6 million for its activities during the years 2025-2029. The three Lund-based foundations Crafoordska stiftelsen, LMK-stiftelsen and Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn have jointly chosen to support ACLU's activities during these five years. ACLU was founded in 2016 with the aim both to assemble and to

https://www.law.lu.se/article/aclu-awarded-funding-its-2025-2029-operations - 2025-07-17

Published 31 March 2025 From the early 19th century, various committees worked on reforms of Swedish civil law, criminal law, and procedural law. In order to find possible solutions to legal problems, these committees acquired a large amount of Swedish and foreign legal literature. The literature collection, which from 1902 formally belonged to the so-called Lagberedningen (Law Commission), thus c

https://www.law.lu.se/article/sek-700-000-faculty-law-legal-historical-treasure-worth-preserving - 2025-07-17

Published 4 April 2025 The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS) och SciLifeLab, Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS), has recently granted funds of 3 967 000 SEK to the project "Explainable and Just AI in Data-Driven Disease Surveillance".Atiye Sadat Hashemi and Yana Litins'ka are leading the project which constitutes an

https://www.law.lu.se/article/yana-litinska-awarded-funding-interdisciplinary-project - 2025-07-17

Published 8 April 2025 The final of the European Law Moot Court Competition (ELMC), one of the most prestigious moot court competitions in the world (around 80 universities participating), was held at the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg last week. Two teams of Lund University were competing in this truly historical moment (it was indeed the first time ever that two teams of the same Unive

https://www.law.lu.se/article/great-success-moot-court-competition - 2025-07-17

Published 24 April 2025 The Foundation has now decided to award grants for the spring semester to applicants who are actively engaged in research at the Faculty. We are pleased to announce that the Rune and Lena Lavin Foundation for Legal Research at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, has decided at its spring meeting to award a total of SEK 169 200 to nine applicants.Information regarding the a

https://www.law.lu.se/article/award-rune-and-lena-lavin-foundation-legal-research - 2025-07-17

Published 23 May 2025 Katarina Olsson receives a medal from HRH Prince Daniel for significant deeds at the Royal Patriotic Society's annual celebration in 2025. Photo: Magnus Lejhall (TT). Katarina Olsson, Professor Emerita of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law, has been awarded the Medal for Significant Deeds for her many and varied contributions to Sweden's foundations. Nine medals were awarded dur

https://www.law.lu.se/article/katarina-olsson-has-been-awarded-medal-significant-deeds-0 - 2025-07-17

Published 27 May 2025 Honorary doctors , Jubilee Doctor and the new doctors together with representatives from the Faculty. Photo: Stefan Bengtsson The Faculty's Research Day took place on 22 May to celebrate the Faculty's honorary doctors, the Jubilee Doctor and the newly awarded doctors. The day was opened by Dean Henrik Wenander. After the introduction, the Faculty's honorary doctors  Professor

https://www.law.lu.se/article/facultys-research-day-0 - 2025-07-17

Published 4 June 2025 Alezini Loxa Alezini Loxa has published Sustainability and EU Migration Law: Tracing the History of a Contemporary Concept on Cambridge University Press. The book is published Open Access with support from the LU book fund.Access the bookAlezini Ioxa's profile page in Research Portal

https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-loxa-publishes-sustainability-and-eu-migration-law - 2025-07-17

Published 12 June 2025 The Faculty of Law is releasing a new podcast about crime and punishment: ‘Kriminalsamtal - a slightly different podcast about crime and punishment’. The podcast is aimed at anyone who wants to know more about the criminal justice system and the thoughts and ideas behind criminal law. At a time when criminal policy is very loud and dominant in the public debate, there is rea

https://www.law.lu.se/article/kriminalsamtal-new-podcast-crime-and-punishment - 2025-07-17

Published 12 June 2025 The search is on for 25 researchers from around the world in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. The main focus will be on AI research and other areas in which the University has a strategic focus. “In an uncertain world where free research and education are under intense pressure, Lund University is making its largest ever investment in internati

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-launches-largest-ever-global-recruitment-drive-researchers - 2025-07-17

Published 17 June 2025 Privacy International, a UK-based legal entity and international human rights organisation with a high profile in privacy rights issues, has appointed Professor Martin Scheinin as a member of its Board of Trustees. Professor Scheinin will take up his post on 1 May 2025 and will hold it for three years. He emphasises the importance of his research covering issues related to t

https://www.law.lu.se/article/visiting-professor-martin-scheinin-elected-board-member-privacy-international - 2025-07-17

Published 18 June 2025 On 13 June, the World Maritime University (WMU) and the Faculty of Law at Lund University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen academic and research collaboration in maritime law and policy, safety, oceans affairs, and marine environment protection. Signed by WMU President, Professor Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr. and Professor Henrik Wenander, Dean of the Faculty

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-world-maritime-university-signed-memorandum-understanding - 2025-07-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 May 2023 A new research project examines safe and legal routes to Europe for refugees. Photo: Unsplash The Syrian "refugee crisis" in Europe and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the limitations of traditional asylum systems. It has also highlighted the potential of alternative approaches, such as tempor

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-project-explore-alternative-pathways-refugees-enter-europe - 2025-07-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 May 2023 Photo: Kennet Ruona Han Somsen has newly been appointed professor in environmental law at the Faculty of Law. He is best known for his recommendation that bird-killing cats should be kept indoors. “Humans see themselves as the kings of the hill, which extends to their cats. If you question this, m

https://www.law.lu.se/article/law-professor-who-wants-put-nature-above-law - 2025-07-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 May 2023 What is the legal situation in times of war, and how does it affect human rights? Faculty researchers answer. How are human rights affected during an ongoing war? By invading Ukraine, Russia is not only violating international law - it is also preventing people in Ukraine from enjoying the most ba

https://www.law.lu.se/article/human-rights-during-war-and-unrest - 2025-07-17

Published 12 June 2023 Every year, the Law Students' Union (Juridiska Föreningen, or JF) presents a pedagogical prize to a teacher at the faculty who students consider to be an excellent educator and who has thereby contributed to a better education. In 2023, Evan Collins, a doctoral student, is being awarded the prize. The motivation states, among other things, that Evan Collins is being recogniz

https://www.law.lu.se/article/evan-collins-awarded-pedagogical-prize-law-students-union-0 - 2025-07-17

Published 12 June 2023 The Vice-Chancellor has decided to appoint Martin Sunnqvist as a Professor in Legal History at the Faculty of Law. Martin Sunnqvist's research focuses on comparative legal history, with a specific emphasis on the history of constitutional law and procedural law. His doctoral thesis examined the history of judicial review of legislation in the Nordic countries. Currently, Mar

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-professor-legal-history - 2025-07-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 21 June 2023 This year, the Franco-German Henrik Enderlein Prize for academic excellence went to legal scholar Vladislava Stoyanova. The human rights expert from Lund University received the award for her excellent research on European migration, the rights of refugees and the fight to curb human trafficking.

https://www.law.lu.se/article/human-rights-expert-vladislava-stoyanova-receives-henrik-enderlein-prize-2023 - 2025-07-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 June 2023 The first decades of the 21st century have been marked by crisis. Anna Zemskova, who recently defended her dissertation in constitutional law at Lund University, points to two crucial factors for protecting the rule of law in the EU during economic emergencies. In her thesis, Anna Zemskova emphas

https://www.law.lu.se/article/important-not-take-rule-law-granted-europe - 2025-07-17

Published 28 June 2023 The Appointments Committee has on June 27 decided to appoint Linnea Wegerstad as Associate Professor in criminal law. Linnea Wegerstad's research interest are broadly in the field of law, gender and sexuality, with a focus on criminal law, sexual offenses and feminist legal theory. A common thread in her research is the role of criminal law in society and how areas of knowle

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-associate-professor-criminal-law - 2025-07-17