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New article by Ted Svensson and Agnes Cornell on the introduction of merit reforms in nineteenth-century Britain and its possible colonial origins. In a newly published article in Governance, Ted Svensson (together with Agnes Cornell) explores whether the inspiration to reform the British Civil Service, along the lines suggested in the 1854 Northcote-Trevelyan Report, was drawn from the introducti
The article compares two approaches to transnational humanitarian recuperation that Italian organisations undertook in relation to children affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters. The first approach was a home stay and the second – a camp stay. Using in-depth interviews with children and their parents from Belarus and Japan as well as NGO reports and media reports, the article s
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/chronic-crisis-and-nuclear-disaster-humanitarianism-cases-chernobyl-and-fukushima - 2025-12-31
Isabel Bramsen has published the article, “Transformative diplomacy? Micro-sociological observations from the Philippine peace talks” in International Affairs”. The article investigates the dynamics and limits of face-to-face peace diplomacy based on direct observations from the Philippine peace talks. Link to the article in International Affairs.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bramsen-dynamics-and-limits-diplomacy-philippine-peace-talks - 2025-12-31
Niklas Altermark and Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska are co-authors of a new article on leadership training for civil society: Training leaders for the future? Leadership models for emerging and aspiring civil society leaders in Sweden and the UK This article aims to understand the prevalent leadership models in seven prominent leadership development programmes targeting emerging and aspiring civil soc
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/more-top-down-management-swedish-leadership-programs-civil-society - 2025-12-31
Isabel Bramsen just published a PRIO case brief, “Controversies of Inclusion in the Colombian Peace Process: The Balancing Act of Introducing New Norms and Gaining Popular Support”, where she discusses the peace vs. inclusion dilemmas taking point of departure in the Colombian peace process. The question of justice versus peace has long been accepted as a core dilemma in peace studies and practice
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bramsen-controversies-regarding-inclusion-peace-processes - 2025-12-31
This article examines the emergence of a ‘migration industry’ as a result of European border externalisation and security outsourcing practices to curb migration flows from Libya. It argues that the management of migration has been partly delegated to a network of interlinked private and public actors which constitute a complex migration governance structure that ultimately gives rise to issues of
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/pacciardi-and-berndtsson-emergence-migration-industry - 2025-12-31
Today Sarai-Anne Ikenze succesfully defended her doctoral thesis ‘Policy Choices in African Structural Adjustment: An Exploration of Sectoral Continuity’, in which she descriptively demonstrates significant continuity over time in terms of which sectors were prioritized and the policy approaches used to structure economic activity within those sectors in ten Sub-Saharan African countries between t
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sarai-anne-ikenze-has-defended-her-doctoral-thesis - 2025-12-31
In the recently published second edition of Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy and Statecraft (editor Brian J.C. McKercher), Christer Jönsson contributes a chapter entitled ”Theorising Diplomacy” and Rikard Bengtsson a chapter on ”The European Union in International Relations: Great Power under Strain?”. More information can be found here, on Routledge's site.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jonsson-and-bengtsson-routledge-handbook-diplomacy-and-statecraft - 2025-12-31
Niklas Altermark and Magnus Dahlstedt are the editors of the new anthology "Bortom systemskiftet - Mot en ny gemenskap" where leading welfare researchers discuss Sweden's system shift and ways forward. The welfare state that was created in Sweden in the 20th century has been transformed at a rapid pace for three decades. Hollowed-out social security systems, far-reaching market solutions in the co
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/beyond-system-shift-towards-new-community - 2025-12-31
In a new article in European Societies, Anders Uhlin (together with Malin Arvidson) analyses the European Economic and Social Committee. Contributing to research on civil society elites in the EU context, this article focuses on the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). It explores who the main actors are, what roles they play, and what resources they use, value, and compete for in this a
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/anders-uhlin-european-economic-and-social-committee - 2025-12-31
Anders Uhlin has authored the chapter “Opening Up of International Organizations” that appears in the book "Beyond the Boomerang: From Transnational Advocacy Networks to Transcalar Advocacy in International Politics", edited by Christopher L. Pallas and Elizabeth A. Bloodgood, published by The University of Alabama Press. About the chapter: The opening up of international organizations to the part
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/anders-uhlin-civil-society-activism-and-international-organizations - 2025-12-31
The authors examine the relationship between single member versus multimember decision-making boards in regulatory agencies in the case of telecom, and how this relates to the spread of mobile and fixed broadband. Drawing on literature from economics and political science and statistical analysis of empirical evidence, they find that the best way of organizing such agencies depends on the market s
Daniel Møller Ølgaard has successfully defended his PhD thesis ‘The Technopolitics of Compassion: A Postphenomenological Analysis of the Digital Mediation of Global Humanitarianism’, in which he critically examines aid organisations’ use of new digital media technologies. External reviewer is Associate Professor Andrew A.G. Ross, Ohio University Link to the thesis at Lund University Research Porta
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/daniel-moller-olgaard-has-successfully-defended-his-phd-thesis - 2025-12-31
Agnese Pacciardi has co-authored a research article on the the language of border externalisation processes by examining the episteme that stands as the basis of policy documents on the EU–Turkey agreement. The article shows how the knowledge produced through the documents has effects on both the mainstream discourse on migration and on the legitimisation of violent border management practices. Sp
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/agnese-pacciardi-language-border-externalisation-eu-turkey-deal - 2025-12-31
Fabio Cristiano has today defended his thesis The Blurring Politics of Cyber Conflict: A Critical Study of the Digital in Palestine and Beyond. External reviewer was Professor Anna Leander, Geneva Graduate Institute. The thesis explores how the politics of cyber conflict redefine violence, sovereignty, and territory in and through cyberspace. It does this by studying how the digital mediates diffe
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/fabio-cristiano-has-successfully-defended-his-phd-thesis - 2025-12-31
Lisa Strömbom and Isabel Bramsen have edited a Special Issue on the theme "Agonistic Peace: Advancing Knowledge on Institutional Dynamics and Relational Transformation" in the journal Third World Quarterly. The Special Issue comprises empirical studies from a wide range of cases at local, national and global levels. The various articles use and develop tools for analyses of agonistic processes in
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-and-bramsen-agonistic-peace-third-world-quarterly - 2025-12-31
Thomas Hickmann in a new multi-authored open access article in Nature Sustainability co-led with Frank Biermann and Carole-Anne Sénit. Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals In 2015, the United Nations agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals as the central normative framework for sustainable development worldwide. The effectiveness of governing by such
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/analysis-political-impact-sdgs - 2025-12-31
Annika Bergman Rosamond and Elsa Hedling have authored the article ‘The digital storytelling of feminist foreign policy: Sweden’s state feminism in digital diplomacy’ published Open Access in the European Journal of Politics and Gender The article interrogates the digital storytelling of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy. It analyses how digital platforms offer opportunities to reproduce narratives
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-and-hedling-swedens-state-feminism-digital-diplomacy - 2025-12-31
Karin Aggestam and Linda Eitrem Holmgren have co-authored the article “The Gender-Resilience Nexus in Peacebuilding: The Quest for Sustainable Peace” as part of a Special Issue on gender, resilience and conflict in the Journal of International Relations and Development. Abstract Resilience and gender have become new buzzwords for expressing renewal in peacebuilding. This article unpacks the gender
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-eitrem-holmgren-gender-resilience-nexus-peacebuilding - 2025-12-31
Johannes Lindvall and Katren Rogers have co-authored the article “The Changing Faces of the Modern State” published in Governance. The article describes the changing nature of the English and Swedish states between 1800 and 2020 from the perspective of ordinary citizens. Abstract This paper describes the changing nature of the English and Swedish states between 1800 and 2020 from the perspective o
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lindvall-and-rogers-changing-faces-modern-state - 2025-12-31
