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A new book examines emerging patterns of migration from Central Asia to underrepresented destinations worldwide and challenges the established wisdom on migration to and from the region. The conventional understanding of Central Asian migration focuses on labour mobility toward Russia. The anthology "Bridges Across Borders: Dynamics of Central Eurasian Migration to Australia, Japan, and Northern E

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/central-eurasian-migration-beyond-traditional-routes - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Exploring issues of methodology from a doctrinal as well as from an interdisciplinary perspective this new book by Reza Banakar also maps the development of law and socio-legal research from industrialisation to globalisation and searches for forms of regulation which can effectively meet the challenges of contemporar

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-book-methodological-reflections-law-and-regulation-late-modernity - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The past 12 years they have been educating educationalists worldwide on children's rights through the training programme "Child Rights, Classroom and School Management", sponsored by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). Per Wickenberg, director of studies at the Sociology of Law Department, Lund Univer

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/teachers-should-respect-students-listen-them - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Reza Banakar’s book Normativity in Legal Sociology. Methodological Reflections on Law and Regulation in Late Modernity has recently been released. It studies of the role of normativity in socio-legal research also looking at the challenges posed to modern law by the socio-cultural implications of globalisati

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/banakars-new-book-normativity-socio-legal-research - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The self-regulation of rickshaw drivers in Bogota, Colombia was the topic of the talk when Ana Maria Vargas Falla presented a chapter of her coming dissertation at the annual meeting of The Law & Society Association in Seattle, May 28-31, 2015. The conference theme was Law’s Promise and Law’s Pathos in the Global Nort

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/vargas-falla-talked-about-coming-theses-seattle - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Due to an anonymous threat made toward the university and its students via the app Jodel, which the police regards very seriously, the university will be closed on Monday for all students and staff at all campuses. More information will be posted on the university websites www.lu.se and www.lunduniversity.lu.se during

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-closed-monday-12-october - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Isabel Schoultz at the Sociology of Law Department has together with Janne Flyghed at the Department of Criminology at Stockholm University been granted 3.9 million SEK from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) for the project Business as usual. Corporate defense strategies against accusations of crime. The project aims to

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/39-million-rj-business-usual - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hate crimes are a part of the daily lives of many Roma and remarkably often children are the victims. At the same time reports of these crimes are very low as well as solving rates. This is now shown in two reports on hate crime that the Swedish Commission against antiziganism (Kommissionen mot antiziganism) has order

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/why-hate-crimes-antiziganistic-motives-seldom-are-solved - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The new book by Reza Banakar, Driving Culture in Iran: Law and Society on the Roads of the Islamic Republic, argues that Iranians’ driving behaviour is an indicator of how they have historically related to each other and to their society at large, and how they have maintained a form of social order through law, cultur

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/banakar-explores-dangerous-driving-habits-iran - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our researcher Matthias Baier is on of the members in the project “The Annual Report - Words, images, numbers” which has been granted money from Pufendorf Institute. ”The aim of this project is to explore and unfold this multifaceted nature of annual reports”.Learn more on Pufendorf Institute’s websiteMatthias Baier’s

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/money-pufendorf-institute-research-project - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ana Maria Vargas Falla defended her dissertation "Outside the Law: An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors in Bogotá" on June 8 at 13:15. External reviewer: Associate Professor Johan Gärde, Ersta Sköndal högskola.Ana Maria Vargas Falla’s personal page 

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/ana-maria-vargas-falla-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-08-15

In the light of the ongoing invasion in Ukraine, Lund University wants to show our support for students and employees that may be affected. To our current knowledge, no Lund University students or staff members are in Ukraine at the moment. However, we recognise that these are stressful and upsetting times for many and we want to remind those of you who are directly affected by the situation about

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/regarding-situation-ukraine - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eva Schömer has authored the article "Sweden, a Society of Covert Racism: Equal from the Outside: Everyday Racism and Ethnic Discrimination in Swedish Society” in Oñati Socio-legal Series. Abstract:    Sweden is widely considered to have one of the most equal and gender-equal societies in the world. But the Swedish so

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/schomer-covert-racism - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir co-wrote an article with Halla Gunnarsdóttir, who is the head of policy and partnerships for the newly founded “Women’s Equality party” in UK. In the article they discuss if and how the Nordic countries have something to offer UK in terms of the quest for justice for victim-survivors of sexua

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/antonsdottir-justice-victim-survivors-sexual-violence - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Matthias Baier, Isabel Schoultz and Rustamjon Urinboyev were on an Erasmus-exchange in Uzbekistan on October 17-22. They visited ”University of World Economy and Diplomacy” in Tashkent. During their stay they held lectures on sociology of law for both students and teachers. Matthias Baier’s personal pageIsabel Schoult

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/erasmus-exchange-uzbekistan - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Child Rights Institute organized a meeting last week to highlight the importance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child for municipal activities. Simrishamn's, Kristianstad's and Trelleborg's municipalities shared how they are working with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), as well as which cha

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-municipalities-are-working-child-rights - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Morgan Johansson, the Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration, visited the Sociology of Law Department to talk about how the law works in society  How do rules and regulations really work in society? This afternoon, some 60 people gathered in the University building in Lund to discuss the subject sociology of law a

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-law-works-society - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Yesterday afternoon some 60 people gathered in the conference room at Palaestra in Lund to participate in the seminar ”Universities' role in sustainable change work” hosted by LUCE, Child Rights Institute at Lund University (CRi@LU) and partners. The event marked the start of a new online global platform aiming to str

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/change-agents-childrens-rights-told-their-stories - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ana Maria Vargas has been awarded the FALF-prize for best doctoral thesis in Sweden 2016 in the field of work and working environment. Her thesis is called "Outside the Law - An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors In Bogota". The jury consisting of the board of FALF, forum for working life research, motivates the cho

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/award-winning-account-street-vendors-and-rickshaws-bogota - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ann-Christine Hartzén defended her doctoral dissertation ”The European Social Dialogue in Perspective: Its future potential as an autopoietic system and lessons from the global maritime system of industrial relations” today 15th September at one o'clock in room 128 at Stora Algatan 4 in Lund. Discussant: Professor Bet

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/ann-christine-hartzen-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-08-15