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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this article Nina Wilén claims that the "added value” argument often turns into an "added burden". In this article Nina Wilén claims that the "added value” argument, used to increase female peacekeepers’ participation, often turns into an "added burden", which undermines gender equality & entrenches gender stereoty
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nina-wilen-added-value - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Catarina Kinnvall has, together with Pasko Kisić Merino and Tereza Capelos, published a chapter entitled ‘Getting inside ‘the head’ of the far right: Psychological responses to the socio-political context’. The article appears in Researching the Far Right: Theory, Method and Practice, edited by Stephen D. Ashe, Joel B
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/catarina-kinnvall-has-published-new-article - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, modern states began to provide many of the public services we now take for granted. Inward Conquest presents the first comprehensive analysis of the political origins of modern public services during this period. Link to the publication on journals cambridge.org Johanne
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New book by Mikael Sundström, published by Edward Elgar. From the introduction: I have something to say! It’s better to burn out than to fade away! The Kurgan (1986) quote from Highlander (movie) Most of us secretly yearn to make a mark on this world – to be lastingly remembered for some extraordinary feat. If you are
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-not-write-thesis-or-dissertation - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam has been appointed as Director for Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and coordinator of the strategic research area “Middle East in the Contemporary World". Why have you been appointed as new director and scientific research coordinator on the Middle East? From the start, I was part of the team t
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-has-been-appointed-new-director-centre-middle-eastern-studies - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nina Wilén’s article about how the ‘added value’ of female peacekeepers risks becoming an ‘added burden’ is now open access in International Affairs. In this article, Nina argues that discussions about female peacekeepers’ "added value" may increase gender inequality, due to the added burden that it places upon female
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nina-wilens-latest-article-now-open-access-international-affairs - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Catarina Kinnvall has recently published a book chapter entitled ‘Postcolonialism’ in the Routledge Handbook of Critical European Studies, edited by Didier Bigo, Thomas Diez, Evangelos Fanoulis, Ben Rosamond and Yannis A. Stivachtis and published with Routledge. This handbook comprehensively defines and shapes the fie
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-chapter-catarina-kinnvall-postcolonialism - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Bergman Rosamond and Catarina Kinnvall have together with Chris Agius (Swinburne University, Australia) published the article ‘Populism, Ontological Insecurity and Gendered Nationalism: Masculinity, Climate Denial and Covid-19’ in the journal Politics, Religion and Ideology. The article proceeds from a critica
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-annika-bergman-rosamond-and-catarina-kinnvall - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Christie Nicoson has recently published an article entitled 'Towards climate resilient peace: an intersectional and degrowth approach.' This paper calls for stronger consideration of positive conceptualizations of peace and of intersectionality and degrowth in pursuit of peace and resilience. Not only does climate cha
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-christie-nicoson - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johannes Lindvall and Carl Dahlström (University of Gothenburg) has contributed a report to the Danish parliament’s study Managing the Covid-19-Crisis The report, which deals with Sweden’s response to Covid-19, is published as Appendix 4 in the Danish study. An English-language summary is available. Link to the study
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lindvall-contributes-danish-report-covid-19 - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In an article entitled "Nordic Security and Defence Cooperation: Differentiated Integration in Uncertain Times" Rikard Bengtsson analyzes the development and nature of Nordic security and defence cooperation. The article is part of the thematic issue on "Rediscovering Nordic Cooperation" in the journal Politics and Go
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bengtsson-nordic-security-and-defence-cooperation - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New article in "Foreign Policy Analysis" by Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell, Alexander Von Hagen-Jamar and Alejandro Quiroz Flores. In this study, Hanna Bäck and Jan Teorell with colleagues engage in the debate about leadership and foreign policy outcomes by focusing on the tenure of foreign ministers. They ask why some forei
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/war-performance-and-survival-foreign-ministers - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a chapter on ‘European Communion and Planetary Organic Crisis’, Ian Manners argues that economic, social, ecological, conflictual, and political crises of the EU are not separate, but part of the same planetary crisis. The most common way of theorising the European Union’s crises is to see them as, at best, a run o
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-chapter-ian-manners-european-union-and-planetary-organic-crisis - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Björkdahl raises the critical question Where does peace take place? in the chapter Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies co-authored with Stefanie Kappler Link to the publication on doi.org Annika Björkdahl's personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-bjorkdahl-where-does-peace-take-place - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ”Expanding the Reach of the Special Forces with a Gender-Mixed Deep Development Capability (DDC): Identifying Challenges and Lessons Learned” This policy brief examines the development and implementation of a new gender mixed military capability within the Belgian Special Forces Group, including female soldiers in the
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-publication-nina-wilen - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam and Annika Bergman Rosamond have co-authored the chapter “Gender and Peaceful Change” in the Oxford Handbook on Peaceful Change in International Relations. edited by T.V. Paul et al. Link to the publication on oxfordhandbooks.com Karin Aggestam’s personal page Annika Bergman Rosamond’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-bergman-rosamond-gender-and-peaceful-change-international-relations - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ”To Strike Together: Conflict Rituals and the Situational Power of Nonviolence” Isabel Bramsen published a piece on ”To Strike Together: Conflict Rituals and the Situational Power of Nonviolence” in Journal of Resistance Studies. The study theorizes the micro-sociological dynamics of conflict and nonviolence as micro-
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-situational-power-nonviolence - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Björkdahl recently published the chapter Urban Peacebuilding in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies that is applying the lens of the urban to rethink and rescale peacebuilding in post conflict societies. Link to the publication on doi.org Annika Björkdahl's personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-chapter-annika-bjorkdahl - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tomas Bergström is one of the editors of a new book published by Palgrave Macmillan on the challenges for local self-government in a number of european countries. "The Future of Local Self- Government. European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations.” He contributes with a chapter on ”The future o
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-local-self-government - 2026-04-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Do governing parties strategically time welfare benefit cuts and other austerity policies to help them win elections? Hanna Bäck has, together with med Daniel Strobl, Wolfgang Müller and Mariyana Angelova analyzed this question in a comparative analysis of the Western European countries. You can read about their resul
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-timing-austerity-reforms - 2026-04-17
