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Jana Wrange has published an article on the divergent interpretations of the concept of civil defence in Sweden. The article has been published in the journal European Security and is entitled ”Entangled security logics: from the decision-makers’ discourses to the decision-takers’ interpretations of civil defence”. Read more on the journal’s website Jana Wrange’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/wrange-civil-defence-sweden - 2025-11-23
Maiken Røed has published the article “When do political parties listen to interest groups?” in Party Politics. The article examines 88 Norwegian policy proposals and shows that parties often reuse input from interest groups. Characteristics relating to the proposals, interest groups, and parties affect parties’ propensity to listen. Read more on the journal’s website Maiken Røed’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roed-parties-propensity-listen-interest-groups - 2025-11-23
Sara Kalm has published the article ”The Business of Citizenship: Investment Citizenship Firms in Global Governance” in the journal Global Society. The article is concerned with the private firms that design and manage programs for selling citizenship for the governments that have chosen this policy path. It examines how these firms exert power, by a focus on their intermediary positions between g
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kalm-firms-sell-citizenship - 2025-11-23
Extreme poverty is still an urgent issue around the world. Four universities have initiated a new research school on sustainable development and poverty reduction to address the challenge. The research school will be coordinated via Lund University. The new research school, which has been granted six million SEK from the Swedish Research Council, aims to offer novel, interdisciplinary and high-qua
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-research-school-strengthens-focus-poverty-reduction - 2025-11-23
Rikard Bengtsson has together with Douglas Brommesson (Linnaeus University) published an article entitled "Institutional trust and emergency preparedness: Perceptions of Covid 19 crisis management in Sweden" in Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. The article analyses the Swedish public's trust in different actors involved in Covid 19 crisis management and how current crisis management
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bengtsson-trust-and-crisis-management - 2025-11-23
Aube Tollu is now a doctor in sociology. The thesis offers a fresh perspective on studying armed group members. Aube Tollu’s research intervenes in criminological debates by moving beyond interpretations that portray individuals in armed political milieus solely as pathological. Instead, it develops a more differentiated account of their social realities. Drawing on crip theory and affect theory,
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/aube-tollu-doctor-sociology-after-successful-defence - 2025-11-23
The diversity of our research is reflected in our programmes and provides our students with an inspiring environment in which to develop. The Department of Sociology offers a wide and varied range of courses and programmes in our fields of sociology, social anthropology, gender studies and human resources, both on campus in Lund and online.All our courses and programmes can be found here on the we
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/time-apply-courses-and-programmes-starting-autumn - 2025-11-23
Congratulations all admitted students and welcome to the Department of Sociology! There are four international master's programmes at the Department of Sociology: Cultural Criminology (SACCR), Human Resources, Sociology (SASCO) and Social Anthropology (SASAN). We also collaborate with other departments on several master's programmes and one bachelor's programme in English.Do not miss important inf
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/admitted-one-our-international-masters-programmes-starting-autumn - 2025-11-23
Why do some people believe that most others can be trusted, while others don’t? And how does trust change over time? In his recently defended doctoral thesis, Alexander Saaranen studies social trust, and his findings show that our teenage years may be more important than previously thought. On Thursday 12 June Alexander Saaranen successfully defended his thesis “Trust in time” and is now a doctor
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/alexander-saaranens-thesis-uncovers-what-makes-us-trust - 2025-11-23
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, decision-makers around the world turned to predictive models and scenarios to navigate the unknown. But how did these projections shape—and sometimes mislead—strategies and public debate? In a newly published article in the journal Social Studies of Science, sociologist Tobias Olofsson explores how early pandemic predictions influenced policy and public discourse. T
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/can-flawed-predictions-still-guide-us-times-uncertainty - 2025-11-23
When researchers from three continents gathered at Lund University's Department of Sociology for the conference Crisis, Hope, and Critical Turning Points, the spotlight was on society’s capacity to navigate and recover from crises. Despite the gravity of the topics, the atmosphere was animated—filled with conversation, laughter, and spontaneous exchanges. With renowned scholar Sylvia Walby as keyn
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/crisis-hope-and-turning-points-international-researchers-gathered-lund - 2025-11-23
On Thursday, 4 September, the VIRTUTRIALS research team hosted their start-up seminar, welcoming 25 representatives from across Sweden’s legal landscape – including the Swedish Courts, Prosecution Authority, Swedish Bar Association, Prison and Probation Services, Victim Support Sweden, and more. The seminar marked the official launch of VIRTUTRIALS: The Elusive Role of Physicality – Towards a New
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/virtutrials-launch-seminar-brings-together-key-legal-stakeholders - 2025-11-23
What does working life look like for Swedish teenagers? A new doctoral thesis in sociology offers a unique insight into upper secondary school students’ experiences of working in low-wage service jobs – and how these jobs shape their self-understanding. Today, Friday 19 September, Anna Kallos successfully defended her doctoral thesis in sociology at the Socialhögskolan’s Gamla köket, just a stone’
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/teenagers-work-anna-kallos-defends-doctoral-thesis-young-peoples-working-conditions - 2025-11-23
How can a plant shape knowledge, community, and activism? New doctoral thesis sheds light on cannabis activism and human–plant relations in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Today, Monday 29 September, Lucia Amaranta Thompson marks the successful defence of her doctoral thesis in Gender Studies at Lund University, presenting a unique ethnographic insight into the cannabis community in Buenos Aires, Argenti
On Friday 26 September, David Bazan Royuela successfully defended his doctoral thesis in sociology at the Eden Auditorium. The research offers new insights into how we interact with algorithms on platforms like TikTok. The thesis titled Algorithmic Interaction Ritual Chains on TikTok: Scrolling through Feedback Loops explores how every like, skip, or watch on TikTok sends signals to the platform’s
Sociologist Mikael Klintman warns that some apps meant to reduce anxiety might actually increase it. In The Conversation, he explains how constant alerts and dramatic messages can make users more stressed, not less. In his book 'Framing – The Social Art of Influence', Mikael Klintman asks which kinds of signalling strike a chord with different audiences in particular situations like advertising an
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/stress-apps-can-make-you-more-anxious-research-shows-how-deal-it - 2025-11-23
The Department of Sociology, which includes the divisions of Gender Studies, Social Anthropology and Sociology, has elected a new head. Sandra Jönsson will assume the role on 15 November. We asked Sandra a few questions to introduce herself. Can you tell us a little about your background?I earned my PhD in work and organisational psychology at Lund University in 2005. After that, I spent many rewa
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/meet-new-head-department - 2025-11-23
Alessandra Sossini är doktorand vid Institutionen för Kommunikation. Här delar hon med sig av sina tankar om livet som doktorand, de största utmaningarna och ger en inblick i sin pågående forskning. Vad handlar din forskning om?Min forskning handlar om anställdas entreprenöriella identitet på sociala medier, särskilt på plattformar som LinkedIn. Jag undersöker hur anställda konstruerar och present
https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/varje-dag-ser-olika-ut-beroende-pa-vad-som-star-i-fokus-0 - 2025-11-23
I ett samhälle där klädkonsumtionen fortsätter att öka i snabb takt, strävar forsknings- och samverkansprojektet Mer mode - färre kläder efter att skapa en mer hållbar syn på mode. Projektet syftar till att sprida kunskap om hållbarhet och förändra konsumtionsmönster genom forskning, utbildning och samverkan med lokala aktörer. Projektet leds av Emma Severinsson och Magdalena Peterson McIntyre vid
https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/mer-mode-farre-klader-om-hallbarhet-i-garderoben - 2025-11-23
Måns Alklint, ordförande för Stampus styrelse och student i datateknik på Campus Helsingborg, vet vad som får studentlivet att lyfta. I den här intervjun berättar han varför han valde att engagera sig i Stampus, hur nya studenter kan hitta sin plats i föreningen och avslöjar vilka tre aktiviteter han tycker är absolut bäst. Varför valde du att gå med i just din studentförening?Jag ville få ut så m
https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/gemenskap-engagemang-och-minnesvarda-upplevelser - 2025-11-23
