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On Friday 25 October, Daniel Karlsson successfully defended his thesis "At least I have this freedom: Subjectivity and self-precarization among digital freelancers in the Swedish cultural industries" and is now a doctor of sociology. The thesis highlights digital cultural workers' own practices and stories about how they both identify with their work and struggle with its challenges. Daniel Karlss

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/daniel-karlsson-doctor-sociology-after-defending-his-thesis-digital-freelancers - 2025-10-19

On Friday 22 November, Uzma Kazi successfully defended her thesis ‘Swedish-(Par)Desi: Belonging Narratives of Second-Generation Pakistani Muslims in Sweden’ and was awarded the title of Doctor of Sociology. The thesis addresses issues of belonging and identity through 42 interviews with second generation Pakistani Muslims in three Swedish cities. Using an intersectional perspective, the research h

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/uzma-kazi-doctor-sociology-after-defending-her-thesis - 2025-10-19

In his dissertation, Staffan Edling, a recent PhD graduate in sociology from Lund University, examines how knowledge and politics interact within the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). He shows that the boundary between fact-finding and political advocacy is often blurred - and sometimes disappears altogether. Since the 1930s, LO has employed experts to strengthen its political position a

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/staffan-edling-has-defended-his-thesis-los-investigative-work - 2025-10-19

On Friday 13 December, Petra Östergren successfully defended her thesis ‘Sweden's Ban on Sex-Purchase: Morality politics and the governance of prostitution’ and can now call herself a doctor in social anthropology. The thesis examines Sweden's 1998 ban on buying sex. The material was collected between 2009 and 2019 and analyses the law from legal, political and social perspectives as well as withi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/petra-ostergren-has-defended-her-thesis-swedish-sex-purchase-act - 2025-10-19

At the turn of the year, the Department of Gender Studies became the Division of Gender Studies alongside the Divisions of Social Anthropology and Sociology in a new larger Department. The work with the merger include reviewing all system technical aspects so that the transition will take place as smoothly as possible. “We have also set up a committee with representatives from the various discipli

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-year-new-department - 2025-10-19

Everything is in the same place but the address has changed. The departments visiting address is now Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18 C. To make it easier for emergency services to find the right building in the Paradis area in Lund, several university buildings changed addresses on 1 July.  The Sociology of Law Department's address was changed from  Allhelgona Kyrkogata 14.to Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18 C.The

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-gets-new-address - 2025-10-19

Amin Parsa has written the chapter ”Military Uniform and Lethal Targeting in International Law on Armed Conflict” in the newly published book Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World. In the chapter, Amin Parsa, postdoctoral researcher at The Sociology of Law Department, investigates the production of human target in laws of armed conflict as a derivative of the different visual functi

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/amin-parsa-legal-materiality-laws-armed-conflict - 2025-10-19

Marie Leth-Espensen has co-authored an article on the recent gastronomic trend known as “New Carnivorism.” Marie Leth-Espensen, doctoral student at the Sociology of Law Department, has together with Mathias Elrød Madsen studied this relatively new food media trend. In an article in the journal Society & Animals, they discuss how examples such as the Danish TV show “Kill Your Favorite Dish” (Dræb d

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-ideology-meat-eating - 2025-10-19

Renowned criminologist Dr Molly Dragiewicz, Associate Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, visited Lund University for a seminar with the criminology program students. The seminar, “Digital media and domestic violence: Emerging international research”, on Tuesday 10th April, covered the role of digital technology in domestic abu

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/seminar-domestic-abuse-and-how-it-facilitated-digital-technology - 2025-10-19

The Sociology of Law Department's Professor Emeritus, Karsten Åström, has received an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy at Linköping University. For many years, Karsten Åström has been a Guest Professor at Linköping University, where he has established Welfare Law as a subject at the Faculty of Philosophy. The Faculty Board motivates awarding Åström with the honorary degree by statin

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/karsten-astrom-has-been-awarded-honorary-doctorate-linkoping-university - 2025-10-19

Growing amounts of hateful messages sent to journalists are threatening to undermine central democratic concepts. The extent of problem is being investigated at the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University. In the last ten years, more journalists have received hateful and threatening messages online. The trend has led to self-censorship and declining mental health among media professionals.

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-studies-effects-hateful-messages-journalism - 2025-10-19

On Wednesday 29 January, the Sociology of Law Department hosted The Panorama Day, an annual relay seminar about ongoing research. For students, it was an opportunity to get an overview of the production of science at their current department, and deepen their understanding of the subject. Roughly 120 students gathered at Lux auditorium to hear 16 presentations about research projects with titles l

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/short-and-sweet-when-students-were-introduced-departments-research - 2025-10-19

In the end of February, Patrik Olsson, associate professor at Lund University visited Uzbekistan to discuss one of the main academic problems in the area. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the General Prosecutor’s Office (GPO) of the Republic of Uzbekistan were among the main organizers behind the conference ”Higher Education – a Sphere without Corru

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociologist-law-anticorruption-assignment-central-asia - 2025-10-19

Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir at the Sociology of Law Department defended her doctoral thesis “Decentring Criminal Law: Understandings of Justice by Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence and its Implications for Different Justice Strategies” on Friday, 24 April. The thesis defence was a mostly digital occasion, with Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir streaming from Iceland, and the discussant, Professor Clare Mc

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/hildur-fjola-antonsdottir-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2025-10-19

Three researchers within the Social Science Faculty at Lund University have compiled an anthology challenging the notion of the refugee crisis of 2015. The book also investigates how Germany, Sweden, and Denmark use bureaucracy to control, discipline, and shape asylum seekers’ lives. In 2015, the number of asylum seekers arriving in the EU doubled from the previous year, totalling over 1.3 million

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-northern-european-welfare-states-exercise-bureaucratic-violence-asylum-seekers - 2025-10-19

The Minister for Gender Equality, Åsa Lindhagen, has appointed Lena Svenaeus, researcher at the Sociology of Law Department, for an expert role in a commission for gender-equal lifetime earnings. The commission is working on proposals that may contribute to increased economic equality between women and men in the long term, a gender-equal distribution of public support measures, as well as gender-

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/lena-svenaeus-selected-governmental-expert-committee - 2025-10-19

Isabel Schoultz at the Sociology of Law Department has studied how two major Swedish companies have defended themselves against accusations of corporate crime. When corruption accusations against Swedish telecommunications provider Telia surfaced in 2012, regarding the acquisition of its business permit in Uzbekistan, the company initially denied the allegations. “I feel convinced that Telia has n

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/corporate-strategies-legitimise-potentially-criminal-business-actions - 2025-10-19

An international research project headed by the Sociology of Law Department has received sufficient funding. The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology grants Isabel Schoultz, researcher and Associate Senior Lecturer at the Sociology of Law Department, 1,400,000 SEK (approximately 135,000 €) to fund the research project ”Law in action - Policy and legal responses to the exploitation of migr

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/investigating-legal-responses-migrant-worker-exploitation-nordics - 2025-10-19

A new research project aims to contribute to greater understanding between Central Asian and EU business and legal cultures, and lower the risk of foreign companies becoming involved in corruption. To achieve this, about a dozen universities in Europe and Central Asia are involved in an extensive exchange scheme of researching staff. Foreign companies establishing in Central Asia will find largely

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-leads-unique-effort-facilitate-business-between-eu-and-central-asia - 2025-10-19

On June 5, the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University organised the first Central Asian Law project seminar. It featured four Central Asian guest researchers who presented work relating to cultural studies, cultural branding, and corruption. Central Asian Law is a four-year research project involving six EU universities and partners from each of the five Central Asian countries. The aim is

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/culture-and-corruption-focus-first-central-asian-law-seminar - 2025-10-19