Published 4 September 2018 Do female representatives participate less often in legislative debates, and does it matter which topic is debated? Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus answer this question by analyzing speechmaking among members of parliament in seven European countries.  The results show that female members are under-represented in legislative debates, especially when debates deal with topics th

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Published 6 September 2018 In the recently-published article “Measuring Polyarchy Across the Globe, 1900-2017”, Jan Teorell, together with Michael Coppedge, Staffan Lindberg and Svend-Erik Skaaning, presents a new measure of polyarchy for a global sample of 182 countries from 1900 to 2017 based on the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) expert poll data. This new democracy index is directly anchored in

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Published 10 September 2018 Catarina Kinnvall has together with Ian Manners and Jennifer Mitzen edited a special issue of European Security, entitled “Ontological (In)Security in the European Union”. The European Union (EU) faces many crises and risks to its security and existence. While few of them threaten the lives of EU citizens, they all create a sense of anxiety and insecurity about the futu

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Published 13 September 2018 Fabio Cristiano has contributed with the chapter “Internet Access as Human Right: A Dystopian Critique from the Occupied Palestinian Territory" to the newly published volume Human Rights as Battlefields. In his chapter, Cristiano explores the controversial correlation between technology and political freedoms by questioning the inclusion of internet access into the huma

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/fabio-cristiano-digital-rights-and-palestine - 2025-05-13

Published 18 September 2018 Christer Jönsson has contributed with two book chapters. The first book chapter is "Lessons for Democracy: Diplomacy to the Rescue?" which has been published in the book Democracy under Threat: A Crisis of Legitimacy?. The second book chapter is "Evolution in Knowlege and Norms" (co-author Leon Gordenker) which has been published in the book “The Oxford Handbook on the

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Published 20 September 2018 Douglas Brommesson has co-authored the newly published article “Teaching university teachers to become better teachers: the effects of pedagogical training courses at six Swedish universities”,  which has been publish in “Higher Education Research & Development”. The article can be found on tandfonline.comDouglas Brommesson's personal page

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Published 9 October 2018 Catarina Kinnvall has recently published the article “Ontological Insecurities and Postcolonial Imaginaries: The Emotional Appeal of Populism” in Humanity & Society”. In the article, Catarina Kinnvall addresses the particular narratives and discourses that respond to increased feelings of uncertainty, anxiety, and fear, so-called ontological insecurities, and their connect

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Published 11 October 2018 Photo: Leif Johansson Josef Chaib will defend his dissertation "Evidence, Expertise and 'Other' Knowledge: Governing Welfare Collaboration" on October 12 at 10:15 in Niagara, Malmö University. Discussant is Associate Professor Gun Hedlund, Örebro University. In contemporary welfare, collaboration between professions, agencies and different municipal departments is increas

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/josef-chaib-welfare-collaboration - 2025-05-13

Published 16 October 2018 Catarina Kinnvall and Jennifer Mitzen have authored an introductory article for their joint special issue in “Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD)”, with the title “Ontological security and conflict: the dynamics of crisis and the constitution of community”. In an era defined by insecurity, uncertainty, and increasing anxieties, ontological security h

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/fruitful-lens-analyzing-world-politics - 2025-05-13

Published 24 October 2018 How is EU-funding translated into local policy? In an article in the journal Critical Policy Studies, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Mats Fred have analyzed how EU-projects in education policies are mediated and translated into local policies. They conclude that these processes entail both a change in organisation - from permanent to temporary endeavors - as well as changes i

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Published 26 October 2018 Kurtis Boyer defended his dissertation "An Autocracy of Empathy: Human-Animal Relations and the Emotional Architecture of Speciesism" on October 26 at 10:00 in Eden auditorium, Paradisgatan 5H, Lund. Discussant was Professor Erika Cudworth, University of East London.An Autocracy of Empathy: Human-Animal Relations and the Emotional Architecture of Speciesism Kurtis Boyer’s

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Published 25 October 2018 After four years of drafting, debating, rethinking, and revising, the IPSP report is finally published with Cambridge University Press. Karin Aggestam is one of many contributing lead authors. Read more on ipsp.orgKarin Aggestams personal page

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Published 30 October 2018 Jakob Skovgaard has published the article "Policy coherence and organizational cultures: Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction targets” in the journal Environmental Policy and Governance. The article concerns the role of the organizational cultures of two of the European Commission’s Directorate-Generals, respectively Energy and Climate Action, for the policy coh

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Published 1 November 2018 Is there a return of the “north” in Nordic foreign policy? Douglas Brommesson is the editor of new special section in Global Affairs where he together with a group of Nordic scholars seeks to identify, analyse and explain developments of and variations in what we call "Nordicness" in the foreign and security policies of Nordic states.  In this special section in Global Af

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Published 8 November 2018 What are the sources and processes of legitimacy in global governance? The research program LegGov has published the volume ”Legitimacy in Global Governance” (Oxford University Press). The volume includes chapters written by LegGov researchers Anders Uhlin, Catia Gregoratti, Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson and Fariborz Zelli at the Department of Political Science.Learn

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By kristina [dot] lundholm_fors [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lundholm Fors) - published 7 March 2024 Are you wrestling with a pedagogical challenge? Now there's hope! Grab your computer and maybe a colleague and come to open house at MedCUL (the Faculty of Medicine Centre for Teaching and Learning). 3 occasions. Maybe you're struggling with a course syllabus and thinking about the alignmen

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By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 5 March 2024 Vice Dean David Gisselsson Nord, on crisis planning and more. Registration open until meeting starts. All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. At the March meeting you will meet Vice Dean David Gisselsson Nord who will talk about how we can build a crisis resilient Faculty

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By sofia_b [dot] liljedahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sofia B Liljedahl) - published 19 March 2024 Do you want to belong to a group of qualified and excellent teachers at the Faculty of Medicine, with a special interest in learning and pedagogical development? Last day to apply: 10 May. New for 2024 New for 2024 is that you can be admitted to the Pedagogical Academy at two levels:  Qualified teac

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By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 19 March 2024 LU´s Teaching and Learning Conference, LUTL 2024, with the theme: Connecting teachers – Changing LU from Within. Lund University's Teaching and Learning Conference LUTL 2024, will be held on 14 November with the theme: Connecting teachers – Changing LU from Within.Welcome to the Faculty of Medicine for this yea

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By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 28 January 2025 All teaching staff must submit a report concerning secondary employment by 31 March at the latest. Teaching staff who do not hold secondary employment are also to report this. Reporting and assessment is done in Primula. Be careful to choose the current year (2025) in the report. Read more on Staff

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