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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 - 2025-10-09

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 - 2025-10-09

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 - 2025-10-09

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

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/exploring-cannabis-community-argentina-lucia-amaranta-thompson-defends-doctoral-thesis - 2025-10-09

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

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/tiktok-algorithms-and-feedback-loops-new-thesis-david-bazan-royuela-explores-digital-interactions - 2025-10-09

The study on pharmaceutical industry self-regulation that Shai Mulinari and co-authors recently published in PLOS Medicine has received considerable attention internationally. The study has recently been discussed in The British Medical Journal (published by the British Medical Association), The Pharmaceutical Journal (published by the UK Royal Pharmaceutical Society) and The Wall Street Journal. 

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/international-coverage-mulinaris-study-pharmaceutical-industry - 2025-10-09

Abdulhadi Khalaf of the Sociology Department has together with co-editors just published the book "Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf". The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour migration in the global South. In all of these states, however, the majority of the

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-book-transit-states-labour-migration-and-citizenship-gulf - 2025-10-09

The Department of Sociology held their annual PhD Research Day Friday 12th December, which provided an opportunity for PhDs candidates from Education, Social Anthropology and Sociology to present their ongoing doctors thesis. A total of 13 PhD candidates presented their work which ranged from the emotion work and impression management of loyalty used by defense lawyers, to intellectuals in the con

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/inspiring-research-day-science-mapping-rwandan-farming - 2025-10-09

Ann-Mari Sellerberg and Vesa Leppänen have published a new article: "The contradictory role of the sales assistant: superordination and subordination" Int. J. Work Organisation and Emotion, 2015. More information.  

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/contradictory-role-sales-assistant - 2025-10-09

The Department of Sociology hosted an international migration workshop on the theme “Queer Migrations and Mobilities: Sexuality, Gender, Citizenship, and Intimacy from a European Perspective” on the 11th and 12th of September. The workshop, funded by the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Societies (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond), brought together 25 researchers, scholar-activists, activists and ac

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/many-researchers-and-activists-queer-migrant-groups-brought-together-international-workshop - 2025-10-09

The successful candidate will conduct sociological research and teach sociology at the BA, MA, and PhD levels. The position includes 50 percent research and 50 percent teaching and administration. Associated Senior Lecturer in SociologyBiträdande lektor (Sw), Assistant Professor (US) In addition to conducting high-quality research and teaching insociology, the successful candidate is expected to b

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/associated-senior-lecturer-sociology - 2025-10-09

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 - 2025-10-09

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 of local democracy. A somewhat dystopian view”. Link to the publication on springe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-local-self-government - 2025-10-09

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 results in the article “Electoral Cycles in Government Policy Making: Strategic Timing

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-timing-austerity-reforms - 2025-10-09

Annika Bergman Rosamond and Catia Gregoratti have recently published the article “Neoliberal turns in global humanitarian governance: corporations, celebrities and the construction of the entrepreneurial refugee woman” in the  Journal of Humanitarian Affairs (Manchester University Press) 2:3, 2021. This article seeks to extend recent debates on how the promotion of self-reliance through vocational

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-annika-bergman-rosamond-and-catia-gregoratti - 2025-10-09

Karin Aggestam and Jacqui True have co-authored the article “Political leadership and gendered multilevel games in foreign policy” published Open Access in the journal International Affairs. Link to the article on academic.oup.com Karin Aggestam’s personal page Jacqui True’s homepage

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-true-political-leadership-and-gendered-multilevel-games-foreign-policy - 2025-10-09

"Achieving a Feminist Peace by Blurring Boundaries between Private and Public” The article is published in the book “A Requiem for Peacebuilding?" Link to the publication on springer.com Nina Wilén’s personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-nina-wilen - 2025-10-09

How do party cues influence support for a policy proposal? Does it matter whether information on a policy is presented by an in- or outgroup representative? Hanna Bäck has together with Annika Fredén and Emma Renström analyzed this question in a large-scale survey experiment. You can read about their results in the article “Legalize cannabis? Effects of party cues on attitudes to a controversial p

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-party-cues-and-political-attitudes - 2025-10-09

'Politicization and EU Development Policy: The Role of External Perceptions. Case of Ukraine' This article highlights the role of external audiences and their perceptions in analysing the politicization of EU development policy. We analyse how EU foreign assistance is understood in two different intermediary arenas of politicization – elites in different societal sectors and media – within Ukraine

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-and-chaban-external-perceptions-and-politicization-eu-development-policy - 2025-10-09

Does party system polarization lead to more government crises? Are there institutions that can mitigate such destabilizing effects? Hanna Bäck has together with Henning Bergmann and Thomas Saalfeld analyzed this question in a comparative analysis of 28 European democracies. You can read about their results in the article “Party-system polarisation, legislative institutions and cabinet survival in

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-polarization-and-government-crises - 2025-10-09