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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can adult education help students to see themselves as valuable, given that many students in adult education have often gone through experiences of failure, both at school and in the job market? Fredrik Sandberg has published an article on “Recognition and adult education: an incongruent opportunity” in the journal St

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sandberg-recognition-and-adult-education - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Christofer Edling has, together with Jens Rydgren, edited a special issue on social mechanisms for American Behavioral Scientist. Apart from the editors introductory article, the issue contains six articles that applies the social mechanism approach to explain different social phenomena. The authors include Mary Brint

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/edling-social-mechanisms-empirical-sociology - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What do scholars in the different human sciences assume with regard to human interests? How can we bridge the disciplinary divide between different human science approaches? These and more questions are addressed in Mikael Klintman’s new book “Human Sciences and Human Interests. Integrating the Social, Economic, and E

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/klintman-human-sciences-and-human-interests - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The repeated sniffing by presidential candidate Donald Trump in the first presidential debate on 25th September 2016, lead to a Twitter-storm and intensive media interest regarding his health. Lisa Flower, PhD candidate in sociology at the Department of Sociology at Lund University, however provides an alternative exp

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/what-donald-trump-really-revealing-trumpsniffles - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three of our projects got funding from FORTE of almost 10,5 million Swedish kronor (SEK). Henriette Esholdt, with a project as junior researcher on “The appeal of violence-promoting Islamic extremism. An investigation of masculinity and femininity”Shai Mulinari, with a project on “What can be learnt from the new pharm

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/almost-105-million-sek-funding - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lisa Flower’s article ”The (Un)emotional Law Student” which discusses the ”emotional sniff” received media attention in Sweden following Donald Trump’s sniffing in the first presidential candidate debate and has now been used by Forbes Magazine to analyse the second debate. Forbes Magazine concludes that Trump’s sniff

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/flower-usa-media - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Carl-Göran Heidegren has just received a substantial research grant from ”The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences” (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond) for his comparative project on philosophy in Nordic welfare societies. From our Department, also Klas Gustavsson will be working on the project.Learn more on

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/research-money-project-nordic-welfare-societies - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How do media in different countries discuss climate change? Christofer Edling is part of a large international research network who analyse this question in the recently published article “Conflicting Climate Change Frames in a Global Field of Media Discourse”. Abstract: Reducing global emissions will require a global

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/climate-change-media-discourse-17-countries - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Malin Åkerström received, together with Katarina Jacobsson, a research grant from the Swedish Research Council with their project “An administrative Eigendynamik in the interaction of meetings and documents”. The project will run for three years. Abstract:An increasing proportion of people's working hours are devoted

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/3-millon-sek-research-project - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The primarily biomedical definition of ADHD has been questioned and criticized in various ways. Mattias Nilsson Sjöberg adopts the Baradian perspective of agential realism in his article ”(Un)becoming dysfunctional: ADHD and how matter comes to matter” in International Journal of Inclusive Education. Abstract:Various

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/nilsson-sjoberg-adhd-perspective-agential-realism - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What are the feeling rules, and how do they emerge, regarding victim offender mediation? Anna Rypi investigates this “emotion culture” in her recent article “The feeling rules of victim offender mediation” in the journal International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion. Abstract:This paper is based on an ethnogr

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/rypi-about-feeling-rules-victim-offender-mediation - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Antoinette Hetzler is invited as one of the main speakers to the third International Symposium on Bullying that will be held in Tokyo Japan, December 4, 2016. Antoinette Hetzler will, together with Mitsuru Taki (NIER), discuss issues of bullying in less violent crime societies.Results are from a longitudinal comparati

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hetzler-one-main-speakers-symposium-bullying - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How is theatre used for social integration? Hanna Wittrock has in her recent article ”Integration of culture, culture as integration. The praxis and politics of multicultural theatre and drama” looked at multicultural theatre projects in Sweden. Abstract:Theatre is one of the artistic tools most often employed in Swed

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/wittrock-praxis-and-politics-multicultural-theatre-and-drama - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What are “failed states” and how can we conceptualize them? Olle Frödin has a chapter out on ”Failed States” in the newly updated Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Learn more on sociologyencyclopedia.comOlle Frödin’s personal page 

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/frodin-failed-states-blackwell-encyclopedia-sociology - 2026-04-19

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 - 2026-04-19

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 - 2026-04-19

Artificial intelligence powers everything from facial recognition to self-driving cars, but what does it really take to teach a computer to “see”? Isak Engdahl, who recently defended his doctoral thesis at Lund University, takes us inside the labs where computer vision systems are built, and reveals the human work behind the technology. On Friday 28 November, Isak Engdahl successfully defended his

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-doctoral-thesis-how-scientists-teach-computers-see - 2026-04-19

How can research results be communicated beyond academic texts? Gender researchers Elin Lundell and Mia Liinason have chosen a new approach: translating their research into an animated film. Theoretical starting pointThe article on which the film is based analyses how boundaries between religion and secularism are constructed and maintained in contemporary Sweden. The study takes its starting poin

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/research-becomes-animated-film-theory-and-method-moving-images - 2026-04-19

A new doctoral thesis in social anthropology sheds light on how Swedish men who pay for sex try to understand and justify their actions in a society where both legislation and public morality strongly condemn them. By examining their narratives, the research reveals how stigma, secrecy and ethical negotiations shape their everyday lives. In her dissertation, “In My Secret Life: Stigma, Moral Work,

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/research-deepens-understanding-morality-and-norms-surrounding-paid-sex - 2026-04-19

The Darknet is often described as criminal, lawless and in need of external control. New research by sociologist Tove Westberg, however, shows that cryptoforums on the Darknet function as complex social communities, shaped by norms, trust and informal social control. Today, Friday 10 April 2026, Tove Westberg marks the successful defence of her doctoral thesis in sociology at Lund University. The

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/beyond-common-misconceptions-new-research-sheds-light-darknet - 2026-04-19