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Centrum för rättvisa tilldelar 2025 års Midander‑Lönnstipendium till Josefin Otto för examensuppsatsen ”Den stora databasdrabbningen”.Uppsatsen handleddes av professor Vilhelm Persson.Läs mer om Centrum för rättvisa.
https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/josefin-otto-utses-till-2025-ars-midander-lonnstipendiat - 2026-10-09
Forskare vid Juridiska fakulteten publicerade två artiklar på The Conversation under 2025 och nådde 52 000 läsare. Martin Sunnqvists artikel om Danmarks nya vapensköld blev särskilt uppmärksammad med nästan 30 000 läsningar. Lunds universitet hade ett rekordår på The Conversation under 2025. Universitetets forskare publicerade 76 artiklar som tillsammans nådde 1,1 miljoner läsningar. Totalt nådde
https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/danmarks-vapenskold-och-kognitiv-krigforing-i-conversation - 2026-10-09
Professor Mia Korpiola och justitieråd Stefan Reimer har utsetts till fakultetens hedersdoktorer. Mia KorpiolaMia Korpiola är sedan 2014 professor i rättshistoria vid den juridiska fakulteten vid Åbo universitet. Hon är en rättshistoriker med synnerligen bred kompetens och har ägnat sig åt fält som inte tidigare har belysts i forskningen, inte minst genom att bedriva omfattande arkivforskning. Hen
https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/hedersdoktorer-2026 - 2026-10-09
Lärarförslagsnämnden har den 30 januari 2026 fattat beslut om att anta Mariya Senyk som docent i offentlig rätt. Mariya Senyk disputerade i handelsrätt (Business Law) vid Lunds universitet 2018 med en avhandling om principer för allokering av mervärdesskatt i gränsöverskridande situationer, studerade inom WTO:s, OECD:s och EU:s rättsliga ramverk. Åren 2019–2022 arbetade hon vid Lunds universitet s
https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/ny-docent-i-finansratt - 2026-10-09
Postdoktor Laurianne Allezard har skrivit på ett publiceringskontrakt med Edward Elgar Publishing för boken The Anatomy of Identity in Constitutional Law: A New Analytical Concept for Europe and Beyond?. Boken är planerad att ges ut 2027.
https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/laurianne-allezard-skriver-pa-publiceringskontrakt-med-edward-elgar - 2026-10-09
Söktrycket i Lunds universitets internationella rekrytering blev rekordstort. De 25 utlysta tjänsterna har utökats till 45 – forskare från några av världens främsta universitet är nu på väg till Lund. Inom ramen för Lunds universitets globala excellenssatsning har Juridiska fakulteten anställt en biträdande universitetslektor och tre gästprofessorer. Välkomna! Spjutspets - biträdande universitets
Lunds skatteakademi har glädjen att presentera "Skattekvarten" – en ny podd som erbjuder skatterätt i ett koncentrerat och lätttillgängligt format. Universitetslektorerna Richard Croneberg och Axel Hilling samtalar i varje avsnitt i en kvart (ibland en dubbelkvart), med särskilt inbjudna gäster om avgränsade skatterättsliga frågor ur svensk, EU-rättslig eller internationell synvinkel.Podden riktar
https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/skattekvarten-ny-podcast-om-skatterattsliga-fragor - 2026-10-09
On 27 March, the book launch of Kjell Å. Modéer’s work Ruth’s Book. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lund, Sweden and the World. A Personal Biography took place. This personal biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg – RBG – was inspired by her strong ties to Sweden and her periods of residence in Lund during the 1960s. At that time, she worked on a project on Swedish civil procedure, intended for an American readers
https://www.law.lu.se/article/personal-biography-ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-her-time-lund - 2026-10-09
The Faculty Is Recruiting Assistant Professors for Groundbreaking Research in Law. The Faculty of Law is participating in two recruitments of assistant professors (associate senior lecturers) within the framework of the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence. The Faculty is seeking a promising researcher for a position as Assistant Professor of Law specialising in the rule of law and acce
https://www.law.lu.se/article/faculty-participates-lund-university-programme-global-excellence - 2026-10-09
The Swedish Research Council recommends the Faculty of Law as co-lead of a new national research environment. Lund University is proposed to become a key player in the next generation of strategic research areas and to participate in six of eight new national research environments. In total, the Swedish Research Council recommends that 16 research environments be funded – the final decision will b
https://www.law.lu.se/article/faculty-law-takes-part-new-strategic-research-area-sra - 2026-10-09
Pleasing news that the Rune and Lena Lavin Foundation for Legal Research at the Faculty of Law in Lund, at its spring meeting on 16 April, has decided to award SEK 174,052 to a total of eight applicants. The award is part of the foundation’s ongoing support for legal research at the Faculty of Law in Lund.Information about the call for applications for autumn 2026 will be published in October 2026
https://www.law.lu.se/article/award-rune-and-lena-lavin-foundation-legal-research-1 - 2026-10-09
The new edited volume The Reasoning of the Court of Justice of the EU: A Normative Assessment by Alezini Loxa and Luigi Lonardo aims to enrich the study of the Court of Justice of the EU by providing normative—as opposed to descriptive—assessments of its legal reasoning.Taking as a starting point a descriptive account of the Court’s adjudicative practice, which informs a shared conceptual basis fr
https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-loxa-publishes-new-book-oup - 2026-10-09
On May 13, the Vice-Chancellor decided to appoint Valentin Jeutner as Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law. Valentin Jeutner’s research focuses on international law and legal theory, with a particular emphasis on the foundational principles and philosophical dimensions of international law, including its intersections with technology, theology, art, and history.Before coming to Lun
https://www.law.lu.se/article/valentin-jeutner-new-professor-international-law - 2026-10-09
The Delegation for Migration Studies (Delmi) presents two new policy briefs on the implementation of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact. The Pact is scheduled to be fully implemented in June 2026, marking the most comprehensive reform of the Common European Asylum System in over a decade. The reform aims to create more efficient and coordinated asylum processes, strengthen controls at the EU’s exter
https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-publications-delmi-and-sieps - 2026-10-09
The Faculty’s Research Day took place on 28 May to honour the Faculty’s honorary doctors, the Faculty’s jubilee doctor and the new PhD graduates. The day was opened by Dean Henrik Wenander. Following the opening address, the faculty’s honorary doctors, Professor Mia Korpiola of the University of Turku and Justice of the Supreme Court Stefan Reimer, were introduced, and the audience was given an in
https://www.law.lu.se/article/facultys-research-day-1 - 2026-10-09
Laurianne Allezard has been awarded research funding of SEK 1,155,000 from Sven Stenbäcks Stiftelse for the implementation of the project ”Naturens rättigheter och skoglig styrning: en jämförande och framåtblickande rättslig analys av den svenska kontexten” (“Rights of Nature and Forest Governance: A Comparative and Forward-Looking Legal Analysis of the Swedish Context.”). Read more about Lauriann
https://www.law.lu.se/article/laurianne-allezard-awarded-funding-sven-stenbacks-stiftelse - 2026-10-09
Anna Zemskova has been awarded a grant from the Centre for European Studies (CFE) to support the organisation of a seminar series at the Faculty of Law, Lund University. The funding will enable a series of seminars exploring the intersection of EU law and environmental law. The series is organised within the Lund University Centre for Environmental Law (LUCEL).The seminars will bring together scho
https://www.law.lu.se/article/anna-zemskova-awarded-cfe-grant-eu-environmental-law-seminar-series - 2026-10-09
LL.M. John Andersson, who graduated from the Law programme at Lund University in the autumn semester of 2025, is one of the recipients of the 2026 Vinge Scholarship. His thesis is entitled Arbitration agreements, "third parties" and step-in clauses – On the scope of the obligation to arbitrate and its legal basis. The scholarship amount for 2026 is SEK 23,500. The award was presented at the gradua
Julian Nowag has been appointed head of the Nordics and Baltics regional chapter of ASCOLA, the Academic Society for Competition Law. In this role, Julian will lead the chapter's activities across the region, organising events and for academic exchange among competition law scholars in the Nordic and Baltic countries.ASCOLA is an organisation that brings together several hundred researchers and sc
https://www.law.lu.se/article/julian-nowag-appointed-head-ascolas-nordic-and-baltic-chapter - 2026-10-09
Six researchers from Lund University have been awarded ERC Starting Grants. One of them is Eleni Karageorgiou, who holds a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree in Public International Law from the Faculty of Law. The ERC Starting Grant is aimed at researchers at the beginning of their careers and is awarded solely on the basis of scientific excellence. Following evaluation by fellow researchers and in to
https://www.law.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-eleni-karageorgiou - 2026-10-09
