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The book “Peace and the Politics of Memory”, Manchester University Press, co-authored with Johanna Mannergren, Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Stefanie Kappler and Timothy Williams provides new understandings of how the politics of memory impacts peace in societies transitioning from a violent past. It does so by developing a theoretical approach focusing on the intersection of sites, agency, narratives,

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-annika-bjorkdahl-et-al-peace-and-politics-memory - 2025-12-12

On Thursday, the Eden auditorium was filled with students when the Department of Political Science was visited by researchers from the University of Denver to analyze and discuss the political situation ahead of the upcoming elections in the United States. The panel, which was moderated by our own Professor Jonathan Polk, consisted of Professor Seth Masket, Assistant Professor Jesse Acevedo and As

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/full-house-when-visiting-political-scientists-denver-discussed-upcoming-us-election - 2025-12-12

To what extent does moderation in ideological positioning by social democratic parties affect their short- and long-term electoral fortunes? This chapter builds on our prior work to further probe whether there is a link between moderation and individual voters’ shifts from social democratic parties at a later point, by considering a larger number of cases and by differentiating between the economi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/polk-and-karreth-new-study-voter-responses-social-democratic-party-ideological-moderation - 2025-12-12

Brilliant guest lecture with Jason Diakité for peace and conflict students and an insightful and thought-provoking research seminar with Jason and Madubuko Diakité on popular culture, racism, world peace, democracy, agency, space and "exercising citizenship"! Thanks! The Higher Research Seminar: Jason Diakité, LU Honorary Doctor and Madubuko Diakité, LU Raoul-Wallenberg-Institute9 oktober 2024 13:

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jason-diakite-lu-honorary-doctor-and-madubuko-diakite-lu-raoul-wallenberg-institute-visited-eden-and - 2025-12-12

Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored the chapter “The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria”, in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3d edition), eds S. Smith, A. Hadfield, and T. Dunne, Oxford: Oxford University Press. AbstractThis chapter argues that the international community’s response to the Syrian civil war was a failure of resolute diplomacy. It first recounts how a po

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-and-time-dunne-failure-diplomacy-and-protection-syria - 2025-12-12

Hello Ian Manners! Lund University has recently committed itself to student-centred education to improve the quality of learning and teaching on campus. Could you tell us more about the motivation behind this focus? – Certainly! Lund University aims to create a learning environment where students are at the heart of the educational process, and a crucial part of that is the implementation of activ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/professor-ian-manners-active-learning-social-science - 2025-12-12

Lisa Strömbom, together with Gustav Agneman (LU and Trondheim University) and Angelica Rettberg (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá), has published the article “Do Apologies Promote the Reintegration of former combatants? Lessons from a Video Experiment in Colombia” in Journal of Peace Research. The article tests the common proposition inherent in transitional justice theory and practice which holds

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-agneman-och-rettberg-journal-peace-research-apologies-and-reintegration-former-combatants - 2025-12-12

Isabel Bramsen, Lisa Strömbom, and Kasia Jezierska have received funding for the project "The United Nations as a Platform Enabling Agonistic Contestation and Engagement? (UNPEACE)" to analyse the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly meetings about Israel-Palestine since 1948, i.a. via video material. Congratulations!!! Isabel Bramsens profile in Lund University research portalLisa Strö

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/isabel-bramsen-lisa-strombom-and-kasia-jezierska-have-been-granted-funding-swedish-research-council - 2025-12-12

This article explores legitimation attempts by global multistakeholder partnerships that seek to support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. This generation of global partnerships faces strong expectations on obtaining synergies between policy fields and between the actors involved. We examine self-legitimation in a comparative study of two partnerships aiming t

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-legitimacy-challenges-multistakeholder-partnerships-2030-agenda - 2025-12-12

Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Polk, who has secured a prestigious grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) for his project, "Political Party Competition and the Transnational Cleavage in Europe." This groundbreaking work aims to shed light on the evolving political landscape and its implications for Europe’s future. SummaryPolitical Party Competition and the Transnational Cleavage in Euro

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/major-research-grant-awarded-professor-jonathan-polk-exploring-political-party-dynamics-europe - 2025-12-12

Karin Aggestam and Jacqui True have edited the book “Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis: A New Subfield” (Bristol University Press). How can feminist scholarship advance the field of foreign policy analysis to better understand contemporary foreign policy actions and challenges? This groundbreaking book provides the state-of-the-art in the study of gender, feminisms and foreign policy. Bringing toge

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-karin-aggestam-and-jacqui-true-feminist-foreign-policy-analysis - 2025-12-12

Rikard Bengtsson recently published a chapter entitled “Complex Role Enactment Amid Global Value Contestation: The European Union and the Crisis of the European Security Order” in the volume International Organizations Amid Global Crisis. Analysing Role Selection and Impact through Role Theory, edited by Diana Panke and Gordon M. Friedrichs (Bristol University Press). Departing from existing role

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bengtsson-eu-and-european-security-order - 2025-12-12

Patrick Nitzschner has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'Defending what is yet to come: Towards a critical theory of democratic defense'. Congratulations! AbstractCertainty about the robustness of democracy has given way to a widely diagnosed crisis of democracy. There are increasing calls to defend democratic institutions against those who seek their formally democratic abolishment. But

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/patrick-nitzschner-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2025-12-12

The world is facing several crises in terms of water quality, quantity, and safety. Policy measures to date focus on a 'business as usual' approach that prioritises economic and/or green growth. But measures that prioritize growth largely fail. A group of some of the world's most prominent water scientists highlights the crucial role that policy capture has played. They call for measures that are

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jesper-svensson-et-al-beyond-growth-response-worlds-water-crises - 2025-12-12

Hatred towards political opponents can be more polarizing than policy differences – and populism is shaping the erosion of support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. Professor Jonathan Polk and Dr. Alexander Ryan delivered a lecture in December on what divides voters and parties in Europe. What is affective polarization, and why does it matter? Alexander Ryan, postdoctoral researcher at Lund U

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/affective-polarization-populism-and-european-party-support-ukraine - 2025-12-12

In this study we elaborate the trade-off between pre-training models on domain-specific data versus a more general dataset in a political context. We start from motions from parliamentarians in the Swedish Riksdag, and focus on the two competitors for government office parties: Social Democrats and Moderates. Elaborating word embeddings on central keywords related to issues and ideology based on v

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/matter-pre-training-political-studies-more-data-better-domain-specific-new-study-shows - 2025-12-12

The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the dean informing about resources and prizes given to our cancer research, the appointment dialogues and the price tag on medicine, i.e. what we are paid to conduct education in medicine. Vice dean Thomas Hellmark then informed about the finances and quality work in undergraduate education. Deputy dean Jonas Lar

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-12-march-2025 - 2025-12-12

All Lund University employees and students are welcome to participate. Info sessions: 25/3 & 16/4. Applications are open until May 5. The Future Innovations Award celebrates groundbreaking ideas from Lund University. Ideas with the potential to change our world. It has now opened for applications for 2025. Since its start in 2017, it has become an important platform for developing and showcasing i

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/future-innovations-award-2025-competition-opens-over-1-million-sek-prizes - 2025-12-12

Attractive collaboration partners, unique instruments, and expertise available at universities, institutes, and companies in northern Europe. As a researcher at Lund University, you can gain access to this abundant smörgåsbord of resources. HALRIC calls for and funds pilot projects to utilize infrastructure and develop knowledge. Apply now!Imagine:An organisation that has an overview of all possib

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/halric-supports-high-level-matchmaking-researchers-wanted - 2025-12-12

The Faculty of Medicine board decided on a new strategic intent for the Faculty of Medicine at its meeting in March. Now you have the chance to come up with a proposal for how the strategic intent should be visualized by participating in our layout competition. The person who submits the winning proposal will be rewarded with a nice prize. No later than April 30. To participate in the competition,

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/competition-visualize-facultys-strategic-intent - 2025-12-12