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Freja Morris’ thesis highlights the documentation burden in Swedish schools

Published 20 February 2025 On Friday 14 February Freja Morris successfully defended her thesis “Tenacious Documents: Exploring the Allure of Documentation in Swedish Compulsory Schools” and is now a doctor in sociology. For over a decade, Swedish teachers have voiced their frustration over the increasing demands for documentation, which they feel detracts from valuable teaching time. Despite vario

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/freja-morris-thesis-highlights-documentation-burden-swedish-schools - 2025-04-25

Aube Tollu is a doctor in sociology after successful defence

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 4 March 2025 Aube Tollu has successfully defended the thesis “Queer Intimacies: Rethinking Epistemology of Conducting Research with Jihadist Group Members” and is now a doctor in sociology. The thesis offers a fresh perspective on studying jihadist group members within the 'War on Terror' context. Aube Tollu's work chall

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/aube-tollu-doctor-sociology-after-successful-defence - 2025-04-25

Time to apply for courses and programmes starting in the autumn!

Published 20 March 2025 The diversity of our research is reflected in our programmes and provides our students with an inspiring environment in which to develop. The Department of Sociology offers a wide and varied range of courses and programmes in our fields of sociology, social anthropology, gender studies and human resources, both on campus in Lund and online.All our courses and programmes can

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/time-apply-courses-and-programmes-starting-autumn - 2025-04-25

Admitted to one of our international master's programmes starting in the autumn?

Published 22 April 2025 Congratulations all admitted students and welcome to the Department of Sociology! There are four international master's programmes at the Department of Sociology: Cultural Criminology (SACCR), Human Resources, Sociology (SASCO) and Social Anthropology (SASAN). We also collaborate with other departments on several master's programmes and one bachelor's programme in English.D

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/admitted-one-our-international-masters-programmes-starting-autumn - 2025-04-25

International coverage of Mulinari’s study on Pharmaceutical Industry

Published 2 March 2015 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 Th

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/international-coverage-mulinaris-study-pharmaceutical-industry - 2025-04-25

New book: Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf

Published 20 November 2014 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, ho

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-book-transit-states-labour-migration-and-citizenship-gulf - 2025-04-25

Inspiring research day from science mapping to Rwandan farming

Published 16 December 2014 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,

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/inspiring-research-day-science-mapping-rwandan-farming - 2025-04-25

Many researchers and activists on queer migrant groups brought together in International Workshop

Published 23 September 2014 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

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/many-researchers-and-activists-queer-migrant-groups-brought-together-international-workshop - 2025-04-25

Associated Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Published 6 March 2014 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 can

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/associated-senior-lecturer-sociology - 2025-04-25

The punk identity in Sweden and Indonesia

Published 10 April 2015 Erik Hannerz’ book Performing Punk has just been published with Palgrave Macmillan. See more details here.  Summary of bookArguing against the presumption that subcultural meaning constitutes a single set of meaning, Hannerz addresses how punks draw upon plural definitions of the mainstream and notions of subcultural authenticity.Drawing from an exceptionally rich fieldwork

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/punk-identity-sweden-and-indonesia - 2025-04-25

Mulinari on Understanding Offspring’s Birthweight

Published 4 June 2015 Shai Mulinari has published a co-authored article on “Does Maternal Country of Birth Matter for Understanding Offspring’s Birthweight?  A Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity in Sweden” in PLOS ONE.More information at journals.plos.org AbstractBackgroundMany public health and epidemiological studies have found differences between populations (e.g. maternal countrie

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mulinari-understanding-offsprings-birthweight - 2025-04-25

Brante's cross-disciplinary research receives royal prize

Published 5 June 2015 The Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Uppsala has awarded Thomas Brante this year's prize for the best cross-disciplinary contribution of distinguished quality. The prize is awarded every second year and is worth up to 100,000 SEK. In his research, the Prize Committee states, Thomas Brante shows "how science and practice are unified in the modern knowledge society. In a f

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/brantes-cross-disciplinary-research-receives-royal-prize - 2025-04-25

Goran Basic has published two book chapters about the Bosnian war

Published 25 June 2015 Victimhood, Forgiveness and Reconciliation: in Stories of Bosnian War Survivors and Stories of Sexualized War Violence after the Bosnian war Basic, Goran (2015) ”Victimhood, Forgiveness and Reconciliation: in Stories of Bosnian War Survivors”. In Eugene L. Olsen (Ed.). Forgiveness: Social Significance, Health Impact and Psychological Effects (Chapter 6). Hauppauge: Nova Scie

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/goran-basic-has-published-two-book-chapters-about-bosnian-war - 2025-04-25

Shai Mulinari has published three journal articles on drugs and public health

Published 3 July 2015 The articles concern first the Zelmid case, the first SSRI antidepressant in the journal Social Science & Medicine, second the use of broad migrant categories and third the question if maternal country of birth can be used to understand birthweight. Divergence and convergence of commercial and scientific priorities in drug development: the case of Zelmid, the first SSRI antid

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/shai-mulinari-has-published-three-journal-articles-drugs-and-public-health - 2025-04-25

Victimhood analysed in Basic’s article on survivors of the Bosnian war

Published 5 August 2015 Goran Basic has just published ”Constructing 'Ideal Victim' Stories of Bosnian War Survivors” in the peer-reviewed open access journal Social Inclusion. Abstract:Previous research on victimhood during and after the Bosnian war has emphasized the importance of narratives but has not focused on narratives about victimhood or analyzed post-war interviews as a competition for v

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/victimhood-analysed-basics-article-survivors-bosnian-war - 2025-04-25

The arts add to workplace learning

Published 5 August 2015 One of the department’s master students, Matilda Mettälä, has published an article with her thesis results on how emotional and aesthetical elements can be applied in a learning context. The article A Case Study Illustrating the Importance of Educating the Whole Person by Using the Arts as a Supplementary Training Tool in Workplace Learning is published in the on-line multi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/arts-add-workplace-learning - 2025-04-25

How does governance affect higher education?

Published 31 August 2015 Carola Aili has published a co-authored article on "Dual learning – a challenge for higher education in the new landscape of governance” in the journal Tertiary Education and Management (online publication August 18, 2015, together with Lars-Erik Nilsson). The article is aimed at those who are interested in how higher education can deal with the radical changes in professi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/how-does-governance-affect-higher-education - 2025-04-25

Post-qualitative research encourages new concepts and methods

Published 4 September 2015 Lotta Johansson has published her article “Post-qualitative line of flight and the confabulative conversation: a methodological ethnography“ in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (online first, 2015). The article can be downloaded at tandonline.com Abstract:This paper is a methodological ethnography aiming to highlight the difficulties in using

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/post-qualitative-research-encourages-new-concepts-and-methods - 2025-04-25