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How and why has democracy developed in the world since 1900 and does it matter? Funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and several others. The aim of the Varieties of Democracy Research Program is to provide a systematic empirical contribution to the field of comparative democracy studies. First, we will capture democracy's manifold meanings by adopting

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/research/research-projects/v-dem-varieties-democracy - 2025-12-06

STVN17 – Power, Politics, and the Environment (15 credits). Master course in Political Science. Spring term. For a long time, the question of power has played a minor role in the literature on environmental politics and transformation. This course brings together these two themes. Such a combination is instructive for several reasons. First and generally, applying different theories and their conc

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/programmes-and-courses/freestanding-courses/power-politics-and-environment - 2025-12-06

Our strong research profile is reflected in our teaching.Many of our courses are developed in connection to research projects, providing students with the opportunity to study current research findings with lecturers who are themselves active researchers within their respective fields. Our educational environment has long been highly internationalised: many of our courses are offered in English, e

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/about-department/welcome-department-political-science - 2025-12-06

Below you find the current vacant positions at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. Vacant positions Below are the current vacant positions at the Department of Political Science, Lund University: Work at Lund UniversityLund University offers an impressive range of high-quality research and education, made possible by our 8 400 staff members and circa 46 000 students. In recent ye

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/about-department/jobs-available-department - 2025-12-06

Learn about our three interesting subjects – Political science, Peace and conflict studies and Intelligence analysis. Political scienceDo you want to understand how politics really works – from the local level to global decisions? Political science gives you the tools to analyse political events in a changing world. You study how power is exercised, how decisions are made and how political systems

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/about-department/three-subjects-one-building - 2025-12-06

10 December 2025 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar The Higher Research Seminar is the main collective seminar of the Department. The research staff and invited national and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analyses of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for Political Science. The Higher Research Seminar is held on Wednesdays 13.15 to 14.30 in Eden 367, unless otherwise

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/higher-research-seminar-sirus-dehdari-stockholm-university-breaking-backlash-how-early-exposure - 2025-12-06

21 January 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar The Higher Research Seminar is the main collective seminar of the Department. The research staff and invited national and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analyses of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for Political Science. The Higher Research Seminar is held on Wednesdays 13.15 to 14.30 in Eden 367, unless otherwise i

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/higher-research-seminar-sonia-bussu-birmingham-university-be-announced - 2025-12-06

11 December 2025 12:00 to 13:00 | Seminar Welcome to a Development Lunch Seminar with Livingstone Edward Xetor (University of Cape Coast, Ghana). Seminar title: "FinTech Adoption and Access to Agricultural Value Chain Financing: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Ghana".About the Development Research Lunch SeriesThe Development Research Lunch is a bi-weekly research seminar for all scholars inte

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/development-lunch-seminar-fintech-adoption-and-access-agricultural-value-chain-financing-evidence - 2025-12-06

11 December 2025 13:15 to 15:00 | Seminar Frictional Humanitarian Homebuilding: Civil Society Actors’ Navigation in the Politics of International Aid. During the seminar there will be a presentation and discussion of a forthcoming article by Nina Gren, Elsa Hedling, Lisa Strömbom, and Maria Småberg (PI), titled “Friction and Humanitarian Repertoires Across Time and Place: Swedish Civil Society Act

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/cmes-seminar-frictional-humanitarian-homebuilding-civil-society-actors-navigation-politics - 2025-12-06

27 January 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Co-organised by SASNET and the PhD community at the Department of Political Science. Tushar Joshi is a PhD student at The University of Melbourne and will be staying at the Department of Political Science, Lund University during the period December to March as a holder of a "GloHub Doctoral Student Mobility Grant". Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy Behav

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/sasnet-seminar-tushar-joshi-strategic-culture-and-foreign-policy-behaviour-bjp-and-rss-influence - 2025-12-06

STVN14 – Political Science Methodology (15 credits). Master course in Political Science. Autumn term. The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the diverse research methods used in political science, and to convey the necessary skills required for their application. Through lectures, seminars and practical workshops, the course will provide students with relevant knowled

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/programmes-and-courses/freestanding-courses/political-science-methodology - 2025-12-06

20 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar The seminar is arranged together with the Department of Political Science. Chair: Ted SvenssonGlyn Williams - Lund UniversityResearchMy research is at the interface of human geography and development studies, and is concerned with making development sensitive to, and inclusive of, the agency and practices of socially, economically and politically marginalised g

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/sasnet-seminar-glyn-williams-renegotiating-lockdown-collective-life-and-control-covid-19-indias-low - 2025-12-06

5 March 2026 14:00 to 15:30 | Seminar Karen Valentin from Aarhus University is coming to Lund to present her ongoing project: https://projects.au.dk/moral-economies-of-schooling. The seminar is co-organized by SASNET and the School of Social Work. Chair: Ted Svensson.  About the eventLocation:TBAContact:Ted [dot] Svensson [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se Save the event to your calendar

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/sasnet-seminar-karen-valentin-aarhus-universitet-moral-economies-schooling - 2025-12-06

STVC55 – Environmental Governance (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Political Science. Spring term. The aim of the course is to examine environmental change as a problem of governance. We scrutinize major governance dimensions - such as actors, institutions and problem structures - at multiple levels and across domains. This includes the interplay of government, market and civil society in efforts

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/international-opportunities/exchange-students-coming-sweden/bachelor-courses/environmental-governance - 2025-12-06

STVC62 – International Relations Theory in Time and Space (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Political Science. Autumn and Spring term. International Relations Theory is a time-honoured approach to the social world. Texts that are clearly recognizable as dealing with international relations date back to the ancient Greeks. Still, most textbooks in the field take a geographically and historically ve

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/international-opportunities/exchange-students-coming-sweden/bachelor-courses/international-relations-theory-time-and-space - 2025-12-06

STVC69 – Comparative International Systems (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Political Science. Autumn and spring term. International relations is usually discussed as the history of the so called ”Westphalian” system. This is the international system established in Europe in the wake of the Treaty of Westphalia, 1648. The Westphalian system is based on state sovereignty, on anarchical relations b

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/international-opportunities/exchange-students-coming-sweden/bachelor-courses/comparative-international-systems - 2025-12-06

STVN13 – War and Peace in a World in Transition (15 credits). Master course in Political Science. Spring term. The overall aim of the course is to provide a theoretical and empirical orientation of different explanations and analyses of contemporary wars and attempts to achieve a more peaceful world. The course highlights theoretically how war as an institution is transformed and what consequences

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/programmes-and-courses/freestanding-courses/war-and-peace-world-transition - 2025-12-06

FKVC31 – Diplomacy, negotiation and mediation (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Peace and Conflict Studies. Spring term. The course will introduce and elaborate on diplomatic practice, such as negotiation and mediation. Central issues to be discussed and compared are varieties of diplomacy, newness and decline of diplomacy, cultural differences in international negotiation as well as third parties

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/international-opportunities/exchange-students-coming-sweden/bachelor-courses/diplomacy-negotiation-and-mediation - 2025-12-06

FKVC34 – International Ethics, Justice and War (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Peace and Conflict Studies. Spring term. The course introduces and elaborates on the theories and practices of international ethics, justice and war. In so doing, it encourages participants to critically engage with normative debates on the difficult nexus between our cosmopolitan and communitarian obligations to nati

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/international-opportunities/exchange-students-coming-sweden/bachelor-courses/international-ethics-justice-and-war - 2025-12-06

FKVB22 – War and Peace in the Western Balkans (7.5 credits). Second cycle. Peace and conflict studies. Autumn term. PLEASE NOTE: this course does not give eligibility for further studies and should be taken as a supplement to other courses. As a student on this course you will learn how to: describe and discuss the main issues relating to war and peace in the Western Balkans. describe and discuss

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/programmes-and-courses/freestanding-courses/war-and-peace-western-balkans - 2025-12-06