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STVC75 – Bachelor course in Political science (7.5 credits). This course focuses on local politics and administration in democratic systems in a comparative perspective. The course includes web-based elements in collaboration with other European universities. Empirically, the approach is a comparative perspective on the organizing principles and primary activities of the local public sector as wel
Autumn 2025 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 seminar is held on Wednesdays 13.15 to 14.30 in Eden 367, unless otherwise indicated. PhD mid-term seminars 13:15 to 14:4
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/higher-research-seminar - 2025-12-09
De 5 vanligaste frågorna om kostregistreringen Hur loggar jag in? Det är raden med 3 stora bokstäver, 2 siffror och 1 liten bokstav (ex ABC12d) längst ner på den lilla etiketten som är BÅDE ditt användarnamn och lösenord. Etiketten sitter på pappret med instruktioner som låg i kuvertet med allt material till kostdelen. Jag har varit på kalas/julbord/festival etc kan jag registrera ändå? Ja, det g
https://www.h2o.lu.se/kan-vatten-minska-risken-typ-2-diabetes/fragor-svar - 2025-12-09
Är du intresserad? Kontakta oss på telefon eller e-mail enligt nedan.Anmälan görs via telefon +46 40 332022 eller mail till Klinisk forskningsenhet som kommer att kontakta dig för vidare information: medklinforsk [dot] sus [dot] malmo [at] skane [dot] se
https://www.h2o.lu.se/anmal-dig-har - 2025-12-09
En fjärdedel av Sveriges befolkning har för höga nivåer av hormonet vasopressin och har därför tre gånger så stor risk att utveckla typ 2-diabetes. Den vanligaste orsaken till högt vasopressin är ett lågt vätskeintag. Vasopressin kan enkelt sänkas genom att öka vattenintaget. Nu söker Lunds universitet och Region Skåne deltagare i åldern 20 till 75 år med ett lågt vätskeintag till en ny studie som
https://www.h2o.lu.se/kan-vatten-minska-risken-typ-2-diabetes - 2025-12-09
Over-indebtedness amongst young adults creates difficulties when entering adulthood and tends to be a long-term problem. Description “Over-indebtedness” indicates enduring difficulties to pay off debts and fixed expenses. During the 2010s, over-indebtedness has increased among Swedish households and manifested itself as a societal problem. Moreover, indebtedness increases among young people, both
The focus of this group's interest is the different organizations of social work and the organization of different practices. We thus join a tradition at Lund University of Applied Sciences to critically study institutions and institutionalization. Research topics The group works on research projects with varying methods and empirical basis. Some of the themes that unite the group's interest and t
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/professions-and-organisation - 2025-12-09
For several years now, this well-established research group has focused on issues relating to vocational education, young people's living conditions and problems with establishment on the labor market. Several research council-funded projects have been carried out at the School of Social Work and the Department of Economic History. The research group includes researchers and PhD students from seve
Experiental Knowledge in Higher Education is a strategic partnership between twelve universities from ten countries in Europe. The three year project focuses on creating educations on experiental knowledge and building strategies for strengthening and individualizing professional educations (for social workers and nurses), to strengthen students in their personal and professional development. The
Promising practices or institutionalized ageism? Increasing numbers of people age with substance abuse and complex needs, yet research is scarce. Existing studies have focused on users’ problems or the gaps in standard treatment provision and eldercare. The proposed project will do the opposite, investigating promising eldercare arrangements for people with substance abuse and complex needs. These
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/specialist-eldercare-people-substance-abuse-and-complex-needs - 2025-12-09
15 credits What motivates people to volunteer in social work? How is voluntary social work organised, and where should the lines be drawn between the public sector, the market and civil society? This course highlights civil society’s roles and functions in contemporary social work. How and when to apply Read more about admissions requirements and how to apply. This course focuses on the roles and
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/education/courses/civil-society-and-social-work - 2025-12-09
Welcome to the School of Social Work! Teaching and research in collaboration with practictioners and serivce users at one of Swedens oldest universities. International cooperation A prioritised issue at the School of Social Work. Doctoral studies at the School of Social Work We announce, rank and appoint PhD-candidates every second year. Applications are accepted only following a vacancy announcem
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/start - 2025-12-09
Social work is digitalized and automated to an increasing extent. The development aims to solve problems in the practice of social work, but at the same time new challenges arise. The expanding field of research on digitalization in social work studies, among other things, how the practice and knowledge of social work is defined, created and re-created when digital solutions meet professionals and
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/digitalization-social-work - 2025-12-09
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the failure to guarantee the right to adequate housing has had major consequences during this global crisis in Europe. CO-HOPE is a response to this health, housing and social crisis. CO-HOPE focuses on conducting a mixed methods evaluation of the resilience and transformative capacities of collaborative housing projects and inhabitants in five European coun
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/migration-and-mobility/co-hope-collaborative-housing-pandemic-era - 2025-12-09
Democratic consequences of changing engagement in the Swedish disability movement The disability movement is a core part of democracy where disabled people can influence issues that affect them. However, membership has steadily declined in disability rights organisations, while engagement in online spaces has increased – a general tendency in civil society that has accelerated during the COVID-19
Researchers in this field shed light on the situation in different phases of life, from children and young people to the elderly. Studies concern the use of and perceived problems with gambling, legal drugs, illegal drugs, doping as well as prescribed drugs. Furthermore, it is studied how drug use and gambling affect relatives, as well as organization and initiatives in the area, from social movem
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/addiction-research - 2025-12-09
The research area covers research on social vulnerability, inequality and social problems in a broad sense. The area includes the study of, among other things, poverty and homelessness. Research projects in the field apply diverse methods and theories to analyze the consequences of inequality on several levels, from the local to comparative studies in an international perspective. Theories of powe
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/social-vulnerability-and-inequality - 2025-12-09
While welfare states and associated social policies have been successful in addressing social risks associated with the provision of capitalist growth and increasing their citizens’ wellbeing, they have also contributed to climate emergency and the ecological crisis. We carry out social-policy research of traditional themes such as labour markets, inequality or poverty, but also and particularly i
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/research/research-areas/social-policy-and-sustainability - 2025-12-09
A PROGRAMME THEORY BackgroundEvery year, 10–15 000 children in Sweden receive a contact person or contact family from the social services. There are no overall statistics on the interventions and very few studies that focus on their occurrence, actual content, results, or effects. Knowledge of the interventions is local and based on experience and in the traditions and routines developed in social
Food poverty, food insecurity and civil society’s food aid have recently become more visible in the Nordic countries due to rising inflation and food prices. Simultaneously, there are ongoing changes in the Nordic welfare systems, not the least the devaluation of levels for social assistance and different social insurances. Based on this development, it is important to strengthen the research fiel
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/nordic-food-aid-research-network-nofair - 2025-12-09
