Published 30 November 2015 Goran Basic has published a new article (in Bosnian) linked to the project War Sociology: ”Pomirenje i nepomirljivost u pričama preživjelih poslije rata u Bosni i Hercegovini” (Reconciliation and implacability in narratives of survivors after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina). The article is published in the journal Kriminalističke teme. Časopis za kriminalistiku, krimi

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Published 3 December 2015 Anders Hylmö has published a chapter on social class, political trust and protests in times of economic crisis in the book Austerity and Protest. The book Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis asks what the relationship is between economic crises and protest behaviour. Does the experience of austerity, or economic hardship more broadly defi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/does-class-matter-anti-austerity-protests - 2025-04-19

Published 7 December 2015 Abdulhadi Khalaf is one of three editors of the newly released book ”Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf”. Abdulhadi Khalaf has also contributed with the chapter The Politics of Migration.AbstractThe states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/labour-migration-and-citizenship-gulf - 2025-04-19

Published 5 February 2016 Simon Ceder defended his dissertation in Education "Cutting Through Water: Towards a Posthuman Theory of Educational Relationality" today, 5th of February at 13:15, in the Palaestra lower auditory, Lund University, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Sharon Todd, Maynooth University, Education Department, Ireland.Supervisors: Bosse Bergstedt and Barbara Schulte, the Depart

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/simon-ceder-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-04-19

Published 8 December 2015 Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has interviewed Antoinette Hetzler about her research project Threats and Violence in School – Are Teachers Without Legal Rights? (Hot och våld I skolan – är lärare rättslösa?) The project will try to answer question like Can teachers and other school personnel use their rights to gain a safer work environment? How much do conditions vary regardi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hetzler-has-been-interviewed-about-her-project - 2025-04-19

Published 18 December 2015 Lisa Eklund has just published an article on "Son Preference Reconfigured? A Qualitative Study of Migration and Social Change in Four Chinese Villages” in The China Quarterly. More information on journals.cambridge.orgLisa Eklund's personal page Abstract:Drawing from ethnographic data from 48 households in four villages in rural Anhui, this study explores how two practic

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/eklund-son-preference-china - 2025-04-19

Published 30 January 2016 Shai Mulinari has, together with Andreas Vilhelmsson and Courtney Davis, published the article "Pharmaceutical Industry Off-label Promotion and Self-regulation: A Document Analysis of Off-label Promotion Rulings by the United Kingdom Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority 2003–2012" in PLOS Medicine. Learn more at PLOS MedicineShai Mulinari has also published t

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Published 1 February 2016 Sara Eldén has reviewed the book “Couple Relationships in the 21st Century”. "Scholars who study love run the risk of being accused of demystifying and simplifying one of the most beautiful things there is in life. When scientific analysis labels, categorizes and separates that which is experienced simultaneously and often strongly at so many levels – emotional, sensory,

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/review-couple-relationships-21st-century - 2025-04-19

Published 1 February 2016 Magnus Ring has co-authored the chapter “How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: a comparative snapshot” in Long-term care reforms in OECD countries (ed. Cristiano Gori, Jose-Luis Fernandez and Raphael Wittenberg, Policy Press, 2016). Learn more at Policy PressMagnus Ring’s personal page

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/ring-has-been-co-authored-book-long-term-care-resources-older-users - 2025-04-19

Published 8 February 2016 Tina Kindeberg has published both a book chapter and a journal article. The book chapter is:Kindeberg, Tina (2015). The oral interaction between students and teachers in higher education. In Booth, S & L.Woollacott (eds) The Scholarship of teaching and Learning: It’s constitution and its transformative potential. Stellenbosch: Sun Press.The journal article is:Kindeberg, T

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/kindeberg-two-new-publications-education - 2025-04-19

Published 4 March 2016 Malin Åkerström and David Wästerfors have together with Katarina Jacobsson published the new article “Struggling for One’s Name: Defense Narratives by those Accused of Small-Time Corruption” in "Sociological Focus". Abstract:Under scrutiny (what we term a “bribery gaze”), many interpersonal exchanges in work contexts are perceived as bribes rather than gifts, tokens of appre

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-article-about-people-who-have-been-accused-bribery - 2025-04-19

Published 10 March 2016 Johan Sandberg has just published a new co-authored article (with Moira Nelson) "From Perspectives to Policy Contingencies: Conditional cash transfers as social investments" in Global Social Policy. AbstractDespite the popularity of social investment, there remain ambiguities regarding how to design an effective social investment approach. We review evaluations of condition

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sandberg-new-publication - 2025-04-19

Published 3 June 2016 Karl Hedman defended his dissertation ”Managing Medical Emergency Calls” on June 3 at 10:00 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Jakob Cromdal, Linköping University, SwedenSupervisors: Vesa Leppänen, the Department of Sociology, Lund University. Examining committee:Docent David Wästerfors, Lunds universitet, Sociologiska institutionenProfessor

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/karl-hedman-has-defended-his-thesis - 2025-04-19

Published 3 April 2016 Agneta Mallén has just published the article “Stirring up virtual punishment: a case of citizen journalism, authenticity and shaming” in the Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention. Abstract:Film clips and still pictures captured by civilians are increasingly used as evidence to prove specific accounts of events. This kind of visual data are not w

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mallen-new-publication - 2025-04-19

Published 7 April 2016 Johan Sandberg has just been awarded the Early Career Researchers Prize for his article “Evidence-based Policymaking? Revisiting the ‘Known', the Assumed and the Promoted in New Social Development Policy” in the Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development 6, 2 (2015). Learn more on Institute for poverty alleviation and international development’s websiteJoha

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sandberg-awarded-early-career-researchers-prize - 2025-04-19

Published 8 April 2016 Chris Swader has the forthcoming chapter "Fraudulent Values. Materialistic Bosses and the Support for Bribery and Tax Evasion" in Whyte & Wiegratz (Eds.) Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud. Routledge. Abstract:Are capitalists more likely than others to justify ‘immoral’ acts such as bribery or tax evasion? This chapter investigates the conditions under which this i

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/swader-new-forthcoming-publication - 2025-04-19

Published 3 May 2016 Malin Åkerström has, together with Erika Andersson Cederholm, published the article ”With a little help from my friends: relational work in leisure-related enterprising” in ”The Sociological Review” on Swedish lifestyle entrepreneurs, analyzing the indistinct boundaries between formal and informal economic exchanges. AbstractThe present article analyses the indistinct boundari

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/malin-akerstrom-swedish-lifestyle-entrepreneurs - 2025-04-19

Published 13 May 2016 What does a defense lawyer actually do in court when performing loyalty towards her/his clients? Lisa Flower has just published a new article on courtroom work of defense lawyers in the “Journal of Contemporary Ethnography”. AbstractThe courtroom work of defense lawyers has received surprisingly little sociological attention. What does a defense lawyer actually do in court? H

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/performing-drama-courtroom - 2025-04-19

Published 17 May 2016 How were work time issues framed in Sweden in 1975? Mikael Ottosson and Calle Rosengren scrutinize how the Swedish Employers’ Confederation debated the values of ‘workfare’ in their new article ” ‘What the hell is a high standard?’ The Swedish Employers’ Confederation and the six-hour workday debate in the mid 1970s” in Time & Society. Abstract:A concept that lies at the hear

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/six-hour-work-day-debate-mid-1970s-sweden - 2025-04-19

Published 8 June 2016 Barbara Schulte has received SEK 650,000 from the Crafoord Foundation for her project “Nation state versus ethnicity: Educating ethnic minorities in Southwest China”, to be conducted between 2016 and 2018. The project critically investigates discourse, policies and practices of Chinese multiculturalism in Yunnan Province and Chongqing.Wei Wang, doctoral student at the Departm

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-project-ethnic-minorities-southwest-china - 2025-04-19