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Ta del av inspirerande populärvetenskapliga föreläsningar inom natur, medicin teknik. Hela programmet hittar du på NMT: webbplats.
https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/valkommen-till-nmt-dagar-gymnasieelever-och-larare-17-21-mars-2025 - 2025-12-23
Aube Tollu is now a doctor in sociology. The thesis offers a fresh perspective on studying armed group members. Aube Tollu’s research intervenes in criminological debates by moving beyond interpretations that portray individuals in armed political milieus solely as pathological. Instead, it develops a more differentiated account of their social realities. Drawing on crip theory and affect theory,
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/aube-tollu-doctor-sociology-after-successful-defence - 2025-12-23
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 be found here on the we
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/time-apply-courses-and-programmes-starting-autumn - 2025-12-23
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.Do not miss important inf
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/admitted-one-our-international-masters-programmes-starting-autumn - 2025-12-23
Why do some people believe that most others can be trusted, while others don’t? And how does trust change over time? In his recently defended doctoral thesis, Alexander Saaranen studies social trust, and his findings show that our teenage years may be more important than previously thought. On Thursday 12 June Alexander Saaranen successfully defended his thesis “Trust in time” and is now a doctor
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/alexander-saaranens-thesis-uncovers-what-makes-us-trust - 2025-12-23
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, decision-makers around the world turned to predictive models and scenarios to navigate the unknown. But how did these projections shape—and sometimes mislead—strategies and public debate? In a newly published article in the journal Social Studies of Science, sociologist Tobias Olofsson explores how early pandemic predictions influenced policy and public discourse. T
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/can-flawed-predictions-still-guide-us-times-uncertainty - 2025-12-23
When researchers from three continents gathered at Lund University's Department of Sociology for the conference Crisis, Hope, and Critical Turning Points, the spotlight was on society’s capacity to navigate and recover from crises. Despite the gravity of the topics, the atmosphere was animated—filled with conversation, laughter, and spontaneous exchanges. With renowned scholar Sylvia Walby as keyn
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/crisis-hope-and-turning-points-international-researchers-gathered-lund - 2025-12-23
On Thursday, 4 September, the VIRTUTRIALS research team hosted their start-up seminar, welcoming 25 representatives from across Sweden’s legal landscape – including the Swedish Courts, Prosecution Authority, Swedish Bar Association, Prison and Probation Services, Victim Support Sweden, and more. The seminar marked the official launch of VIRTUTRIALS: The Elusive Role of Physicality – Towards a New
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/virtutrials-launch-seminar-brings-together-key-legal-stakeholders - 2025-12-23
What does working life look like for Swedish teenagers? A new doctoral thesis in sociology offers a unique insight into upper secondary school students’ experiences of working in low-wage service jobs – and how these jobs shape their self-understanding. Today, Friday 19 September, Anna Kallos successfully defended her doctoral thesis in sociology at the Socialhögskolan’s Gamla köket, just a stone’
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/teenagers-work-anna-kallos-defends-doctoral-thesis-young-peoples-working-conditions - 2025-12-23
How can a plant shape knowledge, community, and activism? New doctoral thesis sheds light on cannabis activism and human–plant relations in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Today, Monday 29 September, Lucia Amaranta Thompson marks the successful defence of her doctoral thesis in Gender Studies at Lund University, presenting a unique ethnographic insight into the cannabis community in Buenos Aires, Argenti
On Friday 26 September, David Bazan Royuela successfully defended his doctoral thesis in sociology at the Eden Auditorium. The research offers new insights into how we interact with algorithms on platforms like TikTok. The thesis titled Algorithmic Interaction Ritual Chains on TikTok: Scrolling through Feedback Loops explores how every like, skip, or watch on TikTok sends signals to the platform’s
Sociologist Mikael Klintman warns that some apps meant to reduce anxiety might actually increase it. In The Conversation, he explains how constant alerts and dramatic messages can make users more stressed, not less. In his book 'Framing – The Social Art of Influence', Mikael Klintman asks which kinds of signalling strike a chord with different audiences in particular situations like advertising an
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/stress-apps-can-make-you-more-anxious-research-shows-how-deal-it - 2025-12-23
The Department of Sociology, which includes the divisions of Gender Studies, Social Anthropology and Sociology, has elected a new head. Sandra Jönsson will assume the role on 15 November. We asked Sandra a few questions to introduce herself. Can you tell us a little about your background?I earned my PhD in work and organisational psychology at Lund University in 2005. After that, I spent many rewa
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/meet-new-head-department - 2025-12-23
Artificial intelligence powers everything from facial recognition to self-driving cars, but what does it really take to teach a computer to “see”? Isak Engdahl, who recently defended his doctoral thesis at Lund University, takes us inside the labs where computer vision systems are built, and reveals the human work behind the technology. On Friday 28 November, Isak Engdahl successfully defended his
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-doctoral-thesis-how-scientists-teach-computers-see - 2025-12-23
How can research results be communicated beyond academic texts? Gender researchers Elin Lundell and Mia Liinason have chosen a new approach: translating their research into an animated film. Theoretical starting pointThe article on which the film is based analyses how boundaries between religion and secularism are constructed and maintained in contemporary Sweden. The study takes its starting poin
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/research-becomes-animated-film-theory-and-method-moving-images - 2025-12-23
Thomas Hickmann has co-authored a new open access article in the journal Earth System Governance. The article presents the current state of knowledge on the relationship between democratic practices and sustainability transformations. Starting off from long-standing debates about whether democratic practices are capable of fostering timely, large-scale transformations towards sustainability, the a
Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article "Tracing Responses to Recognition in the Oslo Peace Process and Its Aftermath - the Interlinkage between Relational and Internal Ontological Security" in the journal Conflict Resolution Quarterly (open access). The article deals with mechanisms for how formal and relatively superficial forms of recognition in peace processes can open up for conflict transf
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-recognition-peace-processes - 2025-12-23
Lisa Strömbom, Isabel Bramsen and Anne Lene Stein have recently published the article "Agonistic peace agreements? Analytical tools and dilemmas" in Review of International Studies (open access). The study develops a framework for analysis of agonistic principles in peace agreements, based on the three indicators 1) spaces for interaction, 2) forms of inclusion, and 3) the framing of the peace agr
Sara Kalm has written a book chapter on migration and welfare together with Frida Boräng and Johannes Lindvall, both at Gothenburg University. The chapter is called ”Welfare states and migration policy: The main challenges for scholarship”, and is part of the newly published Handbook on Migration and Welfare, Edward Elgar Publishing, ed. Markus M.L. Crepaz. Link to the volume on Edward Elgar Publi
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kalm-borang-and-lindvall-migration-and-welfare - 2025-12-23
Malte Breiding Hansen and Maria Jansson (Örebro University) have authored the open-access article ”Who Cares? The Neoliberal Turn and Changes in the Articulations of Women’s Relation to the Swedish Welfare State” in the journal NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. The article asks whether articulations of women’s relation to the welfare state and modes of political agency have cha
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hansen-and-jansson-gender-neoliberalism-and-swedish-welfare-state - 2025-12-23
