Published 28 October 2022 Physical violence is rarely something people think about or act out. Even violence specialists - people with a propensity for violence and a capacity to cause devastating damage - are belligerent only a fraction of their time awake. Sociology professor David Wästerfors is an anomaly. He has thought about violence a lot. This fall, Professor Wästerfors published some of hi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/david-wasterfors-cant-stop-thinking-about-violence - 2025-03-17

By theo [dot] hagman-rogowski [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Theo Hagman-Rogowski) - published 11 November 2022 Photo: Markus Spiske, Unsplash Dr Colm Flaherty noticed that despite generally declining membership in Swedish political parties, political engagement is very much alive. He says it is observable in the mundane activities of everyday life, and studying it can teach us a lot about Swedish

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/creating-spaces-radical-social-change - 2025-03-17

By theo [dot] hagman-rogowski [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Theo Hagman-Rogowski) - published 22 November 2022 The Department of Sociology's Christopher Mathieu is one of the editors of a new and heavy tome clarifying the complex and much-debated issue of the quality of jobs. It is easy to imagine what it is like to have a good job: good pay, low stress, short hours, a lot of freedom and creativi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/capturing-evasive-concept-job-quality - 2025-03-17

By emma [dot] lord [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Lord) - published 18 January 2023 The so-called "Beast" (cargo train) with migrants. Photo: Priscilla Solano (some faces have been blurred). Since the 1980:s border policies in both Mexico and the United States have transformed the outflow of migrants from Central America. By the turn of the 21st century the outflow of migrants began to be called

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/migration-transformed-crisis - 2025-03-17

Published 26 January 2023 The Department of Sociology's researchers Åsa Lundqvist, Susanne Boëthius, Chris Mathieu and Anders Kjellberg. Photo: Emma Lord and Christer Lindberg. The future of working life in Europe is analysed in a new anthology which, with the help of multiple researchers, looks primarily at three major changes taking place in working life right now. These changes are due to three

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/pandemic-climate-and-digitalisation-three-major-adaptations-working-life-right-now - 2025-03-17

Published 26 January 2023 Imad Rasan and his supervisor Chris Mathieu shortly after the examination committee annouced their unanimous approval. Photo: Theo Hagman-Rogowski On Thursday, 26 January, Imad Rasan successfully defended his doctoral thesis, "Women in the Public Sphere in Egypt 2011–2014". Through interviews and document analysis, Imad Rasan investigated how women activists participated

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/unanimous-examination-committee-approves-imad-rasans-dissertation - 2025-03-17

Published 24 April 2023 Current preschool Eriksgården in Landskrona. The photo is probably from 1901, when the building was called "The Asylum for Small Children". Photo: Landskrona museum. The history of Swedish day-care is examined in a new study that provides insight into Sweden's day-care system during the early 20th century. Together with Luciana Quaranta, Annika Elwert has looked at which fa

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/who-was-swedish-day-care-meant - 2025-03-17

By emma [dot] lord [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Lord) - published 24 May 2023 Researchers at the Department of Sociology followed and observed 14 Flashback threads for several years and also interviewed 30 informants related to online crime case communities. Photo: Unsplash, Agence Olloweb. David Wästerfors, Veronika Burcar Alm and Erik Hannerz have published an article in New Media & Society

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sleuthing-online-bumpy-path-net-detective - 2025-03-17

Published 5 May 2023 Elton Chan defended his doctoral thesis "The Last Urban Frontier: Commodification of Public Space and the Right to the City in Insurgent Hong Kong" in the Eden Auditorium in Lund. Photo: Emma Lord. Friday 5 May Elton Chan defended his thesis which explores the production and transformation of public spaces in Hong Kong, a city that is steeped in neoliberal ideals and has seen

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/elton-chan-our-new-doctor-sociology-has-defended-his-thesis-public-space-hong-kong - 2025-03-17

Published 11 May 2023 On 11 May, Lars Crusefalk finished his PhD studies with a successful defence of his thesis "Financial journeys: Reasoning about debt and money among young adults in Sweden". He is the 132nd doctoral candidate to complete PhD studies at the Department of Sociology. Swedish households are among the most indebted in the EU. Home loans make up most of the debt, but other credit u

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lars-crusefalk-ends-phd-student-journey-and-transitions-doctor-sociology - 2025-03-17

Published 26 June 2023 Professor Anders Kjellberg has worked at the Department of Sociology at Lund University since 1978. His research focuses on trade unions, employers' associations and industrial relations. Foto Kennet Ruona. The neoliberal agenda dominating the EU for the past 40 years has been a severe challenge for the trade unions, which have lost organisational strength. Even in Sweden, u

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/anders-kjellberg-co-authors-comprehensive-book-trade-unions-eu-countries - 2025-03-17

Published 3 July 2023 The proportion of unionised blue-collar and white-collar workers fell in 2022 after an increase in the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Despite this, Sweden has the world's second highest level of unionisation. This is shown in the report 'The Swedish model from a Nordic perspective: unionisation and the new basic agreement' by Professor Anders Kjellberg for the think tank Ar

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sweden-world-leading-union-membership-despite-declining-union-density - 2025-03-17

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Publicerad 26 augusti 2019 08 - 13 September, Aachen, Germany www.ica2019.org

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Published 26 September 2023 Foto: Louise Larsson Job search safari, Learning Swedish and How does Sweden's social insurance agency work... Don't miss out on all the International Citizen Hub Lund activities this autumn. International Citizen Hub Lund International Citizen Hub Lund has a role to enlighten, coordinate, and connect international employees and their families to Sweden’s various author

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-sweden-heres-your-guide - 2025-03-17

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 26 October 2023 Cancer research explained with clay stop-motion. During the summer, Kristina Lång's research received a lot of attention in the media, nationally as well as internationally. The study showed that AI-assisted breast cancer screening is a safe alternative to radiologists' double-reading, reducing the workload o

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/increasing-outreach-cancer-research-about-ai-assisted-screening-attracts-media - 2025-03-17

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 17 September 2023 Web stats show an increased use of the internal web in employees' daily work. The new Intramed has made a difference for the employees at the Faculty of Medicine, the LU Staff pages conclude. It became clear that members of staff were not satisfied with the existing IT environment, which was splin

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/summing-new-intramed-provided-sharpened-internal-communication-and-reduced-e-mail-flow - 2025-03-17

By susanne [dot] sundell [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanne Sundell) - published 29 September 2023 Magnus Sandberg, leader of the faculty's working group for education and research for sustainability. How should undergraduate students and PhD students get basic knowledge about sustainable development? And how should the teachers and researchers of the faculty strengthen their compentency in susta

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/how-integrate-sustainable-development-your-teaching - 2025-03-17

By anna [dot] hellgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Hellgren) - published 19 September 2023 Esther Gonzàlez-Padilla, coordinator, and Markus Heidenblad, director, SciLifeLab Lund . Photo: Ingemar Hultquist. September 28 is the official launch of SciLifeLab Lund, a part of a major governmental investment in national research infrastructure. 200 participants are expected to Forum Medicum to get

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/kick-scilifelab-lund - 2025-03-17

By johanna [dot] erlandson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Erlandson) - published 20 September 2023 The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. At the beginning of the year, a commission was appointed under the leadership of Nils Danielsen to review the possibilities of making further savings in CCM (our animal department) due to high costs. During the board meeting, Nils Da

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-20-september - 2025-03-17