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The 18th of October we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Aurimas Pumputis nailed his doctors thesis ”Trust and Control on P2P platforms: A sociomaterial analysis of guest-host relationships in digital environments”. Aurimas is defending his thesis during a dissertation the 8th of November. – Myy dissertation is about tourism, particularly involvement of t

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/aurimas-pumputis-nailed-his-dissertation - 2026-01-15

The 13th of September Carin Rehncrona defended her doctoral dissertation “Payments: Understanding the use of retail payment service platforms in the era of digitalisation”. The thesis explores the role of digital platforms in modern payment systems and examines how consumers and retailers choose and use payment in different contexts. Payment is a crucial element of purchasing, and its main feature

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-doctoral-thesis-about-retail-payment-services - 2026-01-15

Every year, doctoral students at the Department of Service Studies go on a writing retreat to focus on their theses and strengthen the community. This year, the trip went to Smygehus Havsbad in Smygehamn, where the doctoral students had the chance to both work and relax. The retreat is an annual tradition that gives doctoral students a chance to focus on their work in a relaxing environment. This

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-students-service-studies-annual-writing-retreat-sea - 2026-01-15

A half-year after the diploma programme New Welfare Services – Sustainable Service Design as a driver for regional development came to an end some of the participants share how it has made an impact on their work. The course participants in the film describes how the programme changed their mindset and how they handle situations in their work, but also how it has contributed to organisational chan

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/impact-new-welfare-services-programme-uganda - 2026-01-15

Retail and logistics researchers gathered in Helsingborg in early November to present and discuss the latest research at the ninth edition of the Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference (NRWC). Interest in this year's conference was high, with a total of 144 registered participants from several different countries. This year it was Lund University's turn to host the conference, which is organised e

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/future-retail-focus-international-research-conference - 2026-01-15

More managers are suffering from poor mental health linked to work-related stress. In a survey of Swedish managers, three researchers at Lund University have examined the question of how stressed managers can be supported. – One third of managers’ sick days are due to fatigue, anxiety and depression, which are primarily linked to work-related stress, which emphasises the need for deeper insights i

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/social-support-important-stressed-managers - 2026-01-15

The Department of Service Studies welcomes Marta Baltruszewicz and Diana Ivanova, two visiting researchers who will be part of our research environment for a couple of weeks. They are the first of five pairs of visiting researchers. Thanks to an internationalisation initiative at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Department of Service Studies has been able to apply for funding to invite internat

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/department-invites-international-guest-researchers - 2026-01-15

In connection with our efforts towards internationalization, we have had the opportunity to welcome a guest doctoral student within the tourism field to share his research and learn from ours. This is his experience after a few months with us in Helsingborg and Sweden. Say hello to Jordi Vegas-Macias. Tell us about your research!– My name is Jordi Vegas-Macias, and I am a PhD Fellow at Roskilde Un

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/guest-doctoral-student-share-his-thoughts-fall - 2026-01-15

Cash in an envelope is a traditional, appreciated Christmas gift to grand children and young relatives. But does it still feel like paying with real money? Carin Rehncrona writes in The Conversation about the "pain of payment effect" and how we have shifted from thinking that cash is more painful to spend than digital money, to the opposite – that purchases with cash don't feel like they are part

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/paying-cash-hurts-less-younger-generations - 2026-01-15

A new anthology explores how waste – in all its forms – can be an unexpected but powerful starting point for understanding and questioning contemporary society. Professor Hervé Corvellec is the editor and has also contributed with chapters in the book. The anthology, Waste as a Critique, uses waste to understand and question society. By looking at waste from the perspectives of materiality, societ

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/waste-critique-new-anthology-herve-corvellec - 2026-01-15

Tourism’s impact on local communities and their ecosystems is a continuous challenge. This applies when we travel, but also when we eat, stay overnight and the activities we take part in at the destination. In a new project funded by the European Union, 15 partners from 10 European countries will try to find solutions for integrating circular economy principles in the hopes of minimising waste, re

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-eu-project-search-sustainable-tourism - 2026-01-15

A new doctoral thesis by Aurimas Pumputis explores how trust and control function between guests and hosts on peer-to-peer platforms like Airbnb. The study focuses on how these relationships are shaped in digital environments and how platforms use information technology to connect consumers with service providers. Trust is crucial for cooperation and orderly social relations, especially in tourist

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/trust-and-control-guest-host-relationships - 2026-01-15

The 21st of March we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Réka Tölg nailed her doctors thesis ”The (im)possibilities of circular consumption: Producing and performing circular clothing consumption in retail and household settings”. Réka is defending her thesis during a dissertation the 11th of April. In her dissertation "The (im)possibilities of circular con

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reka-tolg-nailed-her-dissertation - 2026-01-15

On 11 April, Réka Tölg defended her doctoral thesis ‘The (im)possibilities of circular consumption: Producing and performing circular clothing consumption in retail and household settings’. The thesis examines how circular consumption actually happens in everyday life, and what obstacles arise in an economy that is fundamentally designed to promote linear consumption. The circular economy is often

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/how-does-consumption-become-circular-linear-world-new-doctoral-thesis-shows-opportunities-and - 2026-01-15

During Sustainability Week at Lund University, students from the Service Management and Strategic Communication master programmes organized a panel discussion during Sustainability Week at Campus Helsingborg, exploring the textile industry’s shift towards circular economy practices. Marie Ledendal, Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Communication and Réka Tölg, Postdoctoral Fellow, Horiz

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/panel-discussion-textile-industry-during-sustainability-week - 2026-01-15

This year's excursion for the students at the department specialising in tourism offered both sunshine and memorable experiences. For the second year in a row, both bachelor and master students participated, which created a wonderful dynamic and strengthened the community between the programmes. The trip went to Helsingborg's twin town Pärnu in Estonia, with a stop in the capital Tallinn - a city

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/sun-studies-and-student-community-field-trip-estonia - 2026-01-15

Mona Hemmaty at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”On the Margins. Migrants, Status Mobility and Recent Turns in Swedish Migration Politics” today, 26 April at 10:15 in the Kulturen Auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Associate Professor Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas, Barcelona Centre for International AffairsAbstractMany people believe that changes in Swedish migrat

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mona-hemmaty-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-01-15

Henriette Frees Esholdt has written the article "Virgins, Terrorists, and Ten Children: Immigrants' Humorous Play with Ethnic Stereotypes in Bonding with Danes in the Workplace" published in the journal Symbolic Interaction. The article explores immigrants' self‐directed ethnic humor in collegial relationships drawing on fieldwork in a multi‐ethnic workplace, an industrial kitchen in Denmark.It em

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/immigrants-humorous-play-ethnic-stereotypes-can-have-bonding-effect - 2026-01-15

Matthias Abelin at the Department of Sociology has defended his doctoral thesis in social anthropology ”A Swedish Dilemma: Culture and Rule of Law in Swedish Sickness Insurance” today, Friday 10th May at 10:00 in the Eden Auditorium in Lund. Swedish society has been described as both modern, liberal democratic and deeply humanitarian; and as more or less premodern, semi-authoritarian and potential

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/matthias-abelin-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-01-15

Doxa, a new student association at the Department of Sociology, hosted their first public event on 14th May. A panel discussion featuring researchers from Lund University and Denmark covered the implications of surveillance capitalism, a phenomenon expected to grow extensively in just a few years. Other than strengthening the sense of community among students at the department, Doxa wants to contr

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-student-association-starts-out-addressing-surveillance-capitalism - 2026-01-15