By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 23 January 2024 Lila Lee-Morrison, researcher at the Department of Sociology, was recently awarded the prestigious Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant 2023 in the books category. The grant supports writing about contemporary art and aims to ensure that critical writing remains a valued way to engage with the visual

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lila-lee-morrison-awarded-andy-warhol-foundation-arts-writers-grant - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 29 January 2024 The Prize was handed out by Rebecka Brorsson, president of The Social Sciences Student Union. At Lund University's grand annual ceremony, the Student Award for Excellence in Teaching was presented to Oriana Quaglietta Bernal, Department of Sociology. Oriana Quaglietta Bernal completed her PhD last year an

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/oriana-quaglietta-bernal-awarded-honourable-teacher-prize - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 13 February 2024 Photo: Sinitta Leunen/Unsplash Making independent decisions about your body and your life is a big part of being a human being in Sweden today. Part of this is taking care of your sexual health and choosing whether and when to have children. In heterosexual relationships, this is a task that often falls

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/share-unshareable-strong-equality-ideal-young-peoples-contraceptive-work - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 7 May 2024 Vietnam War memorial in Westminster, California, home to one of the largest Vietnamese communities outside of Vietnam. Photo: InSapphoWeTrust/CC BY-SA 2.0/Wikimedia Commons. In the new book "Vietnam, a War, Not a Country," sociologists Magnus Ring, Ron Eyerman, and Todd Madigan delve into the multifaceted land

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/vietnam-war-cultural-trauma-and-collective-memory - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 13 June 2024 Participants at the Virtual Criminal Justice Conference 2024. Insights from the Virtual Criminal Justice Network Conference In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the integration of communication technology and digital tools in criminal courtrooms worldwide has surged. Technologies such as video-links, AI, e-

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/exploring-future-criminal-justice - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 15 August 2024 The Department of Sociology is moving back home after a year of renovation. The building has been given a boost with new ventilation and general refurbishment. The premises will be shared with the Department of Gender Studies. The Department of Sociology's building Gamla lungkliniken on Sandgatan 11 has be

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/were-moving - 2025-07-05

Published 9 September 2024 Sociologist Lisa Flower has been awarded research funding from the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, a prestigious EU grant awarded to early career researchers. Three other researchers at Lund University have also been awarded the grant. Lisa Flower's research will lead to a better understanding of how trials are affected by virtual elements, such as witnes

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/prestigious-grant-sociological-research-virtual-trials - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 7 October 2024 On Friday 4 October, Linn Alenius Wallin successfully defended her thesis “Bonus-grandchildren and Bonus-grandparents: On Care and Relationships Between Generations in Reconstituted and Chosen Families” and can now call herself a Doctor of Sociology. In her thesis, Linn Alenius Wallin examines the relation

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/linn-alenius-wallin-has-successfully-defended-her-dissertation - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 21 October 2024 The change means that Sociology, Social Anthropology and Gender Studies will become divisions in a larger department – the three subjects have already shared a building since August 2024. The decision, taken by the Faculty Board of Social Sciences on October 17, is part of the larger process of reducing t

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sociology-social-anthropology-and-gender-studies-form-new-joint-department - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 28 October 2024 On Friday 25 October, Daniel Karlsson successfully defended his thesis "At least I have this freedom: Subjectivity and self-precarization among digital freelancers in the Swedish cultural industries" and is now a doctor of sociology. External reviewer professor Dan Kärreman, Copenhagen Business School. Th

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/daniel-karlsson-doctor-sociology-after-defending-his-thesis-digital-freelancers - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 25 November 2024 Uzma Kazi with supervisors Erika Willander and Christofer Edling. On Friday 22 November, Uzma Kazi successfully defended her thesis ‘Swedish-(Par)Desi: Belonging Narratives of Second-Generation Pakistani Muslims in Sweden’ and was awarded the title of Doctor of Sociology. External reviewer Tahseen Shams

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/uzma-kazi-doctor-sociology-after-defending-her-thesis - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 16 December 2024 In his dissertation, Staffan Edling, a recent PhD graduate in sociology from Lund University, examines how knowledge and politics interact within the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). He shows that the boundary between fact-finding and political advocacy is often blurred - and sometimes disappe

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/staffan-edling-has-defended-his-thesis-los-investigative-work - 2025-07-05

Published 19 December 2024 On Friday 13 December, Petra Östergren successfully defended her thesis ‘Sweden's Ban on Sex-Purchase: Morality politics and the governance of prostitution’ and can now call herself a doctor in social anthropology. The thesis examines Sweden's 1998 ban on buying sex. The material was collected between 2009 and 2019 and analyses the law from legal, political and social pe

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/petra-ostergren-has-defended-her-thesis-swedish-sex-purchase-act - 2025-07-05

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 9 January 2025 At the turn of the year, the Department of Gender Studies became the Division of Gender Studies alongside the Divisions of Social Anthropology and Sociology in a new larger Department. The work with the merger include reviewing all system technical aspects so that the transition will take place as smoothly

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-year-new-department - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05