Sökresultat

Ketevan Bolkvadze, universitetslektor vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, har publicerat en ny artikel i Governance med titeln "Corrupt or Repressive? How Political Competition Incentivizes Hybrid Regimes to Subvert Police in Distinct Ways." Studien visar hur olika nivåer av partipolitisk konkurrens i hybridregimer påverkar hur makthavare använder polisen – antingen som ett korrupt verktyg för r

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/bolkvadze-publicerar-ny-studie-om-polisens-roll-i-hybridregimer - 2026-01-12

Karin Aggestam har bidragit med en artikel i Forskning & Framsteg om utsikterna till en rättvis fred i Israel Palestina. Hon presenterar artikeln vid ett panelsamtal om rättvisa den 6 oktober kl. 19.00 på Playhouse Teater, Stockholm. Läs artikeln här: https://fof.se/artikel/ar-en-rattvis-fred-mellan-israel-och-palestina-mojlig/RJ:s årsbok: https://www.rj.se/samverkan/arsboken/rattvisa/Mer om panel

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/karin-aggestam-om-utsikterna-till-en-rattvis-fred-i-israel-palestina - 2026-01-12

Malena Rosén Sundström och Ole Elgström har publicerat ett kapitel om Sveriges tidigare feministiska utrikespolitik (2014–2022) och hur denna omsattes i diplomatiskt arbete.  Kapitlet, ”To Practice What You Preach: Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy in Diplomatic Work”, ingår i boken Feminist Climate Policy in Industrialised States: A Gender-Just Climate Emergency Response, utgiven av Routledge med

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/rosen-sundstrom-och-elgstrom-om-sveriges-tidigare-feministiska-utrikespolitik - 2026-01-12

Ian Manners har varit redaktör för tjugoårsjubileumsspecialnumret "Normative Power in the Planetary Organic Crisis", som publicerades i september 2025. Detta specialnummer för tjugoårsjubileet vidgar horisonten bortom 2013 års specialnummer av Cooperation and Conflict för att utveckla den normativa maktmetoden genom ett perspektiv på användningen av normativ makt för att ta itu med den planetära o

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ian-manners-ar-redaktor-ett-specialnummer-av-cooperation-and-conflict-om-normative-power-planetary - 2026-01-12

Vill du ha en användarvänlig översikt över det pågående globala arbetet med att implementera målen för hållbar utveckling? Den här open access-boken är svaret! Sedan lanseringen 2015 har de 17 målen för hållbar utveckling visat begränsade framsteg. Det är dock absolut nödvändigt att genomförandet av målen för hållbar utveckling påskyndas fram till 2030 och därefter. Den här boken börjar med en int

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/bra-att-veta-om-malen-hallbar-utveckling-ny-bok-starker-argumenten-hallbar-utveckling - 2026-01-12

I en ny open-access-artikel i tidskriftet Earth System Governance undersöker Jakob Skovgaard tillsammans med Hyeyoon Park (tidigare Statsvetenskapliga Institutionen, LU, nu University of Stirling) hur internationella institutioner inom grön finans förstår och beskriver klimatrelaterade risker. Analysen av 74 institutioner visar att fokus oftast ligger på klimatets risker för företag och finansmark

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/skovgaard-och-park-om-hur-gron-finans-styrs-pa-global-niva - 2026-01-12

Hur blir marknadsidéer institutionaliserade i världens största och äldsta enpartistat? I en ny open access-artikel i Environmental Politics besvarar Jesper Svensson med medförfattare denna fråga. De visar hur politiska entreprenörer lyckades integrera handel med vattenrättigheter i Kina genom att använda ideologiska principer – däribland politiken i centrum, ideologisk pragmatism och ekonomisk dec

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/tva-hander-flera-fingeravtryck-hur-ideologi-och-politik-formade-kinas-vattenmarknadsreformer-1998 - 2026-01-12

Evan Drake har framgångsrikt försvarat sin avhandling med titeln "From Lock-In to Phase-Out: Pathways Towards Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform". Gratulerar doktor Drake! Fakultetsopponent: Professor Andreas Duit, Stockholms universitetHandledare:Jakob Skovgaard, handledareHanna Bäck, Biträdande handledareMer information om avhandlingen finns i forskningsportalenSammanfattningDenna avhandling undersöker

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/evan-drake-har-framgangsrikt-forsvarat-sin-avhandling - 2026-01-12

I artikeln undersöker Johannes Stripple, Karl Holmberg och medförfattare hur förhandlingarna om ett globalt plastavtal präglas av skiljaktiga prioriteringar mellan länder. Uppdelat i fyra kluster, visar författarna hur vissa stater driver på för ambitiösa regler som begränsar plastproduktion, då dessa på ett mer ambitiöst sätt vill ta itu med det grundläggande problemet. Andra delegationer fokuser

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/vagen-mot-ett-globalt-plastavtal-politiska-och-ekonomiska-intressen-i-konflikt - 2026-01-12

Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke recovery therapy. “Communication between nerve cells in large parts of the brain changes after a stroke and we show that it can be partially restored with the treatment”, says Tadeusz Wieloch, senior professor of neurobiology at

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-lost-brain-function-restored-after-stroke - 2026-01-12

 A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across 8 European countries show that despite tightened pesticide regulations, more needs to be done.Despite claims of the world's most rigorous risk assessment process, the use of approved pesticides in European agricultural landscapes still negatively affects non-target or

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-bees - 2026-01-12

Lund University has been rated number 8 in the world out of 1,403 universities assessed in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which ranks sustainable development at higher education institutions around the globe. This places the University third-best in Europe and highest in Sweden. The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability is a framework for showing how universities are tack

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranks-top-10-global-sustainability-ranking - 2026-01-12

Through analysis of high-resolution data from a ten-metre telescope in Hawaii, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in generating new knowledge about three stars at the very heart of the Milky Way. The stars proved to be unusually young with a puzzling chemical composition that surprised the researchers. The study, which has been published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, e

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/astronomers-determine-age-three-mysterious-baby-stars-heart-milky-way - 2026-01-12

Lund University and Tetra Pak Processing are joining forces to build one of the largest precision fermentation research facilities in the Nordics. Microorganisms will be selected, fine-tuned and trained to convert inedible waste into food and materials for a growing population. The term “precision fermentation” is being used increasingly by biotechnology and food experts. As resources dwindle and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/plant-waste-be-transformed-food-new-lab-lund - 2026-01-12

Do epigenetic changes cause type 2 diabetes, or do the changes occur only after a person has become ill? A new study by researchers at Lund University provides increased support for the idea that epigenetic changes can cause type 2 diabetes. The researchers behind the new findings published in Nature Communications now aim to develop methods for disease prevention. We inherit our genes from our pa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/epigenetic-changes-can-cause-type-2-diabetes - 2026-01-12

Tuesday 9 January is Arrival Day, when international students arrive at Lund University from around the world. The University receives students from over 130 countries. During the spring semester, approximately 800 new international students are expected to start their studies at Lund University. On Arrival Day, some 450 students are expected to arrive.These students include:About 550 exchange stu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-welcomes-800-new-international-students - 2026-01-12

The development of a new treatment strategy for bacterial infections and sepsis is being led by researchers at Lund University. In a study the researchers demonstrate how they, by mimicking a substance naturally present in the body, can neutralize toxic substances from bacteria and thereby mitigate harmful inflammation that could otherwise lead to sepsis. “Despite decades of research, there are cu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/step-closer-treatment-severe-bacterial-infections-and-sepsis - 2026-01-12

An upcoming book featuring reproductions of artworks from the Ravensbrück concentration camp tells the story of the horrific reality its female inmates had to endure. The book has been published entirely thanks to private donations.  In spring 1945, around seven thousand women, survivors of the Nazi concentration camp in Ravensbrück, came to Sweden as part of a Swedish-Danish rescue operation. Amo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/donations-help-highlight-ravensbruck-art - 2026-01-12

During a French state visit to Sweden, President Emmanuel Macron visited Lund University on Wednesday, where he spoke directly with students at Studentafton. The President addressed challenges, possibilities and the future of the European cooperation. It was a long wait for vice-Chancellor Erik Renström and the audience inside the main University building. Finally, President Macron and his wife Br

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/french-president-emmanuel-macron-visits-lund-university - 2026-01-12

Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, among others. The results, which are contrary to prevailing opinion, are based on DNA analysis of skeletons and teeth found in what is now Denmark. The extensive study has been published as four se

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scandinavias-first-farmers-slaughtered-hunter-gatherer-population - 2026-01-12