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There has been a record-breaking number of applicants for Lund University’s international recruitment drive. The original total of 25 advertised positions has been increased to 45 – researchers from some of the world’s leading universities who are now heading to Lund. As part of Lund University’s global excellence initiative, the Faculty of Law has hired an assistant professor and three visiting p

https://www.law.lu.se/article/unprecedented-interest-international-recruitment-faculty-law-welcomes-four-leading-researchers - 2026-10-23

On February 12, the Vice-Chancellor has decided to appoint Niklas Arvidsson a Professor in Private Law at the Faculty of Law. Niklas Arvidsson's research focuses on commercial law and the law of associations with a particular emphasis on contract law and company law. He has previously worked at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), five years as a professor of Business Law, a

https://www.law.lu.se/article/niklas-arvidsson-new-professor-private-law-skandinaviska-enskilda-bankens-professorship - 2026-10-23

The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities has elected two new working members. One of them is Mia Rönnmar, Professor of Private Law at the Faculty of Law (currently on leave) and Vice-Chancellor of Malmö University. She has been elected to the Philosophical Philological Class. Mia Rönnmar conducts research on labour law and industrial relations from a Swedish, comparative and i

https://www.law.lu.se/article/mia-ronnmar-elected-new-member-royal-swedish-academy-letters-history-and-antiquities - 2026-10-23

The Academic Appointments Board decided on 23 February 2026 to appoint Richard Croneberg as Associate Professor of Fiscal Law. Richard Croneberg holds a doctorate in law from the Faculty of Law at Lund University, where he currently works as Associate Senior Lecturer. His primary research focuses on the design of income tax rules, the ways in which such rules may be circumvented, and how judges, d

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-associate-professor-fiscal-law-0 - 2026-10-23

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has awarded Alezini Loxa just over SEK 4.4 million for the project Revisiting the Normative Foundations of EU Migration Law. Alezini Loxa is one of five researchers selected for this year’s RJ Pro Futura program, carried out in collaboration with the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS).About the projectEU law is structured around a fundamental distinction between

https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-loxa-awarded-funding-riksbankens-jubileumsfond-and-becomes-pro-futura-scientia-fellow - 2026-10-23

On 27 March, the book launch of Kjell Å. Modéer’s work Ruth’s Book. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lund, Sweden and the World. A Personal Biography took place. This personal biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg – RBG – was inspired by her strong ties to Sweden and her periods of residence in Lund during the 1960s. At that time, she worked on a project on Swedish civil procedure, intended for an American readers

https://www.law.lu.se/article/personal-biography-ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-her-time-lund - 2026-10-23

The Faculty Is Recruiting Assistant Professors for Groundbreaking Research in Law. The Faculty of Law is participating in two recruitments of assistant professors (associate senior lecturers) within the framework of the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence. The Faculty is seeking a promising researcher for a position as Assistant Professor of Law specialising in the rule of law and acce

https://www.law.lu.se/article/faculty-participates-lund-university-programme-global-excellence - 2026-10-23

The Swedish Research Council recommends the Faculty of Law as co-lead of a new national research environment. Lund University is proposed to become a key player in the next generation of strategic research areas and to participate in six of eight new national research environments. In total, the Swedish Research Council recommends that 16 research environments be funded – the final decision will b

https://www.law.lu.se/article/faculty-law-takes-part-new-strategic-research-area-sra - 2026-10-23

Pleasing news that the Rune and Lena Lavin Foundation for Legal Research at the Faculty of Law in Lund, at its spring meeting on 16 April, has decided to award SEK 174,052 to a total of eight applicants. The award is part of the foundation’s ongoing support for legal research at the Faculty of Law in Lund.Information about the call for applications for autumn 2026 will be published in October 2026

https://www.law.lu.se/article/award-rune-and-lena-lavin-foundation-legal-research-1 - 2026-10-23

The new edited volume The Reasoning of the Court of Justice of the EU: A Normative Assessment by Alezini Loxa and Luigi Lonardo aims to enrich the study of the Court of Justice of the EU by providing normative—as opposed to descriptive—assessments of its legal reasoning.Taking as a starting point a descriptive account of the Court’s adjudicative practice, which informs a shared conceptual basis fr

https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-loxa-publishes-new-book-oup - 2026-10-23

On May 13, the Vice-Chancellor decided to appoint Valentin Jeutner as Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law. Valentin Jeutner’s research focuses on international law and legal theory, with a particular emphasis on the foundational principles and philosophical dimensions of international law, including its intersections with technology, theology, art, and history.Before coming to Lun

https://www.law.lu.se/article/valentin-jeutner-new-professor-international-law - 2026-10-23

The Delegation for Migration Studies (Delmi) presents two new policy briefs on the implementation of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact. The Pact is scheduled to be fully implemented in June 2026, marking the most comprehensive reform of the Common European Asylum System in over a decade. The reform aims to create more efficient and coordinated asylum processes, strengthen controls at the EU’s exter

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-publications-delmi-and-sieps - 2026-10-23

The Faculty’s Research Day took place on 28 May to honour the Faculty’s honorary doctors, the Faculty’s jubilee doctor and the new PhD graduates. The day was opened by Dean Henrik Wenander. Following the opening address, the faculty’s honorary doctors, Professor Mia Korpiola of the University of Turku and Justice of the Supreme Court Stefan Reimer, were introduced, and the audience was given an in

https://www.law.lu.se/article/facultys-research-day-1 - 2026-10-23

Laurianne Allezard has been awarded research funding of SEK 1,155,000 from Sven Stenbäcks Stiftelse for the implementation of the project ”Naturens rättigheter och skoglig styrning: en jämförande och framåtblickande rättslig analys av den svenska kontexten” (“Rights of Nature and Forest Governance: A Comparative and Forward-Looking Legal Analysis of the Swedish Context.”). Read more about Lauriann

https://www.law.lu.se/article/laurianne-allezard-awarded-funding-sven-stenbacks-stiftelse - 2026-10-23

Anna Zemskova has been awarded a grant from the Centre for European Studies (CFE) to support the organisation of a seminar series at the Faculty of Law, Lund University. The funding will enable a series of seminars exploring the intersection of EU law and environmental law. The series is organised within the Lund University Centre for Environmental Law (LUCEL).The seminars will bring together scho

https://www.law.lu.se/article/anna-zemskova-awarded-cfe-grant-eu-environmental-law-seminar-series - 2026-10-23

LL.M. John Andersson, who graduated from the Law programme at Lund University in the autumn semester of 2025, is one of the recipients of the 2026 Vinge Scholarship. His thesis is entitled Arbitration agreements, "third parties" and step-in clauses – On the scope of the obligation to arbitrate and its legal basis. The scholarship amount for 2026 is SEK 23,500. The award was presented at the gradua

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-student-john-andersson-receives-2026-vinge-scholarship-his-thesis-arbitration-law - 2026-10-23

Julian Nowag has been appointed head of the Nordics and Baltics regional chapter of ASCOLA, the Academic Society for Competition Law. In this role, Julian will lead the chapter's activities across the region, organising events and for academic exchange among competition law scholars in the Nordic and Baltic countries.ASCOLA is an organisation that brings together several hundred researchers and sc

https://www.law.lu.se/article/julian-nowag-appointed-head-ascolas-nordic-and-baltic-chapter - 2026-10-23

Six researchers from Lund University have been awarded ERC Starting Grants. One of them is Eleni Karageorgiou, who holds a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree in Public International Law from the Faculty of Law. The ERC Starting Grant is aimed at researchers at the beginning of their careers and is awarded solely on the basis of scientific excellence. Following evaluation by fellow researchers and in to

https://www.law.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-eleni-karageorgiou - 2026-10-23

Alezini Loxa has been awarded the prestigious UACES Best Book Prize 2026 for her book Sustainability and EU Migration Law: Tracing the History of a Contemporary Concept. The prize recognises the most outstanding and original contribution to contemporary European Studies and is awarded annually by UACES, the leading global association for research and teaching on Europe and the European Union.  UAC

https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-loxa-receives-uaces-best-book-prize-2026 - 2026-10-23

The Faculty of Law is participating in a new interdisciplinary Theme++ project funded by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University. The project, focusing on the responsible development and use of consumer neurotechnologies, is coordinated by Aurelija Lukoševičienė, researcher at the Faculty of Law. The six-month project builds on the Pufendorf Theme Neurotechnologies: Deliver

https://www.law.lu.se/article/faculty-law-participates-new-pufendorf-theme-project-responsible-consumer-neurotechnologies - 2026-10-23