Published 6 September 2019 Annika Björkdahl and Stefanie Kappler have recently published the article “The Creation of Transnational Memory Spaces: Professionalization and Commercialization”, in “International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society” analyzing the memory-making in Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Africa. In the age of globalization, commemorative memory practices increasingly transcen

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Published 10 September 2019 Catarina Kinnvall has, together with Helle Rydström, edited the book “Climate Hazards, Disasters, and Gendered Ramifications”. This book focuses on the challenges of living with climate disasters, in addition to the existing gender inequalities that prevail and define social, economic and political conditions.Social inequalities have consequences for the everyday lives

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-living-climate-disasters - 2025-03-13

Published 12 September 2019 Catarina Kinnvall has published the article “Populism, ontological insecurity and Hindutva: Modi and the masculinization of Indian politics”, which has been published in the journal “Cambridge Review of International Affairs”. Abstract In an era increasingly defined by insecurity and populist politics, India has emerged as a forceful ontological security provider under

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Published 19 September 2019 Malena Rosén Sundström and Ole Elgström have co-authored the article ”Praise or critique? Sweden’s feminist foreign policy in the eyes of its fellow EU members”, which has been published in the journal ”European Politics and Society”. The article trains focus on how other EU member states perceive the Swedish feminist foreign policy. The study is based on a survey and i

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/rosen-sundstrom-and-elgstrom-swedish-feminist-foreign-policy - 2025-03-13

Published 23 September 2019 Jana Wrange and Rikard Bengtsson have co-authored the article ”Internal and external perceptions of small state security: the case of Estonia”, which has been published in the journal ”European Security”. This article concerns small state security from a cognitive perspective and investigates Estonia as a security actor as perceived by all littoral Baltic Sea states. Dr

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Published 26 September 2019 Over the summer, Bart Bes has published two articles dealing with the consequences of contestation in global governance. The articles have been published in the journals ”European Journal for Political Research” and ”Global Policy”. European Journal of Political ResearchTogether with Christian Rauh (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) and Martijn Schoonvelde (University C

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/contested-global-governance - 2025-03-13

Published 30 September 2019 Jens Bartelson’s latest book ”War in International Thought” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) has been subject of a book forum in the online latest issue of ”Millennium: Journal of International Studies”. In this forum leading scholars discuss Bartelson’s contribution to the history of the concept of war from a range of different perspectives, assessing its

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/critical-perspectives-bartelsons-latest-book - 2025-03-13

Published 1 October 2019 Karin Aggestam and Annika Bergman Rosamond have co-authored the article ”Feminist Foreign Policy 3.0: Advancing Ethics and Gender Equality in Global Politics”. The article is published in a special issue on ethics and foreign Policy in the journal “SAIS Review of International Affairs” (The John Hopkins University Press). The article analyses ethics and gender in foreign p

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-bergman-rosamond-ethics-and-feminist-foreign-policy - 2025-03-13

Published 4 October 2019 Catarina Kinnvall has together with Ian Manners and Jennifer Mitzen published an edited volume entitled “Ontological Insecurity in the European Union” (London: Routledge, 2019). The European Union (EU) faces many crises and risks to its security and existence. While few of them threaten the lives of EU citizens, they all create a sense of anxiety and insecurity about the f

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-new-book-ontological-insecurity - 2025-03-13

Published 15 October 2019 Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren has, together with Annica Kronsell, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan och Timo von Wirth, co-authored an article that analyzes how municipalities govern urban sustainability experiments in Sweden and the Netherlands. Today, public and private actors are increasingly using pilot projects and test beds to identify and test new - more sustainable - solutions for

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/municipalities-enablers-urban-experimentation - 2025-03-13

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 May 2023 A new research project examines safe and legal routes to Europe for refugees. Photo: Unsplash The Syrian "refugee crisis" in Europe and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the limitations of traditional asylum systems. It has also highlighted the potential of alternative approaches, such as tempor

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-project-explore-alternative-pathways-refugees-enter-europe - 2025-03-13

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 May 2023 Photo: Kennet Ruona Han Somsen has newly been appointed professor in environmental law at the Faculty of Law. He is best known for his recommendation that bird-killing cats should be kept indoors. “Humans see themselves as the kings of the hill, which extends to their cats. If you question this, m

https://www.law.lu.se/article/law-professor-who-wants-put-nature-above-law - 2025-03-13

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 May 2023 What is the legal situation in times of war, and how does it affect human rights? Faculty researchers answer. How are human rights affected during an ongoing war? By invading Ukraine, Russia is not only violating international law - it is also preventing people in Ukraine from enjoying the most ba

https://www.law.lu.se/article/human-rights-during-war-and-unrest - 2025-03-13

Published 12 June 2023 Every year, the Law Students' Union (Juridiska Föreningen, or JF) presents a pedagogical prize to a teacher at the faculty who students consider to be an excellent educator and who has thereby contributed to a better education. In 2023, Evan Collins, a doctoral student, is being awarded the prize. The motivation states, among other things, that Evan Collins is being recogniz

https://www.law.lu.se/article/evan-collins-awarded-pedagogical-prize-law-students-union-0 - 2025-03-13

Published 12 June 2023 The Vice-Chancellor has decided to appoint Martin Sunnqvist as a Professor in Legal History at the Faculty of Law. Martin Sunnqvist's research focuses on comparative legal history, with a specific emphasis on the history of constitutional law and procedural law. His doctoral thesis examined the history of judicial review of legislation in the Nordic countries. Currently, Mar

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By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 21 June 2023 This year, the Franco-German Henrik Enderlein Prize for academic excellence went to legal scholar Vladislava Stoyanova. The human rights expert from Lund University received the award for her excellent research on European migration, the rights of refugees and the fight to curb human trafficking.

https://www.law.lu.se/article/human-rights-expert-vladislava-stoyanova-receives-henrik-enderlein-prize-2023 - 2025-03-13

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 June 2023 The first decades of the 21st century have been marked by crisis. Anna Zemskova, who recently defended her dissertation in constitutional law at Lund University, points to two crucial factors for protecting the rule of law in the EU during economic emergencies. In her thesis, Anna Zemskova emphas

https://www.law.lu.se/article/important-not-take-rule-law-granted-europe - 2025-03-13

Published 28 June 2023 The Appointments Committee has on June 27 decided to appoint Linnea Wegerstad as Associate Professor in criminal law. Linnea Wegerstad's research interest are broadly in the field of law, gender and sexuality, with a focus on criminal law, sexual offenses and feminist legal theory. A common thread in her research is the role of criminal law in society and how areas of knowle

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Published 25 August 2023 Photo: Martin Sunnqvist The 22nd international heraldic colloquium was held 16-19 August 2023 in Lund. The theme was "Heraldry and the law". The lectures covered everything from the legal regulation of heraldry in different countries, now and historically, to the meaning and interpretation of legal symbols. The International Academy of Heraldry (Académie Internationale d’H

https://www.law.lu.se/article/spotlight-heraldry-and-law - 2025-03-13

Published 25 August 2023 During the fall of 2023, the Faculty of Law is announcing a doctoral position in civil law with a specialization in property law. The application period for the position is from August 16th to September 27th. Read more about the doctoral position.

https://www.law.lu.se/article/faculty-announcing-doctoral-position-private-law - 2025-03-13