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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 been renovated for a year and now it is time to move back. The packing boxes are lined up outsi
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/were-moving - 2026-01-03
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 witnesses participating via video
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/prestigious-grant-sociological-research-virtual-trials - 2026-01-03
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 relationships between bonus grandchildren and bonus parents, i.e. bonus grandparents and bonus grandp
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/linn-alenius-wallin-has-successfully-defended-her-dissertation - 2026-01-03
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 the number of departments at the faculty as a whole. The merger will formally take place as of
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sociology-social-anthropology-and-gender-studies-form-new-joint-department - 2026-01-03
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. The thesis highlights digital cultural workers' own practices and stories about how they both identify with their work and struggle with its challenges. Daniel Karlss
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/daniel-karlsson-doctor-sociology-after-defending-his-thesis-digital-freelancers - 2026-01-03
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. The thesis addresses issues of belonging and identity through 42 interviews with second generation Pakistani Muslims in three Swedish cities. Using an intersectional perspective, the research h
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/uzma-kazi-doctor-sociology-after-defending-her-thesis - 2026-01-03
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 disappears altogether. Since the 1930s, LO has employed experts to strengthen its political position a
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/staffan-edling-has-defended-his-thesis-los-investigative-work - 2026-01-03
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 perspectives as well as withi
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/petra-ostergren-has-defended-her-thesis-swedish-sex-purchase-act - 2026-01-03
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 as possible. “We have also set up a committee with representatives from the various discipli
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-year-new-department - 2026-01-03
On Friday 14 February Freja Morris successfully defended her thesis “Tenacious Documents: Exploring the Allure of Documentation in Swedish Compulsory Schools” and is now a doctor in sociology. For over a decade, Swedish teachers have voiced their frustration over the increasing demands for documentation, which they feel detracts from valuable teaching time. Despite various governmental efforts to
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/freja-morris-thesis-highlights-documentation-burden-swedish-schools - 2026-01-03
Aube Tollu is now a doctor in sociology. The thesis offers a fresh perspective on studying armed group members. Aube Tollu’s research intervenes in criminological debates by moving beyond interpretations that portray individuals in armed political milieus solely as pathological. Instead, it develops a more differentiated account of their social realities. Drawing on crip theory and affect theory,
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/aube-tollu-doctor-sociology-after-successful-defence - 2026-01-03
Teaterhögskolan medverkar med ett seminarium om klass och genus på Bibu den 20 maj i Helsingborg. I seminariet kommer årskurs 1 från skådespelarprogrammet dela med sig av sitt undersökande kring klass och genus utifrån experimenterande med kostym. Karaktärer och situationer prövas, inspirerade av texter och textila material, samt av föreställningar om klass och genus. Det blir även en snutt ur en
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/teaterhogskolan-medverkar-pa-bibu-2022 - 2026-01-03
Malmö Theatre Academy will open up the application December 1, 2022, for a new international Master’s Programme in Performing Arts with a specialisation in Critical Practice and a social focus. The two-year, full-time study programme is taught in English, and the first cohort of students will be starting in September, 2023. Senior lecturer, theatre maker and researcher Edit Kaldor has been appoint
I början på juni hade Teaterhögskolan den stora glädjen att få besök av Konstnärliga fakultetens hedersdoktor Terry O'Connor (UK), professor, performer och skådespelare. Besöket i Sverige inleddes med en öppen föreläsning den 1 juni på Bryggeriteatern med titeln The Playful Labour of Improvisation and Collaboration - A performer’s tale of experimental possibilities. Den 3 juni var det därefter pro
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/hedersdoktor-terry-oconnor-promoverades-i-domkyrkan - 2026-01-03
Terminsavslut innebär också stipendieutdelning och vi vill gratulera alla studenter som har mottagit stipendium i år. Olle Linds stipendium 2022 tilldelas: Elina Norén Sandberg Stiftelsen Annik och Lars Leanders stipendium 2022 tilldelas: Anna-Klara Dahlén Familjen Tobisons stipendium 2022 tilldelas: Victor Ivan Ramos Rislund Isak Elwin Anna- Clara Dahlèn Elina Norèn Sandberg Astrid Drettner Karol
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/grattis-till-arets-stipendiater - 2026-01-03
Här kan du se våra skådespelarstudenter i årskurs 3 som är ute på praktik i höst! Erik Lundholm Göteborgs Statsteater, SHOOT – KAMERAN GÅR! https://stadsteatern.goteborg.se/pa-scen/2022-2023/shoot-kameran-gar/ Matilda Esselius Göteborgs Statsteater, SHOOT – KAMERAN GÅR! https://stadsteatern.goteborg.se/pa-scen/2022-2023/shoot-kameran-gar/ Mira Af Ugglas Helsingborgs Stadsteater, Flugornas herre ht
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/skadespelarstudenter-pa-praktik-hosten-2022 - 2026-01-03
A first on site meeting took place at Malmö Theatre Academy were representatives from future partners to the school and the new upcoming Master´s programme in Performing Arts met to brainstorm and share thoughts and ideas. It has been a delight and inspiration to host the partners associated with the new Master’s programme to meet for the first time in person! From Copenhagen, Stockholm and Malmö
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/first-meeting-our-partners - 2026-01-03
Teaterhögskolan i Malmö söker vi en adjunkt i scenkonst och samhälle på 50 % inom ämnet performativa och sociala praktiker. Du kommer att bli en central del av ett team av lärare på det nya internationella masterprogrammet - Scenkonst som kritisk praktik med socialt fokus. Programmet riktar sig till konstnärer inom teater, dans och performance som önskar att situera sin scenkonstnärliga praktik i
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/vi-soker-en-adjunkt-till-det-nya-internationella-masterprogrammet - 2026-01-03
Brinn är en samproduktion mellan Unga Klara och Teaterhögskolan i Malmö, som hade urpremiär på Bryggeriteatern i Malmö 19 maj 2022 och premiär på Unga Klara 3 september 2022. Unikt för produktionen var att Unga Klara erbjöd hela avgångsklassen anställning under hösten för att spela föreställningen i Stockholm.Svenska Teaterkritikers motivering till att ge Brinn Barn- och Ungdomsteaterpriset 2022 l
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/brinn-tilldelas-svenska-teaterkritikers-forenings-barn-och-ungdomsteaterpris-2022 - 2026-01-03
En av årets utvalda föreställningar är Brinn, examensproduktion för avgångsklassen på Skådespelarprogrammet 2022 som skapats i samarbete mellan Teaterhögskolan i Malmö och Unga Klara. Scenkonstbiennalen är en viktig mötesplats för svensk scenkonst, arrangerad av branschföreningen Scensverige. Inför varje biennal görs ett urval av scenkonstproduktioner av hög konstnärlig kvalitet som haft premiär s
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/brinn-pa-scenkonstbiennalen-2023 - 2026-01-03
