Published 17 August 2015 Erik Ringmar's latest book, Liberal Barbarism: The European Destruction of the Palance of the Emperor of China, has been reviewed in the Political Studies Review. "During October 1860, British and French troops looted Yuanmingyuan at the outskirts of Beijing. The sacking of what is commonly known in the Western World as the Summer Palace of the Chinese Emperor marked the d

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Published 19 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren have authored the article "Translating UNSCR 1325 from the global to the national: protection, representation and participation in the National Action Plans of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda" in the journal Conflict, Security and Development 15(4). Abstract:A decade and a half after the adoption of United Nat

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Published 19 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren have authored the article "Translating UNSCR 1325 from the global to the national: protection, representation and participation in the National Action Plans of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda" in the journal Conflict, Security and Development 15(4). Abstract:A decade and a half after the adoption of United Nat

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-united-nations-security-council-resolution-1325-0 - 2025-07-01

Published 20 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: The book "Rethinking the Green State. Environmental governance towards climate and sustainability transitions" has just been published by Routledge. Editors are Karin Bäckstrand and Annica Kronsell, with chapter contributions from other researchers at the department: Rickard Andersson, Roger Hildingsson and Åsa Knaggård. Description:This innovativ

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Published 21 August 2015 Ole Elgström has contributed with the chapter "Negotiating a New World Order: The EU and Multilateral Diplomacy at Times of Change" in the book The Diplomatic System of the European Union (edited by Michael Smith, Stephan Keukeleire and Sophie Vanhoonacker), published by Routledge. LinksMore about the book.Ole Elgström

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Published 26 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Karin Aggestam has co-authored The Nile and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Is there a meeting point between nationalism and hydro solidarity? in the Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education. Karin AggestamRead the article n the Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education.AbstractThe soon-to-be completed Grand Ethiopian R

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Published 26 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Erik Ringmar's article, "How the World-Stage Makes Its Subjects: An Embodied Critique of Constructivist IR Theory," has just been published by the Journal of International Relations and Development. ”The world is a stage and it is only by appearing on this world stage that the state becomes real. To back up this argument the article draws from rec

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Published 26 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: The volume EU Civil Society: Patterns of Cooperation, Competition and Conflict is recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. Sara Kalm and Håkan Johansson from The School of Social Work (LU) are co-editors and authors of the introductory chapter. Ylva Stubbergaard contributes the chapter "Conflict And Cooperation: Interactions Among Eu Level Civil

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kalm-stubbergaard-and-hedling-new-book-eu-civil-society - 2025-07-01

Published 2 September 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Ole Elgström and Natalia Chaban, University of Canterbury, have written the chapter "Studying External Perceptions of the EU: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches" in the e-book Looking in from the Outside: Perceptions of the EU in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Editors: Veit Bachmann and Martin Müller. Published by Palgrave Macmilla

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Published 3 September 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl has co-authored the article ”The ’Field’ in the Age of Intervention: Power, Legitimacy and Authority versus the ’Local’" which highlights the field and the semantic and socio-political meaning of the term as it is used in both academic research and policy practices. ”The ’Field’ in the Age of Intervention: Power, Legitimacy and

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Published 8 September 2015 The course “Climate Change: a question of justice?” will be held just in time for the UN climate summit in Paris in December and is open to all with no registration fee. The Department of Political Science is collaborating with the Interdisciplinary Distance Learning Programme in Environmental Sciences (infernum) at Hagen University, Germany to produce this massive open

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/un-climate-summit-paris-focus-interactive-open-online-course - 2025-07-01

Published 9 September 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Erik Ringmar's latest book, "Liberal Barbarism: The European Destruction of the Palace of the Emperor of China," has just been published in paperback. This work explains why British and French armies destroyed Yuanmingyuan, the imperial palace north-west of Beijing, in 1860.Why did the Europeans, bent on "civilizing" the Chinese, engage in this

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-contradiction-between-civilization-and-barbarism - 2025-07-01

Published 11 September 2015 Erik Ringmar's lecture on "Nomadic political theory," given at the Goethe University, Frankfurt, on June 25, 2015, is now available online. The lecture examines the way nomadic peoples have been treated throughout history by sedentary peoples, but also the way nomadsArabs, Mongols, etc. – have built empires founded on an alternative, non-territorial, basis.This historic

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Published 11 September 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Bergman Rosamond has published the book chapter ’Humanitarian Relief Worker Sean Penn – A Contextual Story’ in the edited collection Celebrity Humanitarianism and North-South Relations. Politics, Place and Power (Lisa Ann Richey, editor), published by Routledge. Learn more at tandf.netMore information on Celebnorthsouth: Research Network

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Published 22 September 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Hanna Bäck has co-authored the article "Partisanship, Ministers, and Biotechnology Policy" (with Marc Debus and Jale Tosun), which has been published in the journal Review of Policy Research. Learn more. Hanna BäckAbstractResearch in public policy and political economy has provided many insights in the evolution of public resistance against gen

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Published 24 September 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published the article ”A Quality of Government Peace? Explaining the Onset of Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1985–2001” in the journal International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations. AbstractThat democracies do not wage wars against each other is one of the most widely accepted claims

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/quality-government-well-influence-democracy-prevents-war - 2025-07-01

Published 24 September 2015 RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Erik Ringmar is giving a public lecture at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm on the topic of ''Liberal Barbarism'' Shock and Awe in History and Today." The public lecture will be held on 29th September 2015.For more information and to register go to ui.se Erik Ringmar

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Published 23 September 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Bergman Rosamond has published the book chapter "The Kingdom of Denmark and the Arctic" in the edited collection Handbook of the Politics of the Arctic (Leif Christian Jensen and Geir Hønneland, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, editors), published by Edward Edgar Publishing. More information about the book on www.e-elgar.comThe official online

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Published 30 September 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Karin Aggestam, Fabio Cristiano and Lisa Strömbom have written the article "Towards agonistic peacebuilding? Exploring the antagonism- agonism nexus in the Middle East Peace Process "published in Third World Quarterly. Abstract:Many contemporary conflicts are framed as antagonistic and difficult to resolve because of their zero-sum framing amon

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Published 1 October 2015 STUDENT NEWS: To better understand how the politics of climate change play out across the social realm, a new research methodology has been developed called the Low Carbon Mobile Lab. City planner Christian Wilke, took students from the Bachelor course ‘The Politics of Climate Change’ on three hour “Future Walk”- from the Bulls on the hill to Max IV and ESS and into the em

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