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Ringmar's book is descibed by Björn Jerdén in the International Relations of the Asia-Pacific as: "gripping," "theoretically innovative" and "state-of-the-art". Links:International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Volume 15 (2015)Full review
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/erik-ringmars-liberal-barbarism-reviewed - 2025-11-30
Magdalena Bexell was promoted to associate professor at the board meeting of the Faculty of Social Sciences on May 6. Link:Magdalena Bexell
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/magdalena-bexell-promoted-associate-professor - 2025-11-30
NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Roxanna Sjöstedt has authored the article "Assessing a Broad Teaching Approach: The Impact of Combining Active Learning Methods on Student Performance in Undergraduate Peace and Conflict Studies," published in the Journal of Political Science Education, 11 (2): 204- 220. AbstractTeaching introductory International Relations (IR) and peace and conflict studies can be chall
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roxanna-sjostedt-education-peace-and-conflict-studies - 2025-11-30
- The idea is to use the great public interest that the Climate Summit in Paris in December 2015 will stir up to educate the masses on climate change, says Angela Oels to Riksbankens website rj.se and continues:- A MOOC (massive open online course) is basically a lecture series of different speakers that is broadcasted via the internet in weekly sessions that can be watched any time. There are onl
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/angela-oels-visiting-researcher-starts-mooc-climate-justice - 2025-11-30
Hanna Bäck has co-authored the article "Group belongingness and collective action: Effects of need to belong and rejection sensitivity on willingness to participate in protest activities" which has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. Links:Group belongingness and collective action: Effects of need to belong and rejection sensitivity on willingness to participate in protest activi
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-group-belongingness-and-collective-action - 2025-11-30
Sarah Anne Rennick defended her dissertation "The Practice of Politics and Revolution: Egypt's Revolutionary Youth Social Movement" today at 10:15 in Edens Hörsal. Location: Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund.Sarah Anne RennickThe Practice of Politics and Revolution: Egypt's Revolutionary Youth Social Movement
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sarah-anne-rennick-has-defended-her-thesis - 2025-11-30
Malena Rosén Sundström and Ole Elgström have published a chapter on Sweden’s former Feminist Foreign Policy (2014-2022) and how it was implemented in diplomatic work. The chapter, “To Practice What You Preach: Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy in Diplomatic Work” is part of the book Feminist Climate Policy in Industrialised States: A Gender-Just Climate Emergency Response, published by Routledge wi
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/rosen-sundstrom-and-elgstrom-swedens-former-feminist-foreign-policy - 2025-11-30
Ian Manners has edited the twentieth anniversary special issue on ‘Normative Power in the Planetary Organic Crisis', published September 2025. This twentieth anniversary special issue broadens the horizons beyond the 2013 Cooperation and Conflict special issue to develop the normative power approach through a prospective on the use of normative power in addressing the planetary organic crisis. The
Are you looking for a user-friendly overview of the current global endeavour to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? This open access book is the answer! Since the launch in 2015, the 17 SDGs have shown limited progress. Still, it is imperative that SDG implementation is accelerated until 2030 and beyond. This book starts with an introduction to contextualize the status of the SDGs,
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/what-know-about-sdgs-new-book-reinforces-case-sustainable-development - 2025-11-30
In a new open-access article with the journal Earth System Governance, Jakob Skovgaard and Hyeyoon Park (previously the Department of Political Science, LU, now University of Stirling) analyze how global green finance governance institutions frame climate risks. Based on a mapping of 74 institutions, the article shows that the dominant framing emphasizes climate risks to business actors, while ris
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/skovgaard-and-park-climate-risk-framing-global-green-finance-governance - 2025-11-30
How do market ideas become institutionalized in the world's largest and oldest one-party state? In a new open access article with the journal Environmental Politics, Jesper Svensson and co-authors answers this question. They show how political entrepreneurs embedded water trading in China by drawing on ideological principles – including politics at the centre, ideological pragmatism, and economic
Evan Drake has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'From Lock-In to Phase-Out: Pathways Towards Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform'. Congratulations to Dr. Drake! External reviewer: Professor Andreas Duit, Stockholm universitySupervisors:Jakob Skovgaard, SupervisorHanna Bäck, Assistant supervisorMore information about the thesis is available in the Lund University Research PortalAbstractThis dissert
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/evan-drake-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2025-11-30
In the article, Johannes Stripple, Karl Holmberg and co-authors examine how the negotiations of a global plastics agreement are characterised by differing priorities between countries. Divided into four clusters, the authors show how certain states are pushing for ambitious rules that limit plastics production, as they want to tackle the underlying problem in a more ambitious way. Other delegation
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/road-global-plastics-agreement-conflicting-political-and-economic-interests - 2025-11-30
Today, we gathered in the Department’s skybar to hear five inspiring mini-presentations showcasing these exciting new publications. The books span a wide range of timely and important topics, including: A comprehensive and user-friendly A–Z guide to key concepts and terms in the global effort to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, offering practical examples and insights into political an
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lets-celebrate-our-colleagues-remarkable-achievements-five-new-books-hot-press - 2025-11-30
Sweden’s feminist foreign policy (FFP), launched in 2014, positioned the country as a global leader on gender equality. But how has Sweden’s image changed since the policy was rescinded in 2022? In a new article published in Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, Ole Elgström and Malena Rosén Sundström explore how EU member state officials perceive Sweden’s role in promoting gender equality—during a
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/normative-leadership-weakened-elgstrom-rosen-sundstrom-fall-ffp - 2025-11-30
During the week, the appreciated negotiation and role-play was once again carried out within the course European Governance, a central part of the first semester of the Masters in European Affairs (MEA) programme at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. In this year's edition, master's students in roles such as heads of state or government, ministers, MEPs and EU commissioners gath
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/successful-eu-role-play-engaged-masters-students-lund - 2025-11-30
In a new article published in Cooperation and Conflict Roxanna Sjöstedt, together with Erik Noreen (Uppsala University), examines the dynamics of so-called pluralistic security communities in relation to the management of external threats. Focusing on the Nordic states in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic and the geopolitical tensions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the articles finds that
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/securitization-security-community-cooperation-and-conflict-nordic - 2025-11-30
Ted Svensson has co-authored a forum in Cooperation and Conflict which honors Jens Bartelson and critically discusses his contribution to the Nordic study of international relations during the past 30 years. Forum: On Jens/Becoming Bartelson - Halvard Leira, Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Maria Birnbaum, Peter Haldén, Ted Svensson, Oliver Kessler, 2025Jens Bartelson | Department of Political ScienceTed Sve
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ted-svensson-and-others-honour-jens-bartelson-cooperation-and-conflict - 2025-11-30
Fariborz Zelli organises an official side-event for Lund University at the UN Climate Conference in Belém, Brazil (10-21 November). The event focuses on unsung heroes of climate action: local and indigenous communities and the considerable neglect which their climate action, and the violence against them, have been receiving in UN climate negotiations.The event is an initiative of the Formas-funde
Agnese Pacciardi has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Mobility as a Practice: Border Externalisation and Colonial Encounters at the Euro-Senegalese Borderlands'. Congratulations to Dr. Pacciardi! External reviewer: Associate Professor Joris Schapendonk, Radboud UniversitySupervisors:Annika Björkdahl, Lunds universitetAnders Uhlin, Lunds universitetSarah Scuzzarello, University of SussexM
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/agnese-pacciardi-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2025-11-30
