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Magdalena Bexell has published the article "Indicator accountability or policy shrinking? Multistakeholder partnerships in reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals" in the journal Global Policy. The article suggests the notion of a global indicator reporting trajectory that is shaped by three main elements: the politics of indicators, a reporting infrastructure, and indicator advocacy. This is

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-global-governance-numbers - 2026-01-03

Although there is no clear connection between attractiveness and generosity, we often expect attractive people to be more generous than less attractive people. This study explores the bi-directional relationship between (expectations of) prosocial behavior and attractiveness. In a pre-registered behavioral experiment, we examined the causal effect of attractiveness on expectations of generosity an

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/beauty-prosocial-behavior-how-prosocial-behavior-affect-attractiveness - 2026-01-03

Based on a review of the correspondence between Swedish diplomats in the Baltic States and the Swedish Foreign Ministry for the years 1938–1940, the purpose of this article is, firstly, to elaborate a framework for the analysis of intelligence reporting in times of crisis, secondly, to investigate how the Swedish diplomats in the Baltic States went about to report intelligence, and thirdly, to try

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/intelligence-reporting-and-crisis-swedish-diplomats-reporting-intelligence-baltic-states-1938-1940 - 2026-01-03

In November 2023, Jakob Skovgaard, Evan Drake, and experts from the University of Cambridge and the International Institute for Sustainable Development organised a workshop in Paris titled 'Strengthening International Commitments to Shift Public Financial Flows Away from Fossil Fuels'. The workshop explored the complex issue of moving government money from supporting fossil fuels—like oil, coal, a

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/workshop-highlights-challenges-redirecting-public-finance-fossil-fuels-sustainable-development - 2026-01-03

Roxanna Sjöstedt has authored the chapter "Foreign Policy Analysis and Securitization" which has been published in The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis (eds. Juliet Kaarbo & Cameron Thies). The chapter explores to what extent securitization theory can be linked to the issues raised within the field of Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) and argues that these seemingly different research tradit

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roxanna-sjostedt-securitization-and-foreign-policy-analysis - 2026-01-03

Georgia de Leeuw has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'The comfort of alignment: Mining, green steel, and killjoy desires in Sweden/Sápmi'. Congratulations! The comfort of alignment: Mining, green steel, and killjoy desires in Sweden/SápmiAbstractThis dissertation deals with Swedish extractivism in Sápmi through the examples of a planned iron ore mine in Gállok/Kallak and the hydrogen-bas

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/georgia-de-leeuw-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-01-03

Foreign ministers are prominent actors in foreign affairs, often second only to heads of government in their influence. Yet, despite the growing awareness of the importance of key actors in the study of international relations, foreign ministers remain understudied. In a recently published book, Bäck and colleagues present an original dataset on the background of foreign ministers, spanning thirte

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-foreign-ministers-hanna-back-alejandro-quiroz-flores-and-jan-teorell - 2026-01-03

In 1974, Sweden got a new Instrument of government which will be celebrated in the Swedish Riksdag on March 6. Leading scholars from law and political science have approached the new rules from different perspectives that compose a new edition that will be presented during the seminar. Annika Fredén is one of the contributors, with a chapter on the Swedish electoral system with emphasis on the fou

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-freden-participates-new-anthology-instrument-government-celebrates-50-years - 2026-01-03

While we are inundated with data on rising temperatures, carbon dioxide levels and melting glaciers, there are other areas that are also affected by a warming planet. Political scientist Christie Nicoson explores the relationship between gender, climate change and peace and finds that they are closely linked. She is now receiving the Agenda 2030 Award for 2024. Can you tell us about your backgroun

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-christie-nicoson-agenda-2030-award-winner-2024 - 2026-01-03

‘Outsider’ socialization: Sweden’s interactions with NATO in civil defence prior to membershipABSTRACTThis study assesses the impact of NATO socialization upon an ’outsider’ country, using Sweden in the area of civil defence as a case study. Relying on 33 interviews from 2020 and 2022 with civil servants from Swedish government agencies, the article gives a unique empirical account of practitioner

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jana-wrange-has-published-article-interactions-nato-area-swedens-civil-defence-prior-countrys - 2026-01-03

This year, researchers from the Department of Political Science participate in several different events during Sustainability Week! Sustainability Week is an annual event where Lund University and Lund Municipality invite you to a week of activities around sustainability! It is a week of discussion and action, serious questions and hopeful visions of the future. 9 April 13:00 to 14:00 Roger Hildin

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/political-scientists-sustainability-week-lund-2024 - 2026-01-03

Isabel Bramsen is the recipient of this year's Diploma Prize. The prize is worth DKK 150,000 and is awarded to young people who are expected to make a valuable contribution to Danish society. Congratulations Isabel! About the award winner and motivationIn the world we live in, the Hartmann Foundation believes that it is important to stimulate the work for peace and conflict resolution, and with th

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/isabel-bramsen-receives-hartmann-foundations-diploma-award - 2026-01-03

Jana Wrange and Rikard Bengtsson have together with Douglas Brommesson (Linneaus University) published the article "Resilience through total defence: Towards a shared security culture in the Nordic–Baltic region?" in European Journal of International Security. The article departs from an analysis of conceptualizations of total defence and resilience among the Nordic and Baltic countries in combina

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/wrange-and-bengtsson-security-culture-nordic-baltic-region - 2026-01-03

Ian Manners’s lead intervention article in the forthcoming special issue of Cooperation and Conflict is online first open access on 'Normative power in the planetary organic crisis'. The lead intervention article argues that the new reality of the planetary organic crisis awaits a normative critical social theory of planetary politics, a means of understanding the sharing of relationships within I

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/professor-ian-mannerss-research-normative-power-planetary-organic-crisis - 2026-01-03

Christie Nicoson has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Peace in a Changing Climate: Caring and Knowing the Climate-Gender-Peace Nexus'. Congratulations! AbstractScholars and practitioners argue that climate change poses particular challenges for peace. In order to understand what these challenges are and how to tackle them necessitates attention to gender, since experiences and processes

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/christie-nicoson-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-01-03

Subsidies to fossil fuels – oil, coal and gas – are notoriously difficult to reform with global subsidy levels reaching a record $1.5 trillion in 2022. In a new article, Evan Drake and Jakob Skovgaard study how two political institutions, corporatism and electoral systems with proportional representation, impact the levels of fossil fuel subsidies. Comparing fossil fuel production subsidies in Can

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/can-political-institutions-insulate-against-political-backlash-when-dismantling-fossil-fuel - 2026-01-03

The election to the Nominating Committee is now completed and a public count of votes has taken place at the Faculty Office. The following persons have been elected as members of the new Nominating Committee:Representatives of teaching staff with research expertiseÅsa Thelander, senior lecturer, Department of Strategic CommunicationKerstin Svensson, professor, School of Social WorkRobert Holmberg,

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-nominating-committee - 2026-01-03

Registration will soon open for a new pedagogical course at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The course focuses on active learning as a central strategy to promote student-centred learning and teaching. The course is offered during the autumn semester and is primarily aimed at teachers and doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences. In this course, you will, among other things, learn pract

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/active-learning-social-science-new-course-teachers-and-doctoral-students - 2026-01-03

This year's OSA survey (a survey of our organisational and social work environment) will soon be sent to all employees at the faculty. Keep an eye on your inbox and answer the survey! It is an important part of our systematic work environment process. The survey will be sent by e-mail to all faculty staff in mid-April. The sender of the e-mail is Lund University, lu [at] artologik [dot] net.The su

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/answer-facultys-work-environment-survey-your-input-matters-0 - 2026-01-03

The faculty's list of recognised and excellent teachers is growing. At the latest Faculty Board meeting, another eleven persons received recognition of their teaching skills through the appointment as Recognised or Excellent Teaching Practitioners. Newly appointed Recognised Teaching Practitioners:Isabel Bramsen Marie LedendalOla Thufvesson Nils Droste Tove LundbergSara Kalm Henrik LoodThomas Hick

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-new-recognised-and-excellent-teachers - 2026-01-03