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Swedish journalists lack trust in the judicial system's ability to protect them from illegal online harassment, according to a recent study. The primary reason is the judicial system's tendency to downplay the harm caused by online harassment. Oscar Björkenfeldt, a PhD student in the Sociology of Law department, believes that the judiciary needs to change attitudes toward online offences. "There i
Marko Antonio Naranjo, a student in the Master's Programme in Sociology of Law, received the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Director's Award for his performance during his internship in the autumn semester of 2022. The Museum director gives the accolade to volunteers and interns who make special contributions to promoting the memory of Auschwitz. "I feel that this recognition is not just for me b
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/masters-student-awarded-internship-performance-auschwitz-birkenau-state-museum - 2025-11-29
A growing interest has been seen in law schools for the intersections between law and different areas of social theory met in this book. Law and Social Theory is the name of a new book in Sociology of Law, edited by Reza Banakar of the Sociology of Law Department in Lund and Max Travers at the School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania.Over half the chapters are new in this second edition,
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-book-meets-growing-interest - 2025-11-29
PhD candidate Heraclitos Muhire's research focuses on politicians leaving politics and joining private companies. Movements between business and politics are almost uncontrolled, and the conflicts and consequences are understudied. Around the 2014 elections, Heraclitos Muhire noticed a potential conflict of interest as the outgoing government moved into high-level positions in the same sectors whe
On Friday, 9 June, Marie Leth-Espensen defended her thesis "Animals and the Politics of Suffering: Essays on Law, Care and Interspecies Relations," which explores the implications of various strategies addressing the suffering of farmed animals in Denmark. A recurring theme in Leth-Espensen's research is the ideas that shape how we think about care for other animals. She emphasises overcoming huma
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/marie-leth-espensen-successfully-defended-her-doctoral-thesis - 2025-11-29
Senior Professor Håkan Hydén and our former doctoral student Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir present "Combining the Legal and the Social in Sociology of Law: An Homage to Reza Banakar", the anthology published in memory of Reza Banakar, our esteemed professor of sociology of law who passed away in August 2020. Download the book for free at bloomsburycollections.com.
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/video-presentation-anthology-memory-reza-banakar - 2025-11-29
Ana Maria Vargas Falla at the Sociology of Law Department in Lund has received a grant from the Regulatory Institutions Network (Regnet) and will be attending the Australian National University in Canberra as a visiting Scholar in September and October. She has also been invited to present her research at The University of Melbourne.- It is a great opportunity for me and I am very happy to represe
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/tools-empowerment-informal-workers - 2025-11-29
Doctoral student in Sociology of Law Embla Helle Nerland joins the ongoing debate on artificial intelligence (AI) policy in Norway. Nerland writes in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten that while Municipal Minister Sigbjørn Gjelsvik says a policy for AI is in place, it lacks clarity. She demands an AI policy that respects democracy and human rights, considering how AI technology may exacerbate th
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/norway-needs-clearer-ai-policy - 2025-11-29
The Sociology of Law Department has received funding under the Linnaeus-Palme programme for the academic years 2014-15 and 2014-16. The Linnaeus-Palme programme grants 80 000 SEK to the Sociology of Law Department for the cooperation between Lund University (LU) and the Inner Mongolia Normal University (IMNU). IMNU, founded in 1952, is one of the oldest and largest universities established in an e
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/chinese-exchange-child-rights - 2025-11-29
The grant enables a study of how children's rights are understood and made use of in custody cases in three countries with different legal cultures. The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) grants the Sociology of Law Department almost five million SEK (€420,000) for the project "The dynamic life of Child Rights in three legal cultures. A comparative analysis of ch
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/five-million-sek-research-childrens-rights-custody-disputes - 2025-11-29
Sociologists of law find that Swedish law enforcement struggles to investigate the exploitation of migrant workers. Only two percent of reported cases end up in court. Central to the justice deficit are two interacting logics: the criminal law logic and the labour migration regime. Of the 237 cases of human trafficking for forced labour and human exploitation reported to Swedish police from 2012 t
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/low-level-criminal-law-protection-exploited-migrant-workers-sweden - 2025-11-29
Almost three years ago, Måns Svensson took a leave of absence from the Sociology of Law Department to become Professor of Sociology of Law and Dean of the School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences at Halmstad University. When his leave of absence ends at the turn of the year, he leaves his position in Lund. Instead, he will become President of Jönköping University."I am now leaving my po
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/mans-svensson-leaves-sociology-law-department-become-president - 2025-11-29
Queer asylum seekers to the EU must conform to fixed notions of gender and sexuality for migration authorities to believe them. In a recent study, Sophia Zisakou exposes the migration authorities' biased expectations of LGBTQI asylum seekers within the European asylum process. Persons facing persecution, discrimination, or violence based on their sexual orientation or gender identity have grounds
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/queerness-mechanism-creating-europes-borders - 2025-11-29
During the winter break, we received the tragic news that Karl Dahlstrand passed away unexpectedly. Karl studied law and criminology at Stockholm University and graduated in sociology of law at Lund University in 2007. He defended his doctoral thesis at the Sociology of Law in 2012. His dissertation "Kränkning och upprättelse: En rättssociologisk studie av kränkningsersättning till brottsoffer" re
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/our-friend-and-colleague-karl-dahlstrand-has-passed-away - 2025-11-29
The Research Panorama Day is an annual relay seminar presenting ongoing research at the Sociology of Law Department for new students. It is an opportunity for students to get an overview of the production of science at their current department and deepen their understanding of the subject. The 2024 iteration of the Research Panorama Day featured presentations of several new research projects. One
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-projects-presented-sociology-law-departments-research-panorama-day - 2025-11-29
When 2023 became 2024, Anna Lundberg took over as Head of The Sociology of Law Department. Here she talks about her first months in the position and future challenges. Former Head of Department Isabel Schoultz leads a time-sensitive research project examining strategies between prosecutors, lawyers, and counsels for the injured party in the trial against Orrön (formerly Lundin Energy, among others
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/anna-lundberg-new-head-department - 2025-11-29
The Bachelor's Programme in Criminology and the Sociology of Law Basic Course Online were among Lund University's most applied-for programmes and courses for the autumn semester of 2024. With 3,273 applications, the Bachelor's programme in Criminology had the most applicants of all the country's criminology programmes and courses for the seventh year running. The programme was the fifth most popul
Cansu Bostan received the Oscar II Stipend, an annual award for the best doctoral thesis at each of Lund University's faculties defended during the previous two years. Bostan defended her thesis, Games of Justice: Ethnographic Inquiries on Space, Subjectivity and Law in Northern Kurdistan, in June 2022. She had spent five years studying ethnographically the changing formations of law within the Tu
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-thesis-sociology-law-awarded-facultys-best - 2025-11-29
Lund University recently decided to allocate €4 million to promote international impact. The Faculty of Social Sciences receives €590 000, part of which goes to the Sociology of Law Department. The department receives €44 600 (SEK 520,000) for two internationalising initiatives. A grant of €12 000 goes to organising an international workshop at the end of November on de-colonialism. A further €32
NordForsk, an organisation under the Nordic Council of Ministers that funds cooperative research between researchers in the Nordics, awarded Ida Nafstad the equivalent of €324,000 as part of a larger research grant. Her research group intends to promote democratic engagement participation among marginalised groups in environmental policy-making. Transitional Environmental Justice (EnJUSTICE) is a
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/research-strives-amplify-marginalized-voices-nordic-baltic-green-transition - 2025-11-29
