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By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 15 August 2024 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 be
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/were-moving - 2025-04-17
Published 9 September 2024 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 witnes
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/prestigious-grant-sociological-research-virtual-trials - 2025-04-17
By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 7 October 2024 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 relation
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/linn-alenius-wallin-has-successfully-defended-her-dissertation - 2025-04-17
By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 21 October 2024 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 t
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sociology-social-anthropology-and-gender-studies-form-new-joint-department - 2025-04-17
By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 28 October 2024 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. External reviewer professor Dan Kärreman, Copenhagen Business School. Th
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/daniel-karlsson-doctor-sociology-after-defending-his-thesis-digital-freelancers - 2025-04-17
By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 25 November 2024 Uzma Kazi with supervisors Erika Willander and Christofer Edling. 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. External reviewer Tahseen Shams
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/uzma-kazi-doctor-sociology-after-defending-her-thesis - 2025-04-17
By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 16 December 2024 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 disappe
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/staffan-edling-has-defended-his-thesis-los-investigative-work - 2025-04-17
Published 19 December 2024 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 pe
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/petra-ostergren-has-defended-her-thesis-swedish-sex-purchase-act - 2025-04-17
By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 9 January 2025 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
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-year-new-department - 2025-04-17
By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 3 April 2024 During spring – April and May – a lot of exciting things happen in the field of research communication for researchers! Keep reading! Pitch your idea to the Conversation – April session Researchers get exclusive time with an editor to discuss their article proposal. Each meeting is 20 minutes long. When: 8 Apr
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/researcher-and-want-write-and-communicate-more-enhance-your-skills-now - 2025-04-17
Published 16 April 2024 Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration, argues that it is best if students learn the basics in Swedish before they are taught in English. Photo: Jenny Leyman “English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English.
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2025-04-17
By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 17 April 2024 Economist Adrian Mehic's study on beauty and grades in remote teaching received a lot of attention. Photo: Louise Larsson Remember the ”beauty study”? It received a lot of attention in the autumn of 2022; was reported for flaws in the research method, but was later found not to have deviated from good res
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/beauty-study-perfect-storm - 2025-04-17
Published 18 April 2024 Congratulations to Djevdet Iséni and Yuqing Zhao on your table tennis triumph! Photo: Anna Löthman On 17 April, the annual FEK Table Tennis Tournament unfolded. A total of 20 players battled fiercely until the very end, and the final match of this year may well be remembered as the most thrilling and of the highest quality ever! A set of quick questions for the winnersCongr
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/fek-table-tennis-tournament-2024-meet-winners - 2025-04-17
Published 18 April 2024 Doctoral education student Markus Arnez-Wegelius will defend his thesis on 26 April. Get a quick glimpse of his thesis, experiences and near future. You are about to defend your thesis “A Dynamic Capabilities Approach to Sustainable Business Model Innovation”. In short, what is your thesis (doctoral dissertation) about?“My thesis in a nutshell focuses on which capabilities
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-markus-arnez-wegelius - 2025-04-17
Published 19 April 2024 Olga Lark on her "spiking" 5 April, with one of her supervisors Fredrik Sjöholm. Photo: Louise Larsson Doctoral student Olga Lark will defend her thesis 26 April. Get a quick glimpse of her thesis, experiences and near future. Hi Olga! You are about to defend your thesis “Globalization, Gender inequality and Firm innovation”. In short, what is your thesis about?”My thesis i
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-olga-lark - 2025-04-17
Published 24 April 2024 The Research Day of the Swedish Parliament was held on 18 April. Invited researchers from different universities met with the members of Parliament and talked about AI. Johan Axhamn was invited to the Committee on Cultural Affairs. (Screenshot) Every year, the Swedish Riksdag organises a research day. This year the theme was “artificial intelligence”. The aim is to give Mem
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/johan-axhamn-represented-lund-swedish-riksdags-seminar-ai - 2025-04-17
Published 25 April 2024 Tommy Shih and Sylvia Schwaag Serger have provided research support for the new national report on responsible internationalisation. Tommy Shih comments. This April, the first national interim report on responsible internationalisation was published. The aim is to create national guidelines and a national support structure for responsible internationalisation. The report is
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/responsible-internationalisation-tommy-shih-comments-new-national-report - 2025-04-17
Published 25 April 2024 The university's overall goals and focus areas for work environment management have been updated for the period 2024 - 2027. Lund University's long-term work environment goal is a sustainable work environment for everyone working at the university.Lund University's long-term work environment goal is a sustainable work environment for everyone working at the university.Speci
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/updated-work-environment-goals-lund-university - 2025-04-17
Published 26 April 2024 It is soon time for the traditional celebrations on 30 April and 1 May, which as usual includes the donning of student caps, the students’ May Day speech to the Vice-Chancellor, and the singing in of spring in Lundagård by the male voice choir, Lund Student Singers. Donning of student caps Time: 30 April: 17:20-18:00Place: Tegnérsplatsen, LundagårdOn 30 April, the vice-pres
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/celebrations-30-april-and-1-may-2024 - 2025-04-17
Published 26 April 2024 A new framework for measuring qualifying expertise in teaching has been produced and will now be implemented at the University. The aim is to recognise excellence in teaching by applying a classification and structure for teaching practitioners’ qualifications. The framework, developed by Rachel Forsyth and Lena Christensen, is based on the Advancing Teaching initiative, an
