Published 29 November 2021 Jakob Skovgaard has co-authored the article “Reforming fossil fuel subsidies requires a new approach to setting international commitments” in the journal One Earth. The article argues that international efforts to phase out fossil fuel subsidies can be strengthened by distinguishing between different subsidies, taking into account their climate impacts and the feasibilit

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/skovgaard-commitments-reform-fossil-fuel-subsidies - 2025-04-21

Published 30 November 2021 Nina Wilén and Lisa Strömbom have co-authored the article "A Versatile Organisation: Mapping the Military’s Core Roles in a Changing Security Environment" which was recently published open access in European Journal of International Security. The main contribution of the article is a comprehensive mapping and categorization of the military’s different roles and tasks in

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/wilen-and-strombom-militarys-core-roles - 2025-04-21

Published 2 December 2021 Karin Aggestam has authored the contribution “Third-party Intervention and International Monitoring in the City of Hebron” in the report “The Impact of Third-Party Mechanisms in Conflict Resolution: Lessons Learned from the Temporary International Presence in Hebron” published by the Norwegian Refugee Council. Karin’s contribution analyses the temporary international obse

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-international-peace-monitoring-hebron - 2025-04-21

Published 7 December 2021 Jenny Lorentzen has published a new article in the Journal of Modern African Studies, about the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in Mali. By analysing vertical (between international and local actors) and horizontal (between local actors) friction, the article shows how interactions between different actors shapes the WPS agenda in the Malian c

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lorentzen-women-peace-and-security-mali - 2025-04-21

Published 14 December 2021 Ekatherina Zhukova has published an article entitled “Postcolonial Logic and Silences in Strategic Narratives: Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy in Conflict-Affected States” in the journal Global Society. The article advances our understanding of acceptance and rejection of gender equality norms advocated by ethical foreign policies in marginalised states. The article con

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/zhukova-swedens-feminist-foreign-policy-conflict-affected-states - 2025-04-21

Published 17 December 2021 Mats Fred and Kettil Nordesjö (Malmö University) are the editors of a special issue on power and evaluation. The special issue’s article is open access. Through an increasing demand for, and dependence on, various forms of evaluative practices in the public sector, the editors have seen the emergence of what has been called an audit and evaluation society. How these "soc

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/special-issue-power-and-evaluation - 2025-04-21

Published 21 December 2021 Annika Bergman Rosamond has together with Annick Wibben published the chapter “Feministiska institutioner? Utrikespolitik och nationellt försvar” (in English: Feminist Institutions? Foreign policy and national defense) in the edited collection Feministiska Perspectives on Global Politics (Studentlitteratur). The chapter is based on three adjacent research areas: feminist

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-women-peace-and-security-0 - 2025-04-21

Published 11 January 2022 Anders Uhlin has together with Håkan Johansson and Malin Arvidson published the article “Capital and Closure in the EU Field. Advancement in the European Economic and Social Committee” in Journal of Common Market Studies. The article explores what it takes to advance to the top of an EU institution (the European Economic and Social Committee). The article combines Bourdie

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/uhlin-career-advancement-eu-institution - 2025-04-21

Published 10 December 2013 For the second time this year the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University receives The Swedish Research Council’s grant for an International Post Doc. In June of this year Stefan Larsson received the grant for his research on legal challenges in a digital context. This time Rustamjon Urinboyev’s project on migration and legal culture is awarded the grant, which me

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/three-million-migration-research - 2025-04-21

Published 28 February 2023 The Sociology of Law Department's annual research day for new students took place on the Lund University campus for the first time since the end of the pandemic restrictions last year. The day introduced several of the department's new researchers and PhD students. Professor Ole Hammerslev joined the Sociology of Law Department on 1 January this year. His research intere

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/socio-legal-research-panorama-back-campus - 2025-04-21

Published 10 March 2023 Ekaterina Zmyvalova and Senior Professor Per Wickenberg outside the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University. Umeå University PhD student Ekaterina Zmyvalova visited the Sociology of Law Department in October to present her research on the right of Sámi children of Russia to learn their language at school. The department has a long-standing tradition of research on ch

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/research-collaboration-sami-childrens-right-learn-their-language-russian-schools - 2025-04-21

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - published 18 November 2022 Sofia Ranchordas on the left and Jannice Käll on the right. Photo: Private The Wallenberg Foundation's research programme "AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanities and Society" grants Sofia Ranchordas, Professor of Administrative Law at Tilburg Law School, 8,5 million SEK (€ 754 000)

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-visiting-professor-lead-social-science-ai-project - 2025-04-21

Published 4 November 2013 A significant contribution to the study of law and social norms has been made by the Sociology of Law Department in Lund with the new book 'Social and Legal Norms. Towards a Socio-Legal Understanding of Normativity'. New Technologies and globalization have amongst other things resulted in an increasingly complex relationship between law and norms. Looking to answer questi

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/exploring-law-and-norms-new-book - 2025-04-21

By theo [dot] hagman-rogowski [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Theo Hagman-Rogowski och Noomi Egan) - published 4 April 2023 Greta Thunberg is part of the youth group Aurora, which is bringing a class action against the Swedish government. Photo: Mark Connaughton. In Sweden, class actions - such as the ongoing Aurora case, where 300 young people are suing the government for failing to implement clim

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/should-state-pay-climate-class-action-litigation - 2025-04-21

By theo [dot] hagman-rogowski [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Theo Hagman-Rogowski) - published 8 May 2023 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

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/swedish-journalists-perceptions-inadequate-legal-protection-against-unlawful-online-harassment - 2025-04-21

Published 22 May 2023 Marko Antonio Naranjo 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 fee

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/masters-student-awarded-internship-performance-auschwitz-birkenau-state-museum - 2025-04-21

Published 18 September 2013 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

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-book-meets-growing-interest - 2025-04-21

By joel [dot] jonsson [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Joel Jönsson) - published 8 June 2023 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

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/heraclitos-muhire-studies-revolving-doors-between-corridors-power-and-corporate-entrances - 2025-04-21

Published 13 June 2023 Doctor Marie Leth-Espensen responding to the external reviewer David Redmalm during the thesis defence. 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 them

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/marie-leth-espensen-successfully-defended-her-doctoral-thesis - 2025-04-21

Published 24 August 2023 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 - 2025-04-21