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This study by Russell Cannon, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Mats Fred examines how the sustainable mobility of the future is emerging. The study is based on what is being done to create sustainable and integrated mobility and what kinds of actor roles and relationships these practical actions generate. Where research often presents collaboration difficulties between predetermined actors and implement

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-do-we-organize-sustainable-travel-future - 2026-09-05

Ian Manners gives the European Foreign Affairs Review (EFAR) keynote lecture on 'The European Union's Normative Power in Planetary Politics' to the annual European Union in International Affairs conference in Brussels 23 May 2025. The keynote lecture covers the conference theme of Europe in a Fragmenting World by setting out the EU’s journey from the ‘eye of the storm’ in 2025 through the ‘eye of

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ian-manners-gives-keynote-lecture-european-unions-normative-power-planetary-politics-brussels - 2026-09-05

The European Union (EU) often presents itself as a champion of LGBTQ rights, promoting equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. However, in a recently published article in a special issue of Journal of Common Market Studies, doctoral student Malte Breiding argues that this work does not always produce the intended outcomes. Breiding explores a surprising twist: as the EU pushe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/can-eus-push-lgbt-rights-backfire-new-article-malte-breiding-says-it-might - 2026-09-05

Halting biodiversity loss requires more than just increased funding – it also demands better governance of how resources are mobilised, allocated, and monitored. A new study in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability reviews recent research on how biodiversity finance actually works. Researchers Jesper Svensson, Julia Qian Mao, and Nils Droste analysed studies published between 2019 and 20

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/who-should-own-nature-new-study-examines-governance-biodiversity-finance - 2026-09-05

Anne Lene Stein has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Agonism against the odds: Epistemic disruptions and bodies of dissent in Palestine and Israel'. Congratulations to Dr. Stein! External Reviewer: Professor Michael Schulz, University of GothenburgSupervisor: Lisa StrömbomAssistant supervisor: Anders UhlinMore information about the thesis is available in the Lund University Research Port

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/anne-lene-stein-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-09-05

During the pandemic, many fell through the cracks of the safety net. For people with long Covid, this became painfully clear: they existed – but were not acknowledged. Now, a new study from Lund University shows how ordinary citizens, in the midst of illness, organised digitally and challenged the authorities’ narrative of what Covid really is. When the body gives out but society turns a blind eye

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/who-counts-when-we-talk-about-healthcare-and-rights-new-article-stina-melander-and-julia-bahner - 2026-09-05

In this article, recently published in Acta Sociologica, Mats Fred draws on more than a decade of fieldwork on social investments in Sweden to explore the rise and fall of reforms: How are reforms kept alive? What happens when key actors leave, networks dissolve, and governance priorities shift? In the 2010s, the idea of social investments gained traction as a key to preventive, evidence-based, an

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/social-investments-swedish-municipalities-rise-and-fall-reform - 2026-09-05

Ketevan Bolkvadze, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, has published a new article in Governance titled "Corrupt or Repressive? How Political Competition Incentivizes Hybrid Regimes to Subvert Police in Distinct Ways." The study explores how varying levels of political competition in hybrid regimes influence whether police forces are used for corruption or repression. Drawing o

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bolkvadze-publishes-new-study-police-subversion-hybrid-regimes - 2026-09-05

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 - 2026-09-05

Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren has been awarded SEK 6 million through FORMAS’s open call for the project “Church Environments as a Resource in Sustainable Community Building: Between the Enduring and the Changing.” The project is carried out in collaboration with researchers in theology and architecture and explores the institutional and ethical dimensions of how church environments can serve as a resourc

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/dalia-mukhtar-landgren-awarded-formas-grant-project-church-environments-resource-sustainable - 2026-09-05

In a new article in Environmental Policy and Governance, Jakob Skovgaard, Åsa Knaggård, Roger Hildingsson, and Sofía Sacks Ferrari (formerly of the Department of Political Science) compare the adoption of carbon taxes in Sweden and Mexico. Carbon taxation is a key policy instrument for addressing climate change. Putting a price on emissions helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions while generating pu

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/skovgaard-knaggard-hildingsson-and-sacks-ferrari-carbon-taxes-sweden-and-mexico - 2026-09-05

Hanna Ekström Pigot has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Diverse People, Diverse Forests? The role of social-ecological interactions in biodiversity governance'. Congratulations to Dr. Ekström Pigot! The opponent is Maja Schlüter from Stockholm University. More information about the thesis is available in the Lund University Research Portal:Diverse People, Diverse Forests? The role of so

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-ekstrom-pigot-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis-environmental-science - 2026-09-05

Students from the Department of Political Science's Master's in European Studies joined almost 100 master’s students from Lund, Copenhagen, and Malmö universities to celebrate European Day at the Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES) in Copenhagen. In addition to the collective journey over the Öresund crossing, the students enjoyed seminars on ‘The Challenge from Cross-border Crime in Europe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lund-masters-european-studies-students-celebrate-europe-day-seminar-copenhagen - 2026-09-05

In a recent article published in International Studies Review, Roxanna Sjöstedt theorizes and analyzes the role of so-called functional actors in securitization processes. This is an understudied category of actors who, while external to formal decision-making, nonetheless affect threat construction and security agenda setting by requesting, preempting, endorsing, or vetoing securitization moves.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sjostedt-pandemics-securitization-and-importance-functional-actors - 2026-09-05

Marie Stissing Jensen and Kristina Jönsson have published the article ”From global multistakeholder partnerships to local action: the translation of partnerships” in the journal International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (INEA). The case study investigates how the Global Water Partnership translates ideas of partnership at the global level into partnering practices at the

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/stissing-jensen-and-jonsson-about-multistakeholder-partnerships-and-translation-partnering-practices - 2026-09-05

Water crises are often framed as global challenges—but solutions are frequently local, according to a new article by Jesper Svensson and international collaborators. In a new article published in Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Jesper Svensson and international researchers and practitioners argue that water crises are fundamentally challenges of local governance.The authors highlight h

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jesper-svensson-and-international-researchers-local-solutions-water-crises - 2026-09-05

Women's testimonies have changed the way the world recognizes and acknowledges violence in war. Despite this, women remain marginalized in many portrayals and accounts of conflict. Much research has documented wars and their consequences, yet men's experiences dominate our understanding. But our research shows that women’s testimonies shape justice, accountability, and the recognition of wartime v

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-hoglund-and-mannergren-womens-testimonies-reshape-how-war-understood - 2026-09-05

On 17 June, staff and guests gathered at the Department of Political Science in Lund to celebrate the release of the jubilee book Statsvetenskapliga institutionens underbara öden och äventyr. 75 år i samhällsforskningens tjänst. Edited by Magnus Jerneck, the book traces the department’s development into a modern environment for research and education. Through personal testimonies and broader refle

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/book-launch-celebrates-75-years-political-science-lund - 2026-09-05

In a new study, Stina Melander explores how individuals with acquired impairments view participation in disability organizations. The findings show that engagement cannot be explained solely by time and resources. Equally important is whether the organization is perceived as relevant and whether individuals feel that their participation matters and can make a difference. The study also highlights

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/why-do-some-people-engage-disability-organizations-while-others-choose-not - 2026-09-05

The winner of the EISA´s Best Dissertation Award 2026 is Anne Lene Stein (Lund University) for her thesis “Agonism against the Odds: Epistemic Disruptions and Bodies of Dissent in Palestine and Israel”. The committee commentThe committee found that the thesis offers an original and significant contribution to peace and conflict studies through its innovative concept of agonistic epistemic disrupti

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/anne-lene-stein-winner-eisas-best-dissertation-award-2026 - 2026-09-05