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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. While attending the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology organized by the Society for Conservation Biology last week in Jyväskylä, Finland, CEC's Lovisa Nilsson was awarded First Place for her outstanding student poster. Lovisa has studied annual flower strips used to compensate for biodiversity losses in agr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lovisa-nilsson-awarded-outstanding-student-poster - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The COST project has been studying if there is any difference in biodiversity found at organic and conventional farms. Some of our colleagues at the CEC have spent summer doing fieldwork studying bumblebees. Romain Carrié and others from the COST project have collected pollen from bumblebees and surveyed flower resour

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/field-study-biodiversity - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The CEC has produced a new report evaluating analyses and data collection of winter loss in honeybees in Sweden. Swedish beekeeping rely on the health of the honey bee Apis mellifera. Loss of colonies during winter is an indicator of poor honey bee health.This report evaluates current data collection of winter loss in

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/winter-loss-honey-bees-sweden - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ClimBEco is a two-year graduate research school that promotes young scientists to engage in interdisciplinary research on climate, earth system and society in a changing world. The annual summer meeting was held August 29–30 in Höllviken, with the theme ‘Land use and ecosystem-based climate adaptation’. Inspiring talk

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/eye-opening-discussions-phd-students - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Erik Ringmar's latest book, Liberal Barbarism: The European Destruction of the Palance of the Emperor of China, has been reviewed in the Political Studies Review. "During October 1860, British and French troops looted Yuanmingyuan at the outskirts of Beijing. The sacking of what is commonly known in the Western World

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmars-book-reviewed - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren have authored the article "Translating UNSCR 1325 from the global to the national: protection, representation and participation in the National Action Plans of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda" in the journal Conflict, Security and Development 15(4). Abstr

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-united-nations-security-council-resolution-1325 - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren have authored the article "Translating UNSCR 1325 from the global to the national: protection, representation and participation in the National Action Plans of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda" in the journal Conflict, Security and Development 15(4). Abstr

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-united-nations-security-council-resolution-1325-0 - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: The book "Rethinking the Green State. Environmental governance towards climate and sustainability transitions" has just been published by Routledge. Editors are Karin Bäckstrand and Annica Kronsell, with chapter contributions from other researchers at the department: Rickard Andersson, Roger

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-rethinking-green-state - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ole Elgström has contributed with the chapter "Negotiating a New World Order: The EU and Multilateral Diplomacy at Times of Change" in the book The Diplomatic System of the European Union (edited by Michael Smith, Stephan Keukeleire and Sophie Vanhoonacker), published by Routledge. LinksMore about the book.Ole Elgströ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-eu-diplomacy - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Karin Aggestam has co-authored The Nile and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Is there a meeting point between nationalism and hydro solidarity? in the Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education. Karin AggestamRead the article n the Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Educ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-hydro-solidarity-nationalism-and-ethiopian-renaissance-dam - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Erik Ringmar's article, "How the World-Stage Makes Its Subjects: An Embodied Critique of Constructivist IR Theory," has just been published by the Journal of International Relations and Development. ”The world is a stage and it is only by appearing on this world stage that the state becomes r

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-performance-politics - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: The volume EU Civil Society: Patterns of Cooperation, Competition and Conflict is recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. Sara Kalm and Håkan Johansson from The School of Social Work (LU) are co-editors and authors of the introductory chapter. Ylva Stubbergaard contributes the chapter "Conf

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kalm-stubbergaard-and-hedling-new-book-eu-civil-society - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Ole Elgström and Natalia Chaban, University of Canterbury, have written the chapter "Studying External Perceptions of the EU: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches" in the e-book Looking in from the Outside: Perceptions of the EU in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Editors: Veit Bach

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-external-perceptions-eu - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl has co-authored the article ”The ’Field’ in the Age of Intervention: Power, Legitimacy and Authority versus the ’Local’" which highlights the field and the semantic and socio-political meaning of the term as it is used in both academic research and policy practices. ”The ’Fie

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-analyses-field - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The course “Climate Change: a question of justice?” will be held just in time for the UN climate summit in Paris in December and is open to all with no registration fee. The Department of Political Science is collaborating with the Interdisciplinary Distance Learning Programme in Environmental Sciences (infernum) at H

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/un-climate-summit-paris-focus-interactive-open-online-course - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Erik Ringmar's latest book, "Liberal Barbarism: The European Destruction of the Palace of the Emperor of China," has just been published in paperback. This work explains why British and French armies destroyed Yuanmingyuan, the imperial palace north-west of Beijing, in 1860.Why did the Europe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-contradiction-between-civilization-and-barbarism - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Erik Ringmar's lecture on "Nomadic political theory," given at the Goethe University, Frankfurt, on June 25, 2015, is now available online. The lecture examines the way nomadic peoples have been treated throughout history by sedentary peoples, but also the way nomadsArabs, Mongols, etc. – have built empires founded on

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-nomadic-peoples-role-future-politics - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Bergman Rosamond has published the book chapter ’Humanitarian Relief Worker Sean Penn – A Contextual Story’ in the edited collection Celebrity Humanitarianism and North-South Relations. Politics, Place and Power (Lisa Ann Richey, editor), published by Routledge. Learn more at tandf.net

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-sean-penn-and-celebrity-humanitarianism - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Hanna Bäck has co-authored the article "Partisanship, Ministers, and Biotechnology Policy" (with Marc Debus and Jale Tosun), which has been published in the journal Review of Policy Research. Learn more. Hanna BäckAbstractResearch in public policy and political economy has provided many insig

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/chances-biotech-ban-increase-christian-democrats-government - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published the article ”A Quality of Government Peace? Explaining the Onset of Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1985–2001” in the journal International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations. AbstractThat democracies do not wage wars against

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/quality-government-well-influence-democracy-prevents-war - 2026-10-05