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Join us on Monday 9 October for a panel discussion about the recent Qur'an burnings and freedom of expression in Sweden. Debatt i Lund: Is Sweden an Outlier or a Brave Defender of Freedom of Expression? What Do Academics Say? How sacred is freedom of speech in Sweden? Quran burnings have thrust Sweden onto the global stage. The acts have been condemned by both the Swedish government and the Muslim

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/debate-lund-quran-burnings-and-freedom-expression - 2026-07-13

An exhibition based on news items from Lund University’s research account on Instagram is now on display in a shop window on a square in central Lund, Knut den stores torg. The collaborative organisation Lund Citysamverkan took the initiative a few years ago to start a collaboration with Lund University to highlight knowledge, research and innovation through displays in the shop windows of tempora

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-research-display-central-lund-shop-window - 2026-07-14

The Next Festival of Emerging Artists is a music festival which takes place in New York City this June. It showcases young musicians, string players and composers. This year, three composers were selected to take part and write a work for string orchestra. Emil Ernström is one of them. Emil Ernström earned his Masters in Composition from Malmö Academy of Music in 2022, where he studied with Bent S

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/composition-alum-malmo-academy-music-selected-next-festival-emerging-artists-2023 - 2026-07-13

Collaboration is the most efficient way of moving science forward. That is why our research group initiated a network inviting all researchers interested in physical activity investigations at Lund University. Since 2022, we coordinate CoPARLU, a new center of physical activity research at Lund University. Having a physically active lifestyle has been associated with a broad range of health benefi

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/coparlu-centre-physical-activity-research-lund-university - 2026-07-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 350-ÅRSJUBILEUM. Welcome to this symposium on Wednesday March 8th, where we look at poverty development in Sweden during the last 100 years & trends in men & women's incomes in Africa. Life expectancy in the Western world, like in Sweden, has expanded linearly by about 25 years during the 20th century, a bit more fo

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/symposium-rich-man-poor-woman-inequalities-health-and-wellbeing-re-examined - 2026-07-13

Kimberley Nicholas is a researcher from California who came to Lund with a passionate commitment to climate issues and strong interest in food and wine. “What nature gives us is what makes life worth living”, she says. She was in Paris for the climate conference that generated hope for the future, and she is successful in sharing her thoughts and research through social media. Kimberley Nicholas l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/working-healthy-planet - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New postdoc positions on climate change justice, social movements, social resilience and adaptation to climate change at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS. Two of the projects are funded by LUCSUS and three are funded by the Faculty of Social Sciences. Postdoctoral researcher in social movement

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-postdoc-positions - 2026-07-13

23 januari, 18.30-20.00 - BryggeriteaternForced Entertainment: a questionable guide to ensemble makingTerry O'Connor, Member of Forced Entertainment, Honorary Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance Practice, University of Sheffield 30 januari, 16.30–18.00 - Studio BMarken brinner: Scenkonstens kritiska uppdrag i tider av högerpopulismTiina Rosenberg, professor i teatervetenskap, Stockho

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/oppna-arrangemang-varterminen-2019 - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Between Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 October, The Lund University Critical Animal Studies Network (LUCASN) will be hosting Sweden’s very first international conference in Critical Animal Studies. As co-founders of LUCASN, Jana Canavan and Kurtis Boyer from the Political Science Department are co-organisers of the confer

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/swedens-first-international-critical-animal-studies-conference-lund - 2026-07-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Fackets nya roll och förhållandet mellan innovation och kvalitet på arbetet är innehållet i två nya sociologiska artiklar publicerade i tidskriften "European Journal of Workplace Innovation". Anders Kjellberg, Susanne Boethius och Chris Mathieu medverkar i ett specialdubbelnummer av tidskriften "European Journal of

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/tre-sociologer-medverkar-i-specialnummer-om-den-hallbara-europeiska-arbetsplatsen - 2026-07-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Isabel Schoultz, nu verksam här på Rättssociologen i Lund, har disputerat vid Stockholms universitet, Kriminologiska institutionen med avhandlingen ”Controlling the Swedish State. Studies on formal and informal bodies of control”. Avhandlingen analyserar hur individer och organisationer kan hålla myndigheter och sta

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/myndigheter-och-stater-som-begar-brott - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We need new ways of understanding and accounting for how people depend on nature to protect and preserve our environment. Research from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) strives to diversify ways of measuring and evaluating ecosystem services to take into account people’s place-based, varied a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/current-frameworks-assess-human-nature-relationships-are-too-simplified-and-risk-compromise-human - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In order to make you feel well prepared for the upcoming digital elements of the autumn semester a team consisting of various experts at the university will be on stand-by in a virtual zoom room on August to 27th 2020 between 12-17 to help you with practical and technical questions regarding your upcoming semester. Th

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/virtual-support-room-new-students - 2026-07-13

The city library in Stockholm (Stockholms Stadsbibliotek) has collected reading recommendations concerning Turkey from several experts. Among them is CMES scholar Pinar Dinc. Pinar has recommended several books about Turkey: Borsuk, Imren - Dinç, Pinar - Kavak, Sinem - Sayan, Pinar (eds.) (2022) Authoritarian neoliberalism and resistance in Turkey: construction, consolidation, and contestation. Ba

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/turkey-recommended-reading - 2026-07-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Sociala medier som Twitter och Facebook ökar inte den demokratiska jämlikheten som man tidigare har trott. Istället är det politiska engagemanget där, väldigt likt hur det ser ut i resten av samhället. Det menar Nils Gustafsson som har undersökt det politiska deltagandet på sociala medier. En vanlig uppfattning är a

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sociala-medier-leder-inte-till-mer-demokrati - 2026-07-14

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. A student team from Lund University was awarded to go to Geneva for the 2020 Cyber Challenge. On February 6th, master students from DRMCCA Batch 5 participated in a cyber security policy competition hosted by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) in Stockholm. The team, composed of four students from differen

https://www.cencip.lu.se/artikel/cyber-challenge-2020 - 2026-07-13

In English Enligt avtal mellan Lunds universitet och arbetstagarorganisationerna erhåller doktoranderna en höjd månadslön om 1 000 kronor (vid heltidsanställning) från och med den 1 oktober 2020.  För doktorander som anställts efter 1 oktober 2020 gäller höjningen från och med den första anställningsdagen och betalas ut retroaktivt i februari.  Doktorander som är anställda från den 1 oktober 2021

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/lonerevisionen-doktorandernas-lonehojningar-betalas-ut-i-februari - 2026-07-13

Inskränkt strejkrätt, begränsade sympatiåtgärder, förstatligad a-kassa är några av de politiska förslag som idag hotar den så kallade svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen. Anders Kjellberg, professor i sociologi, var inbjuden som gäst i tidningen Arbetsvärldens podcast Arbete och fritid (13/5) för att tala om maktförhållandena på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Enligt den svenska modellen är en stor andel

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/framtida-hot-mot-den-svenska-modellen-diskuterades-i-arbetsvarldens-podcast - 2026-07-13

There is a lot in the news about inflation at the moment and there have been some questions about how inflation will affect the University’s salary review. The current rate of inflation in Sweden will have no direct impact on this autumn’s salary review. The reason is that inflation is not a salary-setting parameter and has no bearing on why the University, as an employer, pays wages or decides to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inflation-will-not-affect-autumns-salary-review - 2026-07-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Platserna räckte inte till när den snart 90-årige sociologen Zygmunt Bauman skulle föreläsa vid Lunds universitet. Att det var en akademiker med rockstjärnestatus gick inte att ta miste på. Köerna ringlade långa i LUX-husets entré och besvikelsen var stor bland dem som hänvisades att se honom via videolänk i en inti

https://www.lu.se/artikel/zygmunt-bauman-drog-fullt-hus - 2026-07-14