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On Friday, September 23, Davor Vuleta ended his nine-year doctoral education with a successful defence of his thesis "Law and Social Exclusion: The functions and dysfunctions of the Swedish legal system in light of overindebtedness among immigrants". Davor Vuleta is one of four Swedish Enforcement Authority (SEA) employees accepted as PhD students at the Sociology of Law Department in 2013. Combin

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/davor-vuleta-accepted-ranks-doctors-sociology-law - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Bergman Rosamond and Ted Svensson have both contributed with a book chapter to the edited volume ”The politics of identity: place, space and discourse”. Ted’s chapter centres on discrimination on the basis of caste in India and Annika’s text debates military intervention and the politics of memory in a Swedish

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-and-svensson-have-both-contributed-book-chapter-politics-identity - 2026-07-09

Eager to explore digital educational collaborations with partners from around the world? Join us at our upcoming workshop! On 29 November, between 9:00-15:00, Casey Dinger and Leslie Alvarez from the University of Denver will be hosting a workshop on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). COIL is a digital collaboration between educational institutions in at least two different countr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/explore-global-digital-educational-collaborations - 2026-07-10

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ...Henrik Hagelin, physical geographer who was awarded ’Innovationspriset 2019’, in the category for students, by Lund University and Sparbanken Skåne bank, for his wildfire spread modelling tool. Why were you awarded the Innovationspriset 2019?I am developing a modelling system called WISE-FASS (Wildfire Spread Estim

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/hello-there - 2026-07-09

A new research project led by LUCSUS will examine immobility as an adaptation strategy. Through a novel research approach, and field work in different areas affected by sea level rise and erosion, it will shed light on the communities who are unable – or unwilling – to move despite negative effects on their environment. Average sea levels have swelled about 23 cm since 1880, with about 7 cm in the

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-project-examines-immobility-adaptation-strategy - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 18 March, the University switched to digital education. However, already a few days prior to this, the course ‘Go online (CoVid-19)’ for LU teaching staff was launched. Now there are close to 20 people working on answering all the ‘what do I do-questions’ as teaching staff try to crack the code to digital education

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/your-navigators-digital-education - 2026-07-09

Sowdambika is currently enrolled on our one-year international Master's Programme in Information Systems. Having completed her first three months, we asked her a few questions about her experience so far. Why did you choose Lund?“Lund University stood out to me not only because of its stellar academic reputation but also because of its strong commitment to sustainability and innovation. As one of

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/msc-student-portrait-sowdambika-baskaran - 2026-07-09

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-07-09

Associate Professor Dalia Abdelhady has studied how a Turkish newspaper's attempts to write inclusive portrayals of Syrian refugees still contributed to politicising and "othering" them as a group. In a paper published in Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, Dalia Abdelhady studies portrayals of Syrian refugees in the Turkish newspaper Zaman from 2011 to 20

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/turning-refugees-politics-impedes-their-social-integration - 2026-07-09

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 - 2026-07-09

Lund University has been ranked the best in the world in sustainability in the QS World University Rankings. Already in 2007, the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment pioneered global engagement in sustainability when founding the international Master’s programme Sustainable Urban Design (SUDes). Lund University has been ranked the best in the world in sustainability in the QS Worl

https://www.architecture.lth.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability-sustainable-urban-design-sudes-was-pioneer - 2026-07-09

On June 5, the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University organised the first Central Asian Law project seminar. It featured four Central Asian guest researchers who presented work relating to cultural studies, cultural branding, and corruption. Central Asian Law is a four-year research project involving six EU universities and partners from each of the five Central Asian countries. The aim is

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/culture-and-corruption-focus-first-central-asian-law-seminar - 2026-07-09

In recent years, Lund University has invested heavily in emphasising the role of culture and the arts in education, research and innovation. To support teaching practitioners in this work, money for seed funding was announced last autumn – a chance to support new projects that will bring culture into the teaching practitioners work in creative ways. In total, 18 exciting applications were received

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-projects-receive-seed-funding-integrate-arts-and-culture-education-and-research - 2026-07-10

Att bo ensam i eget boende sliter mer på jordens resurser än att bo med andra, eftersom alla ska ha egna utrustningar – brödrost, tvättmaskin och så vidare. De nordiska länderna sticker ut: nästan hälften är ensamhushåll. Hållbarhetsforskaren Tullia Jack har intervjuat ensamboende om orsakerna och hoppas på nya former av kollektivboenden. – Delat boende är en lågt hängande frukt för att sänka kold

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/varfor-vi-bor-ensamma-och-vad-det-betyder-klimat-och-gemenskap - 2026-07-09

Att bo ensam i eget boende sliter mer på jordens resurser än att bo med andra, eftersom alla ska ha egna utrustningar – brödrost, tvättmaskin och så vidare. De nordiska länderna sticker ut: nästan hälften är ensamhushåll. Hållbarhetsforskaren Tullia Jack har intervjuat ensamboende om orsakerna och hoppas på nya former av kollektivboenden. – Delat boende är en lågt hängande frukt för att sänka kold

https://www.lu.se/artikel/varfor-vi-bor-ensamma-och-vad-det-betyder-klimat-och-gemenskap - 2026-07-10

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We learn best through human stories. This idea underpins LUCA, a new academy for the development of case study teaching at Lund University. In April, lecturers at the University were invited to attend a workshop with one of the writers behind the Midsomer Murders television series. Steve Trafford guides participants t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lecturers-get-inspiration-midsomer-murders - 2026-07-09

Cities around the world are running experiments to address climate change and sustainability challenges - from new mobility trials and energy pilots to green space projects and circular economy initiatives. Yet too often, these efforts remain small, isolated, or disappear once funding ends. Researchers from the IIIEE, Professor Kes McCormick and Senior Lecturer Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, have contrib

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/future-urban-experimentation-through-ten-critical-lessons-decades-practice - 2026-07-09

The image of Sweden, travel and place communication in times of crisis and uncertainty were some of the topics that guided the content of the international conference on place branding organised by the International Place Branding Association (IPBA). Service Studies was the co-chair together with the Department of Strategic Communication and the universities of Halmstad and Kristianstad. The confe

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/conference-place-branding-brought-visitors-all-over-world - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Roxanna Sjöstedt has together with Anders Themnér, Uppsala University, co-authored the article ”Buying Them Off or Scaring Them Straight: Explaining Warlord Democrats’ Electoral Rhetoric”, which has been published in the journal Security Studies. AbstractPost–civil war democracies are characterized by intense electora

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sjostedt-warlord-democrats-electoral-rhetoric - 2026-07-09

There is widespread agreement among the physicists and chemists for their establishment in Science Village to take place simultaneously and as soon as possible. There are also proposals for how the two departments could work together. Leif Bülow, head of the Department of Chemistry, describes the forthcoming establishment and merger as an incredible opportunity and says the vast majority of those

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chance-lifetime - 2026-07-09