Joanne Kuai (Karlstad University) and Tabita Rosendal (Lund University) have successfully defended their PhD dissertations. On Friday, 30 May, Joanne Kuai successfully defended her dissertation “AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age” at Karlstad University. This dissertation that dives into how AI is reshaping journalism in China and beyond, com

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/two-new-doctorates - 2025-09-05

Photo by Jezael Melgoza on Unsplash We would like to invite you to the 17th annual conference of the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS), which will be held at, the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics, 15-16 June 2023. For our 2023 Stockholm conference we invite paper proposals on topics related to modern and contemporary Japan

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/call-papers-17th-najs-conference-15-16-june-2023 - 2025-09-05

Application deadline: 15 May PhD students working on East and South-East Asia and enrolled in a Swedish university can now apply to become visiting PhD students in one of the partner institutes in the Graduate School in Asian Students during the fall of 2023. Application deadline: 15 May. See this page for more information as well as the application form.  PhD students working on East and South-Ea

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/applications-phd-mobility-and-phd-retreat-are-now-open - 2025-09-05

Photo by Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash As a part of the Graduate School in Asian Studies, the PhD workshop on Indonesia aims to bring together the PhD students and scholars working on Indonesia across various disciplines for a meeting at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies The workshop is designed to facilitate discussion and cooperation among the participants, allowing them to exchange in

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/phd-workshop-indonesia-17-18-october-2023 - 2025-09-05

Application deadline: 1 June This course explores ideologies as a ubiquitous phenomenon that shapes political, social, and cultural beliefs and practices. It examines how ideologies are formed, translated, and contested across historical periods and different societies in East and South-East Asia. Specific focus is given to nationalism and communism, including their emergence, development, and con

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Photo by Ana Bórquez on Unsplash Application deadline: 6 October Researchers are increasingly needed in functions outside of academia, such as in think-tanks, government organizations, and international institutions. This requires PhD candidates to acquire the skill of making research accessible through policy reports and presentations to policymakers and other actors. In this workshop, PhD candid

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/application-now-open-workshop-preparing-career-outside-academia-policy-writing-and-research - 2025-09-05

European Association for Chinese Studies Summer School 2023: Situating Global China. 23rd–25th August 2023. Application deadline 16th June. The rapid globalisation of Chinese capital has great implications for political, societal, and economic systems around the world in the 21st century. Chinese investments, patterns of migration, and the integration of Chinese firms into foreign markets and supp

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/european-association-chinese-studies-summer-school-2023-call-applications - 2025-09-05

The Graduate School held its first annual retreat in Ystad 21-22 September. 13 PhD students from different disciplines and universities attended the retreat as well as 10 senior scholars. At the retreat issues and challenges regarding publications and academic careers were discussed, as well as the PhD students' research and other issues related to contemporary Asian studies.     

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/graduate-school-retreat - 2025-09-05

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash Application deadline: 13 November During the spring of 2024, two new PhD courses are planned, Asia in the Global Economy and The Craft of Writing and Publishing Peer Reviewed Journal Articles. Please check the links for more information and application forms if you are interested. Application deadline: 13 November. If you are interested but the timing of

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/applications-are-now-being-accepted-our-spring-2024-phd-mobility-and-phd-courses - 2025-09-05

EU in the Volatile Indo-Pacific Region (EUVIP) is coordinated by Palacký University and also includes Lund University, the University of Helsinki and the Catholic University of Louvain. On 17-21 June EUVIP will organise a summer school in Olomouc on the topic Navigating Geostrategic Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific: Focus on Southeast Asia and MyanmarFor more information see the EUVIP website  

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/summer-school-news - 2025-09-05

The Centre announces 1-2 fully funded PhD positions. East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on contemporary phenomena and processes in the region as a whole as well as in individual countries. The subject integrates theoretical and methodological perspectives from area studies with different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Application dead

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/1-2-fully-funded-phd-positions-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2025-09-05

Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash The course that starts on 26 March and is mainly online apart from a writing retreat on 13-15 May will accept a few more students. If you are interested read the description and submit your application by 20 February.Find out more and apply here 

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/late-applications-open-course-craft-writing-and-publishing-peer-reviewed-journal-articles - 2025-09-05

Tisdagen 10 mars sände och publicerade SVT nyheter Skåne expertintervjuer med Måns Svensson, docent i rättssociologi, mot bakgrund av ett åtal mot fem klimataktivister. Bakgrunden är att fem medlemmar ur klimataktiviströrelsen Extinction rebellion åtalats för störande av allmän förrättning då de högljutt stafettläst en text från åskådarplats under Malmö kommunfullmäktiges budgetförhandlingar den 2

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/mans-svensson-kommenterar-civil-olydnad-i-svt-nyheter - 2025-09-05

Sara Blomqvist under föreläsning för studenterna i kandidatprogrammet i kriminologi. Foto: Isabel Schoultz Den sista gästföreläsaren att besöka kandidatprogrammet i kriminologi innan självkarantän blev vårens livsstilstrend var Sara Blomqvist, avgående brottsutredare på Tullkriminalenheten i Karlshamn. Sara Blomqvist tog kandidatexamen i rättssociologi från kriminologiprogrammet vid Lunds universi

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I slutet av februari var Patrik Olsson, universitetslektor vid Lund universitet, i Uzbekistan för att konferera om ett av områdets största akademiska problem. Konferensen "Higher Education – a Sphere without Corruption" anordnades i Uzbekistans huvudstad Tasjkent av FN:s organ för internationellt samarbete inom utbildning, vetenskap, kultur och kommunikation (UNESCO) och Uzbekistans åklagarmyndigh

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/rattssociolog-pa-korruptionsforebyggande-uppdrag-i-centralasien - 2025-09-05

Ansökningsperioden till högskolestudier för höstterminen 2020 slog rekord. Över 400 000 ansökningar lämnades in. Kriminologi är fortsatt ett populärt ämne och kandidatprogrammet vid Lunds universitet har flest sökande för andra året i rad. Med 4426 sökande inför höstterminen 2020 är kandidatprogrammet i kriminologi den mest ansökta kriminologiutbildningen i landet och den tredje mest populära utbi

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/lund-lockar-flest-kriminologiintresserade-studenter - 2025-09-05

Foto: Robin Worrall/Unsplash. Ett nytt forskningsprojekt ska ta reda på hur den ökade risken för hatstormar mot journalister påverkar yttrandefrihet och demokrati. Bland annat ska vad som skrivs om 2000 journalister på Twitter analyseras. Att självcensur förekommer visar den inledande kunskapssammanställning som forskarna gjort. Digitaliseringen och sociala medier har banat väg för att många fler

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/radsla-hat-leder-till-sjalvcensur-hos-journalister - 2025-09-05

Jämställdhetsminister Åsa Lindhagen (MP) har förordnat Rättssociologiska institutionens forskare Lena Svenaeus att ingå som expert i Kommissionen för jämställda livsinkomster. Arbetsgruppen ska ta fram förslag för att jämställa kvinnors och mäns löner och sammanlagda livsinkomster, skapa jämställda arbetsplatser och främja jämnare fördelning av offentligt ekonomiskt stöd.– Jag hoppas kunna bidra m

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Vetenskapsradion i P1 intervjuade Rättssociologiska institutionens doktorand Oscar Björkenfeldt om hur vaccinmotståndare argumenterar på internet. Intervjun är en del i ett reportage baserat på artikeln "Mapping the Online War of Misinformation about Science and Health", publicerad i Nature den 13 maj. De amerikanska forskarna bakom studien konstaterar att antivaccinrörelsen är bättre än etablerad

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/oscar-bjorkenfeldt-intervjuad-i-sr-p1-om-argumentationsstrategier-pa-natet - 2025-09-05

Tre forskare vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet har sammanställt en antologi som ifrågasätter uppfattning om en flyktingkris år 2015. Boken undersöker även hur Tyskland, Sverige och Danmark använder byråkrati för att kontrollera, disciplinera och forma asylsökandes liv. År 2015 anlände över 1,3 miljoner asylsökande till EU, dubbelt så många som året innan. De flesta kom frå

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/hur-nordeuropeiska-valfardsstater-anvander-byrakratiskt-vald-mot-asylsokande - 2025-09-05