Climate change is a reality for communities globally, forcing governments and international agencies to propose climate adaptation measures. For many people, these top-down approaches don't always align with their needs, values or legal rights. Ana Maria Vargas is one of the researchers in the project "Everyday forms of resistance to state adaptation regulation: An ethnographic study of responses

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/the-justice-in-resisting-climate-change-policies - 2025-08-31

Patrik Olsson participating in a panel discussion at the conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In October last year, the Sociology of Law Department's researcher and senior lecturer Patrik Olsson was invited to a conference in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent to contribute with expertise on the country's social and political development. On October 24, 2024, an international conference on the topic "De

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/patrik-olsson-invited-uzbekistan-expert-civil-society-and-non-profit-development - 2025-08-31

Ida Nafstad and Heraclitos Muhire each had an article among the five most downloaded from the journal Justice, Power and Resistance last year. Both articles have been accessed more than 2000 times since their publication. Ida Nafstad wrote the article "Police abolition and transformative justice in the footsteps of Thomas Mathiesen's penal abolition", outlining Thomas Mathiesen's penal abolition t

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/two-articles-department-among-jprs-most-downloaded - 2025-08-31

The researchers Anna Lundberg, Christina Johnsson, Emma Sundqvist and Jacob Lind. Anna Lundberg has received funding for two projects investigating how and why public employees and trade unions respectively mobilise against the government's Informers Act. The law makes it mandatory for staff in certain public organisations to report undocumented migrants to the border police. In the "Human Rights

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/anna-lundberg-leads-two-new-projects-studying-informer-act - 2025-08-31

A PhD programme exploring law and governance in authoritarian regimes across Central Asia has received nearly €4.7 million in funding from the European Commission, with an additional €800,000 contributed by the Swiss Secretariat for Research, Education and Innovation. The initiative aims to provide critical insights into legal and societal structures in authoritarian states. Titled "Sociology of A

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-leads-eu55m-eu-funded-research-authoritarian-law-and-legality-central-asia - 2025-08-31

The project "ProTest: Protest as a Democracy Test. Protest Culture under Transformation and as a Transformative Power" was launched with a two-day kick-off meeting on 7–8 April at Corvinus University of Budapest. The project gathers a multidisciplinary consortium of nine European academic and research institutions to examine the evolving role of protest in democratic societies. The April meeting i

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/researchers-studying-protest-culture-gathered-budapest-project-kick - 2025-08-31

A €1.8 million EU grant will fund new research into the challenges of promoting good governance and the rule of law in non-Western societies. In May, the European Commission's HORIZON Programme confirmed the funding for Rustamjon Urinboyev's research and training program "The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia". The project starts

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-grant-backs-research-alternative-non-western-legal-and-governance-institutions - 2025-08-31

The search is on for 25 researchers from around the world in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. Welcome to join a world-class university dedicated to understanding, explaining, and improving our world and the human condition. As an Assistant Professor, you develop your qualifications over four years. You can then be promoted to permanent employment as a senior lecturer

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-hiring-assistant-professor-law-rights-and-social-movements - 2025-08-31

On April 9, a Zoom meeting will be held about Region Skåne's biobank and their services in freezer storage. Useful information about the new Biobank Act and rules will also be presented. Is all the material you have in the freezer actively used in your research? If not, it should be classified as biobank material and instead stored in Region Skåne's Biobank. On 9 April, a digital seminar will be h

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/mission-more-space-freezers-and-room-more-freezers - 2025-08-31

A colorful Easter visit to the Faculty. Happy Easter everybody!

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At the April meeting you will meet vice dean Niklas Nielsen and Mats Johansson, senior lecturer in medical ethics, who will talk about what’s happening in the field of research ethics and how to handle ethical questions. All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. These are recurring monthly information meetings where you can learn more about a current topic. The meeting

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-44-research-ethics - 2025-08-31

The Faculty has carried out a review of empty facilities within the Faculty, which are currently burdening the Faculty's budget. This review means that 1) rent will be charged retroactively for facilities that have been terminated but not yet emptied 2) empty facilities that the faculty pays for will be locked from May 1. BackgroundCurrently, the Faculty of Medicine lacks routines to limit authori

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/inspection-empty-facilities-malmo-and-lund - 2025-08-31

Tomas Deierborg, professor and brain researcher, says that he used to be a cat person, but is now the proud owner of the dog Malte. Photo: Private Tomas Deierborg is Head of Department at the Department of Experimental Medical Science. "As Head of Department, you can make a difference and that is what drives me in my leadership. We can always get better and have more fun". As head of a department,

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/head-department-cog-machinery - 2025-08-31

Jobbsprånget (job leap) has been a win-win for Nicole van Der Burg and Rana Mansour. "If other companies don't hire her soon, we hope to have the funds to do it ourselves," says Nicole. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist Do you have a lot of ideas but nobody and no time to pursue them? Do as Nicole van Der Burg and get an intern through Jobbsprånget ("job leap"). Why did you apply to Jobbsprånget?– As a sma

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/internship-programme-jobbspranget-was-just-kickstart-we-needed - 2025-08-31

The PhD Day is an annual event organized by MDR (the Medical Doctoral Student Council) for the PhD students of the Faculty of Medicine. The event is funded by the Research Education Committee at the Faculty of Medicine.Date: 12th of AprilThis year’s 2024 theme is: The PhD Prescription : Crafting a Career in Medicine and BeyondRegistration will be open 1st March until completionLook forward to a sc

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/facultys-phd-day-april-12 - 2025-08-31

Are you on your way to a post of Docent? Register for Region Skåne's seminar series no later than 30 April. Photo: iStock During the autumn of 2024-winter of 2025, Skåne University Health Service offers a free seminar series for future associate professors. The course is aimed at those who have a PhD and work in a healthcare profession in Region Skåne. More information on the Swedish website

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/seminar-series-future-associate-professors - 2025-08-31

The Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by LU and Lund municipality. The week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas, for cross-disciplinary collaborations, for raising public awareness and for inspiring sustainable change. Check out what the faculty is doing! Exhibitions and activities at the librariesThe Faculty of Medicine Library participates t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-sustainability-week - 2025-08-31

Future Faculty´s Saema Ansar, Anders Rasmussen and Nicole van Der Burg. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Three members share their take-aways from getting involved in an organization committed to bringing forward the voice of young researchers and teachers at the Faculty. Register for the anniversary on May 2, no later than April 20. Anders Rasmussen, 40, Associate Professor in Neuroscience & PI, Future F

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/celebrating-20-years-future-faculty-has-taught-me-how-navigate-academia - 2025-08-31

LU Innovation's business lawyer Fredrik Engfeldt works daily to resolve issues relating to the professor's exemption. Everyone who conducts research is covered by the intellectual property rights of academic staff ("lärarundantaget"). But what is it? Bring your lunch bag to an open seminar on the Stairs with LU Innovation's business lawyer Fredrik Engfeldt on 21 May at 12.30 to find out more. More

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The 18-minute film is about an absent manager and an aid assessor, played by Ulla Skoog. Photo: Anna Maria Joakimsdottir-Hutri. The Faculty's own film club "Film at Forum" continues with the short film "Vem ropar för Alvar", the result of three years of research on Swedish elderly care. See you on the steps of Forum Medicum! The film is a drama-comedy that depicts how the assistant nurse Minna, on

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/our-film-club-continues-short-film-swedish-elderly-care-thursday-5pm - 2025-08-31