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8 Apr 2026
Major EU grant for Lund-led PhD programme on Islamic legal cultures
The EU has awarded Rustamjon Urinboyev €4.73 million to lead a new doctoral network on law, religion, and governance in post-imperial Muslim-majority societies. Eleven European uni...
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26 Mar 2026
Timur Dadabaev joins the department as Visiting Professor
Professor Timur Dadabaev is conducting a 12-month research stay at the Sociology of Law Department. The visiting professorship marks the launch of a long-term effort to establish a...
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5 Feb 2026
Victoria Canning is our new Visiting Professor
She will contribute part-time to the Sociology of Law Department for two years. The recruitment is part of the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence, the University's lar...
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10 Dec 2025
Håkan Hydén awarded the Podgórecki Prize
The prize, one of the leading international honours in socio-legal studies, recognises Hydén’s long impact on the field, both as a pioneering theorist and an influential mentor.
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3 Oct 2025
New Project Aims to Bridge Climate Policy and Indigenous Knowledge in the Amazon
For generations, Indigenous and riverine communities in the Amazon have relied on deep ecological knowledge to live in harmony with the rainforest. But, as climate disasters reshap...
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13 Jun 2025
The Sociology of Law Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in law, rights, and social movements
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 u...
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4 Jun 2025
New Grant Backs Research on Alternative Non-Western Legal and Governance Institutions
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.
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16 Apr 2025
Researchers studying protest culture gathered in Budapest for project kick-off
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 ...
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3 Apr 2025
Sociology of Law Department Leads €5.5M EU-Funded Research on Authoritarian Law and Legality in Central Asia
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 addition...
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12 Mar 2025
Anna Lundberg leads two new projects studying the Informer Act
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 la...