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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...
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5 Mar 2025
Two articles from the Department among the JPR’s most downloaded
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...
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27 Jan 2025
The justice in resisting climate change policies
Climate change is a reality for communities globally, forcing governments and international agencies to propose climate adaptation measures. For many people, these top-down approac...
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21 Jan 2025
Patrik Olsson invited to Uzbekistan as expert on civil society and non-profit development
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...
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10 Jan 2025
EU funds research about democratic decline and protest culture
Michael Molavi and Isabel Schoultz have received a major research grant from the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Programme. Together with newly hired post-doctoral researcher,...
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6 Dec 2024
Ana Maria Vargas Falla reflects on COP29
Ana Maria Vargas Falla was Lund University's only representative at COP29 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. She has researched public resistance and acceptance of climate legisla...
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27 Sep 2024
Oscar Björkenfeldt completes the doctoral student programme
On Friday, September 13, Oscar Björkenfeldt successfully defended his thesis, "Online Harassment Against Journalists: A Socio-Legal and Working-Life Study of the Challenges and Imp...
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26 Jun 2024
Several successful grant applications in June
The Sociology of Law Department received four positive answers for funding requests this month.
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26 Jun 2024
Research Strives to Amplify Marginalized Voices in Nordic-Baltic Green Transition
NordForsk, an organisation under the Nordic Council of Ministers that funds cooperative research between researchers in the Nordics, awarded Ida Nafstad the equivalent of €324,000 ...
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15 May 2024
Sociology of Law Department receives half a million SEK to strengthen international impact
Lund University recently decided to allocate €4 million to promote international impact. The Faculty of Social Sciences receives €590 000, part of which goes to the Sociology of La...
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26 Apr 2024
Doctoral thesis in sociology of law awarded as Faculty's best
Cansu Bostan received the Oscar II Stipend, an annual award for the best doctoral thesis at each of Lund University's faculties defended during the previous two years.
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26 Apr 2024
Department's bachelor's programme and online course among the most popular at Lund University
The Bachelor's Programme in Criminology and the Sociology of Law Basic Course Online were among Lund University's most applied-for programmes and courses for the autumn semester of...
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27 Feb 2024
Anna Lundberg is the new Head of Department
When 2023 became 2024, Anna Lundberg took over as Head of The Sociology of Law Department. Here she talks about her first months in the position and future challenges.
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12 Feb 2024
New projects presented at the Sociology of Law Department's Research Panorama Day
The Research Panorama Day is an annual relay seminar presenting ongoing research at the Sociology of Law Department for new students. It is an opportunity for students to get an ov...
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4 Jan 2024
Our friend and colleague Karl Dahlstrand has passed away
During the winter break, we received the tragic news that Karl Dahlstrand passed away unexpectedly.