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Associate Professor Rustam Urinboyev spent more than five years studying the experiences and life stories of Uzbek migrant workers in Moscow. In the book Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes: Navigating the Legal Landscape in Russia, he…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/imagination-and-creative-navigation-simplifies-life-central-asian-migrants-russia- 2021-03-10

Receive information about courses and their content or information about exams, or in which areas of the job market Sociology of Law is in demand. The master's programme and courses in EnglishHelena EdbergProgramme AdministratorAvailable…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/education/information-about-your-studies/student-counselling- 2026-03-04

For 13 years, Sociology of Law Professor Per Wickenberg ran a training programme implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in schools and education in 16 countries around the world. The effort enrolled more than 500 people…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/looking-back-and-forward-furthering-rights-children- 2021-04-19

Unfamiliarity with the local language and regulations make immigrants vulnerable to over-indebtedness. The condition puts them at risk of social and financial exclusion, which negatively affects their integration in the host country…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-economic-insecurity-hinders-integration-immigrants- 2021-04-15

On Friday, May 7, Ph.D. student Peter Bergwall at the Sociology of Law Department successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Exploring paths of justice in the digital healthcare”. Since 2016, Peter Bergwall has studied healthcare services…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/peter-bergwall-now-doctor-sociology-law- 2021-05-07

The distinguished socio-legal scholar Thomas Mathiesen died on Saturday, May 29. He was 87 years old. Thomas Mathiesen received his doctorate from the University of Oslo in 1965 with the dissertation The Defenses of the Weak, which…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/honorary-doctor-faculty-social-sciences-has-passed-away- 2021-06-01

Swedish healthcare is supposed to be guided by a principle of need, treating the most urgent cases first. Political reforms in recent decades have also introduced freedom of choice as a guiding principle. The rise of online doctor services…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/online-doctors-expose-deficiencies-swedish-healthcare-system- 2021-06-29

The Sociology of Law Department’s researcher Jannice Käll proposes how Nordic feminist theory and new materialist feminist theory can reach further in a call for feminist justice by considering their differences. In a recent article in…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-materialism-and-nordic-feminism-co-working-new-perspective-justice- 2021-07-09

Information for journalists We can help you clarify and analyze the cause or functionality of laws, rules and norms. Contact the listed researchers concerning topics related to their expertise. You can also contact the Sociology of Law…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/contact-us/experts-media-enquiries- 2025-09-08

The mandate Head of Department rarely spans more than six years. Matthias Baier held it at the Sociology of Law Department for eleven. This spring, the former prefect resumed his position as Senior Lecturer. Accompanied by his partner and…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/matthias-baier-has-stepped-down-head-department-and-back-classroom- 2023-03-28

The Social Sciences Faculty Library The Social Sciences Faculty Library (Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens bibliotek or Sambib) The Sociology of Law Department belongs to The Social Sciences Faculty Library (Samhällsvetenskapliga…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/your-library- 2025-01-13

The ecological consequences of animal agriculture present an acute challenge for how we legislate to protect cows, pigs, and other farmed animals. Research at the Sociology of Law Department suggests abandoning human-centred perspectives,…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/laws-failure-protect-farmed-animals-has-dire-consequences-both-human-and-nonhuman-life- 2023-06-09

A month has passed since the start of the autumn semester. By now, the Sociology of Law Department's two guest professors, Anna Lundberg and Ole Hammerslev, are deeply embedded in the institution, where they will stay until June 2022. Anna…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/these-are-sociology-law-departments-guest-professors- 2021-09-28

- The Master's Programme in Sociology of Law As part of your application for the Master's Programme in Sociology of Law, we require a statement of purpose. This also applies to Swedish citizens and non-citizens with a bachelor's degree…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/form/statement-purpose- 2026-01-21

On Friday, December 3, Mikael Lundholm’s eight-year doctoral education ended with a successful defence of his thesis “The Social Contingency of Law: Studies of Social Control during Foreclosure in Sweden”. Mikael Lundholm’s thesis defence…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/now-it-doctor-mikael-lundholm- 2022-09-21

It took Swedish prosecutors six years to prepare the criminal case against former executives of Telia Company for paying several hundred million USD in bribes in Uzbekistan. The Sociology of Law Department's researcher Isabel Schoultz…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-corporate-executives-beat-corruption-charges-performing-unbeloning-court- 2022-01-11

Opening doors to a creative research environment The doctoral (PhD) programme consists of four years of full-time studies (240 credits). The studies can also be carried out part-time (no less than half-time) and cover eight years. As a…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/research/doctoral-studies- 2025-09-08

Few bachelor theses make it to publication. But a student currently in the Master's Programme in Sociology of Law recently managed the unusual feat when an international journal published a reworked version of her bachelor's project…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/masters-student-publishes-bachelor-thesis-international-academic-journal- 2022-03-01

The economic sanctions against Russian following the invasion of Ukraine are having spillover effects in Central Asia. With the prospect of economic and social strain forcing Russian employers to lay off migrant workers, Tajikistan,…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/central-asian-migrant-workers-risk-mass-unemployment- 2022-04-22

Welfare policies across the continent are becoming increasingly nationalistic and exclusive toward racialised and poor non-citizens. A socio-legal paper published in Critical Social Policy finds that social services in Sweden and Italy are…

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/racist-and-classist-politics-behind-increased-homelessness-among-asylum-seekers-europe- 2022-05-16