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10 Dec 2025 | News
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.

3 Oct 2025 | News
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...

13 Jun 2025 | News
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...

4 Jun 2025 | News
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.

16 Apr 2025 | News
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 ...