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Agnieszka Kubal

Research Seminar

with Agnieszka Kubal, 13:00-14:00 (UTC+2) on May 12, on Zoom

Mikael Lundholm

Final Ph.D. Seminar

with Mikael Lundholm, 15:00-18:00 (UTC+2) on May 26.

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What is sociology of law?

Associate Professor Måns Svensson explains.

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Master's Programme in Sociology of Law

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Stand-alone Courses

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Research Seminars

Featuring local and international researchers of law and society.

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Research Projects

Ongoing socio-legal studies at the department.

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News

Coronovirus - Information for students and employees

Information about the Lund University guidelines concerning the coronavirus.

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7 May 2021 | News

Peter Bergwall is now a Doctor of Sociology of Law

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”.

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14 Apr 2021 | News

How economic insecurity hinders the integration of immigrants

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.

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23 Mar 2021 | News

Looking back and forward on furthering the rights of children

For 13 years, Sociology of Law Professor Per Wickenberg ran a training programme implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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9 Mar 2021 | News

Imagination and creative navigation simplifies life for Central Asian migrants in Russia

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 reveals how migrants navigate an ever-changing migration syst...

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3 Mar 2021 | News

We need a sociology of algorithms

Increasing digitalisation and computerisation can lead to socio-legal governance problems and a dominating artificial intelligence.

Calendar

May

12 May 2021 13:00 to 14:00 | Seminar

Sociology of Law Research Seminars - Hollow human rights? The dissenting consciousness of migrant-applicants from Russia before the European Court of Human Rights

May

26 May 2021 15:00 to 18:00 | Seminar

PhD Final Seminar - ’Going once, going twice, sold!’ The Hammer of Law and Other Social Control Responses: Studies of Foreclosure in Sweden

Sep

29 September 2021 13:00 to 16:00 | Seminar

PhD Final Seminar - Inform, Nudge, Replace: How digital systems drive changes in urban behaviors