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Summer information ahead of the autumn semester

Summer opening hours and course introductory meetings at the Sociology of Law Department.

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Apply to our PhD course in sociology of law!

The Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology of Law is a 15 credits course on doctoral level running in the autumn 2021.

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What is sociology of law?

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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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9 Jul 2021 | News

New materialism and Nordic feminism co-working for a new perspective on justice

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.

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29 Jun 2021 | News

Online doctors expose deficiencies in the Swedish healthcare system

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 on the healthcare market has made it clear that the two prin...

Thomas Mathiesen

1 Jun 2021 | News

Honorary doctor at the Faculty of Social Sciences has passed away

The distinguished socio-legal scholar Thomas Mathiesen died on Saturday, May 29. He was 87 years old.

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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.

Calendar

Sep

1 September 2021 13:00 to 14:00 | Seminar

Research Seminar with Martin Joormann: Studying the Danish, German and Swedish asylum systems and their appeal instances

Sep

15 September 2021 13:00 to 14:30 | Seminar

Research Seminar with Jiří Přibáň: Past, Present and Future of research in Sociology of Law

Sep

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

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