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28 Oct 2024
Daniel Karlsson is a Doctor of Sociology after defending his thesis on digital freelancers
On Friday 25 October, Daniel Karlsson successfully defended his thesis "At least I have this freedom: Subjectivity and self-precarization among digital freelancers in the Swedish c...
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21 Oct 2024
Sociology, Social Anthropology and Gender Studies form a new joint department
The change means that Sociology, Social Anthropology and Gender Studies will become divisions in a larger department – the three subjects have already shared a building since Augus...
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7 Oct 2024
Linn Alenius Wallin has successfully defended her dissertation
On Friday 4 October, Linn Alenius Wallin successfully defended her thesis “Bonus-grandchildren and Bonus-grandparents: On Care and Relationships Between Generations in Reconstitute...
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9 Sep 2024
Prestigious grant for sociological research on virtual trials
Sociologist Lisa Flower has been awarded research funding from the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, a prestigious EU grant awarded to early career researchers. Three...
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15 Aug 2024
We're moving in!
The Department of Sociology is moving back home after a year of renovation. The building has been given a boost with new ventilation and general refurbishment. The premises will be...
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13 Jun 2024
Exploring the Future of Criminal Justice
Insights from the Virtual Criminal Justice Network Conference
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7 May 2024
The Vietnam War: Cultural Trauma and Collective Memory
In the new book "Vietnam, a War, Not a Country," sociologists Magnus Ring, Ron Eyerman, and Todd Madigan delve into the multifaceted landscape of memory surrounding the Vietnam War...
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13 Feb 2024
To share the unshareable - Strong equality ideal in young people's contraceptive work
Making independent decisions about your body and your life is a big part of being a human being in Sweden today. Part of this is taking care of your sexual health and choosing whet...
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29 Jan 2024
Oriana Quaglietta Bernal awarded honourable teacher prize
At Lund University's grand annual ceremony, the Student Award for Excellence in Teaching was presented to Oriana Quaglietta Bernal, Department of Sociology.
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23 Jan 2024
Lila Lee-Morrison awarded the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
Lila Lee-Morrison, researcher at the Department of Sociology, was recently awarded the prestigious Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant 2023 in the books category. The grant s...
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19 Dec 2023
Marie Larsson has defended her thesis on contraceptive work and is now a doctor of sociology
On Tuesday 19 December, Marie Larsson successfully defended her thesis "The Work of Contracepting: Young people's experiences and practices with contraceptives in Sweden" and is no...
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12 Dec 2023
Several projects get funding from the Swedish Research Council
No less than four Department of Sociology projects have recently received funding from the Swedish Research Council. The researchers behind the projects are Jan Mewes, Christopher ...
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22 Nov 2023
Nothing to lose - Hopelessness may increase violence in Palestine
Palestinians in the occupied territories experience great despair and resignation. Social anthropologist Nina Gren's research in the area and contact with residents over 20 years h...
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27 Oct 2023
Three researchers awarded funding from foundation
Three projects with researchers from the Department of Sociology have received research grants from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ). The researchers who will receive funding are Dal...
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24 Oct 2023
Professor Christofer Edling member of the new government advisory committee
Christofer Edling, professor of Sociology and dean at the Faculty of Social Science at Lund University, has been appointed as a member of the government’s new advisory committee on...
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16 Oct 2023
Sustainable tourism part of film cavalcade
How can tourism organisations approach the question of appropriate quantity of tourists? Mikael Klintman, sociology professor is one of the speakers in a row of short talks present...
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25 Sep 2023
Women and men show more similarities when choosing a foreign partner
Increasing globalisation and international mobility have changed couple formations around the world. More people have a partner from abroad and, although it is often a migrant from...
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3 Jul 2023
Sweden world leading in union membership despite declining union density
The proportion of unionised blue-collar and white-collar workers fell in 2022 after an increase in the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Despite this, Sweden has the world's second ...
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24 May 2023
Sleuthing Online - a bumpy path for the net detective
David Wästerfors, Veronika Burcar Alm and Erik Hannerz have published an article in New Media & Society dealing with crime case discussions on the Swedish platform Flashback. The a...
