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On 17 October, the Faculty Board decided to merge the Department of Gender Studies and the Department of Sociology. The merger will formally take place on 1 January 2025. The decision means that the Department of Gender Studies will be reorganized from being a separate department to becoming a division within the Department of Sociology, along with the divisions Sociology and Social Anthropology.

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/sociology-social-anthropology-and-gender-studies-form-new-joint-department - 2026-06-19

This autumn, teachers at the faculty can attend pedagogical workshops on Canvas and Inspera. Take this opportunity to develop and learn more about these platforms! The workshops are an initiative of the faculty's Education Council with the aim of increasing digital pedagogical competence. Become an expert on Canvas Canvas is the platform where you can gather and structure all information about you

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/pedagogical-workshops-teachers - 2026-06-19

With the Research Data Office, the University is working to improve support for researchers in the management of research data. Each faculty now has a data steward to assist researchers in their work with research data. Ann-Sofie Zettergren has the role of data steward at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The new Research Data Office will better support researchers in managing their research data ac

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-research-data-office-data-stewards-each-faculty - 2026-06-19

The renovation project for Gamla kirurgen is entering the fourth stage of the construction process as architects produce a more detailed design. If all goes according to plan, the fifth renovation in the building's history will begin in 2026. Two years ago, the project to establish a social science centre paused, awaiting the Land and Environment Courts' consideration of an appeal against Lund Mun

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/renewal-gamla-kirurgen-enters-new-phase - 2026-06-19

The Social Sciences Faculty Office will soon have a new division; the International Office. The division will be responsible for planning and coordinating international student exchange and faculty-wide international programmes and courses at first, second and third cycle levels.  The staff at the International Office will also administer the inter-faculty agreements with partner universities worl

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-international-office-faculty - 2026-06-19

New and revised education information is now available on the faculty's internal website. The information is aimed at both those who teach and those who plan and administer education. The purpose of the new pages is to gather faculty-wide information related to educational issues. You will find, among other things, the faculty's regulations, support in the process of writing course and programme s

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-internal-web-pages-supporting-first-and-second-cycle-education - 2026-06-19

A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the first changes to take place at the end of the year:The Department of Communicati

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2026-06-19

The Faculty of Social Sciences is now planning a new course for those who teach social science research methods and want to explore new ways to develop their pedagogy and strengthen students' learning. The course "Teaching and Learning Research Methods in Social Sciences" will be both practically and theoretically grounded in order to provide the conditions for reflecting together on challenges an

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/do-you-want-develop-your-skills-teacher-research-methods - 2026-06-19

The Faculty's pilot of transcription using the Whisper AI tool has worked very well, with many hundreds of hours of interview material transcribed so far. Until there is a university-wide solution, we are therefore continuing to offer the tool through the Department of Psychology. About the offerThe Department of Psychology has purchased a powerful computer to be used for transcribing audio and vi

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/whisper-transcription-tool-still-available-spring-term - 2026-06-19

Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsApplication monthsThe application months are to be used to draw up research applications. PhD holders employed until further notice as senior l

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2025 - 2026-06-19

On 15 January, the web pages of the Faculty of Social Sciences Library were launched on the Faculty's general website. At the same time the website sambib.lu.se was closed. Library information can now be found at www.sam.lu.se/en/library. The exception is the information about the library's support for researchers and teachers, which has been moved to the faculty's internal website together with o

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/library-has-moved-samluse - 2026-06-19

Lund University's social sciences have risen from 53rd to 46th place in Times Higher Education's subject rankings for 2025. This means that the University's social science subjects are the second highest ranked subjects at LU, after law. Times Higher Education's definition of social sciences covers political science and international relations, including development studies, public policy, and gov

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-sciences-climb-rankings - 2026-06-19

15 January was the application deadline for programmes in the international admission round. We are happy to report that both the total number of applicants and the number of first-choice applicants to the Faculty of Social Sciences' programmes have increased. The number of first-choice applicants to the Faculty of Social Sciences' programmes has increased by 9% compared to last year, while the to

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/more-applicants-facultys-international-masters-programmes - 2026-06-19

Socialhögskolans rapportserie Research Reports in Social Work har under årets första halvår förstärkts med hela fyra nya publikationer. Spana in dem här! De fyra nya rapporterna behandlar så vitt skilda ämnen inom socialt arbete som översyn av hälso- och sjukvårdskuratorsprogrammet, barns delaktighet och trygghet i kontakt med sociala myndigheter, hur död och döende hanteras inom olika människobeh

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/fyra-nya-titlar-i-socialhogskolans-rapportserie - 2026-06-19

Under två års tid kommer forskare från Socialhögskolan och anställda på Socialtjänsten i Lund att arbeta i ett projekt för att stärka samverkan, undersöka fält där parterna ännu inte samverkar samt skapa kunskapscirkulation, där båda parter är kontinuerligt delaktiga. Socialhögskolans Anders Jönsson och Teres Hjärpe har tillsammans med Harald Liebenstein Gegner och Maria Svensson från Socialtjänst

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/nytt-projekt-okad-samverkan-mellan-socialtjansten-i-lund-och-socialhogskolan - 2026-06-19

I höst ger Socialhögskolan en högaktuell kurs som fokuserar på samhällskatastrofer. Kursen Socialt arbete under katastroftider tar också upp frågor kring infrastruktur och samhällsberedskap samt tidigare erfarenheter av katastrofer. – Vi ger denna kurs för att samhällskatastrofer drabbar ofta de mest utsatta värst, det ser vi i pågående krig och samhällskonflikter och i natur- och miljökatastrofer

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/sok-kursen-socialt-arbete-under-katastroftider - 2026-06-19

Marianne Larsson Lindahl från Socialhögskolan är i Sydafrika för att delta i SASUF-projektet “Social change through child agency and participation”, ett projekt för att stärka arbetet med barns deltagande i processer och beslut. Forskare och praktiker från Sverige och Sydafrika har i projektet gemensamt analyserat lagstiftning och policy för barn som omhändertagits och genomfört digitala workshops

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/projekt-med-universitet-i-sydafrika-social-change-through-child-agency-and-participation - 2026-06-19

Kortfilmen "Vem ropar för Alvar" hade premiär den 7 mars i Göteborg. Filmen är resultatet av tre års forskning i projektet "Moralisk stress och moraliskt aktörskap i svensk äldreomsorg" i samarbete med en masterstudent på Hdk-Valands filmprogram. Filmen skildrar hur undersköterskan Minna på väg till jobbet räddar sin äldre granne Alvar från att brinna inne och det som följer på den händelsen. Den

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/filmpremiar - 2026-06-19

The EUGLOH Seed Money Programme aims to enable teachers to create new joint learning pathways, and together with UiT Norges arktiske universitet, The School of Social Work now has been funded to proceed with the student activity “The Field of Practice and the professional role”. Teachers Roberto Scaramuzzino and Maria Bergendal Arvidsson, together with International coordinator Anneli Nielsen, are

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/funds-school-social-work-international-collaboration - 2026-06-19

Forskare från hela Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten samlades när fakultetens metodcentrum hade sin första konferens, organiserad av Julia Bahner, Björn Johnson och Håkan Jönson från Socialhögskolan. Temat för Metodcentrets första endagskonferens var ”Utmaningar och möjligheter med deltagarbaserade forskningsmetoder”. Keynote speakers var professor Alice Schippers från University of Humanistic Stud

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/konferens-om-deltagarbaserade-forskningsmetoder-forst-ut-metodcentrum - 2026-06-19