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Despite an increasing number of informal outdoor sport and recreational spaces in Sweden and our society, not everyone feel that they can use them. Public spaces for physical activity are dominated by boys and men, while girls and women are under-represented. The research project Equalizer examines the barriers that hinders different groups access to these spaces and methods to remove the obstacle

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/methods-disturbance-gives-more-people-access-public-places - 2026-06-19

Today we conducted this falls second nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Anna Spitzkat nailed her doctors thesis. Anna is defending her thesis during a dissertation at the 9th of December here at Campus Helsingborg. The title of the thesis is ”Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the reconfiguration of the practice of shopping”. With Annas own words:   "Instagram, i

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/anna-spitzkat-nailed-her-dissertation - 2026-06-19

The 9th of December Anna Spitzkat defended her doctorate dissertation “Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the Reconfiguration of the Practice of Shopping”. The thesis explores how the consumer uses Instagram for shopping and the blurring of previously established roles. About the thesis The thesis offers new insights into the understanding of novel, technology-driven consumption p

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-doctoral-thesis-about-social-media-shopping - 2026-06-19

Hunting in Sweden has a long history and could be considered a cultural heritage. Wildlife management and a sense of local community and stewardship are important keywords to describe recreational hunting. However, in recent years there has been an emerging market for commercial hunting, where hunters can buy the right to hunt on someone else’s land, where hospitality services and guiding are ofte

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/recreational-hunting-sweden-question-moral-and-balance - 2026-06-19

Academic misconduct has increased with about 200% during the past covid years. As a precaution Lund University has started a project to prevent deception and misleading in examination, whether it’s unauthorized cooperation, plagiarism, or non-allowed aids. In every study environment there is a unique culture, with boundaries to what is considered acceptable and unacceptable by the students themsel

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/ai-forces-teachers-change-way-courses-are-examined-0 - 2026-06-19

From January 2023 we are called The department of service studies. With the name change we want to increase the comprehensibility of our department name while expressing professionalism and closeness to the research area. The name change means that "Service management" will disappear from the department titel. However, our bachelor ans masters programmes will still be called Service mnanagement, a

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-name-department-ism-becomes-ses - 2026-06-19

What is the sea in marine spatial planning and how does it affect our future? In a one-day conference the results and work of two finished Formas projects was presented with the theme ”Blue economy, marine markets and marine spatial planning”. On the schedule for the day was lectures on marine spatial planning, beaches and the possibilities of seaweed with speakers from Lund University, Malmö Univ

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/blue-economy-marine-markets-and-marine-spatial-planning - 2026-06-19

Developing cleverly designed circular solutions must outcompete, supersede, and phase out current linear solutions. Professor Hervé Corvellec at the department of service studies writes on Future Earth together with lecturer Alison Stowell at Lancaster university. Advocates of the circular economy routinely argue that developing “circular solutions” has the capacity to stop unsustainable use of re

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/circular-economy-practices-will-not-automatically-phase-out-linear-economy - 2026-06-19

What role can digitalization play in the pursuit of a more sustainable consumption? A new research project with the title “Digital infrastructures for sustainable consumption: Redirecting, reorganizing, reducing and reimaging consumption” has been granted financing of 3,1 million sek. It’s a part of an international cooperation with partner universities across the globe. Changing current consumpti

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/funding-research-digitalization-and-sustainable-consumption - 2026-06-19

This years first nailing ceremony took place at the department when Rui Liu nailed her thesis "Tinkered care: Assembling Medicine Consumption in Grey Zones". The topic is medical and health services, and falsified medical products. The aim of the dissertation is to advance knowledge about care as situated practices within and beyond medical institutional settings. It addresses the phenomenon of su

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/rui-liu-nailed-her-dissertation - 2026-06-19

For the fourth year in a row, new doctors active at Campus Helsingborg have had the possibility to receive fundings from the Helsingborg trade association. Besides being a researcher with connection to Helsingborg, it is also favorable to have a focus on retail, industry or service. This year 1 million sek was granted to three researchers all with connection to Service studies. Micol Mieli was one

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-doctors-granted-funds-develop-trade-helsingborg - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Music professor Gary McPherson, appointed honorary doctor at the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, will be awarded in a digital ceremony at Lund University on May 28. Link to ceremony May 28

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/online-doctoral-award-ceremony - 2026-06-19

The Academy of Music has the great pleasure of being able to distribute more than SEK 900,000 at the end of the school year in the form of various scholarships to the school's students. An important and tax-free addition to many students' wallets for the summer, which creates new opportunities, for example for further studies, instrument purchases or recordings.The Academy of Music has met one of

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/malmo-academy-music-awards-almost-one-million-sek-scholarships - 2026-06-19

Göran Söllscher, professor at Malmö Academy of Music, is the first Swede to be awarded in the Hall of Fame for classical guitarists by the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA). Göran has known about the award for some time but was overwhelmed when he received the news. He thinks it proves that his musical achievements have been appreciated all over the world. Due to the pandemic, the ceremony and a

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/goran-sollscher-honored-gfa-hall-fame - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lisa Eklund has just published an article on "Son Preference Reconfigured? A Qualitative Study of Migration and Social Change in Four Chinese Villages” in The China Quarterly. More information on journals.cambridge.orgLisa Eklund's personal page Abstract:Drawing from ethnographic data from 48 households in four villag

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/eklund-son-preference-china - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Shai Mulinari has, together with Andreas Vilhelmsson and Courtney Davis, published the article "Pharmaceutical Industry Off-label Promotion and Self-regulation: A Document Analysis of Off-label Promotion Rulings by the United Kingdom Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority 2003–2012" in PLOS Medicine. Learn

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mulinari-new-publications - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sara Eldén has reviewed the book “Couple Relationships in the 21st Century”. "Scholars who study love run the risk of being accused of demystifying and simplifying one of the most beautiful things there is in life. When scientific analysis labels, categorizes and separates that which is experienced simultaneously and

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/review-couple-relationships-21st-century - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Magnus Ring has co-authored the chapter “How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: a comparative snapshot” in Long-term care reforms in OECD countries (ed. Cristiano Gori, Jose-Luis Fernandez and Raphael Wittenberg, Policy Press, 2016). Learn more at Policy PressMagnus Ring’s personal p

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/ring-has-been-co-authored-book-long-term-care-resources-older-users - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tina Kindeberg has published both a book chapter and a journal article. The book chapter is:Kindeberg, Tina (2015). The oral interaction between students and teachers in higher education. In Booth, S & L.Woollacott (eds) The Scholarship of teaching and Learning: It’s constitution and its transformative potential. Stel

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/kindeberg-two-new-publications-education - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Malin Åkerström and David Wästerfors have together with Katarina Jacobsson published the new article “Struggling for One’s Name: Defense Narratives by those Accused of Small-Time Corruption” in "Sociological Focus". Abstract:Under scrutiny (what we term a “bribery gaze”), many interpersonal exchanges in work contexts

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-article-about-people-who-have-been-accused-bribery - 2026-06-19