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The South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission has released findings on human rights violations in international adoption practices, highlighting the state's failures in child welfare. On 26 March 2025, the South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission released the first of its findings on human rights violations committed in international adoption practices. South Korea has operated the

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/youngeun-koo-comments-washington-post-south-koreas-truth-commission-report-international-adoption - 2026-07-23

Focusing on the concept of the rule of law, the article looks at how China employs established legal terms like the rule of law to make itself more understandable to the international community. However, this willingness to adopt familiar terminology does not necessarily translate to strict adherence to their original definitions. Martin Lavička, visiting research fellow at the Centre for East and

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-martin-lavicka-has-published-new-article-hague-journal-rule-law - 2026-07-23

Article on the memory of 17 April 1975  At the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge take-over of Cambodia on 17 April 1975, the article looks back at this history and then traces out how the memory thereof plays out in contemporary politics.The article is available on the Diplomat website

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-astrid-noren-nilsson-has-published-new-article-diplomat-magazine - 2026-07-23

As part of their internship, the candidate will conduct an individually defined academic or policy-orientated project with feedback from researchers at the Centre. The candidate will also be responsible for day-to-day outreach and administration tasks, such as social media management, organising and participating in events.As such, the candidate should have a strong interest and educational backgr

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/internship-position-centre-fall-2025-now-open-applications - 2026-07-23

At a time of increasing political polarizations and global challenges, including climate change and geo-political tensions and wars, and cut-backs in funding for studies on East and South-East Asia in many countries in Europe as well as in the United States, in-depth and context-specific expertise on the countries and cultures in East and South-East Asia is more important than ever. There is an ur

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/centre-east-and-south-east-asian-studies-has-released-its-strategy-2025-2027 - 2026-07-23

Martin Lavička, visiting research fellow at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, co-edited a new publication published by the Palacký University Press. Ideas on the (human) body, gender, and identity lie at the core of many socio-political issues and cultural trends in Asia today, while also inspiring innovative research on artistic expression from Asia's past. By focusing on socio-po

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/martin-lavicka-co-edited-new-publication-titled-embodied-entanglements-gender-identity-and-corporeal-0 - 2026-07-23

Now it is decided that two of the graduate school's PhD students receive SWEAH travel grants from the spring call. Stina Larsson, Linköping University, is granted 30 000 SEK to visit the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, in June-July 2026. PhD student Mattias Antar, from the same university, is granted 50 000 SEK to visit the University of Pennsylvania, USA, i

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/research-trips-singapore-and-usa - 2026-07-23

At the beginning of the year, SWEAH's alumni network SAIN got a new coordinator, after the steering group from the start in 2022 chose to hand over to new forces. Now the remaining seats have also been filled and the steering group now consists of; Isabelle von Saenger, Coordinator, Karolinska Institutet Anna Nivestam, Kristianstad University Erika Augustsson, Karolinska Institutet Nadya Golovchan

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-management-alumni-network-sain - 2026-07-23

A record number of PhD students, around 25, from 10 of SWEAH's 13 partner universities, participated in the spring SWEAH PhD Student Days at Kristianstad University last week. It was a replay of the popular theme "Introduction to Writing Retreats". As usual, the doctoral students networked, shared experiences and learned new things during a lecture on how AI can be used in scientific writing, and

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/popular-theme-attracted-many-sweahs-phd-student-days - 2026-07-23

Last week, SWEAH held its board meeting at Jönköping University and worked intensively to develop a new strategic plan - the direction for the next contract period. Read the full news at Jönköping University's website.In the text, it is mentioned that SWEAH welcomes more partners. Read more about it here!

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-gathered-ju-focusing-future - 2026-07-23

SWEAH's spring course "Theories of Ageing" on theories, ageing and health, is coming to an end. This week, about 20 PhD students will meet in Lund for a two-day workshop on the subject. Just defining who is "older" leads to interesting discussions. According to one of today's lecturers, gerontology professor Boo Johansson from the partner University of Gothenburg, it is social constructions that h

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-delve-theories-ageing - 2026-07-23

SWEAH alumna Anna Nivestam, at the partner university Kristianstad University, is currently publishing a new scientific article on how well Nordic research focuses on the concept of health promotion and on the participation of older adults. Life expectancy is increasing in all the Nordic countries, and health-promoting research is crucial to meet both opportunities and challenges as society has an

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/much-health-promoting-research-sweden-older-adults-are-rarely-involved - 2026-07-23

SWEAH PhD student Annicka Appelberg, Kristianstad University, attended the 7th World Parkinson Congress, 24–27 May, in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Approximately 4 000 participants from 40 countries attended the congress. The congress had a grant that PhD students could apply for, which she received. That covered the registration fee and four hotel nights.On the first day, Annicka Appelberg led a sessio

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/spreading-her-knowledge-internationally-about-parkinsons-care - 2026-07-23

When dementia takes memory, it does not take identity. SWEAH PhD student Judit Staller, Mid Sweden University, reveals in her first publication how you can reach someone living with dementia. Imagine sitting in a room you don’t recognise, in a body you no longer quite trust, asking for a husband who left this morning – except it wasn’t this morning. It was years ago. And he isn’t coming back.This

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-research-suggests-validating-identity-dementia-care - 2026-07-23

SWEAH PhD student Juliet Jacobsen and her supervisor Jenny Klintman, Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, have followed how patients with advanced cancer seek care during their last years of life. By studying their care patterns, the research team has developed a measurement method that relates healthcare needs to the changing value of time for patients at the end of life. The less time they ha

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/important-end-time-life - 2026-07-23

In a few weeks there is a very good chance to follow the research around Sweden and within SWEAH, when 25 PhD students from the graduate school present their projects at the 23rd IAGG World Conference in Amsterdam, July 5-9. – I will be presenting a study that explores clinical clusters in an inpatient geriatric Swedish population based on diagnoses and other health variables. The research is impo

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/swedish-doctoral-research-goes-international - 2026-07-23

Getting a dementia diagnosis in the middle of working life changes life fundamentally. New research from SWEAH's partner university, Jönköping University, shows that younger people with dementia and their partners often receive insufficient support, which can lead to financial problems, poorer quality of life and increased strain in the relationship. – When a partner in a relationship is diagnosed

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/lack-support-younger-people-dementia - 2026-07-23

Registration for SWEAH's research conference in the autumn opens tomorrow. Researchers and stakeholders in the field of ageing and health will gather and on stage, as a keynote speaker on the second day of the conference, will be health economist Linus Jönsson, Karolinska Institutet. With the lecture "From Research to Real-World Impact: Advancing Dementia Prevention to Meet Societal Needs", Profes

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/health-economist-implementation-least-difficult-developing-new-treatments - 2026-07-23

The steering group for SWEAH's alumni network SAIN is developing a new strategic plan for the coming years. Today, the members of the network were invited to contribute with input on what they want SAIN to work with in the future. And what they themselves want to get out of the network. – We also divided ourselves into smaller groups to discuss interdisciplinary research questions and possible res

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-ideas-about-future-research-ageing-and-health - 2026-07-23

Ny forskning visar att risken för knäledsartros kan möjligen minskas med så kallad ”icke-inflammatorisk kost”. Vad du äter kan ha betydelse för flera kroniska sjukdomar. Forskare från Harvard University, USA i samarbete med en grupp kinesiska forskare har nu i en studie funnit att typ av föda, oberoende från det totala energiintaget, påverkar risken för knäledsartros. Studien baserar sig på en sto

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/dalig-diet-kan-leda-till-knaartros - 2026-07-23