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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dear students and other visitors: be advised that the department building Eden closes at 5 PM on Thursday, 11 December. Learn more about Eden's opening hours over the holiday and New Year.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/eden-closes-early-11-december - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On December 18, the department’s new site will launch. The incoming webmaster welcomes you back then! New web – new webmasterOn December 18, the department’s new web site will be launched. On that date, Emma Lord will succeed Mikael Sundström as webmaster (Mikael returns to his full time duties as Senior Lecturer afte
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-website - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On December 18, the department’s new site will launch. The outgoing webmaster wishes his successor the best of luck! On December 18, the department’s new web site will be launched. On that date, Emma Lord will succeed Mikael Sundström as webmaster (Mikael returns to his full time duties as Senior Lecturer after a stin
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/goodbye-outgoing-webmaster - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam has been promoted to full professor at the department! We extend our congratulations to her (and us)! Karin Aggestam.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-new-professor - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Magdalena Bexell has edited the recently published book Global Governance, Legitimacy and Legitimation (Routledge), and herself contributes a chapter entitled Global Governance, Legitimacy and Legitimation Learn more.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bexell-edits-global-governance-legitimacy-and-legitimation - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Department of Political Science (University of Gothenburg) announces the availability of six fully funded doctoral student positions. Apply by March 2. Learn more...
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ph-d-candidate-positions-gothenburg - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RESEARCHER OUTREACH: In 2015, Johannes Stripple will head an Advanced Study Group entitled The Decarbonisation Laboratory, that will focus on the development of new methdologies in that field. Learn more...
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/stripple-leads-decarbonisation-laboratory - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Björkdahl is one of the editors of the book ”Peacebuilding and Friction: Global and Local Encounters in Post-Conflict Societies” published with Routledge, 2016. This book aims to understand the processes of and the outcomes that arise from frictional encounters in peacebuilding, when global and local forces mee
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-book-peacebuilding - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam is moderating a talk with author Göran Rosenberg and professor Avi Shlaim, Oxford University, Thursday 14 April, 19.00, AF-borgen, Café Athen. Learn more on lu.seKarin Aggestam’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/whither-israel - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tobias Nielsen defended his dissertation "Words Matter in the Woods. Discourses on Deforestation in Global Climate Politics" on May 4 at 10:00 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Peter Feindt, Wageningen University and Research Centre.Words Matter in the Woods. Discourses on Deforestat
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tobias-nielsen-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tony Ingesson defended his dissertation "The Politics of Combat: The Political and Strategic Impact of Tactical-Level Subcultures, 1939-1995" on May 13 at 10:15 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Jan Ångström, Försvarshögskolan.The Politics of Combat: The Political and Strategic Impac
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tony-ingesson-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam gives a talk on women’s role in peacemaking at European University Institute, ”The State of the Union: Women in Europe and the World”, on May 5 in Florens. Learn more on The State of Union’s websiteKarin Aggestam's personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-womens-roles-peacemaking-eui - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Moira Nelson contributed a chapter to a volume entitled “Aiming High: Progressive Politics in a High-Risk, High-Opportunity Era” compiled by Policy Network. Mukhtar-Landgren and Nelson’s chapter outlines ongoing obstacles to women’s economic well-being in Sweden.This volume informs discussio
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/mukhtar-landgren-and-nelson-new-chapter-womens-economic-well-being-sweden - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Niklas Altermark defended his dissertation "After Inclusion. Intellectual Disability as Biopolitics" on May 20 at 10:15 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Dan Goodley, University of Sheffield, UK..After Inclusion. Intellectual Disability as BiopoliticsNiklas Altermark’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/niklas-altermark-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Åsa Knaggård has written a chapter in the book "Decision-making under ambiguity and time constraints". In the chapter she suggests a development of John Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework, in order to enable a better understanding of how scientific knowledge affects the construction of political problems. She argues
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/knaggard-suggests-development-kingdons-multiple-streams-framework - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ellen Ravndal has written a briefing paper for "One World Trust" and "The 1 for 7 billion campaign" on how the appointment of Trygve Lie as the United Nations’ first secretary-general in 1946 still influences the process to appoint a new secretary-general today. The appointment of Trygve Lie as the first UN Secretary-
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ravndal-un-secretary-general-selection-process - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Björkdahl and Susanne Buckley Zistel has co-edited the book "Spatialising Peace and Conflict: Mapping the Production of Places, Sites and Scales of Violence" (Palgrave 2016), which investigates the relationship linking peace and conflict with space and place. Learn more on palgrave.comAnnika Björkdahl’s persona
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-relationship-linking-peace-and-conflict-space-and-place - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fariborz Zelli was co-organiser of a two-day workshop on ‘Enhancing Legitimacy in Polycentric Climate Governance’ at the European University Institute in Florence (May 19-20). The workshop brought together some of the leading scholars on international institutions, legitimacy and climate governance, including keynote
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/workshop-legitimacy-climate-governance - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Björkdahl and Håkan Magnusson participated in the conference “The Future of Local Government in a new Development Agenda” hosted by “International Centre for Local Democracy”. The conference took place in Visby, May 22-24. Challenging themes such as the role of local government in development, vulnerability gov
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/local-government-new-development-agenda - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Bergman Rosamond has authored the book chapter ”The digital politics of celebrity activism against sexual violence: Angelina Jolie as global mother” in the edited collection ”Understanding Culture and World Politics in the Digital Age, popular Culture and World Politics in the Digital Age”, edited by Laura. J.
