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9 Jan 2025
New year, new department
At the turn of the year, the Department of Gender Studies became the Division of Gender Studies alongside the Divisions of Social Anthropology and Sociology in a new larger Departm...
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19 Dec 2024
Petra Östergren has defended her thesis on the Swedish Sex Purchase Act
On Friday 13 December, Petra Östergren successfully defended her thesis ‘Sweden's Ban on Sex-Purchase: Morality politics and the governance of prostitution’ and can now call hersel...
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16 Dec 2024
Staffan Edling has defended his thesis on LO's investigative work
In his dissertation, Staffan Edling, a recent PhD graduate in sociology from Lund University, examines how knowledge and politics interact within the Swedish Confederation of Trade...
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25 Nov 2024
Uzma Kazi is a Doctor of Sociology after defending her thesis
On Friday 22 November, Uzma Kazi successfully defended her thesis ‘Swedish-(Par)Desi: Belonging Narratives of Second-Generation Pakistani Muslims in Sweden’ and was awarded the tit...
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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