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4 Oct 2019
Anna Berglund successfully defends her doctoral thesis
Anna Berglund at the Department of Sociology defended her doctoral thesis in social anthropology ”Ambiguous hopes: an ethnographic study of agricultural modernisation in a Rwandan ...
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10 Sep 2019
The British strategy of dividing Cyprus ultimately enabled its independence
The events leading up to Cyprus gaining independence from Great Britain in 1960 were not the result of instrumental rational calculations, argues sociologist Chares Demetriou in a ...
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19 Aug 2019
Comprehensive work on collective bargaining in the EU
Professor Anders Kjellberg has contributed to “Collective bargaining in Europe: towards an endgame”, a four-volume collection covering collective bargaining in EU member states sin...
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16 Aug 2019
How bars and nightclubs make you drink more
Sébastien Tutenges has studied overt and covert techniques used in bars and nightclubs to sell more alcohol, and noticed that they are most prevalent in low-priced venues with youn...
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2 Jul 2019
The Department of Sociology gets new address
The building is the same, but the address has changed. From 1 July the Department of Sociology's address is Sandgatan 11.
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16 May 2019
New student association starts out by addressing surveillance capitalism
Doxa, a new student association at the Department of Sociology, hosted their first public event on 14th May. A panel discussion featuring researchers from Lund University and Denma...
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10 May 2019
Matthias Abelin has defended his thesis
Matthias Abelin at the Department of Sociology has defended his doctoral thesis in social anthropology ”A Swedish Dilemma: Culture and Rule of Law in Swedish Sickness Insurance” to...
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29 Apr 2019
Immigrants' humorous play with ethnic stereotypes can have a bonding effect
Henriette Frees Esholdt has written the article "Virgins, Terrorists, and Ten Children: Immigrants' Humorous Play with Ethnic Stereotypes in Bonding with Danes in the Workplace" pu...
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26 Apr 2019
Mona Hemmaty has defended her thesis
Mona Hemmaty at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”On the Margins. Migrants, Status Mobility and Recent Turns in Swedish Migration Politics”...
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19 Dec 2018
Tullia Jack has defended her thesis
Tullia Jack at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”Negotiating Conventions: cleanliness, sustainability and everyday life” today, 19 December...
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6 Nov 2018
Erik Hannerz and Peter Bengtsen interviewed about Urban Creativity
Urban creativity giving life to hidden places. The November issue of LUM, Lund University Magazine, includes an interview with co-coordinators of the Pufendorf theme on Urban Creat...
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30 Oct 2018
Lisa Flower has defended her thesis
Lisa Flower at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”Loyalty Work: Emotional interactions of defence lawyers in Swedish courtrooms” today, 30 O...
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26 Oct 2018
Sophia Yakhlef has defended her thesis
Sophia Yakhlef at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”United agents: community of practice within border policing in the Baltic Sea area” tod...
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25 Oct 2018
Anna Sarri Krantz has defended her thesis
Anna Sarri Krantz at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in social anthropology: "Third Generation Survivors, Tredje generationens överlevande – en sociala...
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16 Oct 2018
Why do we not want angry judges?
Jugdes are people not robots and emotions are inevitabably part of their daily life. In The Conversation Lisa Flower gives her view on why the US jugde Brett Kavanaugh is not seen ...
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28 Sep 2018
Anders Hylmö has defended his thesis
Anders Hylmö at the Department of Sociology has defended his doctoral thesis in sociology ”Disciplined Reasoning. The mainstream-heterodoxy divide and styles of reasoning in Swedis...
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24 Sep 2018
Urban Creativity kicks off with presentation in Lisbon
Erik Hannerz at the Department of Sociology and Peter Bengtsen at the Division of Art History and Visual Studies recently attended the annual Street Art & Urban Creativity Conferen...
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12 Sep 2018
Gökhan Kaya has defended his thesis
Gökhan Kaya at the Department of Sociology defended his doctoral thesis in sociology ”Aspirations, capital and identity: four studies on the determinants of life chances for young ...
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7 Sep 2018
Challenges for Making Toy Dreams Come True
Mikael Klintman has written a chapter looking at political consumerism in the toy sector in The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism.
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6 Sep 2018
Young men refrain from reporting crimes
Anna Rypi, Veronika Burcar Alm and Malin Åkerström have published an article about young male crime victims with an immigrant background in the journal Nordic Social Work Research....