Graduate School Blog

This weekly digest is a collection of news, upcoming events and other opportunities from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University and the wider area, compiled for Graduate School students.

• Career Talk: Human Rights, Biodiversity and Climate Change
• Migrant women in the Swedish labour market: What can we learn from the experiences of Ukrainians and Syrians?
• Film screening and panel discussion: The Palestine Exception and the Future of the University
• LU Africa Day on 4 April 2025 (Last day for registration is 15 March)
• Girls Sc(AI)ence 1: Tips for creating and curating diversity in science practices
• PhD-Position in Gender Studies: Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture

Career Talk: Human Rights, Biodiversity and Climate Change

Career Talk

Join us for an engaging career talk with Dr. Claudia Ituarte-Lima, a global expert in human rights and environmental law!🤩

In this career talk, Dr. Ituarte-Lima will share insights into navigating an international career in environmental law, the challenges of working at the intersection of legal research and policymaking, and the impact of her work on global sustainability.

With over two decades of experience, Dr. Ituarte-Lima has worked across three continents, advising judges, policymakers and international bodies on integrating human rights into environmental governance. Her work has shaped global policies, including biodiversity financing mechanisms under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and policy tools for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

Date and time: March 11 2025 17:00 to 18:00
Location: Eden 222A, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund
For more information, visit this page

Migrant women in the Swedish labour market: What can we learn from the experiences of Ukrainians and Syrians?

Lunch Seminar at the Department of Sociology

The department’s lunch seminar series is an informal arena for our own researchers to present and discuss research ideas and findings. Each presenter talks for about half an hour, followed by a discusson. Feel free to bring your lunch!

Please note: Places at the seminar are limited.

We especially invite staff and master’s students of the Department of Sociology. If you are not a student or member of staff and would like to attend the event please email one of the contact persons no later than 48 hours before the start of the seminar to inquire about available places.

Date and time: 11 March 2025 12:05 to 13:00
Location: The Department of Sociology in Lund, Gamla lungkliniken (House G), Room 335
For more information, visit this page

The Palestine Exception and the Future of the University

Film screening and panel discussion

Film screening of the US documentary “The Palestine Exception” (Janice Haaken) and excerpts of the Swedish documentary “192 dagar – en hyllningsfilm till studenternas kamp” (Kamal El Salim), followed by a panel discussion on the future of the university with the film directors, students and staff from Lund University.

Date and time: March 14, 13:15 to 17:00
Location: Eden Auditorium, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund
For more information, visit this page

LU Africa Day on 4 April 2025

Last day for registration is 15 March

Lund University will arrange the Africa Day on 4 April 2025. All students and staff at the univeristy are welcome to participate. The theme of the Africa Day 2025 is “Pan-African knowledge development in a global context – opportunities and challenges”, and the plenary will be held by Mr Hylde-Mbuta Lukovi Seke, AUDA-NEPAD, Co-chair of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda Working Group.

Preliminar Programme:

09.00 – 09.10 Opening and introduction, Moderator: Vasna Ramasar, DVC Lena Eskilsson
09.10 – 09.50 Plenary: The African Union development agenda on Science, Technology and Innovation in a global context: Opportunities and Challenges.
Mr Hylde-Mbuta Lukovi Seke, AUDA-NEPAD, Co-chair of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda Working Group
09.50 – 10.30 Panel discussion
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.15 LU Strategic platform and Global Dynamic Engagement for Africa, Pär Svensson
11.15 – 11.45 Speed presentations (Staff and PhD-students)
11.45 – 12.00 Summery and closure
12.00 – 13.30 Networking lunch
13.00 – 15.00 Student networking session (Venue: SOL-center, room H339)

Date and time: 4 April 2025 9:00 to 15:00
Location: LUX Aula, Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Register here

Girls Sc(AI)ence 1: Tips for creating and curating diversity in science practices

Workshop

Creating a research network to foster woman’s partcipation in technoscience. An online lecture and on-site seminar in the serie Girls Just Want To Have Sc(AI)ence.

Programme:

12.30 – 13.20: Keynote by Ericka Johnson, Professor at Linköping University, hybrid.
This talk will share some practical steps people can take in scientific work-environments – especially but not limited to academic ones – to nurture and draw on the benefits of diversity and inclusion. We will discuss concrete recruitment
and evaluation tips, but also explore about how scientific practices and production can be changed to be more inclusive – and thereby also more relevant.

(Coffee break)

13.45-15.15: hands-on workshop
Here, participants will be invited to share their own research practices and discuss how to use tools and theories from feminist approaches to design and implement more ethical, diverse-oriented and equality-driven research.

On-site participation, also open to the public but pre-registration is required.

Read more about the  workshop series “Girls just want to have Sc(AI)ence” at ai.lu.se

Date and time: 18 March 2025 12:30 to 15:30
Location: SOL:A129b, Helgonabacken 12, Lund, and online
Register here

PhD-Position in Gender Studies: Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture

PhD Opportunity

Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary subject within the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. Gender Studies has a well-developed research environment with clear roots in feminist, queer, and trans, as well as post/decolonial, theory and method. Researchers in the environment are prominent in developing and problematizing various understandings of gender and gender relations and have a long tradition of exploring gender and sexuality from a critical, intersectional, postcolonial, and interdisciplinary perspective in global and local contexts.

The research program Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture investigates contemporary gender struggles in Europe, analyzing how feminist and LGBTQI+ mobilizations interact with rising anti-gender movements. At a time of democratic decline, the project aims to examine how struggles over gender and sexuality shape contemporary political and social landscapes in Europe. The project investigates both feminist and LGBTQI+ movements struggling for expanded rights and anti-gender movements opposing these advancements. Ultimately, the research will provide new insight into the emergence of new normative foundations for society in the wake of today’s divergent mobilizations.

We are recruiting a PhD-student in Gender Studies for conducting research within the frames of the research program.

For more information, visit this page

This weekly digest is a collection of news, upcoming events and other opportunities from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University and the wider area, compiled for Graduate School students.

Online webinar on residence permit extensions

Invitation to all current international degree students at Lund University

The External Relations team at Lund University invites all students who currently hold a one-year residence permit for studies to an information webinar on permit extensions:

“We warmly welcome you to an online webinar on residence permit extensions for all current international degree students at Lund University. You are receiving this email because, based on our records, we believe that you could be applying for a residence permit in the coming months. If this isn’t the case, please feel free to ignore this invitation.

As you know, residence permit applications are handled completely by the Swedish Migration Agency and not by Lund University. However, we have seen that some of our current students have had their extension applications rejected by the Migration Agency for reasons that could have been avoided. Therefore, we want to welcome you to this webinar, so that you can be as prepared as possible to make a successful application.”

Date and time: Wednesday, 5 March, at 5 pm (Swedish local time)
Location: Online, on Zoom
For more information, visit this page.

Scopus AI – A new tool for finding research articles

From February 1st, students and staff at Lund University have access to Scopus AI, an AI-based search service that should make it easier to find research articles.

What is Scopus AI?

Scopus AI is an advanced version of the Scopus database. The tool helps you to:

– Search for research articles using natural language, both in Swedish and English.
– Get summaries based on article abstracts and references.
– Create search strings with Boolean logic (AND, OR, NOT) for more accurate searches.

How do I access Scopus AI? 

All students and staff at Lund University have free access to Scopus AI throughout 2025. You can find the service in the Scopus database. Log in to the Scopus website using your LUCAT account. Students log in to the same page with their student accounts.

Log in to the Scopus database – scopus.com

Read more about Scopus and Scopus AI on LUB’s database list – emedia.lub.lu.se

Do you have questions? Contact the libraries at Lund University. Contact us – lub.lu.se

For more information, visit this page.

Europe and Russia – Security and human rights in a volatile future

Seminar

Welcome to the second event in Fokus framtid. Main presentation by Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Ambassador to the Russian Federation.

Shorter presentations covering relevant Lund University research and interests by:
Johanna Lindbladh, Russian Studies
Peter Lundberg, Raoul Wallenberg institute
Jessica Almqvist, International Law and Human Rights (Deputy coordinator LU Profile area: Human Rights)
Elżbieta Drążkiewicz, Ethnology (PI: Conflicts over conspiracy theories)
Ida Börjel, poet.

Welcome!

Date and time: 4 March 2025 10:00 to 12:00
Location: LUX:C126, Helgonavägen 4, Lund
For more information, visit this page.

AI Lund lunch seminar: Who decides what’s trustworthy? Standards development for the EU AI Act

Seminar

In a report published early this year, Corporate Europe Observatory made the claim that global tech companies (such as Microsoft, Amazon and Google) are actively working to undermine the AI Act through the creation of weak and permissive standards. How is this possible? What’s the relationship between these standards and the AI Act? And how did global tech companies come to play such a central role in their development? In this seminar, we address these questions by introducing CEN/CLC/JTC 21, its mandate from the European Commission, and opportunities for the politicisation of its standards development. We hope that this seminar will prompt university-based AI researchers to engage more meaningfully with the standards community.

Speakers:

James White, Technology and Society, LTH, Lunds University
Stefan Larsson, Technology and Society, LTH, Lunds University

Date and time: 5 March 2025 12:00 to 13:00 
Location: Zoom
Register here

Welcome to SAMarbete, the career fair for Social Science students!

SAMarbete 2025 returns on March 5 at Eden

Here, you have the opportunity to engage with a variety of organisations seeking future employees! Take this chance to present yourself to recruiters and gain valuable insights into building your CV.

For more information, visit our website samarbete.org or follow us on Instagram at @samarbetelund

If you have any questions or inquiries, do not hesitate to contact us at arbetsmarknad@samvetet.lu.se.

We look forward to welcoming you to SAMarbete 2025!

Date and time: 5 March 2025
Location: Eden, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund
For more information, visit this page.

Tender Threads: Patchworking Memory, Hope, and Regret

Come work with fabric, thread, words and memory as part of Medea Lab’s Tender Time collaborative artistic research project

Journeying from the vastness of the interstellar to the intricacies of the interpersonal, join us as we collectively reflect on the vulnerabilities that haunt our planet.

We’ll be building on the work first presented at the 2023 Time Space Existence exhibition in Venice. We’ll provide creative prompts, and you’re invited to contribute in words (in any language), images, or needlework. We’ll have fabric panels available, or feel free to bring your own. Draw, write, or embroider your reflections onto the fabric, weaving together stories of memory, hope, and regret – threads that connect us all in this historical moment, our own tender time. The resulting tapestry will be displayed at Malmö University later in 2025. 

In the evening, Medea Lab will present the Tender Time project, followed by an open mic for anyone who would like to read or perform work (finished or in-progress) on the themes of memory, home, regret, and tenderness. We will end the evening with music & mingle. 

Join us in stitching a collective story, one thread at a time. (see more)

Date and time: 8 March 2025 12:00 to 21:00
Location: Inter Arts Center, Bergsgatan 29, 214 22 Malmö (Black Room)
For more information, visit this page.

PhD Opportunities

Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP)

The University is establishing a new Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP) at Campus Helsingborg. By strengthening research, collaboration and education in total defence and preparedness, the aim is to meet society’s increasing need for security and crisis management.

The faculty is advertising four doctoral student positions linked to LUPREP. The following areas are of particular interest:

– Communication, disinformation and psychological defence
– Governance of communities, agencies, other public activities and enterprises with a focus on security and crisis preparedness
– Organisation and management of critical societal activities and organisational dependencies
– Critical infrastructures and security of supply
– Geopolitics and security policy

The news about the establishment of LUPREP can be found here: https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-centre-preparedness-and-resilience-be-established

For more information, visit this page.

Martin Hall – ‘Raiding and Trading in the Baltic Sea’

Seminar

The Higher Research Seminar is the main collective seminar of the Department. The research staff and invited national and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analyses of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for Political Science.

The Higher Research Seminar is held on Wednesdays 13.15 to 14.30 in Eden 367, unless otherwise indicated. PhD Mid-term seminars 13:15 to 14:45. 

Convenors: Professor Annika Björkdahl and Professor Fariborz Zelli. 

The seminars are open to the public. Welcome to join us!

Date and time: 26 February 2025 13:15 to 14:30
Location: Large conference room, Eden 367
For more information, visit this page.

Wages and Living Standards in Post-Independence Ghana

Lunch Seminar

Welcome to a Development Lunch Seminar with Igor Martins (Lund University). Read more about Igor Martin’s research here.

The Development Research Lunch is a bi-weekly research seminar for all scholars interested in development research, broadly defined. The series is a collaboration between the Development Group at the Department of Economic History at Lund University, and the Development Research School, in turn a collaboration between the Universities of Lund, Gothenburg and Uppsala, and the University of Ghana. The seminar series encourages both junior and senior scholars to present, from a wide range of disciplines.

Date and time: 27 February 2025 12:00 to 13:00
Location: Department of Economic History at Lund University (Alfa, Room 1:1104)
For more information, visit this page.

Movie night with Hub AI: Her

Friday film night

We will be watching the Oscar award-winning film “Her”, directed by Spike Jonze and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. Her is a unique love story exploring friendship and romance in the world of artificial intelligence.

Her is a classic film that will appeal to everyone, regardless of your level of interest in artificial intelligence! While the film is set in the future, it’s an especially intriguing movie to watch when you consider the current development of AI chatbots.

We’re sure you’ll agree that it’s a great way to spend a cosy Friday evening, so come along after class, bring a pal, and your favourite movie snack!

Date and time: 28 February 2025 17:30
Location: Telaris, Juridicum floor 1 (Lilla Gråbrödersgatan 4)
Register here

Academic freedom in times of polarization

Seminar

Increasing social and political polarization has over the past few years affected academia globally as well as nationally. How do we safeguard academic freedom and scientific debate in the context of this growing polarization?

Presentations by:
Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg, Uppsala University
Rebecka Lettevall, Malmö University
Mia Huovilainen, Lund University Student Union Association (LUS)

Discussion moderated by Johan Östling, Lund University

Date and time: 5 March 2025 13:00 to 15:00
Location: Eden Auditorium, Eden, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund

On the times and spaces of borders

Seminar

Linn Axelsson is a researcher of cultural geography at Stockholm University. In this talk, Linn Axelsson reflects on their journey within critical border studies, examining borders not as fixed lines but as fluid, spatially and temporally ambiguous constructs. Initially drawn to the temporal dimensions of borders — how deadlines, time limits, and intervals shape migrants’ mobility, and their inclusion and exclusion — they soon realized that these temporal dynamics cannot be understood in isolation from their spatialities. Thus, building on the somewhat fragile notion of border time-paces, Linn Axelsson explore how borders, in their evolving spatiotemporal forms, create shifting tempos and rhythms of connectivity and discontinuity, insides and outsides, and presences and absences. 

Date and time: 20 February 2025 13:00 to 14:00
Location: This seminar is held on Zoom
Register here

CMES Public Lecture with Aron Lund: “Syria after the Assads”

Welcome to a CMES Public Lecture with Aron Lund (Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI) on the future of Syria.

Aron Lund is Middle East analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), where he studies the politics and security of the Arab World and the eastern Mediterranean region. He is a fellow at Century International and the Centre for Syrian Studies at St Andrews University. Between 2013 and 2016, he worked for the Middle East Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and in 2019 he was a guest researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Between 2018 and 2020, he studied Syrian armed groups in a project supported by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.

Date and time: 20 February 2025 15:15 to 16:30
Location: Eden Auditorium (Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund)
For more information, visit this page.

Valentin Jeutner, Faculty of Law, will talk about the central themes inhis book “The Sovereign Human Being: Carl Schmitt, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Responsible Decision-Making. The book argues that sovereign is anyone who makes decisions and that anyone who makes decisions is responsible for those decisions. The book develops these two arguments by comparing the theories of sovereignty of Carl Schmitt and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. 

Carl Schmitt was an influential jurist of Nazi Germany. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran priest hanged for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. In many ways, the two men could not be more different. But they both struggled with the question of how to maintain order and how to prevent violence at times of crisis (see more)

Date and time: 21 February 2025 12:15 to 13:00
Location: Zoom
For more information, visit this page.

Academic freedom in times of polarization

Seminar

Increasing social and political polarization has over the past few years affected academia globally as well as nationally. How do we safeguard academic freedom and scientific debate in the context of this growing polarization?

Presentations by:
Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg, Uppsala University
Rebecka Lettevall, Malmö University
Mia Huovilainen, Lund University Student Union Association (LUS)

Discussion moderated by Johan Östling, Lund University

Date and time: 5 March 2025 13:00 to 15:00
Location: Eden Auditorium, Eden, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund

Bringing the EU to you! EU opportunities for the youth

3-month program embarking on the start of your EU journey!

The GPRG EU Academy offers a dynamic, free 3-month program that runs biannually. Designed to enlighten and engage youth, the Academy explores a broad spectrum of topics and career opportunities within the European Union. It serves as a vital platform for discussing the most pressing issues facing the EU today, fostering informed debate and nurturing a deeper understanding among participants.

Your participation in the EU Academy will be enriched by: 🧠 Interactive Lectures: Covering both traditional and contemporary issues faced by the European Union (2023 Highlights: The Potential of EU Enlargement, Global Health, Artificial Intelligence Regulation—What Does It Entail, and more!) 🏛️Exclusive Visits: From European Agencies and Institutions to International organizations and Embassies. 🧩 Workshops and Simulations: Designed to help you develop essential skills relevant to pursuing a career in the Union or in diplomatic fields. 🥂Networking and Community: Engage with EU experts and professionals, as well as with fellow participants who share your ambitions for the EU’s future!

A Project by Global Policy Research Group

Date: Spring Semester (March–May)
Deadline to apply: 3 March 2025
Register here

The Sustainability Week 5-10 May 2025: Arrange an event  

Opportunity to organise an event during the Sustainability Week

Have you thought about joining the Sustainability Week 2025? Do it before the 14th of February!  

The Sustainability Week programme consists of events organised by staff and students at Lund University and Lund Municipality, 5-10 May.  

This year the Europe Day takes place during the Sustainability Week; maybe you want to arrange an event on EU Climate Policy? Or do you have an idea on what to do with left over clothes after the new ban on textiles in household trash? Or maybe you have an interest in how to plan the food menu for a Sittning with minimal food waste?  

If you, as a student, are interested in organising an event, you can apply via our call for interest. On our webpage you can also find information about who can apply, what the planning group can do to support and many tips on how to create a successful and sustainable event. 

Date: 5-10 May 2025
Location: You can choose where to hold the event
Last day for call of interest: 14 February 2025
Register here

Fulbright Grants for Swedish and U.S Citizens 

A Fulbright grant is unique. It opens doors.

Fulbright is without doubt one of the most recognized names in higher education due to the high caliber and merit of its grantees. Fulbright grantees are most often degree-seeking graduates or early-career professionals who wish to study or conduct research in the United States or overseas.

Following their academic program, they often return to their home country to take leadership positions, work at universities or in government service. Grantees are diverse in their fields of study, institutional affiliations, and backgrounds, and each grantee is expected to provide in turn, invaluable contributions to the Fulbright program in Sweden and in the United States. As a key proponent of public diplomacy between the United States and Sweden, the Fulbright exchange provides Swedish and American citizens with the opportunity to study, teach, conduct research, and share in the culture of their host country.

For more information, visit this page.

How does Trump affect the world economy?

With threats of tariff walls, deportations and annexation of Greenland, President Trump is creating uncertainty. How will the world change?

Livebroadcast of a conversation with Maria Persson, researcher in economics.

The conversation will be broadcast on Lund University’s Facebook page. Ask your questions live during the broadcast or comment in the Facebook event or via Messenger beforehand.

Date and time: 4 February 2025 11:30 to 12:30 (Online)
Location: Facebook.com/lundsuniversitet
For more information, visit this page.

Forum Gender Equality’s open programme

Conference

On 5–6 February, the national conference Forum Gender Equality 2025 will take place at the Loop at Brunnshög in Lund. The University contributes with several programme items in the open programme, including gender mainstreaming, Lund University’s work against sexual harassment, studies on equal terms and the project “A Pause for Menopause”.

The local hosts Lund Municipality, Region Skåne, Lund University and the County Administrative Board of Skåne are arranging an open programme during Forum Gender Equality on 5–6 February 2025. The open program runs in parallel with the conference’s main program on the ground floor of Science Village Hall.

The program is free of charge, requires no registration and is available to everyone. In connection with the conference, there is also an exhibition where all participating organizations exhibit.

Date and time: 5-6 February 2025 09:00 to 18:00
Location: The Loop, Brunnshög, Lund
For more information, visit this page.

Boost your skills: Tips for better and faster reading

Seminar

Do you feel overwhelmed by all the literature you have to read for class?

Hanna Glad from ASKS (Academic Skills Services) will give you her best tips on how to become a more active and more efficient reader. During the seminar, Hanna will give you some hands-on strategies for reading academic texts, including scanning and skimming as well as note-taking. Spoken language is English.

Date and time: 5 February 2025 12:10 to 13:00
Location: EC3:108, Karlssonsalen, Lund
For more information, visit this page

Martial Law in South Korea: Crisis, Resistance, and the Future of Democracy

Lecture

Korean politics panel with Erik Mobrand, Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University and Hyejin Kim, senior lecturer in political science at the National University of Singapore.

This session brings together scholars of Korean Studies to analyze the recent turbulent political developments following President Yoon’s declaration of martial law on 3 December 2024. The discussion will explore the historical roots of these events, their national, regional, and global significance, and the potential implications for the future.

Speakers: 

Erik Mobrand, Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University, and Associate Professor in Asian Studies and Associated Researcher in Sociology of Law, Lund University.

Hyejin Kim, senior lecturer in political science at the National University of Singapore, and researcher in Economic History at Lund University

Moderator: Youngeun Koo, Associate Senior Lecturer, Lund University.

Date and time: 5 February 2025 15:15 to 5:00 PM 
Location: Asia Library, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Sölvegatan 18 B, Lund
For more information, visit this page

Choir Contemporary

Concert

Lund Contemporary 2025 | VISUAL

We build on the audience success from previous Lund Contemporary festivals by once again inviting you to a magnificent choir concert in Allhelgonakyrkan! In collaboration with Körcentrum Syd, composition students from the Malmö Academy of Music have had the opportunity to write for the area’s renowned choirs under the flag “Choir Contemporary”.

During the course of the work, the composer students have had a real choir bath in lectures, workshops and work with “their” choir and its conductor and now it is time for the premiere of a total of nine newly composed works! Participants are Petri Sångare and S:t Petri Ungdomskör under the direction of Karin Oldgren, the Chamber Choir of the Academy of Music led by Mats Paulson, the Korallerna under the direction of Linda Alexandersson, Carolinae Röster and the vocal ensemble VOS under the direction of Ulrika Emanuelsson and the Svanholm Singers under the direction of Sofia Söderberg. In addition, this year’s composition project The New Song with the women’s choir Cantrices, led by Lisa Borssén, composed by Daniel Hjort, will be premiered.

FREE ADMISSION

Length: approx. 75 minutes without intermission

Date and time: 8 February 2025 18:00 
Location: Allhelgonakyrkan, Allhelgona Kyrkogata 1, 223 62, Lund
For more information, visit this page

Game Design for Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity & Care

Lecture

How can game designers carefully probe into critical issues surrounding the lived experiences of marginalisation? How can games be designed to facilitate and foster diversity, equity, inclusivity, care, and empathy in players? Dr. Sandra Danilovic, Dr. Rebecca Rouse, and Dr. Omi-peah Ryding will discuss their design work and practice of designing with and for empathy, inclusivity, and care.

Everyone is welcome to this public lecture, no registration is needed. 

This lecture is arranged by The Fair Game Project (Enevold Duncan & Jørgensen), The research node for Digital Cultures, HEX and the Centre for Oresund Region Studies.

Date and time: 10 February 2025 16:30 to 18:00
Location: SOL:H104, Helgonabacken 12, Lund
For more information, visit this page

Writing and study sessions

The Academic Support Centre’s writing and study sessions allow you to join a study community and meet other students in the same situation.

You should bring any relevant, study-related material along to the writing and study session. You might, for instance, bring a written assignment or thesis draft that you are currently working on (or should be working on) or texts to read in preparation for your next lecture or exam. Our language and study consultants are also available to offer their advice on how to plan your study time and put that plan into practice. After a brief introduction, you have time to work towards reaching your individual goal.

As the purpose of a study session is to create a sense of community, it is important that you participate for the entire session (a full or a half-day). We offer fika (coffee, tea and snacks) during the break, which is a great opportunity to share your experiences with fellow students and form new study contacts. You will need to organise your own lunch for the day.

Date and time:  28 January 2025 09:00 to 16:00 (also possible to participate for a half-day)
Location: Genetikhuset at Sölvegatan 29B, Lund
Register by emailing us at study@stu.lu.se
For more information, visit this page

AI Lund lunch seminar: GPT in examination – experiment and lessons

Seminar

At the department of automatic control, we teach our course “introduction to automatic control” to most of the engineering students at LTH. With the giant improvements in large language models, we are of course interested in understanding how this will impact the control engineer of the future – both in terms of what tools they will need in their future work environment, and how our education should be shaped to provide them with these tools.

As an initial step towards understanding these questions, we wanted to answer the following question: How well can students handle the problems we test them on in our exams, with access to large language models?

In this talk, we will show the results from an experiment we performed in order to test this. We placed 8 engineering students in a room with access to GPT-4 through Microsoft copilot and asked them to take our exam. They had not taken the course before, but they had the required background courses. We will tell you quantitatively how they performed, but perhaps more importantly we will qualitatively discuss their interaction with the language model how they reached the answers they wrote down.

Date and time:  29 January at 12.00 to 13.00
Location: Online (Register here)
For more information, visit this page

Surviving the Apocalypse: Researching Ancient Catastrophes In SW Japan

Open lecture with Peter Jordan, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University

The Japanese archipelago is situated in the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’, one of the world’s most tectonically active zones. With dense urban populations living in close proximity to different volcanic geohazards, living with elevated environmental risk is a core feature of Japanese life. In fact, intimate co-existence with volcanic hazards extends back into the depths of Japanese prehistory, and the long-term perspectives offered by working with historical, archaeological, and geological data, can generate detailed insights into the cultural impacts, immediate responses, and also deeper societal legacies of major catastrophes. This lecture examines the Kikai-Akahoya (K-Ah) ‘super-eruption’, one of the world’s largest ever volcanic catastrophes within the last 12,000 years. Exploding without warning out of the sea floor, this apocalyptic event devastated environments and annihilated communities across SW Japan around 7,300 years ago. The talk explores research from CALDERA, the new Nordic-Japan Programme in ‘Disaster Studies’ led by Lund University, and funded by VR, in collaboration with Japanese partners.

Date and time: 29 January 2025 15:15 to 17:00
Location: Asia Library, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Sölvegatan 18 B, Lund
For more information, visit this page

Racial Social Democracy and the Swedish Welfare State

Seminar

The Higher Research Seminar is the main collective seminar of the Department of Political Science. The research staff and invited national and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analyses of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for Political Science. In this ocassion Michael McEachrane from Harvard University will be presenting.

Date and time: 29 January 2025 13:15 to 14:30
Location: Large conference room, Eden 367, Lund
For more information, visit this page

Lund University’s Annual Celebration 2025

Lund University welcomes all students, staff and friends to the University’s annual celebration on 31 January 2025

Lund University’s annual celebration is celebrated with a formal ceremony when undergraduate education at the University is highlighted. The annual celebration is usually held in connection with Charles’ Day, which was the day when Lund University was inaugurated in 1668.

All interested parties are welcome to attend the ceremony in the University Hall.

Date and time: 31 January 2025 16:00
Location: University Main Building, Paradisgatan 2, Lund
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Counter-Archives for Social Movements

Extra-curricular course – Spring 2025

Learn about counter-archives and acquire practical skills by creating a specific counter-archive on the student solidarity activism at Lund University during 2024.

Information meeting: 3 February 15:00 to 17.00
Course is every other Monday at 15:00-17:00, 3 February to 26 May 2025
Location: LUX:A127, Helgonavägen 3, Lund
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BUP Master Thesis Training 2025

Opportunity for Master Thesis Training

The BUP is pleased to announce the fourth edition of the Master Thesis Training (MTT). The event will take place on 24-27 March 2025 in Uppsala. The MTT is an opportunity for master students at BUP participating universities to come together in an interdisciplinary and intercultural environment within the sphere of sustainability science. The event provides an opportunity for students to gain additional supervision from an expert on their thesis, develop connections with students from all around the Baltic Sea Region and become better acquainted with academic perspectives.

The event will accept participants from BUP participating universities who are studying towards a master’s degree and are working on their thesis during the spring term of 2025. The content of the thesis should be within sustainability science and from a Baltic Sea Region perspective. The Master Thesis Training will be held with a main focus on-site in Uppsala.

Date and time: 24 – 27 March 2025
Location: Uppsala
Application Deadline: 26 January 2025
For more information and how to apply, visit this page.

The Higher Research Seminar: Successful Grant Applications

The Higher Research Seminar is the main collective seminar of the Department of Political Science.

The research staff at the Department and invited national and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analyses of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for Political Science. In this ocassion researchers from the department present their insights of successful grant applications.

Isabel Bramsen & Lisa Strömbom: ‘The United Nations as a Platform Enabling Agonistic Contestation and Engagement? (UNPEACE)’; Jonathan Polk: ‘Political Party Competition and the Transnational Cleavage in Europe’; Anders Uhlin: ‘Legitimation and Delegitimation of International Organizations: ASEAN in Comparative Perspective’.

Date and time: 15 January 2025 13:15 to 14:30
Location: Eden 367, Lund
The seminar is open to the public. Welcome to join us!

Online Book Launch: Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere

Welcome to a digital book launch event to celebrate the recent publication of “Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere: Identifying Issues, Sharing Knowledge, Building Movements”

Editors Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen (Stavanger) and Jinyan Zeng (Lund) will introduce the newly released anthology Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere: Identifying Issues, Sharing Knowledge, Building Movements (Bloomsbury Academic) and several authors will briefly discuss their chapter contributions. 

The event is hosted by the Centre for Gender Studies, University of Stavanger (UiS), and co-hosted by Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University.

Date and time: 16 Januari 2025 13:00 to 14:30
Location: Zoom
Register here

Documentary Screening

UPF Lund invites you to a Documentary Screening in our office, on the 4th floor of AF Borgen! After the documentary, a hangout will be organised.

Studentlund and UPF memberships are required to attend this event. Get your Studentlund membership here (valid for one semester) and your UPF membership here (valid for one full year after activation).

Date and time: January 19 2025 17:30 to 20:00
Location: UPF Office (4th floor) Sandgatan 2, Lund
Find more information here.

Research Seminar in Sociology of Law: Imperialism and Constitutional Law

The Sociology of Law Department arranges research seminars inviting local and international social scientists to present state-of-the-art research within various areas of law and society.

This seminar will discuss, in broad terms, how the social effects of imperialism have formed constitutional law. It addresses the formation of constitutional law in a series of settings, historical and contemporary, to explain how (a) constitutional law was traditionally forged because of military needs; (b) up to 1945, constitutions tended to reproduce imperialist policies in domestic societies; (c) changing patterns of constitutional law have been decisively shaped by international security architectures, linked to the transformation of imperialism; (d) the traditional imperialist emphasis of constitutional law is currently re-appearing in new form.

Date and time: 18 December 2024 13:15 to 15:00
Location: Room M331, 3rd floor, Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18 (House M), Lund
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CMES Seminar: A Tale of Three Brothers – Ezra, Meir and Hayyawi Sawda’I and the History of an Iraqi Jewish Cinema Business

Seminar with Pelle Valentin Olsen (University of Bergen) about Iraqi Jewish cinema.

Pelle Valentin Olsen is Associate Professor of History. He is a cultural, social, and transnational historian of the modern Middle East. His research and teaching focus on the history of leisure, labor, gender, sexuality, popular culture, and cultural production. He focuses specifically on Iraq, but simultaneously explores transregional and transnational connections, highlighting everyday perspectives and voices often left out by traditional political and state-centered histories. He received his PhD with honors from the University of Chicago in 2020. He came to Bergen via the University of Oslo, where he worked as a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow on a project about the history of cinema in Iraq.

He is currently preparing a book manuscript entitled Idle Days and Nights: Leisure, Time, and Modernity in Iraq. The book argues that leisure in twentieth century Iraq became one of several frontiers upon which the individual and citizen came into contact with, confronted, and interacted with new ideas about gender, sexuality, class, time, labour, and discipline. Examining the new institutions, practices, and distractions of leisure that took up increasing space and time in the life of Iraqis, the book explores uncharted aspects of both modern Iraqi and Middle Eastern history.

Date and time: 19 December 2024 13:15 to 14:30
Location: CMES Seminar Room (Finngatan 16), Lund
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Short film screening at Panora

On the shortest day of the year, we will screen eight short films made by students at Malmö Art Academy. The event is part of the Short Film Day at Panora.

Free admission with advance booking. Tickets are booked in advance via Panora’s ticketing system and must be collected at least half an hour before the performance. If you are unable to attend, we ask you to cancel your ticket. You can do this yourself in the booking system or by calling the box office.

Date and time: 21 December 2024 16:00 to 18:30
Location: Biograf Panora, Friisgatan 19 D, Malmö
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Julsångsafton

Christmas concert

Welcome Christmas with a concert filled with Christmas spirit and where we together sing Christmas’s beloved hymns and songs. The program offers a series of classic Christmas melodies that welcome the approaching Christmas. 

Free entrance

Date and time: 22 December 17.00 to 18:00
Location: Lunds Allhelgonakyrka, Allhelgona Kyrkogata 1, Lund
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Ice rink on Stortorget

Winter activity

The ice rink at Stortorget is a popular meeting place during the winter. Here the lending of skates and helmets is offered. Also music flows from the speakers when there are employees on site. It is a small space, therefore no hockey or bandy sticks are allowed. The ice rink is run by Visit Lund in collaboration with Lund municipality and with the support of De lekande barnens fond.

Date and time: 29 November – February 16 (Check the below website for opening hours)
Location: Stortorget, Lund
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Writing and study sessions

The Academic Support Centre’s writing and study sessions allow you to join a study community and meet other students in the same situation.

You should bring any relevant, study-related material along to the writing and study session. You might, for instance, bring a written assignment or thesis draft that you are currently working on (or should be working on) or texts to read in preparation for your next lecture or exam. Our language and study consultants are also available to offer their advice on how to plan your study time and put that plan into practice. After a brief introduction, you have time to work towards reaching your individual goal.

As the purpose of a study session is to create a sense of community, it is important that you participate for the entire session (a full or a half-day). We offer fika (coffee, tea and snacks) during the break, which is a great opportunity to share your experiences with fellow students and form new study contacts. You will need to organise your own lunch for the day.

Date and time: 10 & 17 December 2024 09:00 to 16:00 (also possible to participate for a half-day)
Location: Genetikhuset at Sölvegatan 29B, Lund
Register by emailing us at study@stu.lu.se
For more information, visit this page.

SASNET Panel Discussion: “Bangladesh – Now!“

A panel discussion in collaboration with Malmö Public Libraries and Swedish PEN on the public protests and political unrest in contemporary Bangladesh.

What happens when a country faces major changes? Following a popular uprising that forced Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee the country, Bangladesh is facing new questions about democracy, human rights and freedom of expression. Welcome to a panel discussion with experts and journalists who give us insight into the latest events and the country’s future prospects.

Date and time: 10 December 2024 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Malmö City Library (Röda Rummet)
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AI Lund lunch seminar: Swedish AI Commission Report and AI at Lund University – Discussion

Seminar

The Swedish AI commission released its much anticipated report “AI-kommissionens Färdplan för Sverige” on 26 November. In the report, there are many proposals that directly or indirectly affect the research, education, and innovation carried out at universities.

In this lunch seminar, we want to shed light on some of the proposals, start a discussion, and start preparing to be able to act if the Swedish government chooses to implement the proposals.

Download the report in Swedish from regeringen.se

Date and time: 11 December 2024 12:00 to 13:00
Location: Online via Zoom
Register here
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The importance of social scientists in the future job market and how to develop professional skills for a sustainable future

Career workshop

Welcome to a career workshop on the importance of social scientists and their competencies in the future job market, and how to develop professional skills for a sustainable future. Listen to Anna Hjalmers Mattsson, Career Coordinator at Social Sciences Faculty, and Pernilla Thellmark at LUSEM Career Services, who will talk about the current changes in society that affect the labor market and create new job opportunities for social scientists. Pernilla Thell-mark will also introduce you to the framework Inner Development Goals (IDG).

Date and time: 11 December 2024 16:00 to 17:30
Location: R236 (Gamla Kirurgen)
Register here by 9 Dec

Populism and Polarization in Europe

Lecture

Join us for a new lecture to explore the impact of affective political polarization and populism on Europe’s political dynamics.

Alexander Ryan will explain the tendency for party supporters to dislike and distrust those from the other party – the phenomenon of affective polarization – and why it matters. Jonathan Polk examines how populism and EU-skepticism shape party positions on supporting Ukraine. Alexander Ryan is a Postdoc at Lund University, specializing in affective political polarization with research spanning the Nordic region and its influence on Covid-19 attitudes.

Jonathan Polk is a Professor at Lund University, investigates political participation, party dynamics, and political party positioning, contributing to prominent political science surveys.

Date and time: 11 December 2024 17:30 to 18:30
Location: UPF Lund. Eden 236, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund
For more information, visit this page.

From Ground Zero – Untold Stories from Gaza

A film screening

From Ground Zero – Untold Stories from Gaza (قصص غير محكية من غزة من المسافة صفر) is a 2024 anthology film directed by 22 different Palestinian directors. The film is made up of 22 short films, including documentaries, fiction, animation and experimental films about the current situation of the people of Gaza in the midst of a genocide.

Nina Gren, lecturer and researcher in Social Anthropology, will introduce the film. The screening will have a break in the middle, as the film is 112 minutes long.

Date and time: 3 december 2024 17:00 till 19:30
Location: LUX C126, Helgonavägen 3 in Lund
For more information, visit this page.

CMES Seminar: UN’s Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda in the Middle East – Can Youth Participation in Peacebuilding Withstand Authoritarian Co-Optation?

Seminar with Adam Almqvist (CMES) on youth participation in peacebuilding and authoritarian co-optation.

Adam Almqvist has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2023) and is currently a Postdoc Fellow at CMES Lund. Before coming to Lund, he was a Postdoc Fellow at the University of Chicago’s Department of Political Science. His research explores the entanglements of political authoritarianism and global neoliberalism, focusing particularly on youth politics in the Middle East. His dissertation examined so-called Government-Organized NGOs (GONGOs) in Jordan that target youth, exploring changing autocratic citizenship after the abandonment of state distribution and universal welfare provisions. At CMES, he will work on a project on Political Youth and the UN’s Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda. He has published his research in Mediterranean Politics and Maghreb-Machrek.

Date and time: 5 December 2024 13:15 to 14:30
Location: CMES Seminar Room (Finngatan 16)
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The Russo-Ukrainian War through the Eyes of a Historian

CMES is now launching its annual lecture, and our first speaker is the well-known professor of Ukrainian history Serhii Plokhii from Harvard.

Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the start of the largest European conflict since the end of World War II came as a shock to the world at large. Ukrainians have resisted a superior military; the West has united, while Russia managed to overcome international isolation and continues the war that undermines foundations of international order. Why did Putin start the war―and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways including the occupation of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant?

The lecture will provide answers to these and other related questions by tracing the origins of the newest European war and explaining the reasons for the return of the Cold War to the very same part of the world where it ended thirty years earlier. The presentation will be based on Plokhy’s new book, The Russo-Ukrainian-War: A Return of History, released in the US in May 2023.

Date and time: 5 december 2024 16:15 till 17:30
Location: Lund University, Aula at the Centre for Languages and Literature (building H, 1 floor)
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Come by with your text! (drop-in)

Workshop

Are you writing a thesis or an essay or something else? Are you unsure of how to quote that chapter or refer to that YouTube video, or what a Works Cited list is supposed to look like? Do you want some tips on how to make your text more academic? Do you have problems finding previous research or using it in your text? Do you have writer’s block? Or do you have any other questions about academic writing, reading, or searching for literature? Come to our drop-in workshop and get help from an academic writing expert and a librarian! You can find us in the computer room SOL:B210 on the second floor of the SOL Library, every Thursday 15–16.

Date and time: 5, 12 & 19 december 2024 15:00 till 16:00
Location: SOL:B210
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Human Rights Festival, Lund

Meet us at the Human Rights Festival in Lund on December 7th, 2024!

The Profile Area Human Rights and the Division of Human Rights Studies will be present with a booth where you can meet researchers and have a coffee while you can ask questions. Researchers from the profile area will also contribute to two events in the festival programme. Together we strengthen knowledge about human rights and create a vibrant Lund with a fantastic, exciting and inspiring festival!

Date and time: 7 december 2024 10:00 till 18:00
Location: Lund, Stadshallen
For more information, visit this page.