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
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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
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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
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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.
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