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Building future practice Thursday 26 March, 2026 13.00-14.00 CET (Stockholm, Berlin, Rome) Researchers Svava Riesto and Henriette Steiner (University of Copenhagen) presented their project Learning from Collaboration – Building Future Practice. The research explores the forms of collaboration that shaped Denmark’s remarkable building boom from 1960 to 1975—a period of technological innovation, soc
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/learning-collaboration - 2026-04-29
Carl Olsson has a PhD in human geography. His ongoing research concerns the contemporary history of geographical thought with a focus on what people who work with geographical knowledge actually do. His dissertation discussed the consequences of natural scientific perspective in cultural geography, especially in relation to debates about non-representational knowledge (that is, knowledge that is n
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/affiliated-researchers/carl-olsson - 2026-04-29
Symposium on Ownership Societies Past and Present Tuesday 21 April, 2026 Has the rise of ownership societies fostered a prosperous middle-class – or has it fuelled growing inequality and social instability?Over the past decades, Western societies have actively promoted ownership of housing and financial assets as the main road to financial well-being. Today, households find themselves squeezed bet
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/owning-or-sharing - 2026-04-29
The Centre for Oresund Region Studies publishes books in collaboration with Makadam publishers. As of 2025, 45 volumes have been published in the Centre for Oresund Region Studies' book series. The books are written in Swedish, Danish and English. The books are available in regular bookshops, and a selection is available online free of charge through Lund University’s Open Books portal. For a list
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/publications/book-series - 2026-04-29
When clicking below titles, a new page will open to either the book's presentation page at Makadam publishers or to a relevant online book store. Glances and hands on public art: A kaleidoscopic view of monuments in the Öresund region and beyondJohanna Rivano Eckerdal, Rikke Lie Halberg & Hans Dam Christensen (Eds.), 2025Klogere på dansk sprog: En håndsrækning til svensktalendeLone Koldtoft, 2024(
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/publications/book-series/book-series-all-titles - 2026-04-29
with a focus on borders, regions and Oresund The Centre for Oresund Region Studies publishes an electronic journal entitled Gränsløs: with a focus on borders, regions and Oresund. The journal is mainly aimed at researchers, but also at students, opinion formers and an interested public. The articles are written in Swedish, Danish and English.The journal, published once or twice a year, is thematic
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/publications/granslos - 2026-04-29
Open seminar at Lund stadsbibliotek Thursday 8 November at 18:00-19:00 How does street art differ and overlap in the Oresund region? Is graffiti local or global? Art historian and sociologist Peter Bengtsen has been studying street art since 2006. In this talk he will discuss his research, including how he became interested in street art and how his interests have changed after moving from Copenha
The Saxo Institute at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, and the Centre for Oresund Region Studies have many common research interests, as expressed in the workshops held by CORS. The Saxo Institute includes study and research activities within the subject areas of Prehistoric Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin and History. The institute provides courses
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/saxo-institute - 2026-04-29
The book seriesThe Centre for Oresund Region Studies publishes books in collaboration with Makadam publishers. So far, 45 volumes have been published in the Centre for Oresund Region Studies' book series. The books are written in Swedish, Danish and English. The books are available in regular bookshops, and a selection is available online free of charge through Lund University’s book portal. Read
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/publications - 2026-04-29
The Øresund Network for Gender History Research and the Centre for Øresund Studies have overlapping research interests in several areas and collaborate on workshops and publications. The Øresund Network for Gender History Research was founded in autumn 2010 as a collaboration between historians at the universities of Copenhagen, Lund and Malmö to strengthen gender history research on both sides of
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/oresundsnatverket-konshistorisk-forskning - 2026-04-29
The Centre for Oresund Region Studies and the Center for Scandinavian Studies Copenhagen - Lund have many overlapping research areas. The Centre for Oresund Region Studies is available as a resource at the Center for Scandinavian Studies Network Page. The Centre for Scandinavian Studies Copenhagen-Lund (CSS) is an organization founded in 2010 and based on a collaboration between the Institute for
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/centre-scandinavian-studies-copenhagen-lund - 2026-04-29
The Centre for Oresund Region Studies continuously collaborates with various researchers. In the menu to the left (if you are using a computer) or in the upper right corner (if you are using a mobile phone) you will find presentations of CORS' current and previous affiliated researchers.
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/affiliated-researchers - 2026-04-29
Björn Thor Arnarson is a post-doc researcher at the University of Copenhagen. Arnarson received his PhD from Lund University in November 2016, focusing on international trade. In his dissertation, Exports and Externalities, Arnarson focused on Swedish companies' behavior and decisions regarding the export of their products and how exporters influence service companies in their area. Arnarson has,
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/affiliated-researchers/previously-affiliated-researchers/bjorn-thor-arnarson - 2026-04-29
Emma Hilborn holds a PhD in history. Hilborn's thesis is entitled Världar i Brand. Fiktion, politik och romantik i det tidiga 1900-talets ungsocialistiska press (2014). In her research, Hilborn is mainly interested in cultural performance and practice in the late 1800s and early 20th century. Hilborn has worked for the Centre for Oresund Region Studies in a pilot project on how cycling was present
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/affiliated-researchers/previously-affiliated-researchers/emma-hilborn - 2026-04-29
Johan A. Lundin is a Professor of History at the Faculty of Education and Society at Malmö University. Lundin's research focuses on humanities and religious studies, history, youth research, cultural heritage and cultural production, and gender issues. Lundin co-authored volume 35 in the Centre for Oresund Region Studies book series - Spritsmuggling på Östersjön: En kulturhistorisk studie av nätve
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/affiliated-researchers/previously-affiliated-researchers/johan-lundin - 2026-04-29
Fredrik Nilsson is a Professor of Ethnology at the Department of Culture, History and Philosophy at Åbo Akademi University. Fredrik Nilsson was head of the Centre for Oresund Region Studies 2012-2017. Nilsson has been both editor and author in several of the book series' volumes, the latest being number 35 - Spritsmuggling på Östersjön: En kulturhistorisk studie av nätverk i tillblivelse (with Jo
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/affiliated-researchers/previously-affiliated-researchers/fredrik-nilsson - 2026-04-29
Hanne Sanders is a historian from Copenhagen who has a doctorate from Stockholm university (1995). Sanders has worked in Lund since 1993, now as a professor of history and director of the graduate school in history. Sanders is a cultural historian with an interest in religion, nationalism, secularization and state borders, and their cultural meanings in people's everyday lives. In regards to time,
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/collaboration/affiliated-researchers/previously-affiliated-researchers/hanne-sanders - 2026-04-29
The Centre for Oresund Region Studies organises seminars, workshops, and conferences, with topics ranging from migration and borders to music and national identity, hospitality and tourism, as well as tempo and social development. These activities may be open to the general public or reserved for academic audiences.You will find information about both upcoming and historical activities in the Engl
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/activities - 2026-04-29
Glances and hands on public art: A kaleidoscopic view of monuments in the Öresund region and beyond New publication Gränsløs E-journal With a focus on borders, regions and Oresund Calendar Calendar Link to RSS More events
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Open seminar with Elena Wolay and Erik Steinskog 6th of February 2018 at 18.00-20.00, Café Athen, Sandgatan 2, Lund Elena Wolay and Erik Steinskog presented Afrofuturism in words and soundsElena Smon Wolay is a journalist, DJ, curator, record collector and founder of Jazz Är Farligt (Jazz Is Dangerous), a community for experimental music. Erik Steinskog is a musicologist from Copenhagen university
https://www.cors.lu.se/en/activities/previous-activities/sounds-afrofuturism - 2026-04-29
