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27 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Chair: Robert Klemmensen Pol CamposI am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Lund University and an affiliate at the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm. I am also a Wallenberg Academy Fellow and Tore Browaldh Scholar. From 2020 to 2022, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, and I earned my PhD in Economics f

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/postponed-autumn-higher-research-seminar-pol-campos-lu-economics-incentives-and-vaccination - 2026-04-13

10 June 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Chair: Jon Polk 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

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/higher-research-seminar-anders-uhlin-lund-university-legitimation-and-delegitimation-international - 2026-04-13

STVC62 – International Relations Theory in Time and Space (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Political Science. Autumn and Spring term. International Relations Theory is a time-honoured approach to the social world. Texts that are clearly recognizable as dealing with international relations date back to the ancient Greeks. Still, most textbooks in the field take a geographically and historically ve

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/international-opportunities/exchange-students-coming-sweden/bachelor-courses/international-relations-theory-time-and-space - 2026-04-13

16 April 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Andreas Bandak, University of Copenhagen. Joyful crowds toppling statues, unsealing torture prisons, defacing regime iconography, ordinary people roaming freely through Al-Asad’s Presidential Palace . . . images such as these have left us in no doubt that history was being made, and in the most dramatic way: the old order—that had seemed so im

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/cmes-seminar-worlds-waymaking-viability-orientation-and-recalibration-syrian-lives - 2026-04-13

7 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Alice Panepinto, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast. The phenomenon of settler violence against people and property in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, and in particular the West Bank, has been a feature of Israel's grip over that land for decades. Despite some Western states' attempts to impose sanctions on individual settler

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/cmes-seminar-jewish-settler-violence-palestine-israeli-state-responsibility-attribution - 2026-04-13

21 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Pelle Valentin Olsen, CMES and Department of History, Lund University By examining modern Iraqi history through the lens of leisure, this talk offers an entirely new perspective as it explores the institutions, practices, distractions, and discourses of leisure that occupied increasing space and time in the life of many Iraqis in the twentieth c

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/cmes-seminar-idle-days-and-nights-leisure-entertainment-and-everyday-life-modern-iraq - 2026-04-13

4 June 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Pinar Dinc, Lina Eklund, Maria Andrea Nardi, Mo Hamza, Hakim Abdi, CMES and Lund University. Over a decade has passed since the onset of the Syrian conflict, which continues to have dire humanitarian consequences in the region. Syria, with a population of approximately 17 million, ranks among low-income countries, with a gross national income pe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/cmes-seminar-eco-syria-exploring-conflict-environment-interactions-sustainable-development-and - 2026-04-13

8 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Cecilia Uddén, author the recent book, Allt har en smak av aska. Skräddaren i Gaza och Andra människor i en plågad region, Middle East Correspondent, Sveriges Radio About the eventLocation:Eden Auditorium (Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund)Contact:lisa [dot] strombom [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se Save the event to your calendar

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/cmes-seminar-what-going-happen-gaza - 2026-04-13

26 May 2026 09:00 to 27 May 2026 17:00 | Workshop The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Lund University invites you to explore the intersection of authoritarianism, climate policy, and displacement: In 2024, climate disasters caused 45.8 million displacements, more than double those from armed conflict. This workshop shifts the focus from traditional conflict-driven migration to

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/authoritarian-climates-immobility-and-green-transition-middle-east - 2026-04-13

22 April 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Chair: Catarina Kinnvall Abstract One of the most pressing global challenges is that our current border imaginaries are unsustainable. By the end of 2022, for reasons including conflict, globalisation, and climate change, over 281 million people currently live in a country other than their country of birth, either out of choice or necessity. Furthermore, bord

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/higher-research-seminar-benjamin-rosher-university-gothenburg-affective-borders-ontological-security - 2026-04-13

14 April 2026 10:00 to 11:00 | Seminar The Centre for Advanced Middle East Studies invites you to a panel discussion exploring the prospects for sustainability and peace in the Middle East amid increasing geopolitical tensions and environmental pressures. Bringing together researchers from across Lund University, this panel explores the prospects and challenges of achieving sustainability and peac

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/sustainable-middle-east-turbulent-world - 2026-04-13

28 May 2026 13:15 to 14:45 | Seminar “The Goalification of Global Governance: How Targets Are Shaping International Environmental Politics”AbstractOver the last twenty years, it has become more common in global environmental politics to rely on goal setting as a political steering mechanism. In climate governance, the goal-based Paris Agreement has replaced the stricter approach of the earlier Kyo

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/honorary-doctor-seminar-frank-biermann-utrecht-university-goalification-global-governance-how - 2026-04-13

28 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar CMES welcomes Dalia Dassa Kaye for a talk on her book Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy. A timely and rigorous analysis of a half-century of American policymakers' shifting perceptions of Iran, and how they have driven US-Iran relations.US–Iran hostility has endured for longer than the Cold War. Momentous geopolitical shifts, changing lead

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/book-talk-enduring-hostility-making-americas-iran-policy - 2026-04-13

28 April 2026 19:00 to 20:15 | Other For decades, Europe has seen itself as something more than armies and markets – a force of ideas. A normative power. A model of democracy and the most desirable way of life. But in today’s world, autocracy is rising. Only seven percent of the world’s population lives in a liberal democracy. Increasingly, people seem to prefer strong leaders over elections. So w

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/debatt-i-lund-europes-twilight - 2026-04-13

27 May 2026 15:15 to 16:45 | Lecture/talk Welcome to this year’s honorary doctor seminars hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences. 15:15-16:00Frank Biermann: “Planetary crisis and plurilateral politics: Global governance in the age of Trump”Frank Biermann is Professor of Global Sustainability Governance at Utrecht University. Drawing on political science and law, his influential scholarship criti

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/meet-2026-honorary-doctors-faculty-social-sciences - 2026-04-13

27 April 2026 18:15 to 20:00 | Seminar The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies invites you to a panel discussion on the turbulent events in Iran during winter and spring 2026 against a backdrop of a long history of authoritarianism and amid geopolitical and nuclear tensions. The invited speakers will discuss current developments and future prospects for regime change, civil rights for Irani

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/what-does-future-hold-iran - 2026-04-13

FKVC31 – Diplomacy, negotiation and mediation (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Peace and Conflict Studies. Spring term. The course will introduce and elaborate on diplomatic practice, such as negotiation and mediation. Central issues to be discussed and compared are varieties of diplomacy, newness and decline of diplomacy, cultural differences in international negotiation as well as third parties

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/international-opportunities/exchange-students-coming-sweden/bachelor-courses/diplomacy-negotiation-and-mediation - 2026-04-13

STVC01 – Swedish Politics (15 credits). Bachelor course in Political Science. Only for exchange students. Autumn and Spring term. The aim of the course is to give a general understanding of Swedish political life, and to introduce students to political science research on various aspects of Swedish politics.  The course covers the main features of vital political institutions, such as the constitu

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/international-opportunities/exchange-students-coming-sweden/bachelor-courses/swedish-politics - 2026-04-13

After 60 credits in your subject After studying two terms (60 credits) in your subject, you can apply for the bachelor courses in your subject. If you have a formal agreement for exchange studies with Lund University and the Department of Political Science. The Department of Political Science offers a wide range of courses in English for exchange students. After studying two terms (60 credits) in

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/exchange-students-coming-sweden/bachelor-courses - 2026-04-13

Bachelor's programme · 3 years · 180 credits. Language of studies: English. Autumn term. The interdisciplinary Bachelor's programme in Development Studies (BIDS) focuses on economic, social, and political processes linked to development. The programme works through a collaboration between several different departments. Terms 3 and 6 can be studied at the Department of Political Science. Developmen

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/education/programmes-and-courses/bachelors-programme-development-studies-bids - 2026-04-13