Published 12 November 2021 Independence referendums are often characterized by a polarized climate, with factions unable to agree on valence issues such as the economic consequences of independence. Are voters willing to update their beliefs in the face of new valence information? It depends, according to a new study authored by Gustav Agneman, published in the European Journal of Political Econom

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/causal-link-between-economic-expectations-and-independence-preferences - 2025-07-31

Published 16 November 2021 The visiting professorship is hosted by the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies and the Department of Political Science. Raphael Cohen-Almagor, professor in political studies at University of Hull (United Kingdom) has been awarded the 2023 Olof Palme visiting professorship. During his time in Sweden, professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor will be active mainly at Lund Un

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/raphael-cohen-almagor-will-be-holder-2023-olof-palme-visiting-professorship - 2025-07-31

Published 18 November 2021 Elsa Hedling has co-authored the article ”Visual diplomacy in virtual summitry: status signalling during the coronavirus crisis”, together with August Danielson (Uppsala university). The article is published Open Access in the journal Review of International Studies. The article departs from the disruption that the transition to videoconferencing has had on the rituals a

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hedling-visual-diplomacy-virtual-summitry - 2025-07-31

Published 22 November 2021 Jonathan Polk and other principal investigators of the Chapel Hill Expert Survey on Party Positioning have published a new article on the trend file, collecting six waves of the survey data between 1999-2019. The article examines stability and change in party positioning within the European Union, and stresses the increasingly strong relationship between parties’ cultura

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/polk-party-positioning - 2025-07-31

Published 23 November 2021 Karin Aggestam and Annika Bergman Rosamond have co-authored the contribution “Peace and Feminist Foreign Policy” in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies  (editors: Oliver Richmond and Gezim Visoka). Read the chapter on Springer Link’s website Karin Aggestam’s personal page Annika Bergman Rosamond’s personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-bergman-rosamond-peace-and-feminist-foreign-policy - 2025-07-31

Published 29 November 2021 Jakob Skovgaard has co-authored the article “Reforming fossil fuel subsidies requires a new approach to setting international commitments” in the journal One Earth. The article argues that international efforts to phase out fossil fuel subsidies can be strengthened by distinguishing between different subsidies, taking into account their climate impacts and the feasibilit

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/skovgaard-commitments-reform-fossil-fuel-subsidies - 2025-07-31

Published 30 November 2021 Nina Wilén and Lisa Strömbom have co-authored the article "A Versatile Organisation: Mapping the Military’s Core Roles in a Changing Security Environment" which was recently published open access in European Journal of International Security. The main contribution of the article is a comprehensive mapping and categorization of the military’s different roles and tasks in

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/wilen-and-strombom-militarys-core-roles - 2025-07-31

Published 2 December 2021 Karin Aggestam has authored the contribution “Third-party Intervention and International Monitoring in the City of Hebron” in the report “The Impact of Third-Party Mechanisms in Conflict Resolution: Lessons Learned from the Temporary International Presence in Hebron” published by the Norwegian Refugee Council. Karin’s contribution analyses the temporary international obse

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-international-peace-monitoring-hebron - 2025-07-31

Published 7 December 2021 Jenny Lorentzen has published a new article in the Journal of Modern African Studies, about the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in Mali. By analysing vertical (between international and local actors) and horizontal (between local actors) friction, the article shows how interactions between different actors shapes the WPS agenda in the Malian c

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lorentzen-women-peace-and-security-mali - 2025-07-31

Published 14 December 2021 Ekatherina Zhukova has published an article entitled “Postcolonial Logic and Silences in Strategic Narratives: Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy in Conflict-Affected States” in the journal Global Society. The article advances our understanding of acceptance and rejection of gender equality norms advocated by ethical foreign policies in marginalised states. The article con

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/zhukova-swedens-feminist-foreign-policy-conflict-affected-states - 2025-07-31

Published 17 December 2021 Mats Fred and Kettil Nordesjö (Malmö University) are the editors of a special issue on power and evaluation. The special issue’s article is open access. Through an increasing demand for, and dependence on, various forms of evaluative practices in the public sector, the editors have seen the emergence of what has been called an audit and evaluation society. How these "soc

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/special-issue-power-and-evaluation - 2025-07-31

Published 21 December 2021 Annika Bergman Rosamond has together with Annick Wibben published the chapter “Feministiska institutioner? Utrikespolitik och nationellt försvar” (in English: Feminist Institutions? Foreign policy and national defense) in the edited collection Feministiska Perspectives on Global Politics (Studentlitteratur). The chapter is based on three adjacent research areas: feminist

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-women-peace-and-security-0 - 2025-07-31

Published 11 January 2022 Anders Uhlin has together with Håkan Johansson and Malin Arvidson published the article “Capital and Closure in the EU Field. Advancement in the European Economic and Social Committee” in Journal of Common Market Studies. The article explores what it takes to advance to the top of an EU institution (the European Economic and Social Committee). The article combines Bourdie

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/uhlin-career-advancement-eu-institution - 2025-07-31

Published 13 January 2022 Annika Fredén has together with Ludovic Rheault and Indridi H. Indridason co-authored the article ”Betting on the Underdog – The Influence of Social Networks on Vote Choice”, published in the journal Political Science Research and Methods. In this article, the authors investigate the relationship between local social networks and voting behavior, in the case where the vot

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/freden-influence-social-networks-vote-choice - 2025-07-31

Published 14 January 2022 Jana Wrange has published an article on the divergent interpretations of the concept of civil defence in Sweden. The article has been published in the journal European Security and is entitled ”Entangled security logics: from the decision-makers’ discourses to the decision-takers’ interpretations of civil defence”.  Read more on the journal’s website Jana Wrange’s persona

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/wrange-civil-defence-sweden - 2025-07-31

Published 18 January 2022 Maiken Røed has published the article “When do political parties listen to interest groups?” in Party Politics. The article examines 88 Norwegian policy proposals and shows that parties often reuse input from interest groups. Characteristics relating to the proposals, interest groups, and parties affect parties’ propensity to listen. Read more on the journal’s website Mai

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roed-parties-propensity-listen-interest-groups - 2025-07-31

Av filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 3 september 2024 I bild: Emma Stocke. Foto: Emmalisa Pauly. Rädsla gästar Månteatern på Lunds Kulturnatt den 21 september kl 20.00. Föreställningen var en del av  teaterfestivalen "IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR" vid Teaterhögskolan i Malmö under våren 2024. Rädsla är skriven av dramatikern Nanna Berner och spelas upp av Emma

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/forestallningen-radsla-visas-under-lunds-kulturnatt - 2025-07-31

Av filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 3 september 2024 Foto: Filippa Jonsson Nu har Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir spikat sin avhandling i enighet med den traditionella akademiska ceremonin. Många samlades i foajén på Teaterhögskolan i Malmö under tisdagen för att bevittna när Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir genomförde den traditionella akademiska ceremonin "spikn

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Av filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 1 oktober 2024 Bild på Örebro Teater. Foto: Monica Tyllgren.  Under hösten är Teaterhögskolans skådespelarstudenter i årskurs 3 på praktik runtom i Sverige på några av de högst ansedda teaterscenerna i landet. Här kan du läsa var våra studenter befinner sig under sina praktiker.  Alexander GustavssonÖstgöta Teatern

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Av filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 13 september 2024 Foto: Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir Forskningstidskriften Matter Journal släpper sitt andra nummer av den tredelade publikationsserien ”The Beauty-Box”.Publikationsserien görs som en del av All My Relations, också arrangerat av Teaterhögskolan i Malmö. "The Beauty-Box” är en digital bok med fotografier

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/nu-slapps-andra-numret-av-beauty-box-i-forskningstidskriften-matter-journal - 2025-07-31