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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dear students and other visitors: be advised that the department building Eden closes at 5 PM on Thursday, 11 December. Learn more about Eden's opening hours over the holiday and New Year.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/eden-closes-early-11-december - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On December 18, the department’s new site will launch. The incoming webmaster welcomes you back then! New web – new webmasterOn December 18, the department’s new web site will be launched. On that date, Emma Lord will succeed Mikael Sundström as webmaster (Mikael returns to his full time duties as Senior Lecturer afte
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-website - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On December 18, the department’s new site will launch. The outgoing webmaster wishes his successor the best of luck! On December 18, the department’s new web site will be launched. On that date, Emma Lord will succeed Mikael Sundström as webmaster (Mikael returns to his full time duties as Senior Lecturer after a stin
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/goodbye-outgoing-webmaster - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam has been promoted to full professor at the department! We extend our congratulations to her (and us)! Karin Aggestam.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-new-professor - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Magdalena Bexell has edited the recently published book Global Governance, Legitimacy and Legitimation (Routledge), and herself contributes a chapter entitled Global Governance, Legitimacy and Legitimation Learn more.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bexell-edits-global-governance-legitimacy-and-legitimation - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Department of Political Science (University of Gothenburg) announces the availability of six fully funded doctoral student positions. Apply by March 2. Learn more...
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ph-d-candidate-positions-gothenburg - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RESEARCHER OUTREACH: In 2015, Johannes Stripple will head an Advanced Study Group entitled The Decarbonisation Laboratory, that will focus on the development of new methdologies in that field. Learn more...
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/stripple-leads-decarbonisation-laboratory - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Johannes Stripple organises Destination Decarbonisation, the closing event for Harriet Bulkeley as she ends her tenure as the King Carl XVI Gustaf professor in Environmental Science at Lund University (December 16). Learn more...
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/closing-event-harriet-bulkeley - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PROJECT SUPPORT: Malena Rosén Sundström and Hanna Bäck have been granted 5 mn SEK by the Marianne and Marcus Wallenbergs foundation in support of the project Political Participation among young people - from party democrats to social media activists. The department extends its congratulations!Malena Rosén SundströmHan
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/funding-political-participation-among-young-people - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petter Narby defended his dissertation ”Time of Crisis: Order, Politics, Temporality.” yesterday at one o'clock in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. Discussant: Kimberly Hutchings, London School of Economics. AbstractCrises are common and problematic features of contemporary politics. Thought as
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/petter-narby-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University's advent calendar Merry Quizmas features Johannes Lindvall's research today. Every day you have a chance to enter the competition by sending a message (comment). Indicate the correct answer to today’s question in the message/comment: 1, X or 2.Today's quiz-question:There are various theories about what
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lindvall-quiz-question-todays-advent-calendar - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Roger Hildingsson defended his dissertation "Governing Decarbonisation. The State and the New Politics of Climate Change" yesterday in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. Roger HildingssonDiscussant: Professor James Meadowcroft.AbstractThis dissertation examines the “new climate politics of decarb
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roger-hildingsson-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Fredén writes about the government crisis on the international election blog "Making Electoral Democracy Work". The post is authored together with Elina Lindgren and Patrik Öhberg at Gothenburg University. Read post: Sweden: An unprecedented crisis in a (lost?) political stability heavenAnnika Fredén
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/freden-about-government-crisis - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two postdoc positions with STANCE (Lund). Apply by 2015-02-20. The project STANCE (State-Making and the Origins of Global Order in the Long Nineteenth Century and Beyond) announces a call for two postdocs in Political Science with a Specialization in Comparative Politics and/or International Relations.Read more.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/two-postdoc-positions-political-science - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eden will be completely closed on the following days: Christmas Eve 24 December - Sunday, 28 December. New Year's Eve 31 December and New Year's Day 1 January 2015. Opening hours over the winter holiday.The main entrance is open:Monday, 29 December between 10 and 12. The main entrance is open to students with a LU-Car
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/departments-holiday-hours - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jonna Pettersson defended her dissertation "Incalculable Community" today at one o'clock in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. External reviewer: Associate professor Lars Toender, University of Melbourne.Jonna Pettersson AbstractThis thesis argues that the Western thinking of political community
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jonna-pettersson-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science is organising its spring conference in Stockholm 19-20 March 2015. This year's theme is: Change and Continuity in Transatlantic Relations. SNES Spring Conference 2015
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/spring-conference-snes - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Ole Elgström and Jakob Skovgaard have penned the article "Previewing Paris 2015: The EU's ‘Leadiator’ Role in Future Climate Change Negotiations" published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Online, "the flagship publication of Georgetown's School of Foreign Service".Together
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-och-skovgaard-climate-change-negotiations - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Martin Hall (2014) have written the article ’Cooperation and Conflict’, Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 26:4. Learn more.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-and-hall-cooperation-and-conflict - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Department of Political Science (University of Gothenburg) announces the availability of six fully funded doctoral student positions. Apply by March 2. Learn more...
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ph-d-candidate-positions-gothenburg-0 - 2026-05-01
