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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Erik Ringmar's latest book, "Liberal Barbarism: The European Destruction of the Palace of the Emperor of China," has just been published in paperback. This work explains why British and French armies destroyed Yuanmingyuan, the imperial palace north-west of Beijing, in 1860.Why did the Europe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-contradiction-between-civilization-and-barbarism - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Erik Ringmar's lecture on "Nomadic political theory," given at the Goethe University, Frankfurt, on June 25, 2015, is now available online. The lecture examines the way nomadic peoples have been treated throughout history by sedentary peoples, but also the way nomadsArabs, Mongols, etc. – have built empires founded on

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-nomadic-peoples-role-future-politics - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Bergman Rosamond has published the book chapter ’Humanitarian Relief Worker Sean Penn – A Contextual Story’ in the edited collection Celebrity Humanitarianism and North-South Relations. Politics, Place and Power (Lisa Ann Richey, editor), published by Routledge. Learn more at tandf.net

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-sean-penn-and-celebrity-humanitarianism - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Hanna Bäck has co-authored the article "Partisanship, Ministers, and Biotechnology Policy" (with Marc Debus and Jale Tosun), which has been published in the journal Review of Policy Research. Learn more. Hanna BäckAbstractResearch in public policy and political economy has provided many insig

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/chances-biotech-ban-increase-christian-democrats-government - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published the article ”A Quality of Government Peace? Explaining the Onset of Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1985–2001” in the journal International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations. AbstractThat democracies do not wage wars against

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/quality-government-well-influence-democracy-prevents-war - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Erik Ringmar is giving a public lecture at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm on the topic of ''Liberal Barbarism'' Shock and Awe in History and Today." The public lecture will be held on 29th September 2015.For more information and to register go to ui.se Erik Ringmar

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-speaks-about-liberal-barbarism - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Bergman Rosamond has published the book chapter "The Kingdom of Denmark and the Arctic" in the edited collection Handbook of the Politics of the Arctic (Leif Christian Jensen and Geir Hønneland, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, editors), published by Edward Edgar Publishing. More information

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-denmark-and-arctic - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Karin Aggestam, Fabio Cristiano and Lisa Strömbom have written the article "Towards agonistic peacebuilding? Exploring the antagonism- agonism nexus in the Middle East Peace Process "published in Third World Quarterly. Abstract:Many contemporary conflicts are framed as antagonistic and diffic

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-cristiano-and-strombom-about-agonistic-peacebuilding - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. STUDENT NEWS: To better understand how the politics of climate change play out across the social realm, a new research methodology has been developed called the Low Carbon Mobile Lab. City planner Christian Wilke, took students from the Bachelor course ‘The Politics of Climate Change’ on three hour “Future Walk”- from

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/students-three-hour-future-walk-see-politics-are-everywhere - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Anders Uhlin has authored the chapter "Civil Society and Policy Reforms in the Asian Development Bank” in Global Economic Governance and the Development Practices of the Multilateral Development Banks, edited by Susan Park and Jonathan Strand, published by Routledge. Anders UhlinAbout the boo

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/uhlin-new-book-multilateral-development-banks - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Hanna Bäck and Niklas Altermark are co-applicants in a project, together with Emma Bäck (Gothenburg University), which has been granted 4 million (SEK) from FORTE. The project is titled ”The Political Psychology of Radicalization” and aims to study the psychological mechanisms leading an indi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/4-million-project-radicalization - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Ole Elgström has, together with Sarah Delputte, a post-doc at the University of Ghent, written the article ”An end to Nordic Exceptionalism? Europeanisation and Nordic development policies”, for European Politics and Society, now published online and to appear in the journal’s printed version

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-eus-influence-development-policies - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. More than 2 250 participants have signed up for the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) "Climate Change: a question of justice?" run by Hagen University in collaboration with Department of Political Science at Lund University. Dr. Angela Oels, visiting professor in the Department of Political Science, says it is not too

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/mooc-reaches-over-2000-participants - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Erik Ringmar gave the lecture "The Theater of Hypnosis and the Hypnosis of Theater" at the Malmö Theatre Academy on Thursday, October 8, 2015. Ringmar discussed the question of suggestibility. It has long been observed that people, especially when they find themselves the members of crowds, are ea

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/theater-hypnosis-and-hypnosis-theater - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Due to an anonymous threat made toward the university and its students via the app Jodel, which the police regards very seriously, the university will be closed on Monday for all students and staff at all campuses. More information will be posted on the university websites www.lu.se and www.lunduniversity.lu.se during

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-closed-monday-12-october - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A decision to reopen Lund University was taken in the afternoon of Monday 12 October following the closure that has been in force since Sunday night. Activities are expected to be running as usual from Tuesday morning. The decision is based on new information from the Region Syd police. Investigations have revealed th

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-reopens-tuesday - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. INAUGURATION OF NEW PROFESSORS: Hanna Bäck has been promoted to full professor at the department and will take part in the inauguration ceremony today (16th October). Hanna Bäcks personal pageLearn more about the new professors (PDF) In Lund, the inauguration of new professors is a public ceremony presided by the vice

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-new-professor - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our researchers Annica Kronsell (project leader) and Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren are co-applicants in a project which has been granted 5 million (SEK) from VINNOVA. The project aims to study how different institutional frameworks, e.g. urban development and individuals’ habits, influence how people transport themselves in

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/5-million-vinnova-research-project - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hanna Bäck is one of three researchers who has received 6 million SEK in infrastructure funds for the RJ-infrastructure project "Party Government in Europe Database". The project will be located in Umeå where Professor Johan Hellström will lead the project together with Professor Torbjörn Bergman, but the project will

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/6-million-sek-project-infrastructure - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Magdalena Bexell, Catia Gregoratti, Kristina Jönsson, Anders Uhlin and Fariborz Zelli are part of a research programme led by Professor Jonas Tallberg, Stockholm University, which has been awarded over 35 million SEK by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ). The research project “Legitimacy in Global Governance” led by Profe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/35-million-sek-project-legitimacy-global-governance - 2026-05-09