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The article explores self-legitimation practices by business actors that are organizational intermediaries in the investment citizenship industry. This industry links states and individual investors seeking a new citizenship. Employing concepts from organizational theory and the study of legitimation in global governance, the article identifies discursive, institutional, and behavioral self-legiti

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/magdalena-bexell-investment-citizenship-industry - 2025-11-19

Ketevan Bolkvadze, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, has published a new article in Governance titled "Corrupt or Repressive? How Political Competition Incentivizes Hybrid Regimes to Subvert Police in Distinct Ways." The study explores how varying levels of political competition in hybrid regimes influence whether police forces are used for corruption or repression. Drawing o

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bolkvadze-publishes-new-study-police-subversion-hybrid-regimes - 2025-11-19

Fariborz Zelli organises an official side-event for Lund University at the UN Climate Conference in Belém, Brazil (10-21 November). The event focuses on unsung heroes of climate action: local and indigenous communities and the considerable neglect which their climate action, and the violence against them, have been receiving in UN climate negotiations.The event is an initiative of the Formas-funde

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/fariborz-zelli-organises-official-side-event-lund-university-un-climate-conference-belem - 2025-11-19

LINXS invites proposals for new Themes, starting in 2026. We welcome original, innovative, and pioneering Theme proposals that will advance science using X-rays, neutrons, and complementing techniques. LINXS Themes are funded for three years and aim to bring research communities together. A Theme does not fund research per se but facilitates research by bringing together active teams focusing on s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/linxs-institute-advanced-neutron-and-x-ray-science-invites-new-themes-0 - 2025-11-20

War and troubled times in the wider world, cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns aimed at state authorities – these things all affect the University in various ways. LUM has spoken to researchers at the Psychological Defence Research Institute in Helsingborg, the School of Aviation in Ljungbyhed and the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) in Lund. How their work is affected, and to what extent, varie

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/theme-research-times-war-and-trouble - 2025-11-20

Afrikanska unionens organisation för utvecklingssamarbete (AUDA-NEPAD) kom med en delegation till Lund i maj för att stärka och vidareutveckla samarbetet kring utbildning för afrikanska yrkesverksamma. För andra året i rad pågår en uppdragsutbildning inom innovationspolicy och innovationsledning, genom institutionen för Ekonomisk historia. I maj fick de afrikanska deltagarna sin undervisning i Lun

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-samarbetar-med-sida-och-auda-nepad-kring-hallbar-utveckling-i-afrika - 2025-11-20

Den 1 januari 2026 slås två institutioner och en centrumbildning på Natur­vetenskapliga fakulteten samman till en när Miljö- och geovetenskapliga institutionen ser dagens ljus. Geologiska institutionen, Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap (INES) samt Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC) slås samman. Institutionschefer och föreståndare välkomnar beslutet. De beskriver den

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/uppenbara-vinster-med-att-sla-ihop-institutioner - 2025-11-20

Welcome to a public lecture with Middle East correspondent Cecilia Uddén (Swedish Radio) on the dramatic developments in the Middle East. How do today’s turbulent events affect the Middle East and its people? Join us for a lecture with Cecilia Uddén, the renowned Middle East correspondent for Swedish Radio, who was recently awarded the Stora Journalistpriset for her reporting from the region.With

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/upcoming-cmes-public-lecture-award-winning-middle-east-correspondent-cecilia-udden - 2025-11-19

Bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common vaginal infection caused by an imbalance in the natural bacteria of the vagina, affects up to one in four women annually, often causing significant stress. Conventional antibiotic treatments typically prescribed by doctors can disrupt the natural vaginal microbiome, leading to high rates of recurrence and secondary yeast infections. Gedea Biotech’s novel antibiot

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/lab-market-phyph-now-approved-launch-eu - 2025-11-19

The Mrs Berta Kamprad Foundation is donating SEK 420 million to cancer research at Lund University. This is the largest donation to the university since its foundation in 1666. The donation is dedicated to translational cancer research, meaning applied cancer research in antibody and cell therapies with the aim of improving prognosis and quality of life for today's cancer patients.The administrati

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/sek-420-million-cancer-research-lund-university - 2025-11-19

With his cycling helmet perched on his head, he rushes in like a whirlwind, fires off monosyllabic replies to emails and then asks thoughtful questions during meetings while simultaneously managing to work away on his computer. For Henrik Smith, life moves at a hundred miles an hour. But he is also a lauded professor and the previous, long-time coordinator of BECC with an awful lot to do. Henrik S

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-visionary-who-never-slows-down - 2025-11-19

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-research-representative - 2025-11-19

In this article, recently published in Acta Sociologica, Mats Fred draws on more than a decade of fieldwork on social investments in Sweden to explore the rise and fall of reforms: How are reforms kept alive? What happens when key actors leave, networks dissolve, and governance priorities shift? In the 2010s, the idea of social investments gained traction as a key to preventive, evidence-based, an

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/social-investments-swedish-municipalities-rise-and-fall-reform - 2025-11-19

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/primula-and-kompetensportalen-will-require-strong-authentication-15-september - 2025-11-20

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/ddls-fellows-camila-consiglio-and-jacob-vogel-awarded-prestigious-erc-starting-grants - 2025-11-19

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-school-will-be-reviewed - 2025-11-19

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/how-evaluators-rated-sweah - 2025-11-19

https://www.law.lu.se/article/professor-marko-milanovic-appointed-raoul-wallenberg-visiting-chair - 2025-11-19

The book and journal collections at the Social Sciences Faculty Library are updated regularly and you can influence what is purchased. We have met the librarians Linda, Linnéa and Filip who explained how the purchasing process works. How do you keep the library's collections current and relevant?We have a user-oriented purchasing policy and welcome suggestions for books, journals and databases fro

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/submit-purchase-requests-library - 2025-11-19

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/first-autumn-application-closed-what-happens-now - 2025-11-19