Photo: Alex Vasey/Unsplash. Martin Sunnqvist is coordinator for a new Pufendorf Advanced Study Group (ASG) at the Pufendorf Institute with the title Oaths and Courts – from Forum to the Future. This Advanced Study Group centres around the two keywords “Oaths” and “Courts”, and particularly the interaction between them. The independence and impartiality of judges, and the ambition to find the truth

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Anders Alenskär with prize winners Sara Pedersen, Sara Strömstedt, Andreea Corbei and Serife Erdal. Jur. kand. Sara Pedersen is honoured for her essay is about involuntariness assessment in rape offences when the victim has a mental disability. Motivation: In her essay, the first prize winner has wanted to investigate what the legislative requirements regarding voluntariness in sexual offence legi

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Lina Lanterno, Birgitta Persson (FuturebyLund), Aurelija Lukoseviciene, Ana Nordberg (Faculty of Law), Marcus Lampe (FuturebyLund), Jesper Larsson (Faculty of Fine arts). Photo: Patrik Lindskoug. Ana Nordberg and Aurelija Lukoseviciene, in cooperation with the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts at Lund University, in partnership with Future by Lund, have been awarded 1 million SEK from VINNOVA fo

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Permanently employed teachers or researchers working in development research can apply for funding until 1 December. The University has decided to allocate parts of the Vice-Chancellor's available research funds to support development research at Lund University. The Faculty of Social Sciences will use the funds for various forms of support that together promote development research in both the sh

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The by-election will run from 15 to 29 November. Since Åsa Lundqvist has been offered and accepted the position of vice-dean for research and doctoral studies, a by-election is now held to fill her position as a member of the Faculty Board.  Information about the election has been sent by email to all staff at the faculty. All those entitled to vote can log in to Easyvote and submit their vote dur

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The feasability study of the building Gamla kirurgen is now initiated. A new, more detailed architectural sketch showing how the need for premises can be met will be produced and sent for consultation to the faculty. The Campus Paradis project includes the renovation of several buildings in the area and the construction of an extension, the Centre for Social Sciences (Cesam). A feasibility study f

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The by-election for the Faculty Board is now completed and a new member has been appointed. Due to a vacancy in the Faculty Board, a by-election was held in November. When the election results were announced on 30 November, it was clear that Lena Karlsson, senior lecturer at the Department of Gender Studies, would be the new member.The new Faculty Board will take office on 1 January 2024.More info

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Now it is time to elect representatives for the Electoral College for the term 2024-03-01 – 2027-02-28. The Faculty of Social Sciences is to elect:three teachers with research expertise one representative for other staff.Nominations are to be sent to valberedning [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (valberedning[at]sam[dot]lu[dot]se) no later than 15 January 2024 marked “Nomination UK”.The nominee must hav

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To enable an up-to-date agenda for the Methods Centre to be created, we kindly ask you to continue to submit ideas about methods activities to be organized within the Methods Centre’s framework. We welcome and hope for a multitude of ideas, including different types of activities ranging from seminars and workshops, to, for example “meet-the-author-events”, exhibitions and such like. The activitie

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New faculty management ready to take over! From the left: Åsa Lundqvist, Charlotte Simonsson, Björn Badersten and Agnes Andersson. On 1 January, the faculty's new deans will take office. Who are they and what is their role? Agnes Andersson, DeanWhich of the faculty management’s areas will you be responsible for?To keep the whole together, with a focus on the faculty's major issues during the comin

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Anna Meeuwisse has been appointed as the new research representative at the Faculty of Social Sciences for the period 1 January 2024 to 30 June 2025. Researchers at the faculty can turn to Anna for advice and support on matters concerning good research practice, such as issues relating to publication, the responsibilities of authors or research collaborations.  The research representatives are app

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Maria Ohlsson in front of her new workplace Sambib. Photo: Helena Lind Welcome to the Faculty of Social Sciences! Tell us a little about yourself!– I come most recently from the Swedish Agency for Accessible Media, MTM, where I was part of an exciting development journey when the agency moved from Stockholm to Malmö in 2019 and I was one of the first to be employed in Malmö. During my 5 years at M

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Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsApplication monthsThe application months are to be used to draw up research applications. PhD holders employed until further notice as senior l

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At its last meeting, the Faculty Board decided on changes in the promotion process from senior lecturer to professor. Among other things, an annual application round with a deadline of 15 February will be introduced. A permanently employed senior lecturer may be promoted to professor if there is an operational need and if the person has the qualifications for employment as a professor. A request t

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The libraries at Lund University need your help to test the tool BrowZine. Try it out before 19 March! BrowZine is a tool that allows you to easily browse, read, and keep up-to-date with current scholarly journal content on any device. BrowZine is available as a desktop version and also available as an app.Here's how to do itFrom your computer:Simply go to https://browzine.com/libraries/1606 to st

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The Prize was handed out by Rebecka Brorsson, president of The Social Sciences Student Union. At Lund University's grand annual ceremony, the Student Award for Excellence in Teaching was presented to Oriana Quaglietta Bernal, Department of Sociology. Oriana Quaglietta Bernal completed her PhD last year and was surprised that she has already been awarded the prize. At the award ceremony, held at th

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The election will run from 7 to 21 February. Information about the election has been sent by email to all staff at the faculty. All those entitled to vote can log in to Easyvote and submit their vote during 7-21 February.The election is for 3 representatives of teaching staff with research expertise, and 1 representative of other staff. In all elections, you have the possibility of voting for anot

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We need your nominations by 26 February! The Faculty of Social Sciences constituency is now invited to nominate candidates to the new Nominating Committee for the term 2024-03-01 – 2027-02-28.The Nominating Committee shall consist of:  •    Five representatives of teaching staff with research expertise •    Two representatives of other staff•    One alternate representative of teaching staff with

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Lina Wedin in front of her future workplace Gamla kirurgen. Photo: Helena Lind. On 7 March, Lina Wedin will begin as head of the Faculty Office. During March, she will gradually replace Malou Engberg de Carvalho, who will retire at the end of the month. A warm welcome to the Faculty of Social Sciences! How does it feel to soon start your new job as head of the Faculty Office?It’s exciting to be gi

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The election to the Electoral College is now completed and a public count of votes took place at the Faculty Office yesterday. The following persons have been elected as the Faculty of Social Sciences' representatives in the Electoral College:Representative of teaching staff with research expertise:Elia Psouni, associate professor, Department of PsychologyBjörn Johnson, professor, School of Social

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/election-result-faculty-representatives-electoral-college - 2025-08-29