Published 25 January 2015 Two postdoc positions in Political Science with the project STANCE at Lund University. 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-stance-lund - 2025-07-29

Published 27 January 2015 Hanna Bäck, Emma Bäck and Nils Gustafsson are interviewed by Demokratiutredningen about the report they are going to write about young people’s political participation. Learn more.   

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/young-peoples-political-participation-social-media - 2025-07-29

Published 28 January 2015 RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Annica Kronsell will participate in a seminar on State Governance and Community Development, Wednesday 28 January 5-7 pm in the Upper House in the Swedish Parliament, Stockholm. Link to the programme. 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/state-governance-and-community-development - 2025-07-29

Published 30 January 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Ole Elgström has published a paper titled "Legitimacy, Credibility and Coherence - Perceptions of EU Roles in Global Climate Change Negotiations" in EUI (European University Institute)´s Working Papers (RSCAS 2015/06; Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies).Learn more.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/eu-global-climate-change-negotiations - 2025-07-29

Published 1 February 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published a chapter addressing corruption and its causes: Rothstein, Bo & Teorell, Jan, ”Causes of Corruption”, in Heywood, P, ed. Routledge Handbook of Political Corruption. London: Routledge, 2015.Learn more.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/rothstein-and-teorell-causes-corruption - 2025-07-29

Published 3 February 2015 RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Stina Melander will participate in a seminar at the School of Public Administration in Gothenburg, Wednesday, 4 February at 1-3 pm. The seminar is titled ”Från många till en – om Försäkringskassans reformarbete” ("From Many to One - on Social Security Reforms”). 

Dr Tom Karlsson, Linnaeus University, and Dr. Stina Melander, Lund University
Chairperso

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/melander-social-security-reforms - 2025-07-29

Published 5 February 2015 Apply by 2015-04-01. Postdoctoral position in political science focusing on green social development: industrial systems and energy systems in transition. Read more. 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/postdoctoral-position-political-science-lund - 2025-07-29

Published 4 February 2015 RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Annika Bergman Rosamond lectures on 'Celebrity Humanitarianism and Global Politics' at the Association of Foreign Affairs, Lund University, Wednesday the 4th of February, 19:00. More information. 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/global-politics-and-celebrity-activism - 2025-07-29

Published 6 February 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Karin Aggestam and Anna Sundell have published the article "Depoliticising water conflict" in Hydrological Sciences Journal. Read more.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/peacebuilding-water-management-projects - 2025-07-29

Published 9 February 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS. Sara Kalm and Anders Uhlin have authored the monograph Civil Society and the Governance of Development: Opposing Global Institutions, just published by Palgrave Macmillan. More inormation.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/monograph-kalm-and-uhlin - 2025-07-29

Published 11 February 2015 Emil Persson will spend the spring semester at UC Berkeley. He has been offered a guest position at the Institute for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, where he will work on a case study on Russian media coverage of the war in Ukraine. Emil Persson

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-visits-berkeley - 2025-07-29

Published 13 February 2015 An essay in The Independent, regarding the future of the European left, discusses Johannes Lindvall's article ”The Electoral Consequences of Two Great Crises”. More information.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lindvalls-research-discussed-independent - 2025-07-29

Published 16 February 2015 Annika Fredén is a co-author to an post descibing the Swedish "December Agreement" in the international election research blog Making Electoral Democracy Work.

More information.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/freden-sweden-international-election-research-blog - 2025-07-29

Published 18 February 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl has co-edited the book "Importing EU Norms? Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings" (2015 Springer). Björkdahl also contributed with a chapter co-authored with Ole Elgström called "The EPA-Negotiations: A Channel for Norm Export and Import?". More information

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-edited-annika-bjorkldahl - 2025-07-29

Published 20 February 2015 Annika Bergman Rosamond has been officially elected to serve on the board of the section Feminist Theory & Gender Studies (FTGS) of the International Studies Association (ISA) during the period 2015-2017. ...

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bergman-rosamond-elected-board-gender-and-feminist-theory-section-isa - 2025-07-29

Published 26 February 2015 Ole Elgström has been elected to serve in a steering committe for the EU-funded reserach project "Analysis of the Perception of the EU and of EU's Policies Abroad". The study aims to describe and analyze public opinion and media coverage of the EU in countries designated by the EU as “strategic partners”. The purpose is to improve the EU’s public diplomacy towards these

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-elected-steering-committee-eu-study - 2025-07-29

Published 2 March 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Karin Aggestam has co-authored the article "The Nile Basin and hydrosolidarity". Links:The Nile Basin and hydrosolidarityKarin Aggestam 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-hydrosolidarity-and-nile-river - 2025-07-29

Published 3 March 2015 Hanna Bäck was promotet to professor by decison of chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz on February 26, 2015. The promotion was based on positive reviews of Bäck's work, by for instance Kaare Strøm: In sum, Hanna Bäck has produced a significant body of important and excellent scholarship. Her publications are works of high scholarly quality and professionalism. Her theoretical ar

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-promoted-professor - 2025-07-29

Published 4 March 2015 On thursday March 5, the first "Thursday seminar" of the semster takes place. Maysam Behravesh will give a talk on “Weapons of Mass Destruction-proliferation and terrorism in an age of geopolitical turmoil”. Where: Eden 236 When: March 5, 1-3 pm. How: Open for everyone! Mandatory for students in Peace and Conflict Studies.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/open-seminar-iran-and-weapon-mass-destruction - 2025-07-29

Published 5 March 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Fredén has written a post on the London School of Economics reserach blog ”Democratic Audit”, on strategic voting and pre-election coalition signals. Links:Parties’ pre-election signals can and do influence strategic voting, according to evidence from SwedenAnnika Fredén

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/freden-strategic-voting-great-britain - 2025-07-29