Published 23 March 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Per Andersson has published an article in the journal Studies in Comparative International Development. AbstractDuring the last two centuries, taxation has not only increased dramatically in level and volume; its structure has also changed: from a heavy reliance on customs revenue in the early nineteenth century to a stronger emphasis on income tax

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/democracy-urbanization-and-tax-revenue - 2025-08-09

Published 23 March 2017 OUTREACH: Annika Bergman Rosamond’s keynote ”Cities and Citizens for Peace - The Importance of Dialogue” at the opening of HÖFÐI Reykjavik Peace Centre, 7th October 2016 is now available online. The objective of the opening of HÖFÐI Reykjavik Peace Centre at the University of Iceland is to support Reykjavik in its mission of becoming a city of peace, and to advise on how Re

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/watch-annika-bergman-rosamond-talk-about-celebraty-humanitarianism - 2025-08-09

Published 24 March 2017 OUTREACH: Professor Annica Kronsell gave a talk on ‘Gender perspectives on Climate Change’ at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday 22nd March. Annica Kronsell's personal page.Visit the website of the University of Melbourne, where Annica Kronsell is a Visting Fellow.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/gave-talk-melbourne-about-gender-perspectives-climate-change - 2025-08-09

Published 30 March 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annica Kronsell has co-authored the following two articles, both are available via open access. Together with Anna Kaijser ”Who gets to know about nature? Biodiversity and ecosystem services through an intersectional lens” in Freiburger Zeitschrift für GeschlechterStudien.Together with Gunnhildur Magnusdottir ”The double democratic deficit in clima

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kronsell-two-new-articles-about-biodiversity-and-climate-policy-making - 2025-08-09

Published 6 April 2017 OUTREACH: Professor Annica Kronsell gave a talk on Collaborative urban sustainability governance through experimentation, hosted by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the Singapore Theatre, Basement Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne on Thursday 23rd March. From the poster:Innovations in urban governance such as Urban Living Labs (ULL) are expect

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kronsell-talked-melbourne-about-more-sustainable-and-climate-resilient-cities - 2025-08-09

Published 5 April 2017 The article ”Swedish Feminist Foreign Policy in the Making: Ethics, Politics, and Gender”, co-authored by Karin Aggestam and Annika Bergman Rosamond, is part of the Carnegie Council Special Collection of "Editors' Picks" from the 30th Anniversary volym of the journal "Ethics & International Affairs”. In 2014 the world’s first self-defined feminist government was formed in Sw

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/editors-pick-swedish-feminist-foreign-policy-making - 2025-08-09

Published 28 March 2017 Peace-building, mediation and justice issues are on the agenda for Karin Aggestam who holds the prestigious Pufendorf chair, which provides the holder the opportunity to devote most of her time to research. – The chair is a research position but I have made sure to retain some teaching. Interaction with the students is very rewarding, says Karin Aggestam to the magazine LUM

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-first-woman-and-political-scientist-appointed-pufendorf-chair-0 - 2025-08-09

Published 29 March 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: In the recently released Palgrave Handbook of Inter-Organizational Relations in World Politics, Christer Jönsson contributes with the chapter "IR Paradigms and Inter-Organizational Theory: Situating the Research Program Within the Discipline". The editors' comment on Jönsson's contribution: "By inviting Christer Jönsson, who had presented remarkabl

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jonsson-palgrave-handbook-inter-organizational-relations-world-politics - 2025-08-09

Published 4 April 2017 The notification of the date of the defence and "posting" of Linda Nybergs thesis "Market Bureaucracy" was held on Tuesday, April 4, at. 15:15 in Edens lobby.  The academic tradition of nailing ones thesis to a board ("spikning" in Swedish) means that the thesis is made available to the public, who should be given the chance to read it in advance and then ask questions at th

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/linda-nybergs-doctoral-thesis-posted - 2025-08-09

Published 20 April 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl has together with Johanna Mannergren Selimovic contributed with a chapter on Gender and Transitional Justice, and one chapter with Susanne Buckley-Zistel on Memorials and Transitional Justice in the book An Introduction to Transitional Justice edited by Olivera Simic. Learn more about the book on routledge.comAnnika Björkdahl's per

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-gender-and-transitional-justice - 2025-08-09

Published 21 April 2017 Linda Nyberg defended her dissertation "Market Bureaucracy : Neoliberalism, Competition, and EU State Aid Policy" today, 21st April at 10:15 am in the Eden auditorium, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. Discussant was Ben Rosamond from Copenhagen University.Market Bureaucracy : Neoliberalism, Competition, and EU State Aid PolicyLinda Nyberg's personal page 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/linda-nyberg-has-defended-her-thesis - 2025-08-09

Published 24 April 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Nina Wilén, peace and conflict researcher and guest researchers at the department, has written the article "Peacekeeping deployment abroad and the self-perceptions of the effect on career advancement, status and reintegration” published in print a few weeks ago (published online in August). Read the article at tandfonline.comNina Wilén is a peace a

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/what-happens-military-careers-un-soldiers-after-their-un-service - 2025-08-09

Published 27 April 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Nina Wilén, peace and conflict researcher and guest researchers at the department, has written the article ”The civilised Self and the barbaric Other: ex-rebels making sense of sexual violence in the DR Congo” which was recently published online. Read the article at tandfonline.comNina Wilén is a peace and conflict researcher who focuses on gender,

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-do-ex-rebels-make-sense-sexual-violence - 2025-08-09

Published 26 April 2017 OUTREACH: Today, 26th April, Niklas Altermark will participate in the parliamentary hearing on personal assistance. Also participating are representatives of the disability movement, other researchers from a variety of disciplines and a number of people heavily involved when personal assistance was introduced. The purpose of the event is to highlight personal assistance and

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/altermark-parliamentary-seminar-personal-assistance - 2025-08-09

Published 28 April 2017 Annika Björkdahl was invited to give a talk entitled ”Peace and the Politics of Memory” at St. Andrews University in Scotland on Monday the 17th April at the Arts Lecture Theatre. The talk was part of the School of International Relations, IR Monday Seminar Series.St. Andrews University's websiteAnnika Björkdahl's personal page here on the department's website.   

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-gave-talk-scotland-peace-and-politics-memory - 2025-08-09

Published 28 April 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published a paper explaining election fraud historically in the case of Sweden, drawing on original data from second-instance election petitions filed in 1719–1908, "Partisanship and Unreformed Bureaucracy: The Drivers of Election Fraud in Sweden, 1719-1908". These petitions reveal systematic procedural violations committed by local

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/teorell-eighteenth-century-election-fraud-sweden - 2025-08-09

Published 3 May 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Roxanna Sjöstedt has published the article "Securitization and Foreign Policy Analysis", in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Sjöstedt describes and reviews in this article the central assumptions of securitization theory in order to capture its applicability to the study of foreign policy. AbstractSince it was launched in the mid-1990s, the c

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sjostedt-securitization-and-foreign-policy-analysis - 2025-08-09

Published 5 May 2017 The notification of the date of the defence and "posting" of Per Andersson's thesis "Essays on the Politics of Taxation" was held today, Friday 5th May, at 3:15 pm in Eden's lobby.  The academic tradition of nailing ones thesis to a board ("spikning" in Swedish) means that the thesis is made available to the public, who should be given the chance to read it in advance and then

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/anderssons-doctoral-thesis-posted - 2025-08-09

Published 4 May 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Nina Wilén has written the article "The World Turned Away From Burundi, but Its Crisis Is Getting Worse” in World Politics Review. Learn more on worldpoliticsreview.comNina Wilén is a peace and conflict researcher who focuses on gender, security architecture and military intervention in Africa. Nina Wilén is currently a guest researcher at the departm

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/world-turns-away-burundi-crisis-worsens - 2025-08-09

Published 11 May 2017 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Government investigations rely on unsubstantiated evidence in reports on extensive cheating in welfare systems for people with disabilities. Both current and former governments have based their assistance policies on public commissions that lack scientific basis. This is shown in a new report by political scientists Niklas Altermark and Hampus Nilsso

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-report-unreliable-evidence-behind-accusations-cheating-personal-assistance - 2025-08-09