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A new thesis is here. It is called "Trees Like Cabbages", by Philipp Jonas Kreutzer, who does his research at the Department of Economic History at LUSEM. The dissertation asks if the bioeconomy can deliver on its promises of replacing fossils when tested against innovations that the forest sector has actually produced. We asked Philipp to tell us a little about himself and his thesis and the firs

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-thesis-three-questions-philipp-jonas-kreutzer - 2026-06-12

The Swedish Academy of Auditors Pedagogical Award for 2025/2026 has been awarded to Niklas Sandell, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at LUSEM. The Swedish Academy of Auditors (SRA) works to promote knowledge development and the advancement of expertise in accounting and auditing, and annually awards a prize of SEK 75,000 to a university or college teacher who has made exceptional contribu

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/senior-lecturer-lusem-receives-pedagogical-award - 2026-06-12

Why are so few men working in occupations such as nursing, childcare, or elder care? A new study examines whether persistent cultural gender norms discourage men from entering traditionally female-dominated occupations. Over the last decades, women have increasingly entered traditionally male-dominated professions such as medicine and law. However, the reverse has not happened: men remain heavily

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/why-do-not-more-men-enter-pink-collar-jobs - 2026-06-12

How can performing arts contribute to innovation, collaboration, and new ways of thinking across sectors? These questions were at the heart of Riksteatern’s workshop Performing Arts and Innovation in Cross-Sector Collaboration, a national gathering in Stockholm held yesterday, where Lund University Professor Daniel Hjorth participated.The event brought together a diverse group of participants from

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/exploring-role-performing-arts-innovation-and-cross-sector-collaboration - 2026-06-12

The collaboration between the ABC Centre and the Improbable Research Group continues to grow through conversations at the intersection of creativity, science, business, and imagination. A new short pitch video has now been released for the upcoming Bloomsbury book series "Passionately Transforming Management" connected to the initiative. The video was recorded at ESCP Business School in Paris duri

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/improbable-group-supports-upcoming-bloomsbury-series-passionately-transforming-management - 2026-06-12

After years of hard work the dissertation is finished, nailed to a wall for public display and defended. The only thing remaining was the conferment ceremony at the cathedral where we on 29 May honored our new PhDs, Honorary Doctors and Doctors Jubilans. We at LUSEM want to extend our warmest congratulations to our new Honorary Doctor and PhDs.Honorary DoctorSigrid HemelsDoctorsGemza AdemajJoão Ma

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/doctoral-conferment-congratulations-our-lusem-phds - 2026-06-12

A new study tracking three decades of municipal data challenges a common narrative, finding that while some state services have become more centralised, rural areas have not experienced larger declines in public employment than cities. In several key welfare services, rural municipalities have even strengthened their position. The idea that rural communities are being abandoned by the public secto

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/rural-sweden-really-being-left-behind-public-sector - 2026-06-12

To share experiences and improve teaching, LUCA organises the annual LU Case Day conference, where teachers gather to exchange ideas and find inspiration. The Lund University Case Academy (LUCA) was founded in 2012 by faculty members at Lund University as a cross-faculty network to promote case-based and student-centered learning. This year’s event was held in April at the Lund University School o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/when-teaching-becomes-storytelling-inspiration-lu-case-day - 2026-06-12

Economic inequality has become one of the defining political and economic issues of our time. Governments around the world use taxes and transfers to reduce income gaps, but an important question remains: does redistribution come at the cost of economic growth? In this paper, we revisit this debate using new international data and updated statistical methods. Earlier influential research suggested

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/redistribution-inequality-and-growth-evidence-dynamic-panel-estimation - 2026-06-12

As the one year presidency draws to a close Agnes Ask starts eyeing the summer break while the new president Axel Elmberg is learning the ins and outs of LundaEkonomerna. “It’s been an amazing year, fantastic though challenging at times and I have really had the chance to develop my leadership skills. Also I always used to put so much pressure on myself to achieve, to perform and deliver, but I ha

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/one-president-steps-down-another-steps - 2026-06-12

The notion that the elderly in the past lived securely within extended families and were supported by their children is a romanticized exaggeration. Anton Svensson from Economic History demonstrates how elderly households in 19th-century Stockholm were in reality forced to navigate a vulnerable existence, where differences in living standards were deeply unequal. In today's debate, the modern welf

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/growing-old-19th-century-stockholm - 2026-06-12

We are proud to share that Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) is hosting four Visiting Professors within the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence – the University’s largest international recruitment initiative to date. "Lund University’s Programme for Global Excellence lets us bring world-leading scholars into the daily life of LUSEM. They add fresh momentum to o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/visiting-professors-lusem - 2026-06-12

Is the Greenland crisis over? What did President Trump actually say in his speech in Davos, and how does it affect NATO, the EU, Denmark, and Sweden? Trade law researcher Joakim Zander and economists Maria Persson and Fredrik NG Andersson discuss and try to explain the latest developments. The American tone toward Denmark and Greenland prompted reactions from several allies as well as the EU. Trum

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/greenland-trade-bazooka-and-2026 - 2026-06-12

How can philosophy help us make sense of the technologies shaping our everyday lives? A brand new doctoral course explores these ideas and other intersections between philosophy and technology. The doctoral course Introduction to Philosophy of Technology, a collaboration between the Department of Informatics at Lund University (LU) School of Economics and Management and the Division of Informatics

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/philosophy-technology-course-receives-praise-doctoral-students - 2026-06-12

A podcast conversation on how social entrepreneuring can be “crafted” in response to gender-based violence. Daniel Hjorth, Ulf G. Lindén Professor and Director of the Centre for Aesthetics and Business Creativity at Lund University, appears on the Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Podcast following his co-authored paper with Mollie Painter (Hjorth, D., & Painter, M. (2026). Crafting social e

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/centre-director-daniel-hjorth-guests-erd-journal-podcast - 2026-06-12

Trump’s intervention in Venezuela was physical, concrete, and armed. What is happening now is decisive for the country’s future, but it also affects the entire region, according to Andrés Palacio, researcher at LUSEM. Historically, the United States has on several occasions asserted Central America, the Caribbean, and South America as its sphere of interest. Since the end of the Second World War,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/venezuela-after-maduro - 2026-06-12

Among the newly elected members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is Tommy Andersson, professor of Economics at LUSEM From the outset, the Academy’s aim was “to cultivate and disseminate knowledge in Sweden in mathematics, natural sciences, economics, commerce, and the useful arts and manufactures.” It was founded in 1739 and is today best known for selecting the Nobel laureates in chemistr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-professor-economics-elected-royal-swedish-academy-sciences - 2026-06-12

Congratulations on the defense of the dissertation "Entrepreneurial ethics: A behavioral approach to ethical dilemmas in entrepreneurship", at the department of Business Administration. After studying in Germany and the USA, and working in the UK, Marina has just completed her doctoral studies here at LUSEM.Her thesis lies at the intersection of entrepreneurship, applied ethics, and psychology. "A

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-thesis-three-questions-marina-vorholzer - 2026-06-12

2025 Alixa Naff Prize to CED researchersRami Zalfou and Martin Dribe (both at EKH) have been awarded the 2025 Alixa Naff Prize in Migration Studies for best scholarly paper. The paper is “Premium or Penalty? Occupations and Earnings of Ottoman Immigrants and Their Offspring in the United States, 1900-1940,” published in the European Review of Economic History. It was part of Rami’s 2025 dissertati

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ced-researchers-awarded-alixa-naff-prize - 2026-06-12

On Thursday (5 March), Ann-Christine Hartzén, Associate Professor in Business Law at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), will present at a parliamentary research seminar in Stockholm.Her presentation focuses on the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Minimum Wage Directive and its implications for EU cooperation. The directive has been the sub

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/invited-swedish-parliament-speak-eu-minimum-wage-directive - 2026-06-12