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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Sandberg has just been awarded the Early Career Researchers Prize for his article “Evidence-based Policymaking? Revisiting the ‘Known', the Assumed and the Promoted in New Social Development Policy” in the Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development 6, 2 (2015). Learn more on Institute for pover

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sandberg-awarded-early-career-researchers-prize - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chris Swader has the forthcoming chapter "Fraudulent Values. Materialistic Bosses and the Support for Bribery and Tax Evasion" in Whyte & Wiegratz (Eds.) Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud. Routledge. Abstract:Are capitalists more likely than others to justify ‘immoral’ acts such as bribery or tax evasion? T

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/swader-new-forthcoming-publication - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Malin Åkerström has, together with Erika Andersson Cederholm, published the article ”With a little help from my friends: relational work in leisure-related enterprising” in ”The Sociological Review” on Swedish lifestyle entrepreneurs, analyzing the indistinct boundaries between formal and informal economic exchanges.

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/malin-akerstrom-swedish-lifestyle-entrepreneurs - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What does a defense lawyer actually do in court when performing loyalty towards her/his clients? Lisa Flower has just published a new article on courtroom work of defense lawyers in the “Journal of Contemporary Ethnography”. AbstractThe courtroom work of defense lawyers has received surprisingly little sociological at

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/performing-drama-courtroom - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How were work time issues framed in Sweden in 1975? Mikael Ottosson and Calle Rosengren scrutinize how the Swedish Employers’ Confederation debated the values of ‘workfare’ in their new article ” ‘What the hell is a high standard?’ The Swedish Employers’ Confederation and the six-hour workday debate in the mid 1970s”

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/six-hour-work-day-debate-mid-1970s-sweden - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Barbara Schulte has received SEK 650,000 from the Crafoord Foundation for her project “Nation state versus ethnicity: Educating ethnic minorities in Southwest China”, to be conducted between 2016 and 2018. The project critically investigates discourse, policies and practices of Chinese multiculturalism in Yunnan Provi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-project-ethnic-minorities-southwest-china - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Shai Mulinari investigates the current state of pharmaceutical marketing vis-à-vis ethical and legal standards in his new “viewpoint" article ”Unhealthy marketing of pharmaceutical products: An international public health concern” that has just been published in the Journal of Public Health Policy. Abstract:I consider

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mulinari-unhealthy-marketing-pharmaceutical-products - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Agneta Mallén and her research on citizen journalism and cyber bullying has been featured in a news release on AlphaGalileo. ”In recent years, citizen journalism has become a widely known phenomenon. It involves ordinary citizens witnessing events, documenting them on their mobile phones and sharing them on social med

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mallen-citizen-journalism - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Steven Sampson has published the article ”The Right Way: Moral Capitalism and the Emergence of the Corporate Ethics and Compliance Officer” in the Journal of Business Anthropology. Steven Sampson investigates how the moralization of firms has led to the emergence of a new corporate function: the ethics and compliance

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sampson-business-ethics-and-moral-capitalism - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How does higher education prepare students for work under neoliberal forms of control? These and other questions are scrutinized by Carola Aili, together with Lars-Erik Nilsson, in their new publication “Preparing higher education students for the new landscape of governance”. Abstract:Studies have demonstrated that n

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/aili-preparing-higher-education-students-new-landscape-governance - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The project "NORBATOUR - Nordic-Baltic Tourism Research Studies” connects four universities in a joint master course to share information and knowledge on tourism research methods, trends and studies. There is a need for new research methodsNORBATOUR connects universities in Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark to dev

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/nordic-baltic-collaboration-tourism-research-master-students - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A few questions to Pavla Kruzela who held a "Career Development Workshop" for master students on Friday the 24th of March. Around 40 students participated. What is the workshop about?– I have held this workshop for the past two years at the Faculty of Social Sciences. It is aimed at students fromTthe Department of Ser

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/important-knowlege-future-career - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University just released a new film about studying and working here. You can check it out above. Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The university has 42 000 students and 7 400 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö.   

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/im-your-best-friend-and-your-toughest-challenger-i-am-lund-university-and-theres-no-one-world-me - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This is the third year that tourism researchers from CLCS (Center for Leisure and Culture Services) and Lund University collaborate to develop a two day workshop on social media for students at their respective Service Management programmes. Collaboration between Helsingborg and CopenhagenThe workshop, which takes pla

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/app-development-during-social-media-workshop - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of the essays written last spring by our master student Anna Spitzkat, just received an award from The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council. The winners of the The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council award as well as the Hakon Swenson Foundation are now appointed. There were over 40 nominated essays but the jury

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/master-student-essay-received-award - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Monday June 5, our master students, together with all graduate Master students at the Faculty of Social Sciences, had their Graduation Ceremony in the old University building in Lund. This year the audience had the pleasure of listening to Lars Danielsson, Sweden's Ambassador to the EU. At the ceremony, Sparbanksst

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/graduation-ceremony-2017 - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sparbanksstiftelsen handed out a scholarship of 25 000 sek during the Graduation Ceremony 2017, which this year was awarded to My Lindersson. My Lindersson wrote the thesis: Applying a lens of practice theory to understand the role of sustainability-labels in sustainable fashion shopping.The motivation for the award: 

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/scholarship-service-management - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Last week, on Tuesday the 15th, a little over 2 000 international students arrived in Lund. They are all here to study at Lund University and a few of these will study at Campus Helsingborg and The Department of Service Management and Service Studies. On Monday the 28th of August, the autumn term starts, and nearly 50

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/arrival-day - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our researchers, Devrim Umut Aslan and Cecilia Fredriksson, have just released their book about ongoing transformations in city retail. We asked Devrim to tell us a little about the book. This book is based on the changing relationship between retail and cities. In recent decades, retail has changed in several fundame

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-book-about-city-retail-transformation - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On January the 11th the tourism students on the Masters' programme of 2016, arranged a conference on the theme of tourism practices. As a part of the course "Value creation and innovation in tourism", the students of the Master programme with the specialisation Tourism, organized this conference that through a number

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/tourism-practices-today-and-tomorrow - 2026-05-19