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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mattias Nilsson Sjöberg has just published "To (dare) meet the unexpected - The story of the unruly chair", an essay in Swedish ”Att (våga) möta det oväntade – Historien om den bångstyriga stolen”, in the Norwegian journal on educational studies Norsk pedagogisk tidskrift. The essay seeks to problematise an instrument

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/pedagogy-daring-look-beyond-set-idea - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. David Wästerfors and Malin Åkerström have each written a chapter concerning youth welfare in the book "Den motspänstiga akademikern" (The Opposing Academic), a volume in honor of Professor Ingrid Sahlin at the School of Social Sciences in Lund. The chapters are Eyes for Violence (David Wästerfors) and Mötesstrider och

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/dark-gazes-and-meeting-distress-youth-homes - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Ron Eyerman and Todd Madigan, sociologist Magnus Ring has published the article “Cultural Trauma, Collective Memory and the Vietnam War” in the Croatian Political Science Review, Vol. 54. More information and a link for downloading the article can be found here at the Portal of Scientific Journals of Cro

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/vietnam-continues-haunt-american-collective-memory - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Social Anthropologist Nina Gren has published the article 'Unruly Boys and Obedient Girls: Gender and Education in UNRWA Schools in the West Bank’ in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Middle East Studies Nidaba. More information, and a link for downloading the article at journals.lub.lu.se Abstract:Almost 70 years afte

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/boys-find-school-increasingly-pointless - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Social anthropologist Petra Ostergren has developed a new typology for assessing, evaluating and comparing prostitution policies. This new typology is presented and discussed in 'From Zero-Tolerance to Full Integration: Rethinking Prostitution Policies', a working paper published within the frames of the interdiscipli

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/comparing-prostitution-policies-new-typology - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lotta Granbom defended her doctoral dissertation in Social Anthropology ”The Second Wave: The Urak Lawoi after the Tsunami in Thailand” today at 10 o'clock in Kulturens Hörsal, Lund. The external reviewer was Professor Peter Ian Crawford of the School of Culture and Society at Århus University and the chairperson at t

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lotta-granbom-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Maria Gómez defended her doctoral dissertation in Educational studies ”Teachers' Assessment and gradings Practices in upper secondary Science Classrooms in Sweden. The Teachers' and Students' Perspectives” today at 10 o'clock in Eden's auditorium in Lund. The external reviewer was Professor Per Andersson, at the Depar

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/maria-gomez-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A grant of nearly 5 million SEK from Riksbankens jubileumsfond has been awarded to Doctor in Sociology Lisa Eklund, together with Kristina Göransson at the School of Social Work, for the project Parenting strategies around children’s education in urban China, Singapore and South Korea: A comparative ethnographic study

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/parenting-strategies-around-childrens-education-urban-east-asia-awarded-5-million - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PUBLICATION: PhD Candidate Henrik Möller has published the chapter "Potentials of Feicui: Indeterminacy and Determination in Human-Jade interactions in Southwest China" in the book Emptiness and Fullness. Ethnographies of lack and desire in contemporary China. Henrik Möller’s doctoral thesis examines intersections of

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/many-people-china-believe-jade-stimulates-life-energy - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PUBLICATION: Sociology researcher Shai Mulinari investigates, together with Andreas Vilhelmsson, how members of Denmark's pandemic planning committee experienced lobbying efforts by the manufacturer of Tamiflu, the antiviral that was stockpiled before the pandemic of 2009. Shai Mulinari and Andreas Vilhelmsson have pu

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/how-do-pharmaceutical-companies-lobby-authorities - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sociology Professor Christofer Edling has, together with nine other researchers in sociology, political science, and social work, received a grant of 35 million SEK from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for the project “Civil society elites? Comparing elite composition, reproduction, integration and contestation in European

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/35-million-sek-project-elites-civil-society - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PUBLICATION: Doctor of Sociology Terese Anving has published the article “Struggling to Make Ends Meet: Lone Mothers and Intergenerational Support in Sweden” in the journal Studies in the Maternal. Read or download the article at mamsie.bbk.ac.ukAbstractEconomic divisions have deepened in Sweden in recent years, and l

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lone-mothers-struggling-make-ends-meet - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Katrine Tinning at the Department of Sociology defended her doctoral dissertation in Educational studies ”The Ambivalent Potentiality of Vulnerability. Museum Pedagogy in Exhibitions on Difficult Matters and its Ethical Implications” today at 1 pm in Stora Algatan's auditorium in Lund. The external reviewer was Associ

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/katrine-tinning-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Åsa Lundqvist, Professor at the Department of Sociology has just published a book about how the activation of women into paid work was accomplished. It looks at the ideational grounds and the concrete measures that created the conditions for increasing the employment ratio of women, and thus also a farewell to male br

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/creating-conditions-more-women-paid-work - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Liv Sunnercrantz at the Department of Sociology defended her doctoral dissertation in sociology ”Hegemony and the Intellectual Function: Medialised Public Discourse on Privatisation in Sweden 1988-1993” today, 19th December, at 10:15 in Kulturens auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Associate Professor Emilia Palonen, Depa

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/liv-sunnercrantz-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RESEARCH GRANT: Olle Frödin, Johan Sandberg and Axel Fredholm at the Sociology Department in Lund and Shahamak Rezaei at Roskilde University have been awarded 4 million SEK for the project "Migration, Integration and Development: The Role of Transnational Immigrant Organizations in Sweden". The research project focuse

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/4-million-study-role-immigrant-organizations-integration - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lisa Flower analyses the emotional regime in the White House in The Conversation: “Donald Trump, loyalty and the ‘emotional regime’ in the White House”. “But what exactly is loyalty? And why did Comey put on his poker face when asked for it?“Read the whole article on theconversation.comLisa Flower’s personal page here

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/what-do-trumps-demands-loyalty-white-house-mean - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Social anthropologist Tova Höjdestrand writes about the so-called Parents' Movement is a Russia in the chapter “Nationalism and Civicness in Contemporary Russia: Grassroots Mobilization in Defense of Traditional Family Values” published in the book Rebellious Parents: Parental Movements in Central-Eastern Europe and R

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/rebellious-russian-parents-defense-traditional-family-values - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW PROJECT investigates promises of accessibility for persons with disabilities. Associate Professor David Wästerfors has together with Kristofer Hansson at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences and Hanna Egard at Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society, received a research grant from FORTE for a proje

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/society-reachable-all - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. HETZLER GIVES TALK IN GOTHENBURG ON WAR AT WORK. Professor Antoinette Hetzler is invited to the Working life/Welfare seminar at the University of Gothenburg on 6 February 2018. Antoinette Hetzler will be presenting a chapter from a forthcoming book called The Transformation of Work in Welfare State Organizations.The c

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/primary-school-teachers-illness-caused-work - 2026-05-05