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The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities has elected two new working members. One of them is Mia Rönnmar, Professor of Private Law at the Faculty of Law (currently on leave) and Vice-Chancellor of Malmö University. She has been elected to the Philosophical Philological Class. Mia Rönnmar conducts research on labour law and industrial relations from a Swedish, comparative and i

https://www.law.lu.se/article/mia-ronnmar-elected-new-member-royal-swedish-academy-letters-history-and-antiquities - 2026-04-25

The Academic Appointments Board decided on 23 February 2026 to appoint Richard Croneberg as Associate Professor of Fiscal Law. Richard Croneberg holds a doctorate in law from the Faculty of Law at Lund University, where he currently works as Associate Senior Lecturer. His primary research focuses on the design of income tax rules, the ways in which such rules may be circumvented, and how judges, d

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-associate-professor-fiscal-law-0 - 2026-04-25

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has awarded Alezini Loxa just over SEK 4.4 million for the project Revisiting the Normative Foundations of EU Migration Law. Alezini Loxa is one of five researchers selected for this year’s RJ Pro Futura program, carried out in collaboration with the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS).About the projectEU law is structured around a fundamental distinction between

https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-loxa-awarded-funding-riksbankens-jubileumsfond-and-becomes-pro-futura-scientia-fellow - 2026-04-25

On 27 March, the book launch of Kjell Å. Modéer’s work Ruth’s Book. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lund, Sweden and the World. A Personal Biography took place. This personal biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg – RBG – was inspired by her strong ties to Sweden and her periods of residence in Lund during the 1960s. At that time, she worked on a project on Swedish civil procedure, intended for an American readers

https://www.law.lu.se/article/personal-biography-ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-her-time-lund - 2026-04-25

The Faculty Is Recruiting Assistant Professors for Groundbreaking Research in Law. The Faculty of Law is participating in two recruitments of assistant professors (associate senior lecturers) within the framework of the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence. The Faculty is seeking a promising researcher for a position as Assistant Professor of Law specialising in the rule of law and acce

https://www.law.lu.se/article/faculty-participates-lund-university-programme-global-excellence - 2026-04-25

The Swedish Research Council recommends the Faculty of Law as co-lead of a new national research environment. Lund University is proposed to become a key player in the next generation of strategic research areas and to participate in six of eight new national research environments. In total, the Swedish Research Council recommends that 16 research environments be funded – the final decision will b

https://www.law.lu.se/article/faculty-law-takes-part-new-strategic-research-area-sra - 2026-04-25

Pleasing news that the Rune and Lena Lavin Foundation for Legal Research at the Faculty of Law in Lund, at its spring meeting on 16 April, has decided to award SEK 174,052 to a total of eight applicants. The award is part of the foundation’s ongoing support for legal research at the Faculty of Law in Lund.Information about the call for applications for autumn 2026 will be published in October 2026

https://www.law.lu.se/article/award-rune-and-lena-lavin-foundation-legal-research-1 - 2026-04-25

The new edited volume The Reasoning of the Court of Justice of the EU: A Normative Assessment by Alezini Loxa and Luigi Lonardo aims to enrich the study of the Court of Justice of the EU by providing normative—as opposed to descriptive—assessments of its legal reasoning.Taking as a starting point a descriptive account of the Court’s adjudicative practice, which informs a shared conceptual basis fr

https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-ioxa-publishes-new-book-oup - 2026-04-25

The Syrian "refugee crisis" in Europe and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the limitations of traditional asylum systems. It has also highlighted the potential of alternative approaches, such as temporary protection instruments. A new research project, focusing on Ukrainians and Syrians, is being launched to explore the potential of different legal and safe pathways. The project, called "Refuge

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-project-explore-alternative-pathways-refugees-enter-europe - 2026-04-25

Han Somsen has newly been appointed professor in environmental law at the Faculty of Law. He is best known for his recommendation that bird-killing cats should be kept indoors. “Humans see themselves as the kings of the hill, which extends to their cats. If you question this, many people get very angry. I got death threats,” says Han Somsen. Han Somsen’s latest position was as professor at Tilburg

https://www.law.lu.se/article/law-professor-who-wants-put-nature-above-law - 2026-04-25

How are human rights affected during an ongoing war? By invading Ukraine, Russia is not only violating international law - it is also preventing people in Ukraine from enjoying the most basic human rights, such as the right to health care, medicine and education. Lena Halldenius and Jessica Almqvist, both professors of human rights and coordinators of Lund University's new profile area Human Right

https://www.law.lu.se/article/human-rights-during-war-and-unrest - 2026-04-25

Every year, the Law Students' Union (Juridiska Föreningen, or JF) presents a pedagogical prize to a teacher at the faculty who students consider to be an excellent educator and who has thereby contributed to a better education. In 2023, Evan Collins, a doctoral student, is being awarded the prize. The motivation states, among other things, that Evan Collins is being recognized for fostering an env

https://www.law.lu.se/article/evan-collins-awarded-pedagogical-prize-law-students-union-0 - 2026-04-25

The Vice-Chancellor has decided to appoint Martin Sunnqvist as a Professor in Legal History at the Faculty of Law. Martin Sunnqvist's research focuses on comparative legal history, with a specific emphasis on the history of constitutional law and procedural law. His doctoral thesis examined the history of judicial review of legislation in the Nordic countries. Currently, Martin Sunnqvist is conduc

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-professor-legal-history - 2026-04-25

This year, the Franco-German Henrik Enderlein Prize for academic excellence went to legal scholar Vladislava Stoyanova. The human rights expert from Lund University received the award for her excellent research on European migration, the rights of refugees and the fight to curb human trafficking. The Henrik Enderlein Prize is endowed with 10,000 euros and was jointly established in 2022 by the Her

https://www.law.lu.se/article/human-rights-expert-vladislava-stoyanova-receives-henrik-enderlein-prize-2023 - 2026-04-25

The first decades of the 21st century have been marked by crisis. Anna Zemskova, who recently defended her dissertation in constitutional law at Lund University, points to two crucial factors for protecting the rule of law in the EU during economic emergencies. In her thesis, Anna Zemskova emphasizes the importance of protecting the rule of law in the EU, which is defined in Article 2 of the Treat

https://www.law.lu.se/article/important-not-take-rule-law-granted-europe - 2026-04-25

The Appointments Committee has on June 27 decided to appoint Linnea Wegerstad as Associate Professor in criminal law. Linnea Wegerstad's research interest are broadly in the field of law, gender and sexuality, with a focus on criminal law, sexual offenses and feminist legal theory. A common thread in her research is the role of criminal law in society and how areas of knowledge other than law can

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-associate-professor-criminal-law - 2026-04-25

The School of Law, University of Nottingham, har tilldelat Sara Arapiles DJ Harris Prize (Bästa doktorsavhandling) för sin avhandling ‘Slavery in Refugee Status Determination Procedures in Europe: A Comparative Socio-Legal Study of Approaches to Eritrean Protection Claims’.Mer om priset:  Nottingham universitet 

https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/sara-arapiles-tilldelas-pris-avhandling - 2026-04-25

Lunds universitet listas på plats 36 i världsrankningen för juridik. Times Higher Education (THE) är en av de tre ledande internationella rankningarna av universitet och lärosäten. Den baseras på 18 indikatorer inom undervisning, forskning, kunskapsöverföring och internationell utblick. THE-rankningen av universitet för 2025 kom i oktober förra året och Lunds universitet fick där plats 95 av cirka

https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/enastaende-placering-juridik-vid-lunds-universitet-i-times-higher-educations-varldsrankning-2025 - 2026-04-25

Professorerna Marta Pertegás Sender och Jeremias Adams-Prassl har utsetts till fakultetens hedersdoktorer. Marta Pertegás SenderProfessor Marta Pertegás Sender, universitetet i Maastricht, inledde sin karriär inom akademin som doktorand i Leuven och disputerade år 2000 på en avhandling om gränsöverskridande patentintrång. Som nydisputerad arbetade Marta som lärare och forskare vid universitetet i

https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/hedersdoktorer-2025 - 2026-04-25

Professor Martin Sunnqvist förklarar hur förändringarna i det danska kungliga vapnet sätter stopp för en gammal svensk-dansk konflikt. Danmarks kung Frederik X tillkännagav nyligen en ändring av det kungliga vapnet. Det satte stopp för en svensk-dansk konflikt från 1600-talet, enligt Martin Sunnqvist som skriver om den omdiskuterade händelsen i nyhetsplattformen The Conversation.Läs mer i The Conv

https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/danmarks-nya-kungliga-vapenskold-markerar-slutet-pa-en-400-ar-gammal-konflikt - 2026-04-25