Publicerad 15 maj 2024 Video: Vinzent Ostermeyer förklarar sin prisade forskning på fem minuter. ”Vinzent är en självständig och kreativ forskare som uppvisar exceptionell förmåga när det gäller att kombinera stora historiska datamaterial med moderna kvantitativa metoder och teoretiska modeller.” Så lyder nomineringen för den avhandling – skriven av ekonomihistorikern Vinzent Ostermeyer – som nu t

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ny-forskning-om-sveriges-industrialisering-utses-till-2023-ars-basta-avhandling-vid-ekonomihogskolan - 2025-04-17

Av anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - publicerad 14 maj 2024 För tredje gången i rad har Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet EQUIS-ackrediterats på fem år. EQUIS-ackrediteringen är ett internationellt system för kvalitetssäkring av ekonomutbildningar och innebär en kvalitetsstämpel för Ekonomihögskolans verksamhet. Utbildning, forskning och administration har granska

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/tre-i-rad-ekonomihogskolan-ater-ackrediteras-av-equis - 2025-04-17

Publicerad 22 maj 2024 Arbetskraftsbrist – ett problem eller en möjlighet? I en ny rapport undersöker Agrifood Economics Centre arbetskraftsbrist i Sverige för de senaste 20 åren. Foto: Linus Mimietz/Unsplash Arbetskraftsbristen fortsätter att öka i hela Sverige samtidigt som bristen på arbetskraft inte nämnvärt leder till högre löner. Det visar en ny rapport från Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds univer

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/arbetskraftbristen-okar-i-hela-sverige-visar-ny-rapport - 2025-04-17

Publicerad 21 maj 2024 När en tidigare student fick höra att vår universitetslektor i statistik, Pierre Carbonnier, skulle gå i pension fick vi frågan: Skulle vi göra ett inslag om honom? Studenten gillade honom skarpt och tillade att även hans mor hade haft Pierre som lärare och tyckte att han var ganska fantastisk. Få, om ens någon, statistiklärare kan hävda att den har nått ut till och inspirer

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/44-ar-med-carbonnier-statistiken-ljuger-inte - 2025-04-17

Published 12 January 2024 Karin Aggestam and Constance Duncombe have co-authored the article and edited the special issue “Advancing a New Research Agenda on Digital Disruption in Diplomacy”. Abstract:This article introduces the special issue on digital disruption in diplomacy. We propose a new research agenda, advancing novel conceptualisations and empirical insights into the hybrid nature of con

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/advancing-new-research-agenda-digital-disruption-diplomacy - 2025-04-17

Published 2 February 2024 On Wednesday, Georgia de Leeuw nailed her thesis, "The Comfort of Alignment: Mining, Green Steel, and Killjoy Desires in Sweden/Sápmi" at the Department of Political Science, Eden. Georgia de Leeuw nails her thesis to the wall in Eden, surrounded by her colleagues. In the background is the Assistant Head of Department for Doctoral studies, Ted Svensson. The public defense

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/georgia-de-leeuw-nailed-her-thesis - 2025-04-17

Published 8 February 2024 Professor Karin Aggestam, Lund University and Jacqui True, Monash University (Karin's photo: Johan Persson). Karin Aggestam and Jacqui True have co-authored the contribution ”Foreign Policy Analysis and Feminism” published in the The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis. Read more about The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis here:https://global.oup.com/acade

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-and-true-foreign-policy-analysis-and-feminism - 2025-04-17

Published 12 February 2024 We would like to congratulate Ketevan Bolkvadze for receiving funding as a partner in a Europe-wide consortium. The project "Re-ENGAGE: Re-Engaging with Neighbours in a State of War and Geopolitical Tensions" received EUR 3 million in funding through the Horizon Europe framework. Associate Senior Lecturer Ketevan Bolkvadze, Lund University. (Photo: DAVIS) Lund is one of

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ketevan-bolkvadze-receives-funding-partner-europe-wide-consortium - 2025-04-17

Published 15 February 2024 Associate Professor Magdalena Bexell, Department of Political Science, Lund University. Magdalena Bexell has published the article "Indicator accountability or policy shrinking? Multistakeholder partnerships in reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals" in the journal Global Policy. The article suggests the notion of a global indicator reporting trajectory that is sha

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-global-governance-numbers - 2025-04-17

Published 16 February 2024 Although there is no clear connection between attractiveness and generosity, we often expect attractive people to be more generous than less attractive people. This study explores the bi-directional relationship between (expectations of) prosocial behavior and attractiveness. In a pre-registered behavioral experiment, we examined the causal effect of attractiveness on ex

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/beauty-prosocial-behavior-how-prosocial-behavior-affect-attractiveness - 2025-04-17

Published 20 February 2024 Based on a review of the correspondence between Swedish diplomats in the Baltic States and the Swedish Foreign Ministry for the years 1938–1940, the purpose of this article is, firstly, to elaborate a framework for the analysis of intelligence reporting in times of crisis, secondly, to investigate how the Swedish diplomats in the Baltic States went about to report intell

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/intelligence-reporting-and-crisis-swedish-diplomats-reporting-intelligence-baltic-states-1938-1940 - 2025-04-17

Published 29 February 2024 Associate Professor Jakob Skovgaard och doctoral student Evan Drake at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. In November 2023, Jakob Skovgaard, Evan Drake, and experts from the University of Cambridge and the International Institute for Sustainable Development organised a workshop in Paris titled 'Strengthening International Commitments to Shift Public Fi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/workshop-highlights-challenges-redirecting-public-finance-fossil-fuels-sustainable-development - 2025-04-17

Published 29 February 2024 Roxanna Sjöstedt has authored the chapter "Foreign Policy Analysis and Securitization" which has been published in The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis (eds. Juliet Kaarbo & Cameron Thies). The chapter explores to what extent securitization theory can be linked to the issues raised within the field of Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) and argues that these seemingl

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roxanna-sjostedt-securitization-and-foreign-policy-analysis - 2025-04-17

Published 1 March 2024 Doctor Georgia de Leeuw being celebrated at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. Georgia de Leeuw has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'The comfort of alignment: Mining, green steel, and killjoy desires in Sweden/Sápmi'. Congratulations! Georgia de Leeuw and Associate Professor Mattias Borg Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen during dissertation at

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/georgia-de-leeuw-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2025-04-17

Published 4 March 2024 Foreign ministers are prominent actors in foreign affairs, often second only to heads of government in their influence. Yet, despite the growing awareness of the importance of key actors in the study of international relations, foreign ministers remain understudied. In a recently published book, Bäck and colleagues present an original dataset on the background of foreign min

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-foreign-ministers-hanna-back-alejandro-quiroz-flores-and-jan-teorell - 2025-04-17

Published 7 March 2024 In 1974, Sweden got a new Instrument of government which will be celebrated in the Swedish Riksdag on March 6. Leading scholars from law and political science have approached the new rules from different perspectives that compose a new edition that will be presented during the seminar. Annika Fredén is one of the contributors, with a chapter on the Swedish electoral system w

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-freden-participates-new-anthology-instrument-government-celebrates-50-years - 2025-04-17

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 22 March 2024 Climate change, gender and peace are closely linked, according to Agenda 2030 Award winner Christie Nicoson's research. She is a PhD student at the Department of Political Science and part of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School. Photo: Sara Håkansson While we are inundated with data on rising temperatures, ca

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-christie-nicoson-agenda-2030-award-winner-2024 - 2025-04-17

Published 26 March 2024 Doctoral student Jana Wrange, Department of Political Science, Lund University. ‘Outsider’ socialization: Sweden’s interactions with NATO in civil defence prior to membershipABSTRACTThis study assesses the impact of NATO socialization upon an ’outsider’ country, using Sweden in the area of civil defence as a case study. Relying on 33 interviews from 2020 and 2022 with civil

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jana-wrange-has-published-article-interactions-nato-area-swedens-civil-defence-prior-countrys - 2025-04-17

Published 2 April 2024 This year, researchers from the Department of Political Science participate in several different events during Sustainability Week! Sustainability Week is an annual event where Lund University and Lund Municipality invite you to a week of activities around sustainability! It is a week of discussion and action, serious questions and hopeful visions of the future. 9 April 13:0

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/political-scientists-sustainability-week-lund-2024 - 2025-04-17

Published 11 April 2024 Isabel Bramsen is the recipient of this year's Diploma Prize. The prize is worth DKK 150,000 and is awarded to young people who are expected to make a valuable contribution to Danish society. Congratulations Isabel! About the award winner and motivationIn the world we live in, the Hartmann Foundation believes that it is important to stimulate the work for peace and conflict

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/isabel-bramsen-receives-hartmann-foundations-diploma-award - 2025-04-17