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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Staffan Michelson defended his doctoral thesis in Sociology of Law ”Empowerment and Private Law. Civil Impetus for Sustainable Development” Friday 30th November at one o'clock in the room Pufendorfsalen at the Faculty of Law, in Lund. The dissertation is the result of a study of private law viewed as a source of power

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/staffan-michelson-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ONGOING RESEARCH: Amin Parsa’s research on migration and the use of new technology in tracing mobility focuses on how the use of such technology can potentially reshape our laws. – I want to show how our use of new technology is shaping the way that we do law, says Amin Parsa.– Generally my research is about the relat

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-technology-shapes-our-understanding-what-legal - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ghana’s “overall best student 2018” is studying Sociology of Law in Lund. Labiks’s story shows how far hard work and perseverance can get you. Ghana’s Inter Tertiary Excellence Award 2018 for Overall Best Student 4th Year in the academia category went to Thomas Duke Labik Amanquandor, who is studying the second semest

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/student-our-masters-programme-earns-prestigious-award-after-years-struggle-high-school-exam - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Martin Joormann defended his doctoral thesis in Sociology of Law ”Legitimized Refugees: A Critical Investigation of Legitimacy Claims within the Precedents of Swedish Asylum Law” today Friday 3rd May at 10 o'clock in Kulturen's Auditorium, Tegnérsplatsen in Lund. The external reviewer was Professor Åsa Wettergren, Göt

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/martin-joormann-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Everything is in the same place but the address has changed. The departments visiting address is now Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18 C. To make it easier for emergency services to find the right building in the Paradis area in Lund, several university buildings changed addresses on 1 July.  The Sociology of Law Department's a

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-gets-new-address - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Amin Parsa has written the chapter ”Military Uniform and Lethal Targeting in International Law on Armed Conflict” in the newly published book Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World. In the chapter, Amin Parsa, postdoctoral researcher at The Sociology of Law Department, investigates the production of huma

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/amin-parsa-legal-materiality-laws-armed-conflict - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Marie Leth-Espensen has co-authored an article on the recent gastronomic trend known as “New Carnivorism.” Marie Leth-Espensen, doctoral student at the Sociology of Law Department, has together with Mathias Elrød Madsen studied this relatively new food media trend. In an article in the journal Society & Animals, they

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-ideology-meat-eating - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Renowned criminologist Dr Molly Dragiewicz, Associate Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, visited Lund University for a seminar with the criminology program students. The seminar, “Digital media and domestic violence: Emerging international researc

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/seminar-domestic-abuse-and-how-it-facilitated-digital-technology - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Sociology of Law Department's Professor Emeritus, Karsten Åström, has received an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy at Linköping University. For many years, Karsten Åström has been a Guest Professor at Linköping University, where he has established Welfare Law as a subject at the Faculty of Philosoph

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/karsten-astrom-has-been-awarded-honorary-doctorate-linkoping-university - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Growing amounts of hateful messages sent to journalists are threatening to undermine central democratic concepts. The extent of problem is being investigated at the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University. In the last ten years, more journalists have received hateful and threatening messages online. The trend h

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-studies-effects-hateful-messages-journalism - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 29 January, the Sociology of Law Department hosted The Panorama Day, an annual relay seminar about ongoing research. For students, it was an opportunity to get an overview of the production of science at their current department, and deepen their understanding of the subject. Roughly 120 students gathered

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/short-and-sweet-when-students-were-introduced-departments-research - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the end of February, Patrik Olsson, associate professor at Lund University visited Uzbekistan to discuss one of the main academic problems in the area. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the General Prosecutor’s Office (GPO) of the Republic of Uzbekistan were among the

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociologist-law-anticorruption-assignment-central-asia - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir at the Sociology of Law Department defended her doctoral thesis “Decentring Criminal Law: Understandings of Justice by Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence and its Implications for Different Justice Strategies” on Friday, 24 April. The thesis defence was a mostly digital occasion, with Hildur

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/hildur-fjola-antonsdottir-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2026-05-15

Three researchers within the Social Science Faculty at Lund University have compiled an anthology challenging the notion of the refugee crisis of 2015. The book also investigates how Germany, Sweden, and Denmark use bureaucracy to control, discipline, and shape asylum seekers’ lives. In 2015, the number of asylum seekers arriving in the EU doubled from the previous year, totalling over 1.3 million

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-northern-european-welfare-states-exercise-bureaucratic-violence-asylum-seekers - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Minister for Gender Equality, Åsa Lindhagen, has appointed Lena Svenaeus, researcher at the Sociology of Law Department, for an expert role in a commission for gender-equal lifetime earnings. The commission is working on proposals that may contribute to increased economic equality between women and men in the long

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/lena-svenaeus-selected-governmental-expert-committee - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Isabel Schoultz at the Sociology of Law Department has studied how two major Swedish companies have defended themselves against accusations of corporate crime. When corruption accusations against Swedish telecommunications provider Telia surfaced in 2012, regarding the acquisition of its business permit in Uzbekistan,

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/corporate-strategies-legitimise-potentially-criminal-business-actions - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international research project headed by the Sociology of Law Department has received sufficient funding. The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology grants Isabel Schoultz, researcher and Associate Senior Lecturer at the Sociology of Law Department, 1,400,000 SEK (approximately 135,000 €) to fund the researc

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/investigating-legal-responses-migrant-worker-exploitation-nordics - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new research project aims to contribute to greater understanding between Central Asian and EU business and legal cultures, and lower the risk of foreign companies becoming involved in corruption. To achieve this, about a dozen universities in Europe and Central Asia are involved in an extensive exchange scheme of re

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-leads-unique-effort-facilitate-business-between-eu-and-central-asia - 2026-05-15

On June 5, the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University organised the first Central Asian Law project seminar. It featured four Central Asian guest researchers who presented work relating to cultural studies, cultural branding, and corruption. Central Asian Law is a four-year research project involving six EU universities and partners from each of the five Central Asian countries. The aim is

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/culture-and-corruption-focus-first-central-asian-law-seminar - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In mid-June, Amin Parsa, postdoctoral fellow at the Sociology of Law Department, participated in the “Expert Workshop on Race, Borders, and Digital Technologies”. Parsa presented parts of his research on the use and development of digital technologies of mobility monitoring within the context of the European border co

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/amin-parsa-contributes-un-expert-meeting-race-technology-and-international-borders - 2026-05-15