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The Faculty's by-election to the Nominating Committee is now complete, and a meeting to announce the election results has been held at the Faculty Office. The new member of the Nomination Committee is Terese Anving, senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology. The committee now has the following composition:Representatives of teaching staff with research expertiseÅsa Thelander, senior lecturer,

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/terese-anving-elected-facultys-nominating-committee - 2026-07-23

In autumn 2026, the Faculty of Social Sciences will start a new Swedish Master's Programme in Comprehensive Defence and Civil Preparedness at Campus Helsingborg. The programme meets the increasing demand for expertise in the field of total defence and provides students with interdisciplinary knowledge of how society can withstand and manage crises – from security policy challenges to climate chang

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-masters-programme-comprehensive-defence-and-civil-preparedness - 2026-07-23

The Faculty of Social Sciences published 19 articles on The Conversation in 2025, reaching 168,000 readers. The faculty had the second-most articles of all faculties and covered topics from the MAGA movement to the Turkey-PKK conflict. Lund University had a record year on The Conversation in 2025. The university’s researchers published 76 articles that together reached 1.1 million reads. In total,

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/researchers-faculty-social-sciences-reached-168000-readers-conversation - 2026-07-23

Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsFaculty travel and research grantsResearchers, doctoral students, lecturers or readers at Lund University can apply for the faculties’ travel a

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2026 - 2026-07-23

The Sunet Scribe service enables researchers at Lund University to digitally transcribe research data in the form of audio and video files. Transcription support is available in several languages. The service is approved for use with research data containing sensitive personal information – the data is encrypted during all transfers and the information is not stored by Sunet after transcription. A

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-transcription-tool-researchers - 2026-07-23

The application deadline to programmes in the international admissions round was 15 January. Once again, we are seeing an increase in the total number of applicants to programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences. While the number of first-choice applicants to the Faculty remains unchanged compared to last year, the total number of applicants has increased by three per cent.The programmes with the

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/more-applicants-facultys-international-masters-programmes-0 - 2026-07-23

Lund University is hiring 45 new assistant professors and visiting professors this spring. The initiative, which involves just over SEK 30 million in university-wide funding, represents a significant boost to operations – not least at the Faculty of Social Sciences, which is welcoming nine of the new recruits. The number of applications for Lund University’s international recruitment drive was hig

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/unprecedented-interest-international-recruitment - 2026-07-23

A new guide is now available to help you write competitive research applications. The Research Council of Faculty of Social Sciences has compiled its best advice on content, structure and assessment criteria. The guide provides concrete tips on what a research application should contain and what reviewers look for in particular.You can find the guide on the page ’'Research funding’. There you will

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/write-stronger-research-applications-new-guide-faculty-researchers - 2026-07-23

When staff members at the Faculty of Social Sciences move into Allhelgonaskolan, many will need to get used to new ways of working and adopt a more activity-based approach. The building will also be opened up so that everyone working within the faculty can use one of the floors for various activities, such as meetings. An activity-based office is based on a simple idea: different tasks require dif

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/activity-based-workplace-allhelgonaskolan-what-does-mean-practice - 2026-07-23

Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The week features more than 70 events and all of them are free of charge. As usual, researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences participate in several interesting events. Come and listen to your colleagues! Faculty of Social Sciences events during Sustainabilty WeekFaculty of S

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-scientists-sustainability-week-13-18-april - 2026-07-23

The Faculty of Social Sciences will offer five Autumn Workshops in Methods and Methodologies this year. These are for teachers, researchers, and PhD candidates who desire to continue to broaden and deepen their knowledge of research methods. You may sign up for more than one workshop: their schedules do not conflict.  All workshops are offered in English. Timing September–October 2023. Dates are d

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/autumn-methods-workshops-2023 - 2026-07-23

The nominating committee has now completed its work on proposing candidates for the positions as dean, deputy dean and faculty board members. The election will be held after the summer, in September. The nominating committee proposes Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt as dean and Björn Badersten as deputy dean for the next term of office, 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2026. The following proposal is sent by

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/nominating-committees-proposal-dean-deputy-dean-and-faculty-board-members - 2026-07-23

Three areas have been granted faculty funding to consolidate, develop and give visibility to strong, interdisciplinary research areas at the Faculty of Social Sciences through various activities. The faculty management has assessed that three of the areas that applied for funding in the faculty's call have the potential to achieve the criteria for a strong interdisciplinary research environment af

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/they-receive-funding-develop-strong-research-areas - 2026-07-23

Lund University has the opportunity to nominate up to three candidates for participation in STINT Teaching Sabbatical every year. The Faculty of Social Sciences and other faculties are given the opportunity to nominate two candidates each. The nominee must be a PhD, employed and well-established in Lund University's activities. About the programme STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offe

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/time-apply-stint-teaching-sabbatical-0 - 2026-07-23

On 31 August, the elections at the Faculty of Social Sciences start and it will be possible for all eligible voters at the faculty to log in to the electoral system and cast their vote. Look out for the call for elections sent by email to all faculty staff. If you are entitled to vote, you can log on to lu.easyvote.se until 15 September at 23.59 and cast your vote.  See who is entitled to vote in

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/time-elect-dean-pro-dean-and-faculty-board - 2026-07-23

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were launched internally in LUCRIS last week. Login to see which goals, if any, have been added to your research. Log in to LUCRIS - lucris.lu.se (new window) There might be SDGs added to your research in the following sections:  •    Your public profile  •    Your projects •    Your research outputs/publications The information about SDGs will only be

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/has-your-research-received-any-sustainable-development-goals-sdg-lucris - 2026-07-23

The faculty's election of Dean, Pro-Dean and Board for the period 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026 is now closed and the vote count is completed. Agnes Andersson is proposed as Dean and Björn Badersten as Pro-Dean. The proposal will be submitted to the Vice-Chancellor for decision. The following staff members have been elected to the Faculty Board: Tina Mattsson, senior lecturer Åsa Lundqvist, pr

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/we-have-result - 2026-07-23

On 21 September, the Faculty Board decided to adopt the project plan for the project "Organisational development towards fewer and larger units at the Faculty of Social Sciences". The project plan contains, among other things, a description of a number of impact goals that are expected to be achieved through the formation of fewer and more similarly sized units.  – All impact goals are about devel

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/project-plan-organisational-project-decided - 2026-07-23

The Faculty of Social Sciences and the School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) offer a course for those who are planning to apply for docent (associate professor/reader) in the near future. The course is seminar-based and designed to be inspirational, but also to provide useful knowledge about the research process and academia in general. Participants are also provided with an intensive version

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/becoming-docent-joint-course-faculty-social-sciences-and-lusem-0 - 2026-07-23

Teachers and PhD students are now invited to apply to courses for teaching in higher education taught in the spring. The application deadline is 28 November. The Division for Higher Education Development (AHU) offers the following courses: Courses in English Teaching and learning in higher education – online Teaching and learning in higher education – blended course Course design in higher educati

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/time-apply-courses-teaching-higher-education-spring-2024 - 2026-07-23