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The book ‘The Republic of Turkey and its Unresolved Issues: 100 Years and Beyond’ explores the Republic of Turkey’s unresolved issues that have persisted over the past 101 years. It adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to explore the challenges facing the country to critically analyse the broader historical, political, economic, social and psychological dimensions that intersect with these chal

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-open-access-book-republic-turkey-and-its-unresolved-issues - 2026-05-05

Representation is not just about who gets elected. It is also about who gets access to decision makers. Orly Siow, Ashlee Christoffersen and Ceri Fowler conducted research into the engagement between government ministers and NGOs. Their findings reveal striking inequalities in who gets access to political decision-makers. Our findings reveal stark inequalities in who gets the ear of political elit

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/who-gets-hearing-intersectionality-ngos-and-political-access-decision-makers - 2026-05-05

Esther Calvo has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Old Foe, New Friend? Rhetorical responses of mainstream parties towards a radical right party'. Congratulations Doctor Calvo! AbstractWith their increasing electoral success, radical right (populist) parties (RRPs) are consolidating their presence in many western democracies. It is well-documented that mainstream parties alter policy posi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/esther-calvo-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-05

Karin Aggestam has contributed to Riksbankens Jubileumsfond’s Yearbook 2025 on Israel, Palestine and just peace (in Swedish, soon out in English as well). A book launch was held at Kulturhuset in Stockholm 26 April with Stadsteatern Studio Rättvisa - naturen, censuren och straffetRead more here: https://view.publitas.com/riksbankens-jubileumsfond/rj2025_rattvisa_aggestam_978-91-7655-012-0/page/1RJ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-israel-palestine-and-just-peace - 2026-05-05

Nicolas Rodriguez Hedenbratt has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'The Politics of Radio and Television in Western Democracies'. Congratulations to Dr. Rodríguez Hedenbratt! The public defense took take place on Friday, 2 May 2025, at 10:00, in Eden’s auditorium, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund.External reviewer: Professor Jesper Strömbäck, University of Gothenburg. Supervisor: Agustin Goen

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nicolas-rodriguez-hedenbratt-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-05

Annika Björkdahl and Sofia Cognini have published the article “Anti-genderism in 280 characters: A study of Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni’s online discourse” in Party Politics. The authors analyze the Italian right-wing party leaders’ online discourse on Twitter/X to spread anti-genderism and finds that their tweets and find three main tactics: defending the “traditional family,” whataboutism,

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-bjorkdahl-and-sofia-cognini-italian-right-wing-leaders-anti-gender-messages - 2026-05-05

Jana Wrange has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Civil Defence (Re)Emerged: A Multi-Level Perspective on Policy Developments in Post-Crimea Europe'. Congratulations to Dr. Wrange! External reviewer: Professor Jan Ångström, the Swedish Defence UniversitySupervisor: Rikard BengtssonAssistant supervisor: Lisa StrömbomMore information about the thesis is available in the Lund University Rese

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jana-wrange-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-05

Karl Holmberg has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'Embedded disposability: A cultural political economy of plastics'. Congratulations to Dr. Holmberg! External reviewer: Professor Alice Mah, University of Glasgow Supervisors/Advisors:Stripple, Johannes, SupervisorSkovgaard, Jakob, SupervisorHasselbalch, Jacob, Supervisor, External personMore information about the thesis is available in t

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karl-holmberg-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-05

On Thursday 15 May, we received the sad news that Jessica Blom-Larsson had passed away after a sudden illness. She leaves a large void at the Department of Political Science with colleagues and students in grief and loss. On Thursday 22 May at 3 pm and onwards, we will hold a memorial service for Jessica. We gather in the lunch room on the fourth floor, where coffee will be served. Please spread t

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/our-friend-and-colleague-jessica-blom-larsson-has-passed-away - 2026-05-05

This study by Russell Cannon, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Mats Fred examines how the sustainable mobility of the future is emerging. The study is based on what is being done to create sustainable and integrated mobility and what kinds of actor roles and relationships these practical actions generate. Where research often presents collaboration difficulties between predetermined actors and implement

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-do-we-organize-sustainable-travel-future - 2026-05-05

Ian Manners gives the European Foreign Affairs Review (EFAR) keynote lecture on 'The European Union's Normative Power in Planetary Politics' to the annual European Union in International Affairs conference in Brussels 23 May 2025. The keynote lecture covers the conference theme of Europe in a Fragmenting World by setting out the EU’s journey from the ‘eye of the storm’ in 2025 through the ‘eye of

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ian-manners-gives-keynote-lecture-european-unions-normative-power-planetary-politics-brussels - 2026-05-05

The European Union (EU) often presents itself as a champion of LGBTQ rights, promoting equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. However, in a recently published article in a special issue of Journal of Common Market Studies, doctoral student Malte Breiding argues that this work does not always produce the intended outcomes. Breiding explores a surprising twist: as the EU pushe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/can-eus-push-lgbt-rights-backfire-new-article-malte-breiding-says-it-might - 2026-05-05

Halting biodiversity loss requires more than just increased funding – it also demands better governance of how resources are mobilised, allocated, and monitored. A new study in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability reviews recent research on how biodiversity finance actually works. Researchers Jesper Svensson, Julia Qian Mao, and Nils Droste analysed studies published between 2019 and 20

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/who-should-own-nature-new-study-examines-governance-biodiversity-finance - 2026-05-05

Anne Lene Stein has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Agonism against the odds: Epistemic disruptions and bodies of dissent in Palestine and Israel'. Congratulations to Dr. Stein! External Reviewer: Professor Michael Schulz, University of GothenburgSupervisor: Lisa StrömbomAssistant supervisor: Anders UhlinMore information about the thesis is available in the Lund University Research Port

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/anne-lene-stein-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-05

During the pandemic, many fell through the cracks of the safety net. For people with long Covid, this became painfully clear: they existed – but were not acknowledged. Now, a new study from Lund University shows how ordinary citizens, in the midst of illness, organised digitally and challenged the authorities’ narrative of what Covid really is. When the body gives out but society turns a blind eye

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/who-counts-when-we-talk-about-healthcare-and-rights-new-article-stina-melander-and-julia-bahner - 2026-05-05

In this article, recently published in Acta Sociologica, Mats Fred draws on more than a decade of fieldwork on social investments in Sweden to explore the rise and fall of reforms: How are reforms kept alive? What happens when key actors leave, networks dissolve, and governance priorities shift? In the 2010s, the idea of social investments gained traction as a key to preventive, evidence-based, an

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/social-investments-swedish-municipalities-rise-and-fall-reform - 2026-05-05

Ketevan Bolkvadze, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, has published a new article in Governance titled "Corrupt or Repressive? How Political Competition Incentivizes Hybrid Regimes to Subvert Police in Distinct Ways." The study explores how varying levels of political competition in hybrid regimes influence whether police forces are used for corruption or repression. Drawing o

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bolkvadze-publishes-new-study-police-subversion-hybrid-regimes - 2026-05-05

Malena Rosén Sundström and Ole Elgström have published a chapter on Sweden’s former Feminist Foreign Policy (2014-2022) and how it was implemented in diplomatic work. The chapter, “To Practice What You Preach: Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy in Diplomatic Work” is part of the book Feminist Climate Policy in Industrialised States: A Gender-Just Climate Emergency Response, published by Routledge wi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/rosen-sundstrom-and-elgstrom-swedens-former-feminist-foreign-policy - 2026-05-05

Ian Manners has edited the twentieth anniversary special issue on ‘Normative Power in the Planetary Organic Crisis', published September 2025. This twentieth anniversary special issue broadens the horizons beyond the 2013 Cooperation and Conflict special issue to develop the normative power approach through a prospective on the use of normative power in addressing the planetary organic crisis. The

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ian-manners-editor-special-issue-cooperation-and-conflict-normative-power-planetary-organic-crisis - 2026-05-05

Are you looking for a user-friendly overview of the current global endeavour to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? This open access book is the answer! Since the launch in 2015, the 17 SDGs have shown limited progress. Still, it is imperative that SDG implementation is accelerated until 2030 and beyond. This book starts with an introduction to contextualize the status of the SDGs,

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/what-know-about-sdgs-new-book-reinforces-case-sustainable-development - 2026-05-05