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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. People who trust others are less likely to die than those who are distrusting, conclude sociologist Jan Mewes and colleagues in “Trust, happiness and mortality: Findings from a prospective US population-based survey”, published in Social Science & Medicine. The effects of generalised trust - the belief that others, in

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/survival-advantages-people-who-trust-strangers - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Veronika Burcar Alm has co-authored the article ”Suspected or protected? Perceptions of procedural justice in ethnic minority youth's descriptions of police relations” published in Policing and Society. The researchers interviewed 121 ethnic minority youths living in Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, about their e

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/ethnic-minority-youths-experiences-police - 2026-05-19

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 at over 1.3 mill

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/how-northern-european-welfare-states-exercise-bureaucratic-violence-asylum-seekers - 2026-05-19

The Department of Sociology in Lund Vacant positionsNo vacancies at the moment.All vacant positions at the Department of Sociology in Lund are advertised and applied for online through Lund University's recruitment system. You can also subscribe to job alerts to stay informed about vacant positions in the area or areas of your choice. Learn more at lunduniversity.lu.se on the page: Work at Lund Un

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/about-us/jobs-available-department - 2026-05-19

WITH CREDIT CARD OR TOP-UP PREPAID CARD Printing at the Faculty of Social SciencePaperCut is a common printing system for students at Lund University. You will find printers attached to Papercut at for example Eden and the Social Sciences Faculty Library (Sambib).Pay with your credit card via papercutThe most common way to pay for prints is to connect Papercut to a credit card. Or buy a prepaid vo

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/current-students/printing-copying-and-scanning - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Although violence in close relationships also includes violence in sibling relationships, this is a form of violence that is rarely acknowledged. The sibling relationship is associated with various notions of sibling rivalry and sibling love. Sociologist Veronika Burcar Alm has participated in a book about children an

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/fighting-your-sibling-ok-right - 2026-05-19

One of the teachers on the programme tells us about his background and about Cultural Criminology as a field.  

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/masters-programmes/master-science-cultural-criminology/five-minute-intro-cultural-criminology - 2026-05-19

Study support at the Department of Sociology SI-PASS (Supplemental Instruction - Peer Assisted Study Session/Scheme) is a supplement to regular teaching and is primarily for students on "traditionally more difficult" courses. SI involves students meeting regularly in groups with the SI leader to discuss course content and study technique.   SI is all about collaborative learning. It stands for Sup

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/current-students/si-improve-your-study-results-through-group-discussions - 2026-05-19

Many patient organisations collaborate with drug companies, resulting in concerns about commercial agendas influencing patient advocacy. In this new study Associate Professor of Sociology Shai Mulinari, has together with Andreas Vilhelmsson, Emily Rickard and Piotr Ozieranski, analyzed financial support from pharmaceutical companies to patient organisations in Sweden between 2014 and 2018. They ha

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/pharmaceutical-industrys-funding-patient-organisations-sweden - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Veronika Burcar Alm, a teacher at the Department of Sociology, has this year been named Qualified Teaching Practitioner by the Faculty of Social Sciences' Teaching Academy. Meet the department's Qualified Teaching Practitioner Veronika Burcar Alm as she talks about her views on teaching and why she applied to the facu

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/teaching-and-learning-interaction - 2026-05-19

Swedish women talk about the shame, threats and fear that went into telling someone about being abused by their partner in this new article "Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others" published by Susanne Boethius and Malin Åkerström in the Nordic Journal of Criminology, and available as Open Access. One in three women Violence against women in close relationships is

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/women-hesitate-when-revealing-domestic-abuse - 2026-05-19

Social anthropologist Petra Östergren’s research rethinks prostitution policies and receives international response and praise. Her chapter "From zero-tolerance to full integration. Rethinking prostitution policies" has now been published in The Sage Handbook of Global Sexuality. According to professor Hendrik Wagenaar at Kings College in London it is a "seminal typology of prostitution policies"

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/governing-sex-work-new-way-categorizing-prostitution-policy-may-be-standard-years-come - 2026-05-19

Meetings are common in contemporary working life, but they are often overlooked in academic studies and sometimes defined as empty or boring by employees. Three researchers of sociology now contribute with insights into the culture of meetings. Malin Åkerström, David Wästerfors and Sophia Yakhlef at the Department of Sociology in Lund have written the article Meetings or Power Weeks? Boundary Work

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lets-pretend-not-meeting - 2026-05-19

Sociologist Tullia Jack's paper questions whether changes meant to increase life quality and provide basic human rights, are actually contributing to deepening social stratification. Tullia Jack has published the paper ‘Without cleanliness we can’t lead the life, no?’ Cleanliness practices, (in)accessible infrastructures, social (im)mobility and (un)sustainable consumption in Mysore, India on www.

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/more-cleanliness-deepening-social-gaps - 2026-05-19

The impact party politics has on the circulation of information about COVID-19 is the topic of a new article in the Canadian Journal of Political Science. Doctoral Student of Social Anthropology Isabelle Johansson has together with researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside published the article titled: ”The Partisan Impact on Local Government Dissemination of COVID-19 Information: Assess

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/how-do-politics-impact-access-information-about-covid-19 - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Alexandra Franzén, doctoral student of sociology, has published the article “But ÖB Bengt Gustafsson took me by the hand and thanked me. A comparison between Jan Guillou's and Peter Bratt's accounts of the IB-publication in 1973 and 2017 ” in the Political Science journal Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift. In May 1973, the

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sociologist-examines-swedish-ib-scandal-1973 - 2026-05-19

SWEDISH PARENTING SUPPORT: Lisa Eklund and Åsa Lundqvist at the Department of Sociology in Lund have published the article "Governing as peers : Reluctant experts and competent parents in the Swedish welfare state" in the French-language, international journal: Lien social et Politiques. Abstract In recent years, parenting support has gained traction in the Swedish welfare state in both policy and

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/competent-parents-steered-peers - 2026-05-19

Scientific representation, algorithmically generated visualizations, and evidence across epistemic cultures How do scientists use new kinds of imagery to show what they know, and to convince diverse others to accept the evidence they offer? Images like brain scans and botanical illustrations are central to scientific practice. But today, accessible technologies can create lifelike algorithmically

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/showandtell - 2026-05-19

Current internships and assignments for students. This page lists internship opportunities available to students − in English. Current vacancies are published here when available.For our Swedish-speaking students please visit our Swedish website for additional opportunities and information. Our internship courses The Department of Sociology's internship courses SOCN20, SOCN21, SOCN22 and HURN04.

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/current-students/internships-student-work - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Susanne Boethius and Malin Åkerström at the Department of Sociology in Lund are winners of the Nordic Journal of Criminology Best Article Prize 2020 with the article "Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others". The study draws on interviews with 21 Swedish women who have been victims of

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/best-article-prize-2020-goes-sociology-article-victims-domestic-abuse - 2026-05-19