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STVC62 – International Relations Theory in Time and Space (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Political Science. Autumn and Spring term. International Relations Theory is a time-honoured approach to the social world. Texts that are clearly recognizable as dealing with international relations date back to the ancient Greeks. Still, most textbooks in the field take a geographically and historically ve
Sara Kalm has co-authored an article with Frida Boräng and Johannes Lindvall (Gothenburg University), which has been published in Journal of European Social Policy. The article contributes to the literature which seeks to explain the birth and design of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. It does so from a novel perspective, as it analyzes how welfare state institutions influenced the positions states
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sara-kalm-and-co-authors-un-refugee-convention-welfare-state-perspective - 2026-05-03
In times of new geopolitical challenges, the concept of total defense has been revived, in which all citizens contribute to national defense efforts. How authorities communicate this new strategy, and when such crisis communication leads to increased defense willingness, is an important issue that Hanna Bäck and Roxanna Sjöstedt, together with Amanda Remsö and Emma Renström from Kristianstad Unive
Annika Björkdahl, Jenny Lorentzen, and Inger Skjensbæck have contributed to and edited the new book Backlash Against the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. Contesting Gender Norms. In recent years, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has faced mounting resistance from regressive political forces seeking to undermine its hard-won normative gains. This Open Access book offers a timely and rigo
7 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Alice Panepinto, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast. The phenomenon of settler violence against people and property in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, and in particular the West Bank, has been a feature of Israel's grip over that land for decades. Despite some Western states' attempts to impose sanctions on individual settler
21 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Pelle Valentin Olsen, CMES and Department of History, Lund University By examining modern Iraqi history through the lens of leisure, this talk offers an entirely new perspective as it explores the institutions, practices, distractions, and discourses of leisure that occupied increasing space and time in the life of many Iraqis in the twentieth c
4 June 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Pinar Dinc, Lina Eklund, Maria Andrea Nardi, Mo Hamza, Hakim Abdi, CMES and Lund University. Over a decade has passed since the onset of the Syrian conflict, which continues to have dire humanitarian consequences in the region. Syria, with a population of approximately 17 million, ranks among low-income countries, with a gross national income pe
26 May 2026 09:00 to 27 May 2026 17:00 | Workshop The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Lund University invites you to explore the intersection of authoritarianism, climate policy, and displacement: In 2024, climate disasters caused 45.8 million displacements, more than double those from armed conflict. This workshop shifts the focus from traditional conflict-driven migration to
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/authoritarian-climates-immobility-and-green-transition-middle-east - 2026-05-03
Annika Björkdahl, Kristine Höglund, and Johanna Mannergren have co-authored the book "Troubling Testimonies. Women's narratives of war, genocide and sexual violence" (New York University Press, 2026). This book explores women’s testimonies of war across four powerful cases: Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Yazidi women in Syria and Northern Iraq. We develop a theoretical framework li
Jana Canavan has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Interspecies Freedom: Toward a Rethinking of Human-Animal Relations'. Congratulations to Dr. Canavan! External reviewer: Senior lecturer Per-Anders Svärd, Södertörns högskolaSupervisors/AdvisorsKalm, Sara, SupervisorBadersten, Björn, Assistant supervisorCudworth, Erika , Assistant supervisor, External personMore information about the thes
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jana-canavan-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-03
28 May 2026 13:15 to 14:45 | Seminar “The Goalification of Global Governance: How Targets Are Shaping International Environmental Politics”AbstractOver the last twenty years, it has become more common in global environmental politics to rely on goal setting as a political steering mechanism. In climate governance, the goal-based Paris Agreement has replaced the stricter approach of the earlier Kyo
Matteo de Donà and Kristina Jönsson have published the article ”Responsible Accountability? Multi‐Stakeholder Partnerships, Sustainable Development and Global Health” in the journal Global Policy. In a comparative study of two global health multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs), we investigate the interplay between accountability and responsibility. We show that the ways in which global health MSP
Lisa Strömbom has recently published Agonistic Memory and Peace. Colombia, Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine (Edinburgh University Press). The book investigates the role of memory politics in societies marked by deep conflict and shows how certain forms of local dialogue initiatives can counteract simplified understandings of a conflict’s history. Drawing on interview-based case studies from t
28 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar CMES welcomes Dalia Dassa Kaye for a talk on her book Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy. A timely and rigorous analysis of a half-century of American policymakers' shifting perceptions of Iran, and how they have driven US-Iran relations.US–Iran hostility has endured for longer than the Cold War. Momentous geopolitical shifts, changing lead
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/book-talk-enduring-hostility-making-americas-iran-policy - 2026-05-03
27 May 2026 15:15 to 16:45 | Lecture/talk Welcome to this year’s honorary doctor seminars hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences. 15:15-16:00Frank Biermann: “Planetary crisis and plurilateral politics: Global governance in the age of Trump”Frank Biermann is Professor of Global Sustainability Governance at Utrecht University. Drawing on political science and law, his influential scholarship criti
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/meet-2026-honorary-doctors-faculty-social-sciences - 2026-05-03
3 June 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Chair: Annika Björkdahl Agonistic Memory and Peace: Colombia, Northern Ireland and Israel-PalestineInvestigates memory initiatives in three of the world’s hardest to solve conflicts and how they can be invested with more constructive dynamicsAgonistic memory work as a framework for conflict transformationIn-depth case studies from Colombia, Israel-Palestine, an
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/higher-research-seminar-lisa-strombom-lund-university-agonistic-memory-and-peace - 2026-05-03
Malte Breiding has been awarded the Oscar II Stipend for his doctoral thesis European Sexual Dis/Integration: An Agonistic Paradox of Legitimacy in a Contested Union. The stipend is awarded following a competitive selection process at both the faculty and university level and recognises outstanding doctoral research.Congratulations Malte and well deserved!
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/oscar-ii-stipend-awarded-malte-breiding - 2026-05-03
Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren has been awarded SEK 6 million through FORMAS’s open call for the project “Church Environments as a Resource in Sustainable Community Building: Between the Enduring and the Changing.” The project is carried out in collaboration with researchers in theology and architecture and explores the institutional and ethical dimensions of how church environments can serve as a resourc
13 May 2026 09:00 to 12:00 | Thesis defence Hanna Ekström Pigot will defend her thesis on 13 May 2026 at 09:00. The title of her thesis is: Diverse People, Diverse Forests? The role of social-ecological interactions in biodiversity governance.The opponent is Maja Schlüter from Stockholm University. More information about the thesis is available in the Lund University Research Portal:Diverse People
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/calendar/public-defence-doctoral-dissertation-environmental-science-hanna-ekstrom-pigot - 2026-05-03
FKVC31 – Diplomacy, negotiation and mediation (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Peace and Conflict Studies. Spring term. The course will introduce and elaborate on diplomatic practice, such as negotiation and mediation. Central issues to be discussed and compared are varieties of diplomacy, newness and decline of diplomacy, cultural differences in international negotiation as well as third parties
