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What did you study at the Department of Sociology?MA in Cultural CriminologyWhat have you done since graduating?Since graduating, I moved to Munich, Germany, and started working as a social worker. I have also been involved as a volunteer in aid deliveries for Ukraine.What is your current job?As a social worker, I work with adolescents and young adults in crisis-affected life situations in the fie

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/programmes-and-courses/alumni-and-career/mary-works-social-worker-munich - 2026-04-29

3 June 2026 13:15 to 15:00 | Seminar Gender Studies Seminar with Rossella Ciccia (University of Oxford, UK)Conflicts over Care: Normative and Political Problems in the Analysis of Care Policy Reforms AbstractConflict seems inherent in care. There are more needs for care than can ever be met. (Tronto 1998, 17). The separation of the study of care across different area of research and the prominence

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/conflicts-over-care-normative-and-political-problems-analysis-care-policy-reforms - 2026-04-29

5 May 2026 12:05 to 13:00 | Seminar Ala AlazzehPalestinian Memory, Violence and Tragedy in the EverydayTime: 12:05-13:00Place: Room G 335The Brown Bag Seminar Series (Forskning på gång)Tuesdays at 12:05-13:00The department's lunch seminar series is an informal arena for our own researcher's to present and discuss research ideas and findings. Each presenter talks for about half an hour, followed by

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/brown-bag-seminar-palestinian-memory-violence-and-tragedy-everyday - 2026-04-29

The Department of Sociology We hold the subjects of gender studies, social anthropology and sociology in a beautiful campus area Our department's three divisions Gender studies Social Anthropology Sociology Research Find An Expert For journalists and others looking for an academic to provide an expert comment or background on a story. Sociology and social anthropology can be applied in many ways t

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12 May 2026 12:05 to 13:00 | Seminar Annika ElwertSchool Funding Reforms as Equalizers? Evidence on Student AchievementTime: 12:05-13:00Place: Room G 335The Brown Bag Seminar Series (Forskning på gång)Tuesdays at 12:05-13:00The department's lunch seminar series is an informal arena for our own researcher's to present and discuss research ideas and findings. Each presenter talks for about half an h

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/brown-bag-seminar-school-funding-reforms-equalizers-evidence-student-achievement - 2026-04-29

26 May 2026 12:05 to 13:00 | Seminar Mikael KlintmanReflexive Trust in Science CommunicationTime: 12:05-13:00Place: Room G 335The Brown Bag Seminar Series (Forskning på gång)Tuesdays at 12:05-13:00The department's lunch seminar series is an informal arena for our own researcher's to present and discuss research ideas and findings. Each presenter talks for about half an hour, followed by a discusso

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/brown-bag-seminar-reflexive-trust-science-communication - 2026-04-29

19 May 2026 12:05 to 13:00 | Seminar Cecilia NordquistThe Video Link as Vice and Virtue in Swedish CourtsTime: 12:05-13:00Place: Room G 335The Brown Bag Seminar Series (Forskning på gång)Tuesdays at 12:05-13:00The department's lunch seminar series is an informal arena for our own researcher's to present and discuss research ideas and findings. Each presenter talks for about half an hour, followed

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/brown-bag-seminar-video-link-vice-and-virtue-swedish-courts - 2026-04-29

2 June 2026 12:05 to 13:00 | Seminar Liina MustonenTitle TBDTime: 12:05-13:00Place: Room G 335The Brown Bag Seminar Series (Forskning på gång)Tuesdays at 12:05-13:00The department's lunch seminar series is an informal arena for our own researcher's to present and discuss research ideas and findings. Each presenter talks for about half an hour, followed by a discusson. Feel free to bring your lunch

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/brown-bag-seminar-liina-mustonen - 2026-04-29

Doctoral Studies in Sociology, Social Anthropology and Gender Studies The Department of Sociology at Lund University offers postgraduate studies in Sociology, Social Anthropology and Gender Studies. Qualifications for Postgraduates comprise four years of studying (240 ECTS). The minimum requirements for admission is three years of full-time university studies, including a year and a half of full-t

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/programmes-and-courses/phd-studies - 2026-04-29

A new doctoral thesis in social anthropology sheds light on how Swedish men who pay for sex try to understand and justify their actions in a society where both legislation and public morality strongly condemn them. By examining their narratives, the research reveals how stigma, secrecy and ethical negotiations shape their everyday lives. In her dissertation, “In My Secret Life: Stigma, Moral Work,

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/research-deepens-understanding-morality-and-norms-surrounding-paid-sex - 2026-04-29

22 May 2026 15:15 to 17:00 | Other We celebrate three new docents: Axel Fredholm, Terese Anving and Susanne Bregnbæk.The event will include talks and continue with refreshments and mingle in the lunchroom.All are warmly welcome! About the eventLocation:The kitchen, Gamla lungklinikenContact:simon [dot] turner [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se Save the event to your calendar

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/milestone-celebration-new-docents-axel-fredholm-terese-anving-and-susanne-bregnbaek - 2026-04-29

9 June 2026 12:05 to 10 June 2026 13:00 | Seminar Jamie Woodworth “It’s like reinventing the wheel”: How physicians and organizations collaborate and manage knowledge in the low volume case setting of paediatric palliative careTime: 12:05-13:00Place: Room G 335The Brown Bag Seminar Series (Forskning på gång)Tuesdays at 12:05-13:00The department's lunch seminar series is an informal arena for our o

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/brown-bag-seminar-its-reinventing-wheel-how-physicians-and-organizations-collaborate-and-manage - 2026-04-29

The Darknet is often described as criminal, lawless and in need of external control. New research by sociologist Tove Westberg, however, shows that cryptoforums on the Darknet function as complex social communities, shaped by norms, trust and informal social control. Today, Friday 10 April 2026, Tove Westberg marks the successful defence of her doctoral thesis in sociology at Lund University. The

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/beyond-common-misconceptions-new-research-sheds-light-darknet - 2026-04-29

18 May 2026 13:00 to 15:00 | Workshop Lund Social Science Methods Centre invites you to a workshop with Dr. Giulia Garofalo Geymonat from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice on participant compensation in qualitative research. No registration is required for this workshop.The workshop examines participant compensation as a key methodological and ethical issue in qualitative research. While remunerati

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/does-voucher-make-things-easier-rethinking-participant-compensation-qualitative-research - 2026-04-29

9 June 2026 15:15 to 17:00 | Seminar Revisiting 'The Situation' in Sociological TheoryTalk by Iddo TavoryProfessor of Sociology, New York University (NYU)This talk outlines a book project, re-thinking the notion of "the situation" in sociology. Based on some very (very) old debates about potentiality and actualization, I define situations as comprising of both the things that people make relevant

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/sociology-and-social-anthropology-seminar-series-iddo-tavory - 2026-04-29

9 June 2026 10:00 to 12:00 | Seminar Lund Social Science Methods Centre invites you to a seminar with Prof. Iddo Tavory from New York University, on abductive analysis, pragmatist philosophy and methodological precepts. No registration is required for this seminar.This talk outlines some of the main tenets of abductive analysis: an attempt to analytically center the surprises that emerge in the re

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/abductive-analysis-surprises-and-theory-construction - 2026-04-29

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.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/meet-2026-honorary-doctors-faculty-social-sciences - 2026-04-29

5 June 2026 15:15 to 17:00 | Other Ov Cristian Norocel will talk about the new themed section in the European Journal of Politics and Gender called Bringing the researcher in: Methodological, ethical and institutional challenges to studying far-right politics and anti-gender mobilisations.The event will include talk and continue with refreshments and mingle in the lunchroom.All are warmly welcome!

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/milestone-celebration-new-special-issue-bringing-researcher-methodological-ethical-and-institutional - 2026-04-29

10 June 2026 09:30 to 12:30 | Workshop Lund Social Science Methods Centre invites all doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences to a half-day workshop with Professor Iddo Tavory. This workshop is conducted in English.Iddo Tavory is Professor of sociology at NYU, and a theorist of culture and interaction. Iddo Tavory is also giving a seminar here at the Faculty on 9th of June (Abductive A

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/analytic-refinery-professor-iddo-tavory-phds-only - 2026-04-29

7 May 2026 15:15 to 17:00 | Seminar Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary ChinaLiu JieyuProfessor of sociology and China studies at SOAS University of London. With Embedded Generations, Liu Jieyu offers a comprehensive examination of Chinese family life since the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949. Grounding her account in the analysis of 260 life history narratives

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/calendar/sociology-and-social-anthropology-seminar-series-liu-jieyu - 2026-04-29