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We are in the middle of the busiest time of the academic year – overwhelmed by thesis supervision and wrapping up all that needs to be done before the end of the semester. The end of May also marks a mile stone for doctoral students, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors when they are awarded their doctoral degrees at the annual doctoral degree conferment ceremony. We are in the middle of the busie

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/deans-letter-may-2026 - 2026-08-21

Instructure, the supplier that operates the Canvas learning platform has experienced a security incident. Find the latest information here.  It has now been confirmed that Lund University is affected.You can find the latest information here: Canvas incident

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/security-incident-supplier-canvas - 2026-08-21

The Faculty of Social Sciences will during the autumn term elect a new dean, deputy dean and Faculty Board for the upcoming three-year term (1 January 2027 - 31 December 2029). The Faculty Nominating Committee now wishes to receive nominations to these positions no later than 26 June. The Faculty Board is composed of the dean, deputy dean, six teaching staff with research expertise, two other staf

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/time-nominate-candidates-positions-dean-deputy-dean-and-members-faculty-board-2027-2029 - 2026-08-21

STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offers researchers and teachers to spend an autumn term at one of STINT's partner campuses in Botswana, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the US. You can apply to be nominated as one of Lund University's candidates until 16 August. STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offers researchers and teachers to spend an autumn term at one of STINT's part

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/nominate-stint-teaching-sabbatical-2026 - 2026-08-21

This autumn, the Lund Social Science Methods Centre is offering six methods workshops under the umbrella name Skill School. Read more about them below, and don’t forget to sign up! The Social Science Methods Centre is offering a series of method workshops in September and October. Teachers, researchers, and doctoral students from all subjects and faculties who wish to broaden and deepen their meth

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/skill-school-2026-methods-workshops-autumn - 2026-08-21

It is now confirmed who will serve as Heads of Department at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the upcoming term. All elections have been completed, and the new appointments will take effect on 1 January 2027. At the majority of departments, the current Head of Department/Director will continue for an additional term. At the School of Social Work, the Sociology of Law Department and the Department

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/heads-department-appointed-upcoming-term - 2026-08-21

A semester marked by strong achievements and a shifting financial landscape. In this summer message, the Dean reflects on an eventful spring, highlights the importance of collaboration, and looks ahead to the opportunities and changes to come this autumn. Dear colleagues,Last week was a week of celebration when the contributions of newly minted doctors, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors were re

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/deans-letter-june-2026 - 2026-08-21

The Faculty Board has decided to clarify the vision for the organisational project. The direction is that the Faculty should consist of no more than seven departments by the turn of the year 2029/2030. At the same time, preparations for further mergers will begin. Since 2023, the Faculty of Social Sciences has been working to develop the organisation towards fewer and lager units, with the aim of

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/faculty-clarifies-its-vision-organisational-project - 2026-08-21

Akademiska Hus is investing around 90 million kronor in an extensive refurbishment of Gamla Kirurgen in the Paradis area of central Lund. The project will see this culturally and historically significant 19th-century building modernised to support future education and research within the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University, whilst preserving its unique character. The project forms part o

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/historic-former-surgical-building-lund-gets-ready-future - 2026-08-21

Several Faculty buildings in the Paradis area in Lund will be given new street addresses. This is due to police and ambulance staff having difficulties finding the exact location when responding to alarms. The new addresses are put into effect on 1 July 2019. Faculty units with new street addresses from 1 JulySchool of Social Work (the new building Gamla köket) – Allhelgona kyrkogata 8 and Norra v

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-street-addresses-paradis-area - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET affiliated researcher Therese Boje Mortensen recently published two articles in Sydasien magazine on the outsourcing of Indian government schemes to local NGOs and PM Modi's supporters in the ongoing elections. Government schemes in India reach far – but government jobs do notThe Indian state outsources a range

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/therese-boje-mortensen-published-two-articles-indian-politics - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Oxford graduate Thakkar arrived in Lund for a month-long fellowship with SASNET. Chirayu Thakkar graduated recently from the Modern South Asian Studies program from the University of Oxford. He is currently a graduate student in political science at the Central European University, Hungary. His primary interests are I

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-research-fellow-chirayu-thakkar - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET affiliated researchers Vibodh Parthasarathi and Andreas Mattsson recently participated in two seminars in Belgium on media challenges in the Indian and European elections. Vibodh Parthasarathi and Andreas Mattsson, program director at LU School of Journalism, participated in a panel talk at the Press Club in ce

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-researchers-presented-collaborative-project-belgium - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Rishi Jha recently presented his paper on narratives of displacement and evictions of the urban poor in Mumbai at the Frontiers of Accumulation at the University of Copenhagen. On May 13, 2019, Rishi Jha, doctoral student and Lund University's School of Social Work and SASNET affiliated researcher, presented his lates

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-affiliated-researcher-presented-conference-university-copenhagen - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chirayu Thakkar, currently visiting SASNET as a research fellow, published an on Modi's foreign policy in The Diplomat. In his article, that was published in The Diplomat's online format on 22 May 2019, Thakkar discusses the international but also the domestic rationale of PM Narendra Modi's "Look West" policy, aiming

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-sasnet-research-fellow-published-diplomat - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Admir Skodo has recently published a report on Afghanistan and the ongoing peace talks between the Talibans and USA in Världspolitikens Dagsfrågor. Afghanistan and the Taliban: Peace at what price?Peace talks have been going on last year between the United States and the Taliban for a solution to the long, bloody conf

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-affiliated-researcher-has-published-report-afghanistan - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET director Andreas Johansson moderated a session on European Perspectives on the Indo-Pacific. On Monday 3 June SASNET co-hosted the joint symposium Europe in the Indo-Pacific: Moving from Periphery to the Center? in Singapore. The symposium was an collaboration between, National University of Singapore – Institu

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-co-hosted-symposium-indo-pacific-singapore - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The South Asia across the Nordic Region Conference (SANR) 2019 took place on June 11 and 12 in Uppsala and had participants from various Swedish and foreign academic institutions. The 2019 SANR conference was hosted by Sasnet/Lund University, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), Stockholm, and Swedish

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-co-hosted-successful-nordic-south-asian-conference - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Isha arrived in early June and will work for SASNET as a post-doctoral researcher for the next two years. Isha Dubey graduated with a PhD in History from the School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University in October 2017 for her doctoral dissertation, The Urdu-speakers of Bangladesh and the Idea of ‘Home’: Migrati

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-post-doc-isha-dubey - 2026-08-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) jointly organised a panel on current Indian domestic and foreign policy at this year's Almedalen. The talk is now availabke as a podcast. At the recent Almedalen week, SASNET and UI hosted a seminar on current Indian policies and their relevance for Sweden

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/podcast-seminar-almedalen-2019 - 2026-08-21