Published 4 June 2025 Alezini Loxa Alezini Loxa has published Sustainability and EU Migration Law: Tracing the History of a Contemporary Concept on Cambridge University Press. The book is published Open Access with support from the LU book fund.Access the bookAlezini Ioxa's profile page in Research Portal

https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-loxa-publishes-sustainability-and-eu-migration-law - 2025-08-17

Published 12 June 2025 The Faculty of Law is releasing a new podcast about crime and punishment: ‘Kriminalsamtal - a slightly different podcast about crime and punishment’. The podcast is aimed at anyone who wants to know more about the criminal justice system and the thoughts and ideas behind criminal law. At a time when criminal policy is very loud and dominant in the public debate, there is rea

https://www.law.lu.se/article/kriminalsamtal-new-podcast-crime-and-punishment - 2025-08-17

Published 12 June 2025 The search is on for 25 researchers from around the world in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. The main focus will be on AI research and other areas in which the University has a strategic focus. “In an uncertain world where free research and education are under intense pressure, Lund University is making its largest ever investment in internati

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-launches-largest-ever-global-recruitment-drive-researchers - 2025-08-17

Published 17 June 2025 Privacy International, a UK-based legal entity and international human rights organisation with a high profile in privacy rights issues, has appointed Professor Martin Scheinin as a member of its Board of Trustees. Professor Scheinin will take up his post on 1 May 2025 and will hold it for three years. He emphasises the importance of his research covering issues related to t

https://www.law.lu.se/article/visiting-professor-martin-scheinin-elected-board-member-privacy-international - 2025-08-17

Published 18 June 2025 On 13 June, the World Maritime University (WMU) and the Faculty of Law at Lund University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen academic and research collaboration in maritime law and policy, safety, oceans affairs, and marine environment protection. Signed by WMU President, Professor Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr. and Professor Henrik Wenander, Dean of the Faculty

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-world-maritime-university-signed-memorandum-understanding - 2025-08-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 May 2023 A new research project examines safe and legal routes to Europe for refugees. Photo: Unsplash The Syrian "refugee crisis" in Europe and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the limitations of traditional asylum systems. It has also highlighted the potential of alternative approaches, such as tempor

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-project-explore-alternative-pathways-refugees-enter-europe - 2025-08-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 May 2023 Photo: Kennet Ruona Han Somsen has newly been appointed professor in environmental law at the Faculty of Law. He is best known for his recommendation that bird-killing cats should be kept indoors. “Humans see themselves as the kings of the hill, which extends to their cats. If you question this, m

https://www.law.lu.se/article/law-professor-who-wants-put-nature-above-law - 2025-08-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 May 2023 What is the legal situation in times of war, and how does it affect human rights? Faculty researchers answer. How are human rights affected during an ongoing war? By invading Ukraine, Russia is not only violating international law - it is also preventing people in Ukraine from enjoying the most ba

https://www.law.lu.se/article/human-rights-during-war-and-unrest - 2025-08-17

Published 12 June 2023 Every year, the Law Students' Union (Juridiska Föreningen, or JF) presents a pedagogical prize to a teacher at the faculty who students consider to be an excellent educator and who has thereby contributed to a better education. In 2023, Evan Collins, a doctoral student, is being awarded the prize. The motivation states, among other things, that Evan Collins is being recogniz

https://www.law.lu.se/article/evan-collins-awarded-pedagogical-prize-law-students-union-0 - 2025-08-17

Published 12 June 2023 The Vice-Chancellor has decided to appoint Martin Sunnqvist as a Professor in Legal History at the Faculty of Law. Martin Sunnqvist's research focuses on comparative legal history, with a specific emphasis on the history of constitutional law and procedural law. His doctoral thesis examined the history of judicial review of legislation in the Nordic countries. Currently, Mar

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-professor-legal-history - 2025-08-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 21 June 2023 This year, the Franco-German Henrik Enderlein Prize for academic excellence went to legal scholar Vladislava Stoyanova. The human rights expert from Lund University received the award for her excellent research on European migration, the rights of refugees and the fight to curb human trafficking.

https://www.law.lu.se/article/human-rights-expert-vladislava-stoyanova-receives-henrik-enderlein-prize-2023 - 2025-08-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 26 June 2023 The first decades of the 21st century have been marked by crisis. Anna Zemskova, who recently defended her dissertation in constitutional law at Lund University, points to two crucial factors for protecting the rule of law in the EU during economic emergencies. In her thesis, Anna Zemskova emphas

https://www.law.lu.se/article/important-not-take-rule-law-granted-europe - 2025-08-17

Published 28 June 2023 The Appointments Committee has on June 27 decided to appoint Linnea Wegerstad as Associate Professor in criminal law. Linnea Wegerstad's research interest are broadly in the field of law, gender and sexuality, with a focus on criminal law, sexual offenses and feminist legal theory. A common thread in her research is the role of criminal law in society and how areas of knowle

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-associate-professor-criminal-law - 2025-08-17

Published 25 August 2023 Photo: Martin Sunnqvist The 22nd international heraldic colloquium was held 16-19 August 2023 in Lund. The theme was "Heraldry and the law". The lectures covered everything from the legal regulation of heraldry in different countries, now and historically, to the meaning and interpretation of legal symbols. The International Academy of Heraldry (Académie Internationale d’H

https://www.law.lu.se/article/spotlight-heraldry-and-law - 2025-08-17

Published 25 August 2023 During the fall of 2023, the Faculty of Law is announcing a doctoral position in civil law with a specialization in property law. The application period for the position is from August 16th to September 27th. Read more about the doctoral position.

https://www.law.lu.se/article/faculty-announcing-doctoral-position-private-law - 2025-08-17

Published 30 October 2017 Recently Barry successfully defended his thesis "Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life: Preference Aggregation, Exclusion, and Public Policy" at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US. Barry's own description of the thesis follows: The dissertation provides a normative, descriptive, and prescriptive analysis of the design of societal-preference based health-re

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/congratulations-barry-dewitt-phd - 2025-08-17

Published 12 February 2018 We congratulate Johannes today, February 12, on his fiftieth birthday! Bild: Sten Anttila Johannes was celebrated by VBE colleagues and other friends last Friday. He was then presented with a festschrift to his honour with contributions from the VBE collaborators.The theme of the book is quite naturally VBE, from different angles. A flipbook version can be found here, an

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/celebrating-johannes - 2025-08-17

Published 5 April 2018 We welcome Dr. Astrid Kause, from Leeds University, as a new member of the VBE programme! Dr. Kause holds a joint research position at the Centre for Decision Research and the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds and at the University of Lund. Her research focuses on individuals' perceptions of uncertain scientific knowledge, in particular related to

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/new-member-vbe-programme - 2025-08-17

Published 23 August 2018 Under Almedalsveckan anordnade FAMNA - Riskorganisationen för idéburen välfärd - en serie seminarier om ämnen såsom upphandling respektive evidens. Vid seminariet "Vad är evidens - egentligen?" som hölls 4 juli talade Sten om SBUs arbete med evidensutvärdering och satt med i  efterföljande paneldiskussion.De frågor som diskuterades var följande: Hur väl stämmer den evidens

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/sten-anttila-pa-almedalsveckan-2018-english-below - 2025-08-17

Published 7 September 2018 The VBE program welcomes new collaborator Petra Björne! Petra Björne Dr. Björne has a PhD in Cognitive Science and occupies a position as research and development coordinator at the City of Malmö Department for Disability Support. She has been granted a three year research grant by Forte (Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare) for the project "Ada

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/petra-bjorne-new-vbe-collaborator - 2025-08-17