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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Why are some governments more corrupt than others? Why do high-level officials in some countries seem to extract more rents than others? In the recently-published article “Cabinets, Prime Ministers, and Corruption: A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary Governments in Post-War Europe” Hanna Bäck and Jan Teorell, toge
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/corruption-governments - 2026-06-05
Now it is time for the renovation of Gamla lungkliniken. The building will be closed from 1 July 2023 to 31 March 2024. During the renovation, the house will get a new ventilation system and a slightly remodeled entrance facing north. In addition, individual workrooms will be refurbished and windows will be renovated. The building will be blocked off with a construction fence (see red marking on
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/renovation-gamla-lungkliniken-building-g-1-july-2023-31-march-2024 - 2026-06-05
Purpose: to promote legal research at the Faculty of Law in Lund. Through its activities, the Foundation will support, encourage and facilitate research at the faculty. Anyone actively conducting research at the Faculty of Law in Lund is eligible to apply for a grant. Grants will be awarded primarily for costs directly incurred while conducting or reporting on a research project. This includes suc
https://www.law.lu.se/article/rune-and-lena-lavin-foundation-legal-research-faculty-law-lund - 2026-06-05
What is a more sustainable lifestyle, and what are strategies and motivations for living within the 1.5-degree target? This question is addressed and discussed among experts in a new episode of the current season in the IIIEE Podcast series "Advancing Sustainable Solutions". In this episode, the barriers to transition to a more sustainable lifestyle is the focus. We discuss policies that could inc
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-more-sustainable-lifestyle-new-podcast-episode - 2026-06-05
Anna Nivestams forskning handlar om hälsofrämjande aspekter av preventiva hembesök till äldre personer, utifrån ett individ- och ett samhällsperspektiv. Med hjälp av registerdata från ett projekt för preventiva hembesök har hon bland annat identifierat faktorer som kan ha ett samband med god hälsa och vilka fysiska aspekter som kan hindra äldre personer från att delta i sociala sammanhang. Hon har
https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/ny-sweah-forskning-visar-pa-flera-halsoframjande-effekter-av-preventiva-hembesok - 2026-06-05
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 - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Stina Oredsson and the owner of the women’s underwear store Kvinnligt under, Carolina Le Prince, have together created a calendar of partially nude women. This unusual way to raise money for cancer research resulted in SEK 235,000. Stina Oredsson (right) receives the collected money from Carolina Le Prince (
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/calendar-girls-promote-cancer-research - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The annual international nanoscience student conference INASCON is coming up. This year, it is held in Lund 11–13 August, broadcasted online, open for anyone interested in nanoscience: students, academics or businesses. INASCON is an annual, student-organized conference on nanoscience and technology, hosted in differe
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/inascon-goes-digital-time-register - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 23 November 2016, Liaqat Javed, Executive Director for the Backwards Rehabilitation and Improvement Commission Pakistan (BRIC), visited SASNET at Lund University. Javed had come to Lund - as part of a Sweden tour - on invitation from the regional outfit of ABF, Sweden’s largest adult non-profit educationa
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/pakistani-activist-against-bonded-labour-visited-sasnet - 2026-06-05
Universitetskanslersämbetet (UKÄ) har tagit fram statistik för internationell studentmobilitet på grund- och avancerad nivå för alla Sveriges lärosäten under läsåret 2022/23. Lunds universitet ligger högt i nationell jämförelse. UKÄ:s rapport tar upp att pandemin innebar en kraftig nedgång av den internationella studentmobiliteten både när det gäller inresande och utresande till Sverige. Men 2022/
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/okning-av-bade-och-utresande-utbytesstudenter - 2026-06-06
On Thursday, the Eden auditorium was filled with students when the Department of Political Science was visited by researchers from the University of Denver to analyze and discuss the political situation ahead of the upcoming elections in the United States. The panel, which was moderated by our own Professor Jonathan Polk, consisted of Professor Seth Masket, Assistant Professor Jesse Acevedo and As
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/full-house-when-visiting-political-scientists-denver-discussed-upcoming-us-election - 2026-06-05
On September 17, SASNET hosted a lecture with Erik Törner (Svalorna Indien Bangladesh) at Lund City Library, exploring India’s rapid economic growth and the inequalities that remain. In his lecture, Erik Törner, who has worked in international development for more than 25 years, presented an overview of India’s economic rise alongside the social challenges that persist. He described the country’s
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/indias-economic-miracle-why-not-everyone-included - 2026-06-05
Master students from Lund University School of Industrial Design exhibit at Milan Design Week 2026. This year the School of Industrial Design at Lund University is exhibiting under the theme: 'Under Pressure'. The exhibition, located underground in central Milan, showcases a selection of Master student projects addressing how resilience can be applied within design through a range of forms and app
https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/milan-design-week-2026 - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Martin Institute and Program in International Studies at the University of Idaho invites applications for a new, visiting clinical faculty position beginning August 2017. The Martin Institute and Program in International Studies seek candidates whose professional experience and teaching interests focus on the Near
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-university-idaho - 2026-06-05
The exhibition “Coded Threads” traces threads from the origin of the digital, the woven fabric, into today’s and tomorrow’s digital realities. The loom is the basis of binary coding: the thread can go over or under the warp, be a one or a zero. The thread is coded and acquires meaning – becomes an image, a pattern, a calculation, an algorithm. Everything can become data through the thread in the w
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunchtime-viewing-exhibition-coded-threads-skissernas-museum - 2026-06-06
