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The concepts of consultation and participation are often prevalent in the messaging of Swedish ministers on Sweden's presence in the EU. The message is that society, in broad terms, should be able to participate and voice its opinions on Sweden's approach to the EU. But how active is the government in speaking with organisations, groups and businesses when new issues take form in the EU? Not very

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/does-swedish-government-consult-interest-groups-eu-issues - 2025-12-23

The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of grants for preparing research applications. The Centre has allocated 300.000 SEK (plus LKP) for this purpose during 2021 which will be divided into two calls (spring and autumn). This is the first call. The grant is expected to be used during HT 2021 – VT 2022. Note: this call was originally published March 10,

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications - 2025-12-23

To researchers at the Faculties for Humanities and Theology, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Law and the School of Economics and Management. Note: this call was originally published March 10, 2021.  The Centre for European Studies at Lund University announces the availability of funds for seminars, symposia and lectures on European themes during HT 2021 – VT 2022. The theme must hav

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-seminars-symposia-and-lectures-european-themes - 2025-12-23

Time to nominate theses for the Centre for European Studies’ Best Thesis Award! The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) welcomes submissions for the best student thesis award. Bachelor and Master theses covering European matters, defended with distinction during the autumn semester 2020 or spring semester 2021 at departments within the Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Social

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/call-submissions-best-thesis-award - 2025-12-23

Last year, the Centre for European Studies launched Viewpoint Europe, a new publication where researchers write policy-oriented reports. The first report was on the Swedish government's lack of consultation with interest organisations on EU-related matters. Recently, the second report was published, detailing how the proposal for an EU minimum wage might result in other effects than the ones curre

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/write-viewpoint-europe - 2025-12-23

The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of grants for preparing research applications. The Centre has allocated 400.000 SEK (plus LKP) for this purpose during 2022 which will be divided into two calls (spring and autumn). This is the first call. The grant is to be used during autumn 2022 – spring 2023. The application must have a clear connection to Euro

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications-0 - 2025-12-23

The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) regularly awards smaller travel grants to students who would benefit from carrying out field studies in connection with their Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis. The overall theme of the thesis must be related to European affairs, broadly interpreted. Students enrolled at Lund University, who are planning to write their Bachelor’s or Master’s the

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/apply-now-student-travel-grants - 2025-12-23

The single market of the EU is often hailed as the number one success story of European integration, and it is one of the reasons why the EU is seen as a law-making machine. Single market laws are partly focused on competition law, which sets out to ban state aid and other interventionist practices in order to create a level playing field among the EU’s businesses. But when these businesses enter

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/how-can-eu-fix-global-trade - 2025-12-23

The Centre for European Studies has awarded the 2021 Best Thesis Award to Agnes Baude for her Master of Law thesis on the European Arrest warrant and the rule of law. Agnes Baude’s thesis is called “Protecting the European Union Rule of Law through national court scrutiny? – A case-study of L and P from the CJEU and the importance of the Union’s fundamental values in the context of European extrad

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/baude-receives-best-thesis-award-2021 - 2025-12-23

The Centre for European Studies has awarded Olivia Rachwol the 2021 honorary mention for her Master of Cultural Sciences thesis on Conspiracy Theories in Polish Daily newspapers. Olivia Rachwol’s study is called “Conspiracy Theories and the Polarized Polish Press: Systemic and Event Conspiracy Narratives in Polish Daily newspapers during the Presidential Election Campaign in 2020.” She was granted

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/rachwols-masters-thesis-receives-honourable-mention - 2025-12-23

How do you apply for a job at the European Commission and what skills are in demand? And what is it like to work for the Commission? In March 2022, Helena Larsson Haug, Senior Expert at the European Commission’s Directorate-General Competition (DG COMP), visited Lund and shared her experiences and thoughts on these questions with students envisaging the option of an EU-career. With more than 20 ye

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/working-european-commission - 2025-12-23

The Director General of the National Board of Trade (‘Kommerskollegium’), Anders Ahnlid, visited Lund on 30 March 2022. At a seminar organized by the Centre for European Studies, he presented an overview of how the global trading system came into being, evolved during and after the Cold War, and might develop in light of the challenges imposed upon it by the current war in Ukraine. Anders, who has

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/global-trading-system-war-war - 2025-12-23

Narratives and futures was the theme of the latest episode of the podcast Esplanad, hosted by Caroline Ljungberg Toulson at Trivector. In Swedish. See description and link below. Vad är en berättelse och varför är de viktiga? Kan olika typer av berättelser hjälpa oss att förstå klimatförändringar och framtiden? Och hur ska man göra om man vill använda berättelser proaktivt för att förändra klimata

https://www.climatefutures.lu.se/article/narrating-climate-futures-esplanad - 2025-12-23

Application is now open for a tenure track position as assistant professor (called associate senior lecturer in the Swedish system) in Contemporary Korean Society. The Centre for East and South-East Asia is excited to expand its staff with an expert on contemporary Korea. The new colleague will be part of a vibrant community of scholars focusing on China, Japan, Cambodia, Myanmar and Indonesia in

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/tenure-track-position-contemporary-korean-society - 2025-12-23

Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published an article on Cambodia in Southeast Asian Affairs 2023. The article examines political developments in Cambodia over 2022. Southeast Asian Affairs, published by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, is an annual review of significant trends and developments in the region.  Link to Southeast Asian Affairs 2023

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-cambodian-politics-0 - 2025-12-23

Paul O’Shea has published a new article on the policy and politics of the Tokyo Olympics in the journal Contemporary Japan, co-authored with Sebastian Maslow The article examines the policy and politics of the Games, considering the attribution of 'success' and 'failure' to the Olympics across a range of issues, actors, and narratives. Reviewing their economic, public health, soft power, and polit

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/20202021-tokyo-olympics-does-japan-get-gold-medal-or-wooden-spoon - 2025-12-23

Application deadline: 1 June This course explores ideologies as a ubiquitous phenomenon that shapes political, social, and cultural beliefs and practices. It examines how ideologies are formed, translated, and contested across historical periods and different societies in East and South-East Asia. Specific focus is given to nationalism and communism, including their emergence, development, and con

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/application-now-open-doctoral-course-ideologies-east-and-south-east-asia-legacies-and-contemporary - 2025-12-23

Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published an article on Cambodia's 2023 election in The Diplomat The article examines the significance of Cambodia's upcoming general election which will take place in July. The Diplomat website

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/article-cambodian-election - 2025-12-23

23rd–25th August 2023. European Association for Chinese Studies Summer School 2023: Situating Global China. The rapid globalisation of Chinese capital has great implications for political, societal, and economic systems around the world in the 21st century. Chinese investments, patterns of migration, and the integration of Chinese firms into foreign markets and supply chains globally is contributi

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/european-association-chinese-studies-summer-school-2023-call-applications - 2025-12-23

Astrid Norén-Nilsson has co-edited a volume on civil society elites in Cambodia and Indonesia with Amalinda Savirani and Anders Uhlin. Kimhean Hok has co-authored a chapter in the volume. This innovative volume is the first systematic study of civil society elites in Southeast Asia (and indeed anywhere in the world). Spanning two previously separate areas of research – civil society and elites – i

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-book-civil-society-elites - 2025-12-23