New book from Christer Eldh and Nilsson Fredrik about The Cultural Complexity of Service Organisation in the Öresund Region. Hospitality. The word steers our attention towards good food, excellent service and perhaps a nice place to rest. Sometimes it refers to the “DNA” or special spirit that characterises those who work in the tourism or hospitality industry. Hospitality carries a positive vibe

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/fika-hygge-and-hospitality - 2025-08-25

Albert Montañez from the USA and Colombia is currently studying a Master's in Service Management, with specialisation in Culture and Creativity Management. Why did you choose the specialisation in Culture and Creativity Management?  "I am a classical artist with a vast experience in education and performance, but I felt I wanted to have a better understanding of nonprofit organisations in Europe a

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/best-thing-about-programme-diversity-students-and-teachers - 2025-08-25

Josefine Östrup Backe defended her thesis Enacting "the local" in culinary tourism: A study of culinary actors and their practices on february 7. As the competition between destinations grows, the need to stand out and offer memorable and unique experiences also grows. Culinary experiences and activities with elements of “the local” are a growing niche, which mirrors the trend of knowing where the

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/enacting-local-culinary-tourism-study-culinary-actors-and-their-practices - 2025-08-25

Ruth Bedoya Lopez from Colombia is currently studying the master's programme with specialisation Culture and Creativity. We asked her what she thinks about her studies. What is the best thing about your programme?"The best thing about this programme is to encounter professors and colleagues from different backgrounds. The programme also helps us to develop critical thinking and offers us a good th

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/everything-i-love-one-programme - 2025-08-25

During the following three weeks our department hosts Manisha Anantharaman, PhD, Associate Professor of Justice, Community and Leadership at Saint Mary’s College of California. – I am so happy to have the opportunity to spend some time with you at Lund. I hope to engage with many of you regarding ideas or work-in-progress. The visit began with a guest lecture with the topic of circular economy and

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/visit-and-guest-lecture-department-manisha-anantharaman - 2025-08-25

Kristina Bäckström with the award for Best paper at NRWC 2022. During the past week some of the institutions researches with focus on retail attended the Nordic Retail and Wholesale conference (NRWC) to present their research. Krisitna Bäckström, senior lecturer at our department, won the award for best paper. For the eigth time the NRWC was arranged by the Nordic Retail and Wholesale Association,

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/kristina-backstrom-awarded-research-conference-finland - 2025-08-25

The hoops was designed through the Equalizer project, with hoops on both sides of the pole. Photo: Daniel Zachrisson. Despite an increasing number of informal outdoor sport and recreational spaces in Sweden and our society, not everyone feel that they can use them. Public spaces for physical activity are dominated by boys and men, while girls and women are under-represented. The research project E

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/methods-disturbance-gives-more-people-access-public-places - 2025-08-25

Today we conducted this falls second nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Anna Spitzkat nailed her doctors thesis. Anna is defending her thesis during a dissertation at the 9th of December here at Campus Helsingborg. The title of the thesis is ”Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the reconfiguration of the practice of shopping”. With Annas own words:   "Instagram, i

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/anna-spitzkat-nailed-her-dissertation - 2025-08-25

"Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the reconfiguration of the practice of shopping" The 9th of December Anna Spitzkat defended her doctorate dissertation “Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the Reconfiguration of the Practice of Shopping”. The thesis explores how the consumer uses Instagram for shopping and the blurring of previously established roles. About the

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-doctoral-thesis-about-social-media-shopping - 2025-08-25

Erika Andersson Cederholm and Carina Sjöholm has conducted a study on hunting tourism in Sweden. Hunting in Sweden has a long history and could be considered a cultural heritage. Wildlife management and a sense of local community and stewardship are important keywords to describe recreational hunting. However, in recent years there has been an emerging market for commercial hunting, where hunters

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/recreational-hunting-sweden-question-moral-and-balance - 2025-08-25

Academic misconduct has increased with about 200% during the past covid years. As a precaution Lund University has started a project to prevent deception and misleading in examination, whether it’s unauthorized cooperation, plagiarism, or non-allowed aids. In every study environment there is a unique culture, with boundaries to what is considered acceptable and unacceptable by the students themsel

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/ai-forces-teachers-change-way-courses-are-examined-0 - 2025-08-25

From January 2023 we are called The department of service studies. With the name change we want to increase the comprehensibility of our department name while expressing professionalism and closeness to the research area. The name change means that "Service management" will disappear from the department titel. However, our bachelor ans masters programmes will still be called Service mnanagement, a

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-name-department-ism-becomes-ses - 2025-08-25

Filippa Säwe and Cecilia Fredriksson organized the conference together with Johan Hultman. What is the sea in marine spatial planning and how does it affect our future? In a one-day conference the results and work of two finished Formas projects was presented with the theme ”Blue economy, marine markets and marine spatial planning”. On the schedule for the day was lectures on marine spatial planni

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/blue-economy-marine-markets-and-marine-spatial-planning - 2025-08-25

Developing cleverly designed circular solutions must outcompete, supersede, and phase out current linear solutions. Professor Hervé Corvellec at the department of service studies writes on Future Earth together with lecturer Alison Stowell at Lancaster university. Advocates of the circular economy routinely argue that developing “circular solutions” has the capacity to stop unsustainable use of re

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/circular-economy-practices-will-not-automatically-phase-out-linear-economy - 2025-08-25

One of the topics for the project is local food markets. Christian Fuentes, Maria Fuentes and Emma Samsioe is a part of the project. What role can digitalization play in the pursuit of a more sustainable consumption? A new research project with the title “Digital infrastructures for sustainable consumption: Redirecting, reorganizing, reducing and reimaging consumption” has been granted financing o

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/funding-research-digitalization-and-sustainable-consumption - 2025-08-25

This years first nailing ceremony took place at the department when Rui Liu nailed her thesis "Tinkered care: Assembling Medicine Consumption in Grey Zones". The topic is medical and health services, and falsified medical products. The aim of the dissertation is to advance knowledge about care as situated practices within and beyond medical institutional settings. It addresses the phenomenon of su

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/rui-liu-nailed-her-dissertation - 2025-08-25

Micol Mieli, Yulia Vakulenko and Pernilla Derwik. For the fourth year in a row, new doctors active at Campus Helsingborg have had the possibility to receive fundings from the Helsingborg trade association. Besides being a researcher with connection to Helsingborg, it is also favorable to have a focus on retail, industry or service. This year 1 million sek was granted to three researchers all with

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-doctors-granted-funds-develop-trade-helsingborg - 2025-08-25

Kimberly Nicholas was appointed professor in Sustainability Science at Lund University in June 2024. Kimberly Nicholas was appointed professor in Sustainability Science in June 2024. After more than 15 years at Lund University, her commitment to stopping climate change is stronger than ever. “We need to keep our eyes on the prize and focus on where the problem is to address it.” What has been the

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/professor-kimberly-nicholas-mission-combat-climate-change - 2025-08-25

Kurdish migrant farmworker hoeing sugarbeet fields in Central Turkey. Photo by: Sinem Kavak A new LUCSUS study sheds light on the challenging lives of seasonal migrant farmworkers in Turkey. The workers, who are predominantly Kurds, Arabs, and Syrian refugees, face multiple layers of marginalization, including racial discrimination, state violence, chronic poverty, and forced displacement. A new s

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/exploited-and-invisible-harsh-realities-seasonal-migrant-farmworkers-turkey - 2025-08-25

LUCSUS is participating in several events during this year's Sustainability Week! It is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. Sustainability Week is an important occasion for LUCSUS as a centre to engage with our local community in Lund, and share research findings with the public. It is also a good opportunity for our researchers and studen

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-sustainability-week-2025 - 2025-08-25