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Catarina Kinnvall has recently published the article “Ontological Insecurities and Postcolonial Imaginaries: The Emotional Appeal of Populism” in Humanity & Society”. In the article, Catarina Kinnvall addresses the particular narratives and discourses that respond to increased feelings of uncertainty, anxiety, and fear, so-called ontological insecurities, and their connections to the postcolonial

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-ontological-insecurities - 2026-01-11

Josef Chaib will defend his dissertation "Evidence, Expertise and 'Other' Knowledge: Governing Welfare Collaboration" on October 12 at 10:15 in Niagara, Malmö University. Discussant is Associate Professor Gun Hedlund, Örebro University. In contemporary welfare, collaboration between professions, agencies and different municipal departments is increasingly important. Collaboration is seen as a way

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/josef-chaib-welfare-collaboration - 2026-01-11

Catarina Kinnvall and Jennifer Mitzen have authored an introductory article for their joint special issue in “Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD)”, with the title “Ontological security and conflict: the dynamics of crisis and the constitution of community”. In an era defined by insecurity, uncertainty, and increasing anxieties, ontological security has proven to be a fruitful

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/fruitful-lens-analyzing-world-politics - 2026-01-11

How is EU-funding translated into local policy? In an article in the journal Critical Policy Studies, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Mats Fred have analyzed how EU-projects in education policies are mediated and translated into local policies. They conclude that these processes entail both a change in organisation - from permanent to temporary endeavors - as well as changes in how problems and challen

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/eu-funding-translated-local-policy - 2026-01-11

Kurtis Boyer defended his dissertation "An Autocracy of Empathy: Human-Animal Relations and the Emotional Architecture of Speciesism" on October 26 at 10:00 in Eden auditorium, Paradisgatan 5H, Lund. Discussant was Professor Erika Cudworth, University of East London.An Autocracy of Empathy: Human-Animal Relations and the Emotional Architecture of Speciesism Kurtis Boyer’s personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kurtis-boyer-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-01-11

After four years of drafting, debating, rethinking, and revising, the IPSP report is finally published with Cambridge University Press. Karin Aggestam is one of many contributing lead authors. Read more on ipsp.orgKarin Aggestams personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-international-report-rethinking-society-21st-century - 2026-01-11

Jakob Skovgaard has published the article "Policy coherence and organizational cultures: Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction targets” in the journal Environmental Policy and Governance. The article concerns the role of the organizational cultures of two of the European Commission’s Directorate-Generals, respectively Energy and Climate Action, for the policy coherence within EU energy an

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/skovgaard-policy-coherence-and-eu-climate-and-energy-policies - 2026-01-11

Is there a return of the “north” in Nordic foreign policy? Douglas Brommesson is the editor of new special section in Global Affairs where he together with a group of Nordic scholars seeks to identify, analyse and explain developments of and variations in what we call "Nordicness" in the foreign and security policies of Nordic states.  In this special section in Global Affairs Douglas Brommesson h

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/brommesson-nordicness-foreign-and-security-policy - 2026-01-11

What are the sources and processes of legitimacy in global governance? The research program LegGov has published the volume ”Legitimacy in Global Governance” (Oxford University Press). The volume includes chapters written by LegGov researchers Anders Uhlin, Catia Gregoratti, Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson and Fariborz Zelli at the Department of Political Science.Learn more about the book on gl

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-legitimacy-global-governance - 2026-01-11

Simon Davidsson has authored the article ”Left-Right Orientation, Homeownership, and Class Position in Sweden” in the journal Scandinavian Political Studies. Sweden is a country where left‐right orientation structures the political landscape, homeownership is increasingly important, and the importance of class for political preferences and behavior is changing or even weakening.This article explor

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/davidsson-significance-homeownership-sweden - 2026-01-11

Niklas Altermark and Emil Edeborg have published their article “Visualizing the Included Subject: Photography, Progress Narratives, and Intellectual Disability” in the journal ”Subjectivity”. In the article, Altermark and Edenborg examine how photographs are used to create a progress narrative of disability politics that hamper our understanding of how this group is being oppressed today.  Learn m

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/photographs-disability-politics - 2026-01-11

Annika Bergman Rosamond has, together with Michelle Pace (Roskilde), co-authored the article “Political Legitimacy and celebrity politicians: Tony Blair as Middle East envoy 2007-2016”. The article is published in the journal Middle East Critique. This article explores former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s role as the official envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East, with many observers quest

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/celebrity-politician-tony-blairs-role-middle-east-envoy - 2026-01-11

Klas Nilsson has recently received a prize for his dissertation ”The Money of Monarchs”. The award is conferred by Vetenskapssocieteten and was presented at the annual celebration held on November 23. Vetenskapssocieteten exists to promote humanist research, in part by providing support to younger researchers.Nilsson’s dissertation, the Society notes, “makes an important contribution to the study

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/vetenskapssocieteten-lund-gives-prize-dissertation-political-science - 2026-01-11

Catarina Kinnvall and Ted Svensson have published a joint article in “Review of International Studies”, entitled “Misrecognition and the Indian state: The desire for sovereign agency”. In the article, they show how the Indian state is being rethought, restructured and reimagined through Hindu nationalism and how the concept of misrecognition accounts for desires for sovereign agency and group cohe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-misrecognition-and-indian-state - 2026-01-11

Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman-Rosamond and Annica Kronsell have co-authored the journal article ”Theorising Feminist Foreign Policy”, which has been published in International Relations. The article advances a new theoretical framework, which enables a thoroughgoing study of feminist foreign policy. It draws upon feminist international relations theory and the ethics of care to embrace the lived

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/theorising-feminist-foreign-policy - 2026-01-11

Maiken Røed has co-authored the article "Explaining Participation Bias in the European Commission's Online Consultations: The Struggle for Policy Gain without too Much Pain" published in Journal of Common Market Studies. The article investigates participation bias in the European Commission's online consultations and focuses on the effects of issue characteristics. More information is available on

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roed-european-commissions-online-consultations - 2026-01-11

Elsa Hedling defended her dissertation "Blending Politics and New Media. Mediatized Practices of EU Digital Diplomacy" on December 19 at 10:00 in Eden auditorium. Discussant was Professor Alister Miskimmon, Queen’s University Belfast. In her PhD thesis titled “Blending Politics and New Media. Mediatized Practices of EU Digital Diplomacy”, Elsa Hedling explores the relationship between politics and

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elsa-hedling-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-01-11

Catarina Kinnvall has published the article “On the Frontline: Populism and White Nationalism” in the journal Discover Society. In the article, Catarina Kinnvall discusses the dangers of seeing rising ethnic diversity as a threat to democracy and the West – a position held by a number of academics, journalists and commentators in Britain and Europe.Learn more on discoversociety.orgCatarina Kinnval

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/populism-and-white-nationalism - 2026-01-11

Magdalena Bexell and Kristina Jönsson have published an article entitled "Country Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals–The Politics of Performance Review at the Global-National Nexus" in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. Debates on governance through goal-setting and performance review have gained momentum with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Developm

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-politics-sustainability-performance-review - 2026-01-11

Are female politicians less likely to be promoted to specific ministerial posts, and is it important for them to toe the party line? Hanna Bäck has, together with Johan Bo Davidsson and Markus Baumann, studied this question in an analysis of Swedish cabinet appointments. The results of their statistical analysis suggest that women are less likely to become ministers when deviating from the party l

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-female-cabinet-appointments - 2026-01-11