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19 Jun 2025
Social Investments in Swedish Municipalities – The Rise and Fall of a Reform
In this article, recently published in Acta Sociologica, Mats Fred draws on more than a decade of fieldwork on social investments in Sweden to explore the rise and fall of reforms:...
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16 Jun 2025
Who counts when we talk about healthcare and rights? New article by Stina Melander and Julia Bahner
During the pandemic, many fell through the cracks of the safety net. For people with long Covid, this became painfully clear: they existed – but were not acknowledged. Now, a new s...
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13 Jun 2025
Anne Lene Stein has successfully defended her thesis!
Anne Lene Stein has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Agonism against the odds: Epistemic disruptions and bodies of dissent in Palestine and Israel'. Congratulations to Dr...
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2 Jun 2025
Who should own nature? New study examines the governance of biodiversity finance
Halting biodiversity loss requires more than just increased funding – it also demands better governance of how resources are mobilised, allocated, and monitored. A new study in Cur...
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28 May 2025
Can the EU’s push for LGBT rights backfire? A new article by Malte Breiding says it might
The European Union (EU) often presents itself as a champion of LGBTQ rights, promoting equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. However, in a recently publishe...
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23 May 2025
Ian Manners gives keynote lecture on 'The European Union's Normative Power in Planetary Politics' in Brussels
Ian Manners gives the European Foreign Affairs Review (EFAR) keynote lecture on 'The European Union's Normative Power in Planetary Politics' to the annual European Union in Interna...
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21 May 2025
How do we organize the sustainable travel of the future?
This study by Russell Cannon, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Mats Fred examines how the sustainable mobility of the future is emerging.
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20 May 2025
Our friend and colleague Jessica Blom-Larsson has passed away
On Thursday 15 May, we received the sad news that Jessica Blom-Larsson had passed away after a sudden illness. She leaves a large void at the Department of Political Science with c...
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16 May 2025
Karl Holmberg has successfully defended his thesis!
Karl Holmberg has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'Embedded disposability: A cultural political economy of plastics'. Congratulations to Dr. Holmberg!
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9 May 2025
Jana Wrange has successfully defended her thesis!
Jana Wrange has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Civil Defence (Re)Emerged: A Multi-Level Perspective on Policy Developments in Post-Crimea Europe'. Congratulations to Dr...