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The journal Global Intellectual History has just published a forum on Jens Bartelson’s latest book Becoming International (Cambridge University Press, 2023). Here is the introduction: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Professor Ian Manners has received a Riksbankens Jubileumsfond sabbatical grant to spend 2025 working at the University of Bristol to complete a book on The European Union's Normative Power in Planetary Politics. svet.lu.se/en/article/pro…

Are you our next postdoc with a focus on using expert surveys to examine political party competition around cleavage politics? lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Personkemin mellan Trump och Zelenskyj kan bli avgörande för hur mötet mellan ledarna blir, säger Isabel Bramsen, som är docent i freds och konfliktforskning vid Lunds universitet. sverigesradio.se/artikel/fredsf…

Come join us! We are looking for candidates with an academic track record in the study of emotions, anti- and pro-democratic forces and media research, as well as experiences from qualitative discourse analysis, and quantitative or visual media analysis. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Maysam Behravesh has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'Political Psychology of Revisionist Behavior in World Politics: State Subjectivity, Ontological (In)Security, and Iranian Foreign Policy'. Congratulations Doctor Maysam! svet.lu.se/en/article/may…

Don't miss the next Higher Research Seminar: ‘Raiding and Trading in the Baltic Sea’! Martin Hall provides an overview of political and economic developments in Scandinavia from the Bronze Age to the end of the Viking Age. Welcome! svet.lu.se/en/calendar/hi…

Forskning om fredsförhandlingar och fredsavtal visar tydligt att en hållbar fred är en rättvis fred, skriver Annika Björkdahl, professor i statsvetenskap vid Lunds universitet. sydsvenskan.se/2025-02-23/ukr…

Magdalena Bexell's new article explores self-legitimation practices by business actors that are organizational intermediaries in the investment citizenship industry that links states and individual investors seeking a new citizenship. @MagdalenaBexell svet.lu.se/en/article/mag…

Professor Ian Manners argues that Ukraine serves as a microcosm of a larger paradigm shift in the way we teach International Relations (IR) and European Union (EU) studies—one that moves beyond traditional IR frameworks to embrace planetary politics. svet.lu.se/en/article/ret…

Trumps oväntade Gaza-utspel och reaktionerna i Mellanöstern. Karin Aggestam, professor i statsvetenskap vid Lunds universitet, analyserar. @KarinAggestam @CMES_LUND sverigesradio.se/artikel/trumps…

Fariborz Zelli on climate politics under Trump 2.0: Increased pressure on EU to buy US oil & gas, setbacks for UN climate talks, but EU cleantech may benefit. US climate policy isn’t just made in Washington. #climate #energy #AktuellHållbarhet 🌍 @fzelli aktuellhallbarhet.se/miljo-och-klim…

We are happy to welcome Joshua Wilson, University of Denver to the Higher Research Seminar! Joshua will speak on the theme ‘The Least Dangerous Branch? Understanding Recent Developments in the US Conservative Legal Movement’ which could hardly be timelier! svet.lu.se/en/calendar/hi…

Yesterday, Associate Professor Lisa Strömbom was interviewed on Sveriges Radio (P1 Morgon) about Israel's UNRWA ban and its consequences for Palestinian refugees. @CMES_LUND Listen here (in Swedish): sverigesradio.se/artikel/israel…

Do Political Parties in Western Europe Listen to Their Voters? Political parties in Western Europe are more responsive to voters than you might think. Ibenskas and Polk found that parties adjust their positions to better match public opinion. @jon_polk svet.lu.se/en/article/do-…

Article in @ConversationUK on Trump's recent statement on Gaza, transactional diplomacy and the quest for a sustainable ceasefire theconversation.com/donald-trumps-… @pol_LU @lunduniversity

New article in The Conversation by Karin Aggestam about the fragile ceasefire in Gaza and future diplomatic challenges. @CMES_LUND @KarinAggestam svet.lu.se/en/article/new…

Holocaust Memorial Day, is an important occasion to honor the memory of the millions of people who fell victim to the Nazi genocide. Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren are researching women's experiences in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. svet.lu.se/en/article/imp…