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Researchers at the Faculty of Social Sciences reached 168,000 readers on The Conversation

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Published 15 January 2026
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One of this year's most-read The Conversation articles from Lund University, written by Magnus Lindén and Fredrik Björklund, discusses how personality traits can contribute to the appeal of movements such as MAGA in the United States. Photo: Unsplash

The Faculty of Social Sciences published 19 articles on The Conversation in 2025, reaching 168,000 readers. The faculty had the second-most articles of all faculties and covered topics from the MAGA movement to the Turkey-PKK conflict.

Lund University had a record year on The Conversation in 2025. The university’s researchers published 76 articles that together reached 1.1 million reads. In total, all of the university’s articles – including older articles that continue to be read – reached 1.5 million readers during the year. The Faculty of Social Sciences was one of the university’s most active faculties with 19 articles.

Magnus Lindén was one of the faculty’s most productive authors with three articles on radicalization, resistance to authoritarian regimes, and the psychology of the MAGA movement – the articles written in international collaboration, with the MAGA article reaching 28,000 readers. One of his articles was also translated into Portuguese.

Magnus Lindén's articles on The Conversation

Pınar Dinç published four articles on Turkey, the PKK conflict, and Syria, providing continuous visibility for the faculty’s Middle East expertise. 

Pınar Dinç's articles on The Conversation

The faculty’s articles were published both as in-depth analyses and podcast episodes, demonstrating the versatility of formats on The Conversation.

Want to Share Your Research Globally?

Here’s how the process works:

  1. Keep your pitch short and concise – answer these four questions:
    • What is your point? (max 50 words)
    • Why should readers care? (max 100 words)
    • What are your main points? (max 150 words)
    • Why you? (max 200 words)
  2. Discuss with your communications officer if you want advice.
  3. Submit your pitch via the web form on The Conversation.
  4. Select UK as the edition when submitting. This is important for your pitch to reach the right place.
  5. Wait for feedback from an editor. If you haven’t heard back within three days, the pitch likely hasn’t been accepted this time. Think of a new idea!

Next workshop: April 28, 10:00–12:00. We will provide more information shortly.

For questions or to register for the workshop, contact Ellen Albertsdóttir, responsible for The Conversation at Lund University: ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se

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