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Do you want to try something new outside your main field of study or further deepen your knowledge? Lund University’s new x-courses are short, flexible, credit-earning courses that you can study in parallel with your programme. Study an x…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/education/our-programmes-and-courses/bachelors-and-masters-level-courses/x-courses- 2025-03-21

SESAC (Swedish Competence Centre for Satellite Enabled Social Science Analytics) is a national competence centre which, with support from the Swedish National Space Agency, makes satellite data available to social science researchers. Why…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/sesac- 2025-12-19

21 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Pelle Valentin Olsen, CMES and Department of History, Lund University By examining modern Iraqi history through the lens of leisure, this talk offers an entirely new perspective as it…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/cmes-seminar-idle-days-and-nights-leisure-entertainment-and-everyday-life-modern-iraq- 2026-02-06

4 June 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Presentation by Pinar Dinc, Lina Eklund, Maria Andrea Nardi, Mo Hamza, Hakim Abdi, CMES and Lund University. Over a decade has passed since the onset of the Syrian conflict, which continues to have dire…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/cmes-seminar-eco-syria-exploring-conflict-environment-interactions-sustainable-development-and- 2026-02-09

Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty Management and OfficeFaculty ManagementFaculty OfficePress and mediaUlrika Oredsson, Press OfficerPublic disclosure requestsLund University Registrar’s officeE-mail: registrator [at] lu [dot] se …

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/contact- 2026-02-02

26 May 2026 09:00 to 27 May 2026 17:00 | Workshop The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Lund University invites you to explore the intersection of authoritarianism, climate policy, and displacement: In 2024, climate…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/authoritarian-climates-immobility-and-green-transition-middle-east- 2026-03-10

12 May 2026 15:00 to 17:00 | Guest lecture with Milan Babić The observation that we live in a world after neoliberal globalization is, in the age of Trump and China‘s rise, a truism. At the same time, we are being flooded with analyses…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/geoeconomic-competition-post-neoliberal-global-order- 2026-02-27

9 June 2026 13:15 to 15:15 | Workshop Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies is associated with interdisciplinary research - and with good reason. But we don't only provide support to our own research groups, we want to inspire more LU…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/funding-interdisciplinary-research-how-where-when-whom-0- 2026-03-05

We are looking forward to having you at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Getting started at the Faculty of Social SciencesFor specific information about the program or course you are starting at the Faculty of Social Sciences, you can log…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/admitted-student/faculty-wide-programmes- 2026-03-27

18 May 2026 13:00 to 15:00 | Workshop Lund Social Science Methods Centre invites you to a workshop with Dr. Giulia Garofalo Geymonat from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice on participant compensation in qualitative research. No registration…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/does-voucher-make-things-easier-rethinking-participant-compensation-qualitative-research- 2026-03-24

9 June 2026 10:00 to 12:00 | Seminar Lund Social Science Methods Centre invites you to a seminar with Prof. Iddo Tavory from New York University, on abductive analysis, pragmatist philosophy and methodological precepts. No registration is…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/abductive-analysis-surprises-and-theory-construction- 2026-03-30

28 May 2026 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar CMES welcomes Dalia Dassa Kaye for a talk on her book Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy. A timely and rigorous analysis of a half-century of American policymakers' shifting…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/book-talk-enduring-hostility-making-americas-iran-policy- 2026-03-30

27 May 2026 15:15 to 16:45 | Lecture/talk Welcome to this year’s honorary doctor seminars hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences. 15:15-16:00Frank Biermann: “Planetary crisis and plurilateral politics: Global governance in the age of…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/meet-2026-honorary-doctors-faculty-social-sciences- 2026-04-10

10 June 2026 09:30 to 12:30 | Workshop Lund Social Science Methods Centre invites all doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences to a half-day workshop with Professor Iddo Tavory. This workshop is conducted in English.Iddo Tavory…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/analytic-refinery-professor-iddo-tavory-phds-only- 2026-04-10

11 May 2026 13:15 | Thesis defence Andreas Erlström has written a thesis entitled: Evolving Geographies of Economic Inequality: Continuity and Change in Wage Structures Across Sweden, 1990–2018External reviewer: Professor Jürgen…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/phd-defence-human-geography-andreas-erlstrom- 2026-04-28

27 May 2026 09:00 to 13:00 | Workshop From invasive and non-invasive brain-computer interfaces to data privacy, governance models, and the impact on democracy and human dignity, the Pufendorf-Theme has examined how these technologies are…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/neurofutures-promises-and-perils-neurotechnologies- 2026-04-16

13 May 2026 10:00 | Thesis defence Lina Lefstad has written a thesis entitled: From Show Pony to Working Horse: Reimagining Carbon Capture and Storage for Just Climate Change MitigationExternal reviewer: Professor Oluf Langhelle,…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/phd-defence-sustainability-science-lina-lefstad- 2026-04-17

Faculty of Social Sciences Every year Lund University welcomes international students from all over the world. Being an exchange student in Lund allows you to be part of the unique student life, get to know people from all around the world…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/education/exchange-studies/incoming-exchange-students- 2026-02-10

11 May 2026 10:00 to 15 May 2026 16:00 | Event Den 28 april – 2 maj och 11 – 15 maj finns det möjlighet för alla att medverka i konstprojektet på gräsmattan mellan Gamla Paviljongen och Gamla Lungkliniken. Konstnären Loulou Cherinet är på…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/medverka-i-konstprojektet-i-kvarteret-paradis-0- 2026-04-24

22 May 2026 13:00 | Thesis defence Annabell Merkel has written a thesis entitled: Valorising seaweed: Novel food valuation in everyday encountersExternal reviewer: Docent Sebastian Abrahamsson, Uppsala universitetMore information about the…

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/phd-defence-service-studies-annabell-merkel- 2026-04-28