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6 Feb 2026
Strategic initiativ strengthens international cooperations
With funding from the Faculty of Social Science, the Department of Service Studies has implemented a strategic initiative aimed at strengthening the international impact of researc...
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3 Feb 2026
Michael Hall returns as a guest professor in record-breaking recruitment drive
In its largest international recruitment drive ever, Lund University announced a number of visiting professorships and assistant senior lecturer positions. Initially, there were 25...
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19 Jan 2026
Independence or interdependence? - A new doctoral thesis explores the infrastructures of independent cultural production
On the 19th of November 2025, Marthe Nehl defended her doctoral dissertation titled “Infrastructuring independent cultural production: Empirical and conceptual explorations”. The t...
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12 Jan 2026
Making the most of student life through extracurricular activities
Michail Nektarios Mostratos is a second-year student in the MSc Service Management, in the Culture & Creativity specialisation. He talked with us about how extracurriculars have sh...
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16 Dec 2025
International student career programme wraps up an eventful year
The Campus Helsingborg International Student Career Programme, launched in the spring of 2025, consists of a series of events specifically designed to equip international students ...
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2 Dec 2025
International research visit on sustainable consumption
An international visit to the Department of Service Studies, combined with open research seminars on sustainable consumption, sparked conversations and ideas for future collaborati...
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21 Nov 2025
The Hypocrisy of Gender Mainstreaming in Public Administration
Malin Espersson has been conducting ongoing research into how municipalities work with gender mainstreaming. The results show a lack of commitment from management and politicians, ...
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29 Oct 2025
Marthe Nehl "nailed" her dissertation
The 24th of October we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Marthe Nehl nailed her doctors thesis ”Infrastructuring independent cultural pro...
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19 Jun 2025
Graduation ceremony for our Master's students
On the 12th of June, the graduation ceremony for our Master's students was arranged by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the AF-Borgen’s Stora Salen. During the ceremony, below the...
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13 Jun 2025
Idleness: Vice or Virtue? - Tullia Jack receives Formas Explore funding for IDLE Project
On 27 May 2025, Formas announced the results for Explore— a highly competitive open call that supports ground-breaking sustainability research. This year, a mere 83 out of 1,117 su...
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9 Jun 2025
Closing the International Student Career Programme semester with an event on internships
The Campus Helsingborg International Student Career Programme, launched in the spring of 2025, consists of a series of events specifically designed to equip international students ...
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27 May 2025
Festive and solemn at the university's doctoral conferment
On Friday 23 May, the university's major ceremony, the doctoral conferment, took place. During the ceremony in Lund Cathedral, the 239 doctors who have completed their doctoral stu...
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26 May 2025
Sun, studies and student community on a field trip to Estonia
This year's excursion for the students at the department specialising in tourism offered both sunshine and memorable experiences. For the second year in a row, both bachelor and ma...
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9 May 2025
Panel discussion on the textile industry during Sustainability Week
During Sustainability Week at Lund University, students from the Service Management and Strategic Communication master programmes organized a panel discussion during Sustainability...
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14 Apr 2025
How does consumption become circular in a linear world? A new doctoral thesis shows opportunities and obstacles.
On 11 April, Réka Tölg defended her doctoral thesis ‘The (im)possibilities of circular consumption: Producing and performing circular clothing consumption in retail and household s...
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21 Mar 2025
Réka Tölg "nailed" her dissertation
The 21st of March we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Réka Tölg nailed her doctors thesis ”The (im)possibilities of circular consumption...
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21 Feb 2025
Trust and control in guest-host relationships
A new doctoral thesis by Aurimas Pumputis explores how trust and control function between guests and hosts on peer-to-peer platforms like Airbnb. The study focuses on how these rel...
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20 Feb 2025
New EU project in the search for sustainable tourism
Tourism’s impact on local communities and their ecosystems is a continuous challenge. This applies when we travel, but also when we eat, stay overnight and the activities we take p...
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13 Feb 2025
Waste as a Critique - New anthology with Hervé Corvellec
A new anthology explores how waste – in all its forms – can be an unexpected but powerful starting point for understanding and questioning contemporary society. Professor Hervé Cor...
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19 Dec 2024
Paying with cash hurts less for the younger generations
Cash in an envelope is a traditional, appreciated Christmas gift to grand children and young relatives. But does it still feel like paying with real money?