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1 Jun 2026
Time to celebrate our new doctors
On 29 May, 290 doctoral graduates and 16 honorary doctors were conferred in hats and wreaths during Lund University’s grand ceremony, the doctoral degree conferment ceremony. Four ...
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28 May 2026
Putting the user at the centre is harder than expected
What obstacles stand in the way of user-centred working, and what is needed to succeed? Many organisations want to adopt a user-centred approach, but a new doctoral thesis shows th...
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26 May 2026
The reason we live alone – and what it means for the environment and community
Sustainability researcher Tullia Jack has interviewed people living alone about why they do so. A common thread among many of them was that living alone had not been an active choi...
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18 May 2026
A sneak peek of Campus Helsingborg
11th of May Lund University had the pleasure of welcoming prospective and admitted students to explore our campus, meet our community, and learn what it’s like to study at one of E...
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30 Apr 2026
Annabell Merkel nailed her thesis
Annabell Merkel is one step closer to her PhD after completing her thesis nailing ceremony. She has written a thesis entitled ‘Valorising seaweed: Novel food valuation in everyday ...
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29 Apr 2026
Student challenge with the goal of improving Helsingborg city center
On 23-24 April, this year's edition of the Retail and Wholesale Challenge took place, a competition where university students get to take on a sharp case from the business world. T...
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15 Apr 2026
Swedens communal laundry room save resources (and tenants money)
In a article in The Conversation, Associate Professor Tullia Jack argues that Sweden’s communal laundry rooms (laundry rooms in apartment blocks) protect tenants from rising energy...
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10 Apr 2026
Nailing ceremony for Pernilla Danielsson
Doctoral student Pernilla Danielsson has written a thesis entitled ‘User Orientation in Welfare Services: Challenges from a Public Service Logic Perspective’. On April 9, the thesi...
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8 Apr 2026
How is leadership enacted? New thesis examines leadership in everyday situations
What constitutes leadership? The idea of leadership is often that of a strong individual offering positive solutions and heroic deeds. But this is difficult to demonstrate in every...
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18 Mar 2026
Reflecting, learning and moving forward: CARE partners meet in Helsingborg
On 5–6 March 2026, the CARE consortium gathered in Helsingborg, Sweden, for its General Project Meeting. Bringing together partners from across Europe, the meeting marked an import...
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2 Mar 2026
Marcus Persson "nailed" his dissertation
A new thesis in Service Studies has been completed at the department. Marcus Persson has written "How is leadership enacted?: Sacralization in everyday interactions at a care and e...
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16 Feb 2026
This is research at the department of Service Studies
The research at the department of Service Studies takes its starting point in current societal problems where the service sector is in focus. It questions, provides new perspective...
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6 Feb 2026
Strategic initiative 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...