Staff Newsletter

NO 4 2013
Staff Newsletter
20 June 2013
From the Dean
The Faculty’s research day, doctoral degree conferment
ceremony and degree celebrations
Photo: Lund University Image Bank
Dear colleagues,
Here is the spring semester’s last
newsletter with a mixture of news
from different areas. After a very
intensive end of semester, as usual,
work is now settling into a calmer
rhythm. Some colleagues will be
engaged
in
various
different
projects during the summer, such as
the Suffolk Summer School and the
meeting which is being held for the
Brandeis Institute for International
Judges at the end of July. But for
most of us it is time for annual
leave.
The faculty’s research day, the doctoral degree conferment
ceremony and degree celebrations for the law programme and
our Master’s degree programmes were all enjoyable and wellattended events.
A total of 143 newly qualified lawyers took part in the degree
ceremony for the law programme and about 80 for the Master’s
programmes. It was also gratifying to see many of the faculty’s
lecturers at the ceremonies.
A lot of work went into the preparation and execution of the
events. The faculty extends its warmest thanks to all those who
contributed!
The Master’s programme in Maritime Law will be terminated at
the end of the 2012/2013 academic year. The faculty extends
many thanks to all those who were part of the programme, in
particular professor Lars-Göran Malmberg, professor Proshanto
Mukherjee, senior lecturer Abhinayan Basu Bal and doctoral
student Olena Bokareva.
In this issue of the newsletter you
will be able to read about a
Swedish network on labour law, the
Brandeis institute, workshops and
conferences, visits from our various
international cooperation partners,
academic ceremonies and more.
We wish all our colleagues a truly
enjoyable summer!
Deputy head of department Mats Tjernberg admires the procession of faculty
lecturers in the brilliant sunshine.
Photo: Marie Bogdan
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From the Dean, contd.
Traditional image of the
year’s honorary doctors
with their proponents
and the dean
From left: proponent Eva Ryrstedt, honorary doctor Johan Munck, dean Christina
Moëll, honorary doctor Martha Fineman and proponent Titti Mattsson Photo:
Stefan Bengtsson
Lecturers and students
from the Master’s
programme in Maritime
Law at the annual degree
ceremony
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From the Dean, contd.
“Via Eslöv” – Erik Penser handed out travel grants to law students
Travel wherever you like in the world so long as you start in Eslöv.
This is what is set out in the statutes for the”Via Eslöv” travel grant
which was handed out by businessman Erik Penser at the annual
degree ceremony. Erik Penser, honorary member of the Lund
Law Society, is the son of Eslöv lawyer Wilhelm Penser who is the
founder of the Wilhelm Penser Memorial Fund Foundation.
The Lund Law Society administrates the Wilhelm Penser Memorial
Fund, whose travel grant is aimed at students reading law at
Lund University. The grant can be applied for to use for study or
internships abroad. The trip can be for any international
destination but must begin in Eslöv.
This year, students Annika Hammar, Sanna Böris and Jakob
Lindblad got to share a total of SEK 9000 in travel grants from the
Wilhelm Penser Memorial Fund.
From left: Erik Penser and Jakob Lindblad
Photo: Christina Moëll
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From the Dean, contd.
Labour law network
Professor Birgitta Nyström has been awarded SEK 590 000 from
the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) to
continue to take responsibility for the Swedish labour law network
from 2013 to 2016. Congratulations from the faculty!
The labour law network originated in an initiative from the
Department of Law in Umeå at the end of the 1990s. The aim was
for the network to be run by the department’s doctoral students.
Three different networks were set up, three external researchers
were appointed, and Birgitta Nyström from Lund took on
responsibility for the labour law network. Gradually other labour
law researchers expressed an interest in taking part in the
network. As it grew in a spontaneous manner, and as the
National Institute for Working Life in Stockholm was shut down in
2007, Birgitta Nyström, supported by professors Jonas Malmberg
(Uppsala) and Örjan Edström (Umeå) applied for funding from
the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) to
finance the continued activity of the network. The funding was
granted and the network has met approximately once per
semester at one of the universities in the country which conducts
research into labour law. Last year an anthology was published
"Nyström et al. (ed.), Nedslag i den nya arbetsrätten" with the
Liber publishing house, as a result of the network’s meetings and
discussions.
Among others, Ann Numhauser-Henning, Niklas
Selberg and Birgitta Nyström contributed to the anthology. Now
new funding has been granted by FAS to allow the network to
continue at least until 2016.
New appointments in the research community
Professor Titti Mattsson has been elected as a new member of
the Fahlbeck Foundation. Titti Mattsson succeeds professor LarsGöran Malmberg who asked to be relieved of his duties as a
member in the foundation.
At its meeting on 29 May, the faculty board decided to invite
professor Rosemary Rayfuse, University of New South Wales, as a
Conjoint Professor at the faculty for a further three years, i.e. for
the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2016. Rosemary has been
Conjoint Professor at the faculty for the period from 15 December
2010 to 30 June 2013 and assisted in building up a research
environment in international environmental law. During the next
three years, she will be taking part in a research project in
international environmental law which is funded by a grant
obtained by substitute senior lecturer Sanja Bogojevic from the
Ragnar Söderberg Foundation.
New funds awarded by
FAS for the network to
continue
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From the Dean, contd.
Brandeis Institute for International Judges to meet in Lund
The Brandeis Institute for International Judges (BIIJ) will be
meeting in Lund from 28 July to 1 August. The overall theme for
the 2013 meeting is ”The International Rule of Law in a Human
Rights Era”. The meeting is being organised in cooperation by
the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and the Faculty of Law.
BIIJ is a forum for judges in international courts around the
world. The institute meets on a regular basis, approximately
every eighteen months. The aim of the meetings is to create an
opportunity for the judges to meet under relatively informal
conditions to discuss important questions of principle of both a
theoretical and a practical nature. The sessions are not open to
the public but lecturers and researchers at the faculty who are
interested in following the discussions can contact Rolf Ring at
the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.
The meeting will conclude with a public panel debate on the
theme of “Freedom of Expression and its Limits”. The debate will
take place on Wednesday 31 July at 13:00. A special invitation
will be sent out shortly.
The faculty’s doctoral students Evgenia Pavlovskaia, Matthew
Scott and Britta Sjöstedt have been appointed as rapporteurs
for the various sessions.
More detailed information on the Brandeis Institute for
International Judges is available on the institute’s homepage:
http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/internationaljustice/biij/
Christina Moëll
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Research reports
The Law and Vulnerabilities research environment organised an international
workshop
On 14-15 June, Law and Vulnerabilities organised an international and
interdisciplinary conference at Juridicum on the theme of Privatisation,
Globalisation and Social Responsibility. Around fifty researchers from just over
thirty countries and four continents gathered to present and discuss their
research. The subjects that were addressed were the effects of different types of
privatisation on institutions, individuals, culture, welfare policy and government
measures. An anthology will be published in 2014.
Moderator Martha Fineman together with Atieno Mboya Samandari, Martha McCluskey and Ronit
Kedar.
Photo: Sarah Södergren
Titti Mattsson
The Norma programme took part in an international labour law conference
The Labour Law Research Network (LLRN, see www.labourlawresearch.net) –
which gathers around thirty labour law research centres from all over the world,
including the Norma programme here at the faculty – held its opening
conference in Barcelona between 13 and 15 June. Attendance was excellent
and the programme was ambitious and multifaceted. Several Norma members,
such as former visiting professors Silvana Sciarra and Judy Fudge, contributed
actively. Among other things, the Norma members organised sessions and
presented papers, establishing important labour law research contacts for the
future.
Mia Rönnmar
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Internationalisation report
On 27 May, the faculty hosted a visiting delegation from our partner university in
Beijing, the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL). The delegation
was led by the vice president of CUPL and the vice dean of their Law school.
The visit gave us the opportunity to evaluate and develop the cooperation we
have had since 2011 when we formalised our collaboration in an agreement.
Our students are very satisfied with their exchange experiences in China and
we have now also started an exchange programme at the research level.
Front row from left: Vice President Zhang Guilin, CUPL, dean Christina Moëll, Vice Dean of Law
School, Jiao Hongchang, CUPL, Vice Director of the Office of International Cooperation and
Exchange Wang Fuping, CUPL
Back rom from left: study advisor Louise Hultqvist, senior lecturer Ulf Maunsbach, Director of
Development Planning and Disciplines Construction Office, Yang Yang, CUPL, reader Bengt Lundell
Photo: Stefan Bengtsson
Birgitta Nyström has recently received a grant of EUR 13 485 from the China EU
School of Law for a labour law research project. Congratulations!
At the end of May, a delegation from the University of Leiden led by its Deputy
Vice Chancellor visited Lund University. The University of Leiden is one of the
member universities in LERU – League of European Research Universities
(http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/home/), of which Lund University is also
a member. Pro dean Dr Pauline Schuyt represented the Faculty of Law
(http://law.leiden.edu/). One of the discussion points concerned the now
popular MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses. Leiden offers a MOOC in
European Law (https://www.coursera.org/#course/introeulaw). I presented our
internet courses and immediately received praise for the structure and
implementation of our online courses. Our Deputy Vice Chancellor is planning a
return visit to Leiden in the autumn. If you are interested in any form of contact
with colleagues in Leiden or if you already have contacts, you are welcome to
get in touch with me.
Katarina Olsson
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From the faculty office
Administrators from Oslo visit Lund
On 13 June, some of the faculty administrators had the pleasure of meeting
a number of administrators from the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo
who were on a half-day study visit to us. We got the opportunity to
exchange experiences on various study programmes, internationalisation,
research funding, study administration and recruitment.
From left: head of division Eva Dobos, principal consultant Ørnulf Kristiansen, principal
consultant Siri Eriksen, senior consultant Gro Halvorsen, advisor Bodil Silset and head of office Eli
Knotten
Photo: Stefan Bengtsson
Deadline for applications for review for promotion to higher positions is 31
October
Lecturers who are employed until further notice at the Faculty of Law and
who wish to apply for promotion to a higher position must, in compliance
with the University’s new appointment rules, apply to the faculty board for
review as a first step towards a potential promotion. An application for
review is to be submitted to the board at the latest by 31 October the year
before the applicant intends to apply to be considered for promotion. The
application should clearly state in which subject the applicant would like to
be promoted. Decisions on the chosen subject should take into account the
current strategic plan for the Faculty of Law and the subjects for which the
faculty board has established that research studies will be offered at the
faculty.
More information on what an application for review is to cover is available in
the rules of procedure.
Helena Josefsson
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The new management of the Law
Students’ Union
Omar Khalil and Marcus Lindström are the two students who will be working
full-time at the Law Students’ Union next year. Omar Khalil will be the chair
and will attend faculty board meetings as well as the first and second cycle
programmes board. Omar Khalil has just completed his seventh semester.
Marcus Lindström will be deputy chair and will mainly deal with the union’s
internal activities and its contacts with business and industry. Marcus
Lindström completed his sixth semester in the spring.
From left: Marcus Lindström and Omar Khalil
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Staff news
Ewa Gustafsson has been appointed as a reader in public law.
Vilhelm Persson has been appointed as a senior lecturer in constitutional law as of 1 July.
Three new doctoral students have been appointed and admitted to the PhD
programme:
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Lisa Kerker starting on 2 August (public law)
Letizia Lo Giacco starting on 30 September (international law)
Eleni Karageorgiou starting on 26 August (international law in the migration
law environment)
Björn Lundqvist is appointed as a senior lecturer in legal science as of 1 September 2013.
Kristian Gustafsson is appointed as a lecturer as of 1 September 2013.
Jens Lidén was appointed as a project assistant to work on the project "Flexicurity – a
study of Swedish employment regulations in a comparative light" on 3 June 2013.
Martina Vivlund was appointed as a project assistant to work on the project for the
introduction of research information systems as of 2 June 2013.
Maria Linnér is appointed as an administrative assistant to work on the research project
"Elder law – a research environment on active ageing, social integration and the legal
status of the elderly " as of 2 September 2013.
Maja Rudling is appointed as a project assistant to work on the research project "Accessoriented law enforcement " as of 1 July 2013.
Annika Bergstedt, Malin Enockson, Kajsa Hultman are appointed as administrative
assistants with work duties within study administration as of August 2013.
Lana Goral’s appointment as administrative assistant ends on 1 August 2013.
Important dates
Olena Bokareva’s final seminar in civil law
13 Sept. at 10:15
Elisabeth Eneroth’s final seminar in social law
7 Oct. at 10:15