Politics and Development Studies research group
Studying political aspects of development of special relevance for low- and middle-income countries
On this page, the Politics and Development Studies research group is presented, including the conveners, researchers in the group, publications within the group, upcoming seminars, related education, and doctoral studies.
About the group
Politics and development research at the department deals with matters of democratization, political regimes, political economy, political participation, civil society, human rights, nationalism, ethnicity and gender.
The group is interested in the linkages between global and local policy and governance processes, authoritarian regimes and democratization, conflict resolution and peace processes.
The research concerns the diffusion of norms and ideas, and the confrontation between modernity, tradition, secularization, religion and identities.
Empirical research includes development cooperation, international organisations, transnational activism, migration, peacebuilding, women’s empowerment, labour rights/decent work, sustainable development, corruption and global health. Geographically the research covers parts of Asia, Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and Western Balkan.
If you would like to join the group's mailing list, contact the conveners listed below.
Anders Uhlin
E-mail: anders [dot] uhlin [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (anders[dot]uhlin[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se)
See the members' personal pages by clicking on each name under the heading 'Researchers in the group' or visit Department of Political Science - Research output - Lund University
Researchers in the group teach and supervise several courses and programmes relevant for development studies.
- Political Science: Politics of Development, Global Governance and Democracy, International Political Economy, Democratization, Transnationalism, Migration and Politics of Diaspora, War and Peace in a World in Transition. Please see Freestanding courses for current courses.
- Peace and conflict studies: Development, Democratisation and Peacebuilding. Learn more about Peace and conflict studies.
- LUMID (Lund University Master Programme in International Development and Management). Learn more at lumid.lu.se.
- Master of Science in Development Studies. Learn more on Graduate School's website.
- Master Programme in Asian Studies. Learn more at ace.lu.se.
- Bachelor Programme in Development Studies, BIDS
Several doctoral students work with dissertation topics within the area of development studies.
23 September 2024 12:15 to 13:30 | Location: Large Conference Room, Eden (Ed 367)
(Jointly organized with the Environmental Politics research group)
21-23 October
Development Research Conference, Lund University
Please see conference website for program and registration:
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024
Tuesday 19 November, 12.00-13.00 in Eden 367
Adea Gafuri (Swedish Institute of International Affairs): Does it Matter to Politicians Where Foreign Aid Comes From? An Experimental Test with Elites
(Jointly organized with the Comparative Politics research group)
Monday 9 December, 12.00-12.30 in Eden 367
Joint discussion on positionality in reflective research, based on the recent ISQ-article "Positionality Statements as a Function of Coloniality: Interrogating Reflexive Methodologies" (Gani and Khan, 2024).
Link to the article: https://academic.oup.com/isq/article/68/2/sqae038/7642608
(Jointy organized with the Peace and International Politics and the Gender and Politics research groups)
Please also note the many interesting Development Lunch Seminars organized by the Development Research School:
https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/development-lunch-seminars
7 September 2023 12:00 to 13:00
21 September 2023 13.15 to 15.00
28 September 2023 12:00 to 13:00
Research group seminars
In the shared calendar on our English internal website, you can see all the internal seminars of the research groups.