PUFENDORF IAS | The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies

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Welcome to Pufendorf & Friends – Christmas Edition

15 December 16.00 - 18.00

Calls for applications to Themes and Advanced Study Groups 2023 are now open

Researchers at Lund University are now welcome to apply for Themes and Advanced Study Groups

Advancing interdisciplinary teamwork, for better answers and cutting-edge science

Our Themes

Read about our Themes and their work at the institute

Our Advanced Study Groups

Read about our Advanced Study Groups and find our more about how they work

Who we are and what we do

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News

smart watch. Photo.

8 Dec 2022 | News

Smart technical solutions and a sustainable tax system: two focus areas for the institute's new Advanced Study Groups

In the spring, the institute welcomes two new Advanced Study Groups. The ASG "The Seamless Life" studies experiences and visions of a data-driven life, while the ASG Digi-Tax focuses on how to design a sustainable and legitimate tax system that finances our future welfare.

Aysegül Sirakaya and Torsten Krause. Photo.

1 Dec 2022 | News

Aysegül Sirakaya and Torsten Krause ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15)

The upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal will feature many discussions on the fairness and equity between those who provide biodiversity and those who utilise them. In an article published on lu.se, Aysegül Sirakaya and Torsten Krause, two of the members of the Pufendorf IAS Advan...

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17 Oct 2022 | News

The Pufendorf IAS calls for applications are now open.

The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of research. Admitted groups work in so-called Themes or Advanced Study Groups (ASG). Researchers at Lund University...

wildfires in Turkey 2021

13 Sep 2022 | News

Photographs from a world on fire

Wildfires have ravaged many parts of the world this summer, threatening thousands of households and lives. In a new photographic exhibition, scholars from Lund University explore different aspects of wildfires in the Anthropocene. The photographs are snapshots of wildfires or their aftermaths from v...

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15 Jun 2022 | News

The Institute has been appointed a European Physical Society’s (EPS) Historic Site

The European Physical Society’s (EPS) committee for Historic Sites has appointed Gamla Fysicum, currently the Pufendorf IAS, as an EPS Historic Site.

Events and activities at the institute

See the calendar on our Swedish website for updates on ongoing and future events