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New guest professor forced to leave Hungary by illiberal policies

A scholar who was plagued by death threats and was accused of being a “termite eating the roots of the Hungarian nation” has currently found sanctuary as a guest professor at Malmö University.

The number of applicants to Malmö University is increasing

More people want to study at Swedish universities this autumn. Across the country, the number of applicants increased by 8 per cent compared to the same period last year. Malmö University’s increase stood at 6.4 per cent. Nursing is the most popular...

Recruiters selected non-White applicants in experimental study

Recruiters mainly chose to proceed with Black female applicants in a fictitious employment situation in a study at Malmö University. The researchers believe that the Black Lives Matter movement has increased awareness, and also affected perceptions of...

Halloween – not as death obsessed as you might think

Halloween is celebrated in many places, but the holiday has not always been about death. Manon Hedenborg White, associate professor of history of religions, explains how it came to be the trick-or-treating, pumpkin-carving holiday that it is today.

American right-wing extremists both praise Sweden and use it as a whipping boy

Sweden has a concerning position as a punching bag for American right-wing extremists – often cheered on by Swedes with a shared set of beliefs. But when it suits their agenda, the same forces highlight Sweden as a positive role model, new research at...