There is also a new professorship of international economics and enterprise, focusing on East and Southeast Asia. Research in information processing comprises theories and methods for developing, using, and evaluating computer-aided information, for example, in administration and business. International economics and economic development are vigorous research areas at the Department of Economics. Researchers follow and compare economic processes in countries with varying conditions, such as the former colonies in Africa and countries in Asia. Research in public economy has focused on the Swedish welfare state and mapped the effects of different reforms of economic policy, e.g. changes in taxation, the pension system, public assistance, and education.
Finance is a relatively new and expansive field which is attracting many students.
Research into the economic conditions of women has received greater emphasis with the appointment, in Lund, of Sweden's first professorship of economics with a concentration on women's studies. The attractiveness of research in business administration is illustrated by the fact that several professorships here are externally financed. The research deals both with purely economic subjects such as accounting and economic management, and with strategic planning and the culture of organizations. Recent research programmes embrace areas such as growth, trade marks, and food distribution. Every year over 300 Lund students receive part of their education at foreign universities, and almost as many foreign students come to the School of Economics and Management to take courses given in English.