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Lund University student John Andersson receives the 2026 Vinge Scholarship for his thesis in arbitration law

 John Andersson and Jerker Källander, Vinge. Photo.
John Andersson and lawyer Jerker Källander, Vinge. Photo: Stefan Bengtsson

LL.M. John Andersson, who graduated from the Law programme at Lund University in the autumn semester of 2025, is one of the recipients of the 2026 Vinge Scholarship.

His thesis is entitled Arbitration agreements, "third parties" and step-in clauses – On the scope of the obligation to arbitrate and its legal basis. The scholarship amount for 2026 is SEK 23,500. The award was presented at the graduation ceremony in Lund on 12 June 2026.

Each year, Vinge recognises outstanding degree projects at Sweden’s law schools through the Vinge Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to law students who have written the year’s most distinguished theses of relevance to business law.

John’s thesis was supervised by Lotta Maunsbach.

John’s thesis is available from the Faculty of Law Library.

John’s thesis can also be found in the Faculty of Law’s thesis database.