108 PhD programmes in Social Sciences in Sweden
Peace and Conflict Research
The primary goal of at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University is to understand the causes and dynamics of peace and conflict.
Psychology
Psychology at Linköping University deals with the scientific study of people's perceptions, experiences and behaviours, and psychological research can be conducted in both naturalistic and experimental situations.
Physical Geography
Physical Geography at Stockholm University is a wide-ranging scientific field dealing with the diverse physical and biological features of Earth, their characteristics, processes, patterns and interactions with humans.
Archaeology
Doctoral education in Archaeology at Umea University involves four years of full-time study, which includes a number of courses and a thesis.
Ethnic and Migration Studies
The postgraduate education program in Ethnic and Migration Studies at Linköping University focuses on issues of international migration and ethnic relations, both from a Swedish and a global perspective
Gender Studies
Our Gender Studies research at Linköping University is wide-ranging, stemming from questions about identity and difference, nature and culture, and politics and the body.
Technology Management and Economics
Do you want to study a doctoral program that is interdisciplinary and where you as a doctoral student address issues that are relevant to both academia and industry? Then you should apply to the graduate school Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology which includes both economic, organizational and social aspects of technology and technology use.
Peace and Development Research
The PhD Programme in Peace and Development Research at the University of Gothenburg aims to develop knowledge and skills that enable independent and professional research, and to contribute to the research field through a doctoral dissertation.
Economics
Economics PhD students at the University of Gothenburg are taught and supervised by professors in a wide range of fields, including: labor economics, environmental economics, behavioral economics, development economics, finance, econometrics, and micro theory.
Sociology
Sociology at Lund University is a discipline analysing social relations and processes ranging from global and historical transformations to everyday relations, life history and formation of identities at an individual level.
Working Environment
The Working Environment research at Lund University is often a part of multidisciplinary research programmes with participants primarily from engineering, medicine, and/or social sciences/behavioural science.
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
The doctoral programme in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at Stockholm University consists of regionally focused multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary area studies with focus on one or several of the language and culture areas of the Middle East and North Africa.
Slavic Languages
The objective of doctoral education in Slavic Languages at the University of Gothenburg is partly to provide in-depth knowledge within the respective language area and partly to provide the skills in research methodology that are required in order to carry out a major research task and report the results in a thesis.
Political Science
The Department of Political Science at the Umea University offers a PhD in political science.
International Relations
The doctoral research programme at the Department of Economic History and International Relations at Stockholm University provides you with a fruitful research environment, world-class supervision, as well as theoretical and methodological training to set you up to become the next leader in your field.
Human Work Science
Human Work Science at Luleå University of Technology includes research on work environment, technology and production systems, work organization, and/or other social processes from humans’ conditions and needs in order to create safe and attractive work and socially sustainable development in working life, industry and society.
Sociology
Research at the Department of Sociology at Uppsala University covers a broad range of areas and approaches. This variety in theoretical and methodological perspectives has helped to produce a vivid and creative research environment.
Learning, Communication and IT
The Learning, Communication and IT area at the University of Gothenburg covers how IT changes the conditions for and creates opportunities for learning and communication in different contexts such as school, work life and leisure.
Psychology
Psychology is the science of experiences and behaviors. Interest is focused on various aspects of human interaction with the outside world. This programme is offered at Stockholm University.
Sociology - Working Life
Work plays a central role in most people's lives and is therefore an important area of sociological research. This Sociology - Working Life programme is offered at Linköping University.