Overview

About the programme

Research at the Department of Sociology is mainly theory-based empirical research with a clear connection to the surrounding community. Researchers at the department carry a long tradition of bridging the breakdown in "theory" and "empirical".

The research at Uppsala University covers key social phenomena such as identity, policy, social, and value. In doing so also issues of ontology and epistemology are brought into question.

Research areas represented by researchers and graduate students are: children's vulnerability, economic sociology, disability, organizational sociology, theory development, social gerontology, social psychology, and Urban Research.

Programme Structure

Research groups include:

Welfare Research Group:

Focusing on inequality, health & social care and critical studies, this group’s research is conducted in a range of national and international settings, and adopts various theoretical and methodological standpoints.

Cultural Matters Group (CMG):

Cultural sociology is a broad international field, and holds at its heart a belief that culture as a system of meaning, materiality and practice is a sphere and a force that should be studied in its own right.

Emotion – Justice – Interaction (EmoJI):

This research group engages in three themes that are central to social science research: Emotion, Justice, and Interaction.
The research group aims to promote and conduct research on these themes separately and in conjunction, theoretically, empirically and methodologically.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

Prospective doctoral students apply for vacancies.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Sociology View 17 other PhDs in Sociology in Sweden

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Other requirements

General requirements

A person meets the general entry requirements for PhD Programmes if he or she:

has been awarded a second-cycle qualification;
has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle; or
has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.

PhD programmes are free of charge in Sweden, regardless of citizenship.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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