Overview
About the department
Our Sociology and Work Science research programmes at the University of Gothenburg cover the labour market and working life, occupations, family, children, older people and social welfare. Civil society and social movement research is another important area.
Research in the field of criminology and the sociology of law covers subjects including the police and gang formation, homelessness, public safety and financial crime. Researchers at the Department are also studying the connections between sustainable development, environmental policy, and advances in transport and energy technology.
Evolving research areas include economic sociology and political sociology accompanied by burgeoning fields of research centring around governance and globalisation. Additionally, gender and class are pervasive themes in all the research undertaken at the Department.
Programme Structure
Research areas include:- Civil Society, Social Movement and Resistance Research
- Criminology and the Sociology of Law
- Digitalization
- Environmental sociology
- Feminist Sociology
- Governance
- Migration and Ethnicity
- Organisations and Leadership
- Science and Technology Studies (STS)
- Welfare and Living Conditions
- Working Life Research
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Prospective doctoral students apply for vacancies.
Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Sociology View 17 other PhDs in Sociology in SwedenAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A person meets the general entry requirements if he or she has been awarded a second-cycle qualification, or has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle.
Tuition Fee
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International
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months. -
EU/EEA
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.
- PhD students do not pay tuition fees.
Living costs for Göteborg
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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