Access to Justice and Civil Society: A Comparative Analysis

Research projects addressing Good administration, openness and data protection as fundamental rights and The principle of legality in the Europeanized part of Swedish administrative law.

A legal doctrinal study (PhD project) with the overarching aim to analyze legal aspects of the use of algorithms in the employment context in relation to co-determination and the employer’s decision-making. 

PhD project about the relationship between contractual and non-contractual rules of liability, sometimes referred to as “concurrent liability” in contract and tort.

Research project that leading to a monograph describing an overall theoretical framework for structuring and evaluating legislative processes and their outcomes. The project, awarded to RJ Sabbatical, is based on several feasibility studies and case studies that have taken place over the last 5 years.

The Swedish labour law model with its characteristics – an extremely high collective agreement coverage without government intervention and independent trade unions and employers’ organizations – has been well suited to handle rapid development and change. The model has long delivered both economic growth and good employment conditions.

This postdoctoral project, funded by the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation, examines which law should be applied when legislation is changed during an ongoing administrative process.

In-depth study of the various contractual provisions and legal rules that govern the scope of property insurance, business interruption insurance and liability insurance for companies.

International project with the purpose to develop a new interdisciplinary field of scholarship called “legal conservation”.

The PhD project Criminal justice for Children in Conflict with the law investigates the Swedish criminal procedural system that handles offenders below the age of 15.

Does depriving individuals of their citizenship, based on national security grounds, comply with EU and international law on human rights?

The Commentary on the Law of the International Criminal Court (CLICC) provides a provision-by-provision analysis of the Rome Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’).

PhD project in Crimal Law which aims to contribute with a detailed research concerning how Swedish criminal law consent is constructed, what ideas it is based on and what problems there is with the legal construction as it is used today.

PhD Project that aimes to examine how the aforesaid creditor groups is to be classified under the law and thereby find a legal foundation for the various group creditors’ internal legal relationship.

PhD research project that examines how states conceptualize torture in incorporating the crime in national legislation and the resulting effect on national prosecutions and redress for torture survivors, with a focus on European countries.

Project that have been awarded funding from the Area Committee for Humanities, Stockholm University, call for proposals to promote new research and education collaborations in profile areas.

New data-driven solutions have the potential to improve the situation for co-morbid elderly people. In this project we identify, analyze and pilot test such innovative data-driven solutions for elderly by supporting collaboration between care providers.

Interdisciplinary project that has received funding from the Swedish Research Council for research on the regulation concerning decision-making for children in health care.

This project is aimed at elderly with multiple illnesses. We identify and design innovative services, based on data-driven solutions. The goal is to proactively prevent mistreatment in health care and re-enrollment in advanced hospital care.

Research project that examines to what extent and how international law influences states’ decision-making and actual behaviour when it comes to the use of force.

The central questions examined in this PhD Research Project are the scope for what actions State agents can take in times of crises, and whether or not constitutional necessity can be used as a legal ground for acting outside of the constitution.

Some thoughts on the different systematic approaches on how to administer applications for exoneration in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

- Balancing efficacy, efficiency, and legitimacy of arbitration.

Doctoral thesis study on how the controversial relationship between the prohibition of discrimination and equality-enhancing affirmative action measures has developed in Swedish discrimination legislation. Full title is: (Un)equal treatment – Equality enhancing measures and equal treatmemt in the genealogy of Swedish discrimination legislation.

The book that is to be the result of the project, Equality Law, volume 68 in the Scandinavian Studies in Law series, addresses equality from different perspectives. In total, over 15 researchers will contribute to the collection.

This project addresses fundamental ethical and legal challenges that AI technologies bring to learning and teaching in higher education. It will provide knowledge about how to conceptually and empirically approach these challenges, but most importantly: How to deal with ethical issues in practice.

On 27th and 28th September 2007 a commission formed on the initiative of Professor Paul Krüger Andersen and Professor Theodor Baums in Aarhus, Denmark. The aim was to bring together prominent professors, each of whom could represent the various EU Member States, to draft a "European Model Company Act" (EMCA).

The goal of thid cross-disciplinary collaboration is to design and implement a novel data management and analytics framework for medical data sources. The focus is on explainable machine learning methods as well as on legal and ethical aspects of the predictive models.

PhD project that aims to examine constructions of family, family life and human relationships in legal regulation and application.

The transdisciplinary FORCE project will identify the most effective management actions for reversing biodiversity loss and increasing resilience to climate change of the Baltic Sea coast.

PhD project about the freedom of expression in armed conflicts, in an increasingly digital world.

– participation, decision-making and responsibility in an uncertain medico-legal landscape.

States’ Practices of Human Rights Justifications: A study in civil society engagement and human rights through the lens of gender and intersectionality

The IMAGINE research project, on the management of marine landscapes, ran until 2020 with funding from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.

How can the preconditions for more people to be able to live in socially sustainable housing communities be improved? - What does the scientific literature say about potential initiators, collaborators and legal conditions?

In this PhD Research Project, Sara Göthlin investigates the enforceability of agreements between creditors that purport to create a ranking between them in relation to the same debtor or debtors, that is more granular than, and/or deviates from, what would follow from mandatory law on priorities in bankruptcy.

Research project that aims to examine the interaction between Swedish national criminal law and international law in Swedish courts, regarding cases of so-called international crimes.

PhD project that examines whether and how international legal norms – including those that concern security and stability, democracy and inclusion – shape the process and content of constitutional change after armed conflict.

Project about Legal Values and Civic Virtues under Computer-Optimized Economic Output.

Research project that has been awarded funding in the Swedish Energy Agency's call for research on human, energy system and society (MESAM), which aims to contribute a diversity of perspectives on energy and climate issues.

The project is part of Stockholm University's interdisciplinary network of young Baltic Sea researchers - Baltic Sea Fellows. This initiative is a development of the governmental funding of strategic research areas (SFO).

PhD project about the fundamental rights of legal entities in Swedish constitutional law.

Research projects that aim to study legal implications for societal coercive measures in order to inhibit the spread of covid-19 and how these relates to the fundamental freedoms of certain patient groups.

PhD project that aims to examine legal information retrieval, the concept of legal information within the framework of the doctrine of legal sources and the information-seeking behavior of lawyers.

Research project in environmental law that was granted funding within FORMAS 'call "Community planning for change", which aims to support projects that will provide knowledge and solutions to develop Swedish community planning so that it creates conditions for transition to sustainable societies.

PhD Research Project about the right to compensation and liability for damages caused by processing of personal data.

PhD project that aims to examine migrants' access to employment and labour law protection in Sweden.

Two thousand children and youth in eight municipalities will be subject to a prospective, longitudinal study of their trajectory through the child welfare system for six years. The study is conducted by an interdisciplinary research team with academic competence in social work, sociology, law and criminology, collaborating with FoU-Nordväst.

An interdisciplinary research project that have analysed how county councils and municipalities apply the rules on biotope protection and species protection when examining exemptions.

In this project, all aspects of the EU data protection regime are explored in the context of electronic commerce.

Investigating the Appropriateness of Current Legislation for Mutual Insurance Companies

Research project that investigates the link between new technologies and optimal operation of buildings. The aim is to create better conditions for the optimal operation of smart buildings.

The central questions examined in this PhD Research Project are the issue of parental responsibility's legal meaning and boundaries.

PhD project that explores the different legal and economic mechanisms that make patents a ”thing”, with a particular emphasis on essential medicines.

Path2Integrity is a European project – funded by the European Commission – that raises awareness about research integrity and educates on how to argue in favour of responsible research and reliable research results.

PhD project that examines the concept of penalty value (Sw. straffvärde), which is central for Swedish sentencing law.

The aim of the research project is to analyse the extent to which representatives of legal persons who have been made personally liable for the legal persons’ unpaid taxes and fees have rights to recourse against others.

The aim of the project is to study the historical development of the doctrine of the “Rechtsstaat” with the help of the juxtaposition power – justice.

Dissertation project in general private law comparing elements of contract law in different legal systems.

PhD project that aims to examine provocation as a mitigating circumstance in assessments of intentional homicide and assault in Swedish criminal law.

Doctoral project about public and private in the legal system and how this systematic distinction has evolved.

- A Comparative Study At the Example of the 2019-2020 Corona virus pandemic

A doctoral thesis exploring how participatory democracy is reinforced through consultations at both the EU and national levels, with Sweden as a case study.

Research project within DDLS and WASP-HS which aim to investigate how the implementation of AI can be promoted in healthcare, and what ethical and legal aspects such implementation should take into account.

What are the regulatory challenges when designing new systems for waste management? The topic will be explored in this research project. Our aim is to expand the understanding of interactions between environmental sustainability, local regulations and digital innovation.

The project aims to analyze to what extent personal relationships:

The overall aims of this study are to consider and analyse the legal coordination between company names and trade marks, and to examine the extent to which this complies with the EU harmonized trade mark law.

Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a technological upheaval with the potential to transform human society and is increasingly viewed by states and international organizations as an area of strategic importance.

Research project in criminal law that aims to analyse the Swedish statutory law on rape and what areas of attrition that are present in the current regulation.

The main purpose of this project (written in Swedish) is to analyse and discuss the current Swedish criminal law and policy discourse.

PhD project that aims to examine the historical development of Swedish legislative materials, from the perspective of the legislator, the judge and the legal scientist.

PhD project about the responsibility for the public to secure that individuals have access to adequate housing.

Research project within the framework of the interdisciplinary initiative on the theme of Children, Migration and Integration, which has been granted funding by the Rector of Stockholm University.

Dissertation project aimed at examining the relationship between the two legal principles (qui iure and sic utere) which are usually considered to define 1. territorial state sovereignty and 2. the limits to this sovereignty imposed by the international law of borders.

Doctoral Thesis that exploring the nuances of uniformity argumentation in relation to the Supreme Court.

- what protection is given to contract employees in the municipal sector?

– particularly about the role as plaintiff in Swedish criminal proceedings.

Two-year postdoctoral project aiming to study the constitutional right of citizens "to participate in the democratic life of the Union", what it means and how it is realized in practice.

Normative and practical reflections on remedies for overturning wrongful convictions

A legal analysis on the compatibility of transfer pricing measures with the GATT and the GATS

The purpose of the project is to develop a sustainable theory of equality for children and contribute to making children's voices heard on an international level with case studies from Sweden and the UK.

PhD Project that is a part of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie Action project visuAAL - Privacy-Aware and Acceptable Video-Based Technologies and Services for Active and Assisted Living.

PhD Project that is a part of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie Action project visuAAL - Privacy-Aware and Acceptable Video-Based Technologies and Services for Active and Assisted Living.

The project "Who decides on a child's health care? An interdisciplinary study on the child's right to participation in decisions concerning care and treatment" explores how the interaction between children, custodians and health care staff affects children's right to participation, determination and integrity in their own health care.

A real estate law study over the relationship between the ownership rights and the protection of nature.

Interdisciplinary project studying the conditions for women working in the Swedish film industry, funded by Riksbankens jubileumsfond.