Research

Welcome to our research pages!

Here you will find information about our research, our researchers and their publications.

Our research

Read more about the research subjects at our department, our research groups and research projects, and find the publications that we produce.

Our publications

Find our researchers' publications in the DiVA database. Get the latest ones by default.

Jonas Olofsson in the olfaction lab. Photo: Niklas Björling/Stockholm University

Our research projects

Research is done in larger or smaller research programs or projects. Here you can read more about some of them.

Researchers from the Division of personality, social- and developmental psychology.

Our research groups

Research is conducted within larger och smaller groups of researchers. Here you can read more about some of them.

Couples therapy. Photo: SHVETS production från Pexels.

Our research subjects

This is where you will find information about our fields of study and our research divisions.

Stress Research Institute

Research on Sleep & alertness, Epidemiology and Psychoneuroimmunology.

In the Sleep lab. Photo: Jens Olof Lasthein

Stockholm University Psychology Clinic

An on site clinic with research about psychological treatment, diagnostics and professional didactics.

Therapy session at the clinic (arranged photo)

Our publications

Find our researchers' publications in the DiVA database. Get the latest ones by default.

SUBIC

Advanced multidisciplinary infrastructure dedicated to experimental academic research on brain function and structure.

Foto:Jens Olof Lasthein/Stockholms universitet

News

2025-01-13

Department of Psychology

How to survive winter by hacking your light habits

Light truly conquers darkness. Associate Professor Arne Lowden writes in The Conversation about how outdoor walks and artificial light can enhance your well-being and help prevent depression during the long, dark winter.

2024-10-03

Department of Psychology

New research and methodology to measure morality

In his thesis, Erik Forsberg examines basic moral psychology and related questionnaires. He has also developed a new software, D3mirt, which provides a more detailed and visual picture of how moral values can be measured.

Psychology and Human Behaviour Worldviews, Ethics and Philosophy

2024-10-03

Department of Psychology

Nature as a mental health resource

In his doctoral thesis, Yannick Klein has investigated the relationship between nature exposure and mental health in adults in Sweden, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. His studies shows that both active and passive exposure to nature have positive effects on mental health.

The cover of Yannick Klein's dissertation. A painted city view surrounded by water and trees.

Corona Research Health and Living Conditions Climate and Environment

2024-08-22

Department of Psychology

Pehr Granqvist, the sixth Eneroth Professor of Psychology since 1937

The origin of the Department of Psychology is to be found in the inauguration of the Olof Eneroth professorship at Stockholm University College in 1937. In 2024, Professor Pehr Granqvist was appointed the sixth holder of this title. Below is his informal inaugural address, where he is also announcing the Eneroth Lectures.

Professor Granqvist receiving the William James Award in 2023. Photo: Ward Davis

Psychology and Human Behaviour

Calendar

February

Seminar

Extra seminar in psychology, with Jaana Halonen

On Monday, 3 February, 2025, 13:00-13:30, Researcher Jaana Halonen, Department of Psychology, will speak on the subject "Weather parameters and psychotropic medication purchase: A study with methodological challenges".

Extra seminar in psychology, with Jaana Halonen

Health and Living Conditions Atmosphere and Weather Psychology and Human Behaviour

February

Seminar

Half-time seminar in psychology, with Maria Wijkander

On Wednesday, 5 February, 2025, 09:30–11:30, PhD Student Maria Wijkander at the Department of Psychology, will speak on and discuss her thesis project "Determinants of sickness absence due to mental disorders. Studies of the interplay between individual characteristics and exposures to work related stressors", during a half-time seminar.

Half-time seminar in psychology, with Maria Wijkander

Health and Living Conditions Psychology and Human Behaviour

February

Thesis defence

Dissertation: Uncertainties among faculty working in Sweden

On 12 February, 2025, Anna S. Tanimoto will defend her doctoral thesis "Uncertainties among faculty working in Sweden: Experiences of and implications for the psychosocial work environment, health, well-being, and work-family interference".

Dissertation: Uncertainties among faculty working in Sweden

Organization and Working Life Psychology and Human Behaviour

February

Thesis defence

The Role of Oxytocin Pathway Genes and Intranasal Oxytocin in Brain Structure and Connectivity

On 13 February, 2025, Shanshan Xiao will defend her doctoral thesis "The Role of Oxytocin Pathway Genes and Intranasal Oxytocin in Brain Structure and Connectivity: Insights into Neural Mechanisms".

The Role of Oxytocin Pathway Genes and Intranasal Oxytocin in Brain Structure and Connectivity

On 13 February, 2025, Shanshan Xiao will defend her doctoral thesis "The Role of Oxytocin Pathway Genes and Intranasal Oxytocin in Brain Structure and Connectivity: Insights into Neural Mechanisms".

Psychology and Human Behaviour

Research

Research at the Department of Psychology

Stress Research Institute

Stockholm University Psychology Clinic

Our publications

SUBIC

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