We offer a lively and collaborative research environment and a strong international research profile. The department, founded in 1954, is especially competitive in the areas of cultural sociology, demography, ethnicity and migration, gender, family sociology, political sociology, social policy regimes, social networks, and social stratification.
Vacancies and application openings for PhD Studies at the Department of Sociology are advertised and applied for on Stockholm University's website. Vacant positions at the Department are also announced here.
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In this year's edition of the QS World University Ranking, sociology at Stockholm University has been placed 56th. We are thus the best in Sweden and second best in the Nordic region.
From 2025, demography will be included in the Swedish statistical standard for classifying research topics. This was decided by the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) recently.
Poverty has a clear impact on the mental health of children, but when and how it happens is still unknown. A new research project, led by Lisa Harber-Aschan, will fill in the knowledge gaps using unique data sources and innovative methods.
Workshop about: The future of demographic research on immigrants and their descendants.
A dissemination and path-building event organising as part of the ERC-funded project REFU-GEN
Workshop about: The future of demographic research on immigrants and their descendants.
A dissemination and path-building event organising as part of the ERC-funded project REFU-GEN
Presentation by Elina Einiö, University of Helsinki. Topic: Minority stress and gendered lives of same-sex couples and their children in Finland (MISTLIFE)
Presentation by Elina Einiö, University of Helsinki. Topic: Minority stress and gendered lives of same-sex couples and their children in Finland (MISTLIFE)
Presentation by Vanessa Barker, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University . Topic: How Liberal Democracies Bend, not Break: the Success of Right-wing Legal Mobilization
Presentation by Vanessa Barker, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University . Topic: How Liberal Democracies Bend, not Break: the Success of Right-wing Legal Mobilization
