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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.

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Vacancies and application openings for PhD Studies at the Department of Sociology are advertised and applied for on Stockholm University's website. We are currently looking for a researcher in Demography.

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News

2021-11-26

Department of Sociology

Link between armed conflict and intimate partner violence

There is a connection between armed conflict and violence in intimate relationships, according to a PhD thesis in Sociological Demography from Stockholm University. The study is based on data from Colombia and shows that the risk for women of victimization to violence from their partners or ex-partners increases in areas with higher levels of conflict. The study also shows that women in these areas are more likely to stay in violent relationships.

2021-11-26

Department of Sociology

Immigrants who experience discrimination are less likely to vote

Immigrants who are active in religious organizations in Sweden are less likely to participate in politics compared to immigrants who are not active in such organizations, a new PhD study from Stockholm University shows. Those who have experienced societal discrimination based on religion are even less likely to participate in politics or to vote. The greatest impact is seen among Muslims in Sweden.

Two female muslims walking down the street.

Sociology Religion

2021-11-23

Department of Sociology

New grants from the Swedish Research Council

We are proud to congratulate Jens Rydgren and his team and Eleonora Mussino and her team who received funds from the Swedish Research Council.

2021-11-19

Department of Sociology

Occupation alone not linked to a higher risk of dying from Covid-19

A new study from Stockholm University shows that occupation on its own was not linked to a higher risk of dying from Covid-19 in Sweden. However, older people who lived with adults in working age who could not work from home had a higher risk of dying from Covid-19.

Sociology Corona Research

2021-11-19

Department of Sociology

How is ”refugeeness” constructed in Swedish newspapers – and are counter-images possible?

In Swedish newspapers, people fleeing are often depicted as victims or as a security threat to the Swedish nation state, a new PhD thesis in sociology shows. As a reaction to this visual framing limited to stereotypes, the author Jelena Jovičić participated in a project where people with experiences of flight created their own counter-images. Here is what she found out.

Sociology Media and Society

2021-11-15

Department of Sociology

Information about teaching from period C, starting November 1

From period C, November 1 and onwards, the teaching will mainly be on campus.

Calendar

December

Webinar

Computational Sociology Group Meeting: Flash talks 2

Talks by researchers in the group.

Sociology

December

Stockholm Sessions on Migration: Julie Fournier, European University Institute (EUI)

The sectoral and occupational mobility of immigrants in France

December

Seminar

Cultural Sociology Group Meeting: "Are «Whites» Racialized? The Polish Worker in Norway"

Presentation by Mette Andersson, University of Oslo (Co-Author, Johan Fredrik Rye, Norwegian University of Science and Technology).

Sociology Gender and Equality

January

Webinar

Computational Sociology Group Meeting: Pluralistic Collapse

Discussion of Daniel DellaPosta's recent article.

Sociology Statistics

January

Seminar

Cultural Sociology Group Meeting: "Translating Black Lives Matter"

A New Wave of Anti-Racist Mobilization. Presentation by Nicole Doerr and Noa Milman, , University of Copenhagen.

Gender and Equality Sociology

January

Webinar

Anti-Racism Working Group Seminar: Mino Alinia - Uppsala University

Seminar with Mino Alinia - Senior lecturer, Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Department of Sociology.

Sociology

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Link between armed conflict and intimate partner violence

Immigrants who experience discrimination are less likely to vote

New grants from the Swedish Research Council

Occupation alone not linked to a higher risk of dying from Covid-19

How is ”refugeeness” constructed in Swedish newspapers – and are counter-images possible?

Information about teaching from period C, starting November 1

Calendar

Computational Sociology Group Meeting: Flash talks 2

Computational Sociology Group Meeting: Flash talks 2

Stockholm Sessions on Migration: Julie Fournier, European University Institute (EUI)

Stockholm Sessions on Migration: Julie Fournier, European University Institute (EUI)

Cultural Sociology Group Meeting: "Are «Whites» Racialized? The Polish Worker in Norway"

Cultural Sociology Group Meeting: "Are «Whites» Racialized? The Polish Worker in Norway"

Computational Sociology Group Meeting: Pluralistic Collapse

Computational Sociology Group Meeting: Pluralistic Collapse

Cultural Sociology Group Meeting: "Translating Black Lives Matter"

Cultural Sociology Group Meeting: "Translating Black Lives Matter"

Anti-Racism Working Group Seminar: Mino Alinia - Uppsala University

Anti-Racism Working Group Seminar: Mino Alinia - Uppsala University

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