Research

Welcome to our research pages!

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

Our research

Read more about current research projects, research groups and research subjects at the department.

Research subjects

Here you find information on our research subjects.

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Research projects

Here you can find information on ongoing research projects at the department.

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Research groups

Here you find information about our research groups at the department.

Latest

New funding from the Swedish Research Council

Two new research projects at the Department of Sociology have been granted new research funding from the Swedish Research Council in the annual call for humanities and social sciences.

Michael Gähler, head of The Department of Sociology

“It’s important not to fall in love with a given theory or result”

According to Michael Gähler, it is vital for researchers to remain humble in the face of reality and avoid falling in love with a given theory or result.

Two new research projects have been granted funding from Forte

Two new research projects at the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University have been granted funding from Forte.

Our recent publications

Here you can find recent publications in peer-reviewed journals and books by the Department of Sociology.

What is Demography?

Stockholm University Demography Unit is located at the Department of Sociology. Hear when our researcher Siddartha Aradhya explains more about demography.

News

2023-01-20

Generous parental leave is protective against poorer mental health

Being on parental leave is protective against poorer mental health particularly among mothers, with evidence of this beneficial effect continuing in later life, according to a systematic review in The Lancet Public Health.

2023-01-20

Department of Sociology

Sunnee Billingsley appointed professor of Sociology

We are very happy and proud to congratulate Sunnee Billingsley who was recently appointed Professor of Sociology!

2022-12-14

Swedish Institute for Social Research

We follow our older siblings' choice of higher education

Older siblings’ choice of higher education has a big impact on what their younger siblings apply for, even when it leads them to worse* education. This is the result of a new study with data from four countries, including Sweden and USA. The study is published in the highly ranked scientific journal The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

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February

Seminar

SUDA Demographic Colloquium Series

Presentation by Kieron Barclay, SUDA. Topic: "Birth spacing and the health of mothers and fathers: an analysis of physical and mental health using individual- and sibling-fixed effects".

SUDA Demographic Colloquium Series

Presentation by Kieron Barclay, SUDA. Topic: "Birth spacing and the health of mothers and fathers: an analysis of physical and mental health using individual- and sibling-fixed effects".

Society, Democracy and Welfare

February

Seminar

Stockholm Sessions on Migration

Title: "Educational enrollment trajectories of refugees in Sweden: A path to labor market integration?" Presented by Samaneh Khaef, Department of Human Geography.

Stockholm Sessions on Migration

Title: "Educational enrollment trajectories of refugees in Sweden: A path to labor market integration?" Presented by Samaneh Khaef, Department of Human Geography.

International Relations and Migration

February

Seminar

Cultural Sociology at Stockholm

Works in Progress Workshop.

Cultural Sociology at Stockholm

Works in Progress Workshop.

Society, Democracy and Welfare

Research

Puffar research

Latest

Our recent publications

What is Demography?

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