Research
The Faculty of Humanities conducts high-quality research in many different disciplines and interdisciplinary research fields.
The research of the faculty maintains high quality and has both a breadth and excellence. There are several interdisciplinary initiatives, such as the interdisciplinary Medieval Seminar, the faculty's initiative for environmental humanities and the new research network for the study of emotions.
Several interdisciplinary centres can also be highlighted, such as the Centre for Cultural Evolution, where scientists and students in the humanities, natural and social sciences and mathematics can work together and mutually benefit from each other’s knowledge and methods, and the Centre for Maritime Studies, with research in maritime history, archaeology and ethnology.
Other prominent research areas within the Faculty include the study of 18th century culture and aesthetics, computational linguistics and historical cryptology, modern and contemporary art, the history of knowledge, posthumanism and ecocriticism, philosophy of science, and digital humanities.
Profile Areas
Stockholm University has identified 16 profile areas, each of which includes several major and significant research environments with extensive education. Eight of these cover the humanities.
Find out more about the profile areas within the Human Sciences
Highlights from the faculty's research
Research in the humanities at Stockholm University has both breadth and depth. Research at the faculty includes around forty different language subjects, human animal studies, research on human life from prehistory to modern times, within the fields of history, archaeology and the history of ideas, and the teaching and learning in arts, humanities and social sciences.
Below is a selection of research areas at the faculty:
Multilingualism and Swedish as a Second Language
Global media and the politics of communication
Research infrastructure
The Faculty of Humanities has an extensive research infrastructure with advanced and diverse research environments. It includes research laboratories, databases, technologies, tools and publications available to students and researchers.
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Research catalogue
In the research catalogue you will find all research at Stockholm University. The sections in the research catalogue are “Research areas”, "Research groups", and "Research projects". The sections are also linked to our researchers' profile pages and department websites.
Become a researcher
Doctoral education provides competence to independently conduct research, a deep understanding of the subject area and skills in communicating knowledge and enabling others to learn.
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Last updated: October 3, 2024
Source: Faculty of Humanities