About the faculty
The Faculty of Social Sciences is one of the four faculties at Stockholm University and consists of sixteen departments and around ten institutes/centres.
Departments, institutes and centres
List of departments and centres within Human Science
Head of departments and centres
Faculty management
The faculty management consists of the Dean, the Deputy Dean, the Vice-Dean with special responsibility for teacher education, the Vice-Dean with special responsibility for undergraduate education, and the Head of Office.
Dean
Professor Yvonne Svanström
Department of Economic History and International Relations
Deputy Dean
Professor Jonas Häckner
Department of Economics
Vice-Dean with special responsibility for teacher education
Associate Professor Lena Hübner
Department of Social Work
Vice-Dean with special responsibility for undergraduate education
Professor Magnus Nermo
Department of Sociology
Head of Office
Karin Hansson
Faculty Board
The Faculty Board is the decision-making body of the Faculty of Social Sciences. According to the Higher Education Ordinance, the Board is ultimately responsible for education at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level, as well as for the research conducted within the faculty. The Faculty Board includes representatives of teachers, researchers and students. The chair of the Faculty Board is Dean Yvonne Svanström.
The decisions that the board may make are set out in the Faculty of Social Sciences' decision-making and delegation regulations. The Faculty Board is also responsible for certain types of decisions in accordance with the provisions of the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance, which can be found on the website of the Swedish Council for Higher Education and in Stockholm University's delegation regulations.
The Faculty Board has also appointed various bodies to prepare specific issues.
History of the Faculty
In 1964, four years after Stockholm University became a university, the Faculty of Social Sciences was established. However, social science research and education have been an important part of the university for longer than that, but then within the Faculty of Humanities. With a national higher education reform in 1964, parts of the humanities faculties were broken out and formed social science faculties. This happened simultaneously at most universities in Sweden.
Book on the history of the faculty
In connection with the faculty's 50th anniversary in 2014, the book "Faculty of Social Sciences 1964-2014" was published. The book is a compilation of the history of the Faculty and its departments from 1964 to 2014.
Anniversary book Faculty of Social Sciences (11444 Kb)
Deans over the years
Quick facts
Here you can find facts about the Faculty, a quick overview of Sweden's largest faculty - number of students and staff.
2023
Students
14,828 FTE (Including contract education and activities subject to tuition fees)
Doctoral students just over 500
Staff (FTEs) (women in brackets)
Professors 184 (51)
Senior lecturers 372 (199)
Researchers 134 (72)
Lecturers 56 (34)
Assistant professors 18 (10)
Postdoctoral researchers 25 (14)
Administrative staff 331 (218)
2022
Students
14,581 FTE (Including contract education and activities subject to tuition fees)
Graduate students over 500
Staff (full-time equivalents)
(women in brackets)
Professors 179 (47)
Senior lecturers 367 (194)
Researchers 153 (83)
Lecturers 59 (36)
Assistant professors 18 (12)
Postdoctoral researchers 29 (20)
Administrative staff 318 (206)
Finances (amounts in TSEK)
First and second cycle programmes 1 128 064
External contract funds/fees 88 627
External grant funds 35 661
Total UGA 1 252 352
Research and postgraduate education 467 405
External contract funds/fees 33 529
External grant funds 528 793
Total RDF 1 029 727
Grand total 2 282 079
2021
Students
15,138 FTE (Including contract education and activities subject to tuition fees)
Doctoral students over 500
Staff (full-time equivalents)
(women in brackets)
Professors 174 (48)
Senior lecturers 362 (193)
Researchers 151 (83)
Assistant professors64 (36)
Assistant professors 21 (15)
Postdoctoral researchers 33 (22)
Administrative staff 319 (207)
Finance (amounts in TSEK)
Education at undergraduate and graduate level 1 227 749
External mission funds/fees 44 382
External grant funds 35 966
Total UGA 1 308 097
Research and postgraduate education 464 313
External contract funds/fees 31 569
External grant funds 467 806
Total FUF 963 688
Grand total 2 271 785
Contact
To contact the deans or the head of the Faculty Office, see "Faculty management" above.
Press and media
If you want to get in touch with a researcher within some of our areas of expertise, please contact the Communications Officer at the relevant department, or the central press office.
The central press office at Stockholm University is open Monday to Friday from 7 am to 8 pm and weekends as well as holidays from 8 am to 8 pm.
For press enquiries about the Faculty, please contact Communications Officer at The Faculty of Social Sciences, Elin Sahlin:
Last updated: September 26, 2024
Source: Faculty of Social Sciences