Economic History
Why are some countries rich and others poor? When does inequality trigger social conflict? How do financial crises occur? With a historical perspective, we can reach in-depth understanding how to answer these questions.
Within economic history, production, distribution and consumption are studied, as well as the social and institutional conditions in the past. Here we examine the conditions of business, the work of women and men, changed consumption habits, the foundations of the welfare state, the history of economic thinking, the effects of globalization on low-wage countries and the consequences of growth for the climate.
The subject provides unique opportunities to understand today's major social issues by putting them in a longer time perspective.
Gender, Power and Inequalities
Our department’s research on the history of gender, power, and inequalities encompasses key areas such as gender divisions of labour, economic stratification, and global divergence, as well as the intersections of various forms of power and social relations, including gender, class, age, ethnicity, and LGBTQ+.
Gender, Power and Inequalities
Transformation, Development and Sustainability
This research field at the department deals with the broad question of how structural change, institutions, trade, colonialism and globalization have affected the development and sustainability of our socio-economic systems historically.
Transformation, Development and Sustainability
