Doctoral courses

Aim

The course aims at providing students with transdisciplinary knowledge on theories, methods, practical and ethical concerns related to carrying out research in collaboration with non-academic actors. This involves research where researchers and non-academic actors actively work together to produce knowledge and different kinds of outputs.

Course credits

5 credits

Course code

MAU0004

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course Research in collaboration: theories, methods, practices and ethics

Entry requirement

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies

Course dates

10 November 2025 – 18 January 2026

Teaching mode

This course will be taught on campus only

Application

The application deadline is 10 September. 

Apply here

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible

Anna Seravalli

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer

Mollie Rey Ellam

Aim

The course introduces doctoral students to the key concepts, principles, debates, and legal regulations of research ethics and professional conduct. The purpose is to enable doctoral students to correctly identify ethical risks in research and to apply ethical constructs to individual research projects, as well as to professional conduct. In addition, the doctoral students will gain empowering tools and skills that will increase their ability to contribute to the ongoing debate and development of research ethics and professional conduct.

Credits

4 hp

Language

The course will be conducted in English. 

Code

MAU0003

Syllabus

Syllabus: Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research (Box)

Course period spring 2025

• Wednesday 16 April 13.15-17.00 (OR:B526)
• Thursday 24 April 13.15-17.00 (OR:C477)
• Thursday 8 May 13.15-17.00 (OR:C377)
• Thursday 15 May 13.15-17.00 (OR:C377)
• Examination 5 June (OR:B526) or 13 June, 09.15-15.00 (OR:C377)

Application

The application for the spring term is closed. There will be two course instances in the autumn. We will open the application for the autumn 15 March.

Selection

In selecting candidates, places are prioritised for:

1. Doctoral students at Malmö University, evenly distributed among the five faculties
2. Doctoral students admitted to higher education institutions within Lärosäten Syd (Universities in South Sweden) and/or UNIC
3. Other doctoral students. 

Contact

Gunilla Assarson, admininstrator

Kutte Jönsson, Course coordinator

Aim

The aim of the course is to give the students insight into the role of digitalization in the development of a more sustainable society and understanding of the relevant sustainability aspects of digitalization. In addition, the students will learn about the potential risks of digitization from a sustainability perspective and how they can be managed

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Code

MAU0001

Syllabus

Syllabus: Sustainable digitalization (PDF)

Course period

The course will run autumn 2025 next time

Application

The application is not open yet.

Contact persons

For academic questions -  Paul Davidsson

For administrative questions - Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is to provide students the means to develop insights into responsible use of generative AI in research. The course covers ethical, technical, and societal perspectives that accompany the use of generative AI technology in research. Through a combination of theoretical seminars and practical exercises, the students will develop their ability to critically assess the potential and risks associated with the use of generative AI in research. Important topics such as privacy, bias, originality, reproducibility of research results, intellectual independence, and generative AI’s impact on scientific integrity are addressed to prepare the students for the ethical considerations of AI that are central to research.

Contents

• Introduction to generative AI: history, fundamental concepts, current trends, and an overview of different generative AI models and their applications in research.
• Ethical perspectives: privacy, transparency, bias, originality, responsibility, ownership, and intellectual independence.
• User-oriented and technological perspectives: prompting, areas of application, limitations, and possibilities.
• Societal perspectives: generative AI and its impact on research, on the role of universities in society, and on society, including aspects related to economic and ecological sustainability.
• Philosophical perspectives: the implications on different views of knowledge, knowledge creation, and science.
• Overview of research methods suitable for research assisted by generative AI, including engineering/design sciences, social sciences, humanities, and interdisciplinary methods.

Credits

3,5 credits

Code

MAU0005

Syllabus

Syllabus Responsible Use of Generative AI in Research (PDF)

Language

English

Course period

The course will run in autumn 2025 next time.

Application

The application is not open yet

Contact persons

For academic questions -  Andreas Jacobsson

For administrative questions - Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The course introduces doctoral students to the key concepts, principles, debates, and legal regulations of research ethics and professional conduct. The purpose is to enable doctoral students to correctly identify ethical risks in research and to apply ethical constructs to individual research projects, as well as to professional conduct. In addition, the doctoral students will gain empowering tools and skills that will increase their ability to contribute to the ongoing debate and development of research ethics and professional conduct.

Credits

4 hp

Language

The course will be conducted in English. 

Code

MAU0003

Syllabus

Syllabus: Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research (Box)

Course period

There will be two instances of the course in the autumn 2025. The first instance will take place on campus in September-October. The application for this instance is closed, and the course is full.
The second instance will take place in November-January on campus as well, but with a possibility - for those who cannot participate on campus - to join by Zoom. 

Schedule for the second instance:

• 20 November: 13-17
• 27 November: 13-17
• 4 December: 13-17
• 11 December: 13-17

Examination date either:

• 9 January 9-15 or
• 16 January 9-15

Application

The application for the second instance (in November-January) is open from 15 August to 15 September. Admission results will be announced during the first week of October.

The application is closed.

Please note:

For those who apply before 15 August, priority will be given to:

1. The doctoral students from Malmö University who applied for the latest instance of the course, and were not admitted. 
2. Other doctoral students at Malmö University.
3. Doctoral students admitted to higher education institutions within Lärosäten Syd (Universities in South Sweden) and/or UNIC
4. Other doctoral students.

Contact

Gunilla Assarson, administrator

Kutte Jönsson, Course coordinator

Aim

The aim of the course is to enable doctoral students to critically take a position on, plan and perform different communication initiatives with regard to their research projects. A further aim is for doctoral students to increase their understanding of the importance of being able to communicate research results both to the academic community and to society at large.

Credits

5 hp

Language

Swedish or English depending on the participants

Code

MAH0218

Syllabus

Syllabus: Communicating Research (Box)

Course period

• Monday 10 November 9-16
• Tuesday 11 November 9-16
• Friday 14 November 9-16
• Tuesday 18 November 9-16
• Friday 21 November 9-16
• Tuesday 25 November 9-16
• Monday 1 December 9-16
• Monday 8 December 9-16

Application

The application for the course is open from 15 March to 15 April. Admission results will be announced during the first week of May.

We have opened up the application form again after a first round of applications and admissions. There are still spots available, and we will now evaluate applications and admit on a "first come, first served"-basis.

Apply here

Please note:

For those who apply before 15 April, priority will be given to:

1. The doctoral students from Malmö University who applied for the latest instance of the course, and were not admitted. 
2. Other doctoral students at Malmö University.
3. Doctoral students admitted to higher education institutions within Lärosäten Syd (Universities in South Sweden) and/or UNIC
4. Other doctoral students.

Contact

Gunilla Assarson, Administrator

Anna Wärnsby, Course coordinator

Course objectives

The purpose of the course is for the doctoral students to broaden and deepen their critical understanding of scientific research, using feminist theories on science and knowledge, and to be able to understand research as connected to various conceptual, epistemological, and ontological assumptions.

Course credits

5.0 credits

Course code

MAU0006

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course Feminist Theories on Science and Knowledge (pdf)

Course guide

To be announced

Entry requirement

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies.

Course dates

The course will take place on campus during weeks 38-44 on the following dates and times:

• Tuesday 16 September, 13.00-17.00
• Tuesday 23 September, 13.00-16.00
• Tuesday 30 September, 3.00-16.00
• Tuesday 7 October, 13.00-16.00
• Tuesday 14 October, 13.00-16.00
• Tuesday 28 October, 13.00-17.00

A more detailed schedule will be posted later, together with a course guide.

Teaching mode

This course will be taught on campus only.

Application

Apply here for the course Feminist Theories on Science and Knowledge

Application deadline

15 June 2025

Selection

In selecting candidates, places are prioritised for:

1. Doctoral students at Malmö University, evenly distributed among the five faculties
2. Doctoral students admitted to higher education institutions within Lärosäten Syd (Universities in South Sweden) and/or UNIC
3. Other doctoral students. 

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible

Course responsible Kristin Järvstad

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer

Doctoral education officer Maria English

Spring semester 2025

• Understanding and Managing Controversies in Research, 5hp (PDF)

Autumn semester 2025

• Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research, 4 hp (PDF)
  Contact: Gunilla Assarson, administrator
• Communicating research, 5 hp (PDF)
  Administratör: Gunilla Assarson

Spring semester 2026

• Societal Impact of Research, 5 hp (PDF)
• Academic Writing and Publishing, 5 hp (PDF)
  Contact: Gunilla Assarson, administrator
• Supporting the learning of others, 5 hp (PDF)
  Contact: Gunilla Assarson, administrator
• Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research, 4 hp (PDF)
  Contact: Gunilla Assarson, administrator
• Qualitative research interviews, 5 hp (PDF)
  Contact: Gunilla Assarson, administrator

Autumn semester 2026

• Gender in natural science, technology, and mathematics, 5 hp (PDF)
• Responsible Use of Generative AI in Research, 3,5 hp (PDF)
• Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research, 4 hp (PDF)
  Contact: Gunilla Assarson, administrator
• Communicating Research, 5 hp (PDF)
  Contact: Gunilla Assarson, administrator

English title 

Calorimetric methods

Aim

The aim of the course is to acquire knowledge needed to understand different calorimetric methods and to interpret experimental calorimetric data. In the experimental part of the course the students will apply this knowledge to design and perform calorimetric experiments.

Language

English

Course cod

HÄSA231

Syllabus

• Syllabus: Calorimetric methods, Pdf

Credits

5 hp

Course period 

April 7 to May 10 

Last day for application

Application is now closed

Contact

• Vitaly Kocherbitov, academic questions
• Jonna Hulthe, administrative questions

English name

Criminological Theory: Crime Causation 

Swedish name

Kriminologisk teori: brottslighetens orsaker

Aim

To introduce and evaluate the main key ideas about the causes of crime by assessing original texts from the theory developers.

Language

English

Course code

HÄSA228

Syllabus

• Syllabus in English
• Syllabus in Swedish

Course schedule

Course schedule

Credits

7,5 hp

Course period 

11 September 2025 – 25 October 2025

Application

Will open soon

Last day for application

23 August 2025

For academic questions

Anna-Karin Ivert

For administrative questions

Jonna Hulthe

English name:

Health equity - participatory action research for social sustainability and health

Swedish name:

Jämlik hälsa - deltagarbaserad aktionsforskning för social hållbarhet och bättre hälsa

Aim

The course aims to deepen the students’ knowledge of the methodological aspects within participatory action research. Besides the methodological aspects, the course will focus on different participatory methods and collaboration with different stakeholders. The course will further add to the knowledge on how participatory action research will lead to social sustainability and equal health

Language

English

Course code

HÄSA236

Syllabus

• Syllabus in English
• Syllabus in Swedish

Credits

7,5 hp

Course period 

31 October 2025 – 30 January 2026

Application

Will open soon

Last day for application

30 September 2025

For academic questions

Margareta Rämgård

For administrative questions

Jonna Hulthe

Course start: April, 2026. Delivered online with a thematic campus-based week in Malmö in May.

Expressions of interest

We are currently accepting expressions of interest via the provided link. Please note that this does not guarantee admission to the doctoral course.

A formal application will be required, which will open in January 2026.

Registration of interest (please note that this is not a course registration)

Content

• The course focuses on care work, dementia, and welfare technologies related to welfare state politics, ageing theories and ethical issues. Mixed methods and qualitative approaches will be represented.
• The course presents critical perspectives from social sciences and the humanities. Cases from a number of  countries will be introduced by professionals with practical experience in the field.
• The course will offer possibilities to work with theories on and research in the field of ageing, involving students own projects.
• On a networking level, the course gives a unique opportunity to meet PhD students from the participating countries and establish contacts for future collaboration.  You also meet a transnational and interdisciplinary team of researchers/teachers.

Themes

• Social Gerontology: Introduction to the State of the art
• European Policies on Ageing; healthy, active ageing and vulnerability
• Care, dignity, and ageing abjection
• Dementia, society and lived lives
• Cultural understanding of dementia
• Ageing and care work within a changing welfare state
• Perspectives on care work, gender, and technology
• Argumentation challenge on technology in elder care
• Methods and ethical aspects in research concerning vulnerable or marginalised groups

Language

English

Course Code

HÄSA227

Syllabus

Challenges in Ageing societies – Health, Care work, Technologies and Ethics (5 ECTS)

Contact

For academic questions, please contact the course coordinator

Jonas Christensen

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education administrator

Jonna Hulthe

Aim

What counts as research practice and how to frame Practice Based Research are of prime importance in disciplines where aspects of making exist alongside theoretical research at an advanced scientific level. This course activates a critical exploration of research practices that are part of a researcher’s scholarly activities (“Practices that Question”) and contributes to the critique and development of such practices (“Practices in Question”). This course is designed for doctoral students from a range of disciplines but is particularly intended to support research in humanities/social sciences, media and communications, design, arts, and performance. The goal is to support students to deepen, critique and expand the methodologies used in their research processes.

Course credits

7.5 credits

Course code

KS00007

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus (pdf)

Course guide

Course guide (pdf)

Entry requirement

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies

Course dates

11 November 2024 – 19 January 2025

Teaching mode

This course will be taught on campus only

Application

Application closed

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible or the course examiner

Lizette Reitsma

Susan Kozel

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer

Mollie Rey Ellam

Aim

The course gives a deeper understanding of qualitative interviews in terms of their planning and practical implementation, as well as challenges of ethical implications and the ways of scientific writing based on interview material. Special attention is paid to the issues of power relations and the positioning of the researcher, rather than viewing the interview as an unproblematic representation of the responding subjects’ private and personal thoughts and memories. The emphasis is put on planning for and reflecting on interviewing in the frames of the students’ research projects.

Course credits

7.5 credits

Course code

KSME001

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus for the doctoral course Qualitative interviews: Practices and challenges (pdf)

Course guide

Course guide for the doctoral course Qualitative interviews: Practices and challenges (pdf)

Entry requirement

Students must be admitted to doctoral education

Course dates

11 November 2024 -- 17 January 2025

Teaching mode

In situ only

Selection

In selecting candidates, places are prioritised for:
1. Doctoral students at the Faculty of Culture and Society and at other faculties at Malmö University (in that order).
2. Doctoral students admitted to higher education institutions within Lärosäten Syd (Universities in South Sweden) and/or UNIC
3. Other doctoral students. 

Application

Closed.

Please note

The number of participants will be limited to 15 doctoral students, with a minimum of 8 doctoral students for the course to run. 

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible: 

Course responsible Maja Povrzanovic Frykman

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Doctoral education officer Maria English

Course objectives

The purpose of the course is for the doctoral student to gain basic acquaintance with the field of political aesthetics through close reading of philosophical texts, and to be able to position their own work in relation to the field.

Course code

KS00010

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies 

Course dates

2025-11-10 – 2026-01-18

Teaching mode

This course will be taught on campus only

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course Space, politics, aesthetics (pdf)

Course guide

Course guide (pdf)

Application

Apply here

The application deadline is 10 September. 

Please note

The number of participants will be limited to 12 doctoral students.
Priority will be given to:
1. Doctoral students at Malmö University.
2. Doctoral students admitted to higher education institutions within Lärosäten Syd (Universities in South Sweden) and/or UNIC.
3. Other doctoral students.

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible:
Maria Hellström Reimer

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer:

Mollie Rey Ellam

Aim

This course will survey a group of recently completed Ph.D. theses in interaction design representing different areas of and approaches to the discipline. The purpose of the course is to provide the student with a diverse repertoire of how interaction design theses can be structured and to support them in positioning themselves within the field.

The doctoral students will work in teams where they will be responsible for digesting and presenting one Ph.D. thesis, analyzing the focus, key methodology, and knowledge contribution. They will also serve as an opponent for another thesis, where they get to train their ability to pose critical and constructive questions. The course coordinators will provide the thesis that will be used in the course, but students will get the opportunity to rank and wish which ones they find the most interesting.

Course credits

5 credits

Course code

KSID002

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus (pdf)

Course guide

Course guide (pdf)

Entry requirement

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies

Course dates

20 January 2025 – 30 March 2025

Teaching mode

This course will be taught on campus only

Application

Application closed

• For academic questions, please contact the course responsible

• Kristina Lindström

• For administrative questions, please contact a study administrator at K3

• Mollie Rey Ellam

Aim

The purpose of the course is that the doctoral students deepen their knowledge about current tendencies and challenges within the field of postcolonial and decolonial urban studies with an engagement with the “critique from the urban Global South.” Special attention will be given to questions related to the geopolitics of knowledge production, comparative methodological strategies, and theory-production in the Global South.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSUS006

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus for Urbanism: perspectives from the Global South

Application

Apply by sending an email to the course coordinator Claudia Fonseca Alfaro. Please include your full name, contact details, university and an abstract of your PhD project. If you have a Swedish personal number, please include that. If you are admitted as a doctoral student at a foreign university, please attach a copy of your passport and certificate of admission. There is a limited number of spots and candidates will be chosen on a first come, first served basis. Last day to apply is 24 January 2025. 

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible:

Guy Baeten

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer:

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The course aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the use of space applications for global sustainability, as well as skills in the use of satellite-based remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) for independent analysis and visualization of local to global sustainability issues.

Course credits

3 credits

Course code

KSUS007

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Admitted to doctoral education.

Course dates

15 - 19 June 2025. 

Teaching mode

This course will be taught on campus as part of the international summer school Space Applications and Global Sustainable Development.

Syllabus

Syllabus for Space Applications for Global Sustainable Development (link to Box)

Application, selection and admission

The application deadline is 18 May. Notifications of admission are sent out within a week from the application deadline. 

Apply for Space Applications for Global Sustainable Development

Selection

The number of participants is limited to 20. Doctoral students at Malmö University have a priority. Applicants are otherwise ranked based on application date. Late applications up until the start of the course are processed if there are still places left. For late applications, the only ranking principle is application date. 

For academic questions, please contact the course coordinator:

Magnus E. Andersson

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The course aims to give in-depth insights into current research debates concerning epistemological issues in the Organisation Studies research field.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSOS002

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Admission to the doctoral programme in a subject relevant to Organisation Studies.

Course dates

9 September 2025 – 27 October 2025.

Teaching mode

This course will be taught on campus.

Syllabus

Syllabus for The epistemology of Organisation Studies... (link to Box)

Additional information

The course will have four themes, each with an invited guest. The focus is on how we make knowledge, with what foundational assumptions, methods, methodology, theoretical framings and understandings of knowledge – that is, epistemology. 

7,5 credits is equivalent to five weeks of full-time studies. The course is offered at about 75 % pace.

Schedule

9 September at 13-16

17-18 September, lunch to lunch (13-16, 9-12)

29-30 September, lunch to lunch (13-16, 9-12)

9-10 October, lunch to lunch (13-16, 9-12)

16-17 October, lunch to lunch (13-16, 9-12)

27 October 13-16

Application and admission

The application deadline is 10 August. Notifications of admission are sent out within a week from the application deadline.

Apply to The epistemology of Organisation Studies...

Selection

The number of participants will be limited to 20. Doctoral students at Malmö University have a priority. Applicants are otherwise ranked based only on application date. Late applications up until the start of the course are processed if there are still places left. Please note, that for late applications no priority applies.  

For academic questions, please contact one of the two course coordinators:

Professor Kerstin Sandell

Associate Professor and Head of Unit Filippa Säwe

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The aim of the course is to give you an in-depth orientation about theory, concepts and phenomena within the Urban Studies research field.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSUS003

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Admitted to doctoral studies.

Course dates

To be announced

Application 

To be announced

Syllabus

Syllabus: Advanced Course in Urban Studies I

Please note that the syllabus is currently under revision. An updated version will be published when the application period starts. 

Course guide and schedule

To be announced

For academic questions, please contact the course coordinator:

Karin Grundström

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer:

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The aim is to perform in-depth quantitative analysis of neighbourhood development.

Course credits

5,0 credits

Course code

KSUS005

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies 

Course dates

1 November 2024 – 15 January 2025

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course Quantitative analysis of neighbourhood development

Course guide

To be announced

Application

Closed

Application deadline

15 September 2024

Please note

The number of participants will be limited to 10 doctoral students. Doctoral students from the ASSURE research school has a priority. Applicants are thereafter accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. 

For academic questions, please contact the head course teacher:

Helena Bohman

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer:

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The aim of this course is for the doctoral student to develop in-depth knowledge of building stock analysis.

Course credits

5,0 credits

Course code

KSUS004

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies 

Course dates

2 September 2024 - 31 October 2024

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course Building stock analysis

Course guide

To be announced

Application deadline

15 June 2024

Please note

The number of participants will be limited to 10 doctoral students. Doctoral students from the ASSURE research school are prioritised. Applicants are thereafter accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible:

Magnus Andersson

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer:

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The aim of the course is to give an in-depth orientation about theory, concepts and phenomena within the organisation studies research field.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSOS001

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Admitted to doctoral education in a subject relevant to organisation studies.

Course dates

23 September 2024 – 24 October 2024.

Syllabus

Syllabus for Advanced Course in Organisation Studies (link to Box)

Course guide

To be announced.

Application deadline

4 August 2024

Please note

The number of participants will be limited to 20. Doctoral students from the Department of Urban Studies at Malmö University have a priority. 

For academic questions, please contact the course teacher:

Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The purpose of the course is to give an in-depth insight into current research debates within the Urban Studies research field. 

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSUS002

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Student must be admitted to doctoral studies in a subject relevant to Urban Studies

Course dates

4 November 2024 – 16 January 2025

Syllabus

Syllabus for Advanced course in Urban Studies II

Course guide

To be announced

Application

Closed

Application deadline

15 September 2024

Please note

The number of participants will be limited to 20. Doctoral students from the Department of Urban Studies at Malmö University have a priority. 

For academic questions, please contact the course teacher:

Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The course gives a deeper understanding of theories and concepts related to ethnicity and
identity in the research field of IMER. Special attention is paid to the interplay of these
concepts and their use in empirical research on diversity and discrimination.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSIM002

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus for the doctoral course Advanced course in International Migration and Ethnic Relations II: Ethnicity and identity (pdf)

Entry requirement

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies

Application

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the doctoral education officer

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Doctoral education officer Maria English 

Aim

Introduction to Global Politics aims towards providing the doctoral student with in-depth knowledge about Global Politics, which is a multidisciplinary subject, containing theoretical approaches from both the social sciences and the humanities.

Course credits

15 credits

Course code

KSGP001

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies. 

Course dates

To be announced

Application

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the Doctoral education officer.

Application deadline

To be announced

Syllabus

Syllabus for the Doctoral course Introduction to Global Politics (pdf)

Course guide and schedule

To be announced

Please note

Confirmation of acceptance to the course will be sent to the applicants by email once the application period has passed. The number of participants will be limited to 16. Doctoral students from Malmö University have a priority. The thesis abstract and a statement of motivation (required within the application form) will serve as the grounds for selection. 

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Doctoral education officer Maria English

Aim

The course provides a deeper understanding of theories and concepts related to causes and consequences of international migration in the research field of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) from a multidisciplinary perspective. The theoretical emphasis is put on five interrelated themes: migration and history, transnationalism and mobility, migration and development, migration and governance, and migration and welfare. 

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSIM004

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus for the Doctoral course International migration: theories, causes and consequences (pdf)

Entry requirement

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies

Application

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the Doctoral education officer. 

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Doctoral education officer Maria English 

Course objectives

The course addresses questions about the concepts of knowledge, power, and justice in the subject of Global Politics. It discusses how these concepts can be applied within the study of transnational processes. The course brings together empirical and normative approaches, and it includes theories and perspectives from both the social sciences and the humanities.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSGP004

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies 

Course dates

18 February 2025 -- 28 March 2025

Teaching mode

This course will be taught on campus only

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course Knowledge, power, and justice in Global Politics (pdf)

Course guide

Course guide for the course Knowledge, power, and justice in Global Politics (pdf)

Application

Application closed

Please note

The number of participants will be limited to 15 doctoral students, with a minimum of 3 doctoral students.
Priority will be given to:
1. Doctoral students at the Department of Global Political Studies, the Faculty of Culture and Society or other Malmö University Faculties.
2. Doctoral students admitted to higher education institutions within Lärosäten Syd (Universities in South Sweden) and/or UNIC.
3. Other doctoral students.

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible:

Course responsible Anders Melin

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Doctoral education officer Maria English

Aim

The overall objective of this Doctoral course is to improve understanding of citizenship as a partly closed, partly open membership, and its changing forms and functions in diverse societies. The aim is both description, comparison and explanation of existing citizenship practices and institutions, as well as normative questions of legitimacy and justice.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSIM003

Syllabus 

Syllabus: Citizenship and inclusion/exclusion (pdf)

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies.

Application

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the doctoral education officer.

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer:

Doctoral education officer Maria English

K3 offers doctoral students in Media and Communication Studies science the course Contemporary Debates in Media and Communications Theory which is given in collaboration with Södertörn University, Örebro University and Karlstad University. Apply for the course via Karlstad University. 

Aim

The purpose of the course is to explore, analyze, and discuss historical and contemporary perspectives on social reproduction. Furthermore, the course aims to provide doctoral students with the opportunity to critically discuss theoretical assumptions, methodological approaches, and empirical results through a social reproductive perspective. The course also intends to equip doctoral students with theoretical and methodological perspectives that can be developed in dialogue with their ongoing or planned research projects.

Course credits

5 credits

Course code

LSLS001

Course dates

1-3 December, 2025.

Syllabus

Care, community and capitalism(s): the politics and theories of social reproduction (pdf)

Course leader

Paula Mulinari 

Apply to the course

Aim

The aim of the course is to learn how the large-scale properties of solid materials result from their properties on the atomic scale. Electrical, dielectric, magnetic, elastic, and thermal property of solids will be described in terms of basic physical laws. A special attention will be given to new phenomena and materials.

Credits

7,5 credits

Language

English

Course code

TS00022

Syllabus

Syllabus: Solid State Physics (PDF)

Course start

The course runs every second year. Next course start is spring 2026.

Application

The application is not open yet.

Contact

For academic questions: Denis Music

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is to learn physical mechanisms for the synthesis and microstructure evolution of thin films from the vapour phase. Atomic processes and thermodynamics of ion-surface interactions will be given special attention as they give rise to unusual macroscopic properties relevant for many high-tech applications.

Syllabus

Syllabus: Thin Film Physics (PDF)

Course code

TS00023

Course start

The course runs every second year. Next course start is spring 2026

Contact

Denis Music

Aim

This course aims to provide advanced knowledge on interpretable and explainable machine learning approaches for doctoral students utilizing the techniques in their research. These students must be able to comprehend AI decisions to advance their research further. The knowledge gained from this course will empower students to apply the techniques to their own research, allowing for better analysis and understanding of their learning systems

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Course code

TS00027

Syllabus

Syllabus: Interpretable and Explainable Machine Learning (PDF)

Course start

Next course start is in spring 2026.

Application

The application is not open yet.

Contact

For academic questions: Reza Khoshkangini

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is to study and analyse how natural science and technology, popularly referred to as STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and gender is constructed and to learn the established interdependences. A further aim is to explore specific examples pertaining to the gendered history of STEM in order to analyse and understand current practices in research and development across multiple fields. Using historical, sociological, cultural, sustainable, and philosophical aspects of the shaping of STEM, participants are challenged to look at their own role as researchers and the current paradigm in STEM.

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Code

TS00021

Course syllabus

Syllabus: Gender in natural science, technology, and mathematics (PDF)

Course start

Next course start is in September 2026.

Application

The application is not open yet

Contact

For academic questions: Denis Music

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is for the students to gain knowledge in scripting, data handling and visualisation in Python as well as to gain knowledge in high-performance programming in, e.g., Fortran or C, necessary for research and development in interdisciplinary environments, where simulation and modelling are of increasing importance.

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Code

TS00017

Course syllabus

Syllabus: Modeling and Simulation I (PDF)

Course start

The course runs every second year. Next start is during 2026

Application

The application is not open yet

Contact

For academic questions: Per Jönsson

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is for the student to develop knowledge and understanding of current research methods and approaches in Computer Science research. The course gives in-depth understanding of practical applications of research methodologies as well as in critical and constructive review of existing research methods

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Code

TS00013

Course syllabus

Course syllabus: Research methods in computer science (PDF)

Course start

The course is given every second year. The course will run in 2026 next time. 

Application

The application is not open yet.

Contact

For academic questions: Carl Magnus Olsson

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The course aims to develop the students' knowledge of experiments as a scientific method and to give the students an introduction to experimental methods in applied physics. Students gain a broad insight into the techniques used in applied physics to understand and be able to describe atoms, molecules and solid materials.

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Course code

TS00018

Course syllabus (in Swedish)

Kursplan: Experimentella metoder I (PDF)

Course start

The course run every second yearf. Next course start is during 2027

Application

The application is not open yet

Contact

For academic questions contact Lindsay Richard Merte

For administrative questions contact Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is provide students with broad knowledge in applied physics, especially in the areas of materials science, atomic and astrophysics, and synchrotron light physics, with applications.

In consultation with the course responsible, 7 research seminars are selected within regular
seminar series at the department, nearby universities and research facilities (eg MAX IV
laboratory and ESS). Before each seminar, teachers and students discuss a review article
that is relevant as background for the current seminar. After the seminar, each student
writes a short summary of the seminar

Credits

7,5 hp

Teaching language

English

Code

TS00019

Course syllabus

Syllabus: Current Topics in Applied Physics (PDF)

Course start

Ongoing 

Application

Apply to the course Current Topics in Applied Physics (Webform)

Contact

For academic questions: Henrik Hartman

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is that the student will develop advanced knowledge on the uses, advantages, and limitations of agent-based modeling and simulation as a research method. The course enables the student to evaluate the feasibility and opportunities of this research paradigm as well as to gain skills and knowledge for applying agent-based modeling and simulation to their own research. This includes an in-depth understanding of relevant methods, approaches, and tools for developing agent-based models and simulations as well as the critical assessment of the models and simulation results published by others.

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Code

TS00025

Course syllabus

Syllabus: Agent-based Modeling and Simulation as a Research Method (PDF)

Course start

Course start is not set. Please contact course responsible if you are interested in the course.

Contact

Course responsible Fabian Lorig

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