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Understanding an ageing world

How do we prepare tomorrow’s researchers for a world in which populations are ageing, societies are becoming increasingly globally interconnected, and social realities are simultaneously growing more complex? An ongoing international doctoral course on...

Department of Urban Studies

Urban Studies, US, is a multi-disciplinary department with exciting and multifaceted urban research and study programmes. The department focuses on a broad spectrum of issues relating to society and urban areas, real estate and housing, planning,...

Child and Youth Studies

Child and youth studies is an interdisciplinary field with a focus on childhood as both a period in life and as a social structure. Children’s lives, experiences, relations and everyday life are central to researchers in the field.

Dissertation defence – Jennie Di Rocco

Pedagogy

Education/pedagogy concerns the study of pedagogical processes in different cultural and interpersonal contexts. The main object of study of education/pedagogy is human formation/Bildung and upbringing through education, learning, and teaching.

Didactics

Research in didactics takes an interest in the factors and relationships that affect teaching and the conditions of learning, with a special focus on schools. Didactic research strives to formulate theories and models where relationships between...

Media and Communication Studies

Media and Communication Studies at K3 focuses on the significance of media for culture and society and for human thinking and everyday life, from both historical and contemporary perspectives. The subject includes traditional mass media as well as digital...

Swedish skiers have mixed feelings as winters become warmer

Melting glaciers, lack of snow and cancelled World Cup competitions: warmer winters are affecting both local clubs and large ski resorts. According to a new study, dedicated downhill Swedish skiers are concerned about the future.

Disability and Rehabilitation Studies

Research on the field of disability and rehabilitation (FURE) brings together a group of researchers and doctoral students at the Department of Social Work who study disability in relation to social vulnerability, social justice, living conditions and...