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News
Stories Telling Worlds: new thesis explores queer worldmaking through storytelling
How are queer lives and worlds shaped through everyday storytelling? In a new doctoral thesis in Gender Studies, Sunny Gurumayum examines how queer worldmaking takes form through e...
Lund sociology student wins award for thesis on family and fertility
RuoXuan Xu has been awarded first prize in the Swedish Demographic Association’s 2026 thesis competition for a study on declining fertility intentions among Generation Z women in C...
Ukrainian psychologists and university teachers visit Lund University
On Monday, the Departments of Sociology and Psychology in Lund welcomed eight psychologists and university teachers from Ukraine. The visit centred on issues of mental recovery aft...
Sociological research part of a national initiative to combat crime
The Department of Sociology is contributing to a strategic research area on crime prevention. The initiative strengthens research on children’s vulnerability, drug markets, and new...
Beyond common misconceptions: new research sheds light on the Darknet
The Darknet is often described as criminal, lawless and in need of external control. New research by sociologist Tove Westberg, however, shows that cryptoforums on the Darknet func...
Research
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For journalists and others looking for an academic to provide an expert comment or background on a story. Sociology and social anthropology can be applied in many ways to analyse society.
Research on society and culture
How does everyday life change when traditional standards, ways of learning and institutions are dissolved and replaced? How do people create meaning, knowledge and order in a society where large groups of people are unable to live up to society's expectations? Our researchers at the Department of Sociology try to answer questions like these daily.
Our latest publications
The Department of Sociology's latest publications in the Lund University research portal.
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Study with us
Our international Master's programmes include Cultural Criminology, Sociology and Social Anthropology. We also offer a wide variety of our subject courses in English.
Courses
We offer a wide variety of courses in Sociology, Social Anthropology and Gender Studies from bachelor to masters level. The courses vary in length from 15 up to 30 credits.
Last application for autumn courses is mid April. For our spring courses you need to apply by mid October. Find specific dates by course info.
Study guidance
Contact our Study Advisers when you need guidance and information. About courses and programmes, planning your studies or choosing your career path.
Degree programmes
Our international Master's programmes include Cultural Criminology, Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Apply for our international master's programmes by the middle of January!