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The Department of Sociology is moving house for a year

Information for students regarding the renovation of our building summer 2023-summer 2024.

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24 May 2023 | News

Sleuthing Online - a bumpy path for the net detective

David Wästerfors, Veronika Burcar Alm and Erik Hannerz have published an article in New Media & Society dealing with crime case discussions on the Swedish platform Flashback. The a...

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11 May 2023 | News

Lars Crusefalk ends PhD student journey and transitions to Doctor of Sociology

On 11 May, Lars Crusefalk finished his PhD studies with a successful defence of his thesis "Financial journeys: Reasoning about debt and money among young adults in Sweden". He is ...

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5 May 2023 | News

Elton Chan, our new doctor of sociology, has defended his thesis on public space in Hong kong

Friday 5 May Elton Chan defended his thesis which explores the production and transformation of public spaces in Hong Kong, a city that is steeped in neoliberal ideals and has seen...

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24 Apr 2023 | News

Who was Swedish day-care meant for?

The history of Swedish day-care is examined in a new study that provides insight into Sweden's day-care system during the early 20th century. Together with Luciana Quaranta, Annika...

26 Jan 2023 | News

Unanimous examination committee approves Imad Rasan's dissertation

On Thursday, 26 January, Imad Rasan successfully defended his doctoral thesis, "Women in the Public Sphere in Egypt 2011–2014".

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Find An Expert

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 of a normal living standard? Our researchers at the Department of Sociology try to answer questions like these daily.

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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.

Our programmes and courses

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Courses

We offer a wide variety of courses in Sociology and Social Anthropology 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.

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Study guidance

Contact our Study Advisers when you need guidance and information. About courses and programmes, planning your studies or choosing your career path.

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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!

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