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PhD studies

Doctoral Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology

The Department of Sociology at Lund University offers Postgraduate Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology. Qualifications for Postgraduates comprise four years of studying (240 ECTS). The minimum requirements for admission is three years of full-time university studies, including a year and a half of full-time studies in the advertised discipline or equivalent.

Our subjects

Sociology

Sociology is a discipline analysing social relations and processes ranging from global and historical transformations to everyday relations, life history and formation of identities at an individual level. A broad range of theoretical perspectives are important tools in analysing different social problems and processes. Sociologists carry out research on such diverse topics as gender relations, power relations, social inequalities, ethnic conflicts, youth cultures, mass media, criminology, environment and risk, labour market relations and housing. The methods used are manifold, e.g. comparative analysis, participant observations and text analysis, as well as statistical analysis.

Social Anthropology

Social Anthropology is one of the major internationally recognized basic research social science disciplines. The unifying focus of anthropology is the study of humankind, its history, social structures and cultural forms. The field has historically had a major influence on the other social sciences since several major approaches, structural functionalism, structuralism, structural marxism were elaborated very much within social anthropology.

The department at Lund university has been a significant contributor to what is referred to as historical anthropology, and it has been the center for the development of global systemic anthropology.

Student looking towards PhD studies.

Application

When there is a PhD-position open, you will find information at Lund University's web page for Job Vacancies.

Director of Research Studies at the Department of Sociology