News

The proportion of Swedes that have extremely negative attitudes towards immigrants has for several years been stable, but may grow in the event of a deepened economic crisis, unemployment or a perceived threat from foreign cultural or religious ex...

The Swedish Research Council has decided on their project grants for research in the humanities and social sciences. Uppsala University was grated funding for 18 projects. In total, Uppsala University receives close to SEK 65 million for research ...

The Swedish Research Council has decided on grants for research in the educational sciences. Uppsala University receives over SEK 46 million in grants for six projects.

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) have granted SEK 332 million to new research in the humanities and social sciences. Uppsala University receives grants of SEK 38 million in total. Just over half of this money goes to four projects in a special initi...

Sweden is a well-functioning, secure, and efficient welfare country. But without a civic registration number, a person quickly winds up entirely outside of everything associated with this. In her dissertation, human geographer Erika Sigvardsdotter...

“The ability to read and write in different subjects is of great importance for future choices in life. What is needed is highly distinct instruction and dialogues in the schools in order for children to learn to deal with different types of texts...

In Europe work migration is regarded today as an important and necessary way to deal with low birth rates and an aging population. At the same time a debate is under way that points to problems and difficulties associated with failed integration, ...

We have learned a few things from previous economic crises. But our thinking about the future is still too short-sighted, and we forget that crises come and go.

A sweeping change is underway in the Swedish democratic system. The number of people who are members of a political party is shrinking, and voters are becoming more independent with each election. Not even politicians are as faithful to their part...

A new Center for Russian Studies is taking shape at Uppsala University. It will be the only one of its kind in Sweden and will pursue multidisciplinary research focusing on Russia and its neighboring countries. The Center is intended to be an adva...

Religion, society, and law – what do they have to do with each other? A great deal, is the answer from two of the 40 Uppsala researchers who are pursuing research on the impact of religion on society.

At Uppsala, information is collected about all the wars, conflicts, and peace processes in the world. All this information is stored in a conflict database that researchers, students, journalists, and others from all over the world can access. It ...

Politicians and interest groups vie for the attention and support of the audience and the media. Everyone wants to be seen and have their message heard. But for those listening, it is important to put on their rhetorical eyeglasses and critically ...

- Infants have great social competence by the age of six months. They perceive much of their surroundings and can do more than we think, says Professor Claes von Hofsten, who works at Babylab in Uppsala. Here researchers study the connection betwe...

Knowledge about how natural disasters can be predicted and how help to afflicted communities should be implemented exists in many different research fields. Uppsala University is therefore creating an interdisciplinary research environment for sec...

How is unemployment affected by political reforms? What are the connections between unemployment and health? How does the structure of the educational system impact success on the job market? These are some of the questions to be addressed at the ...

We know very little about what people worked with in the past – and especially little about women. Now a database about women’s work is being created to answer many questions. For one thing, it has been shown that women are very important to the g...

Why are some countries more prone to political corruption? Viviana Stechina from Uppsala University, Sweden, has investigated why corruption among the political elite was more extensive in Argentina than in Chile during the 1990s. Among other thin...

In civil war, rebel groups often target civilians despite the fact that their actual target is the government and that they are often dependent on the support of the civilian groups they attack. This may seem illogical, but there are rational reas...