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The intensive whaling that has pushed many species to the brink of extinction today may be several centuries older than previously assumed. This view is held by archaeologists from Uppsala and York whose findings are presented in the European Jour...

Yan Shao was one of the first Chinese students to receive Anders Wall’s scholarship for a Master’s degree at Uppsala University. Back then he knew almost nothing about Sweden. Six years later, he has completed his doctorate and regards Uppsala as ...

The challenges of preventing, mitigating, and adapting to large-scale political violence are daunting, particularly when violence escalates where it is not expected. With funding from the ERC, Uppsala researchers have developed ViEWS: a political ...

H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf has decided to award Uppsala University’s Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson and Johan Svedjedal, Professor of Literature, H.M. The King’s Medal.

Meat consumption is high in Sweden, but production nevertheless outstrips demand. In a new doctoral thesis in sociology, Jonas Bååth has studied how Swedish meat producers are handling the problems that arise when supply of their products exceeds ...

Professor Shamus Khan of Columbia University is the second recipient of the Hans L. Zetterberg Prize in Sociology. The prize sum is SEK 100,000.

The 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award winners at Uppsala University teach subjects related to art history, informatics and media, pharmaceutical biosciences and information technology. The free Distinguished Teaching Award was presented to Senior ...

Hello, there Håvard Hegre, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. An initial version of the analytical tool called ViEWS (a political Violence Early-Warning System) was unveiled in June. What is it?

Human diversity abounds in language, culture and biology. An understanding of this diversity is central to a lot of research, but it is important to address the ethical issues raised by this research. The Human Diversity Research Network takes an ...

The Ragnar Söderberg Foundation has presented this year’s approved grants in law. From a total of six researchers and projects awarded SEK 12 million altogether, Henrik Bellander, Yaffa Epstein, Therése Fridström Montoya and Mosa Sayed at Uppsala’...

How, where and when we eat are key issues for human health and wellbeing. A multidisciplinary research network at Uppsala University aims to deepen knowledge about the significance of meals.

SWEDESD participates at the SASUF Research & Innovation Week in Pretoria 14-18 May to strengthen research partnership and professional development for sustainable development in higher education.

An ethnographic research documentary on alternative entrepreneurship in Hungary will premier on the 16th of May. We talked to researchers Annika Skoglund and David Redmalm, members of the research group that created the documentary Pride - Alterna...

Nowadays, civil rights are usually connected with citizenship of a country. But how do growing globalisation and more mobility affect this?

The course Satan in the History of Ideas, new this year, is already one of Uppsala University’s most popular summer courses in terms of applicant numbers. But what is the attraction of a course on Satan at the height of the holiday season? To lear...

Remarkably little research is conducted on higher education in Sweden, but a large share of existing research on the subject is at Uppsala University. Through a research network for research on higher education, researchers are now mobilising to d...

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently elected new members. Two Uppsala researchers were elected as international honorary members.

In competition with other universities, Uppsala University has won the bid to coordinate the capacity-building project LISTO (Latin American and European Cooperation on Innovation and Entrepreneurship), which is funded by the EU under the Erasmus+...

In late April, a ship will reach New York bringing the exhibition “The Vikings Begin” which will embark on a two-year tour of the US. On display will be a selection of 1,300-year-old items from the pre-Viking Age. Usually in storage at Gustavianum...

The Institute of Intellectual Property, Marketing and Competition Law (IMC) at the Faculty of Law is beginning a collaboration with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). IMC will assist decision-making bodies in the EU through a...