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Department of Human Geography

Our department encompasses world class research and education within the field of social and economic development, structural transformation and the relationship between humans and nature

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Uppsala Lecture in Human Geography 2026: 9 September with Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, AI for Regional Development and Innovation, 9.00 a.m. in Hörsal 4, Ekonomikum.

Upcoming conference: IGU Conference 2026, 11–19 September.

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Publications

  • Ecofascism in the shadow of ‘patriotic ecology’: Nativism, economic greenwashing, and the evolution of far-right political ecology in France
    Benoist, Lise; Turner, Joe; Bailey, Daniel, 2026
  • Arbetskraftsinvandring och strategier för att attrahera och behålla högkvalificerade migranter – en forskningsöversikt
    van Riemsdijk, Micheline, 2026
  • The Revised EU Blue Card Directivee Revised EU Blue Card Directive: A Study of Sweden’s Migration Policy Regime for Highly Qualified Third Country Nationals
    van Riemsdijk, Micheline, 2026
  • "Watching. Being. Tracing.": Perspectives from doctoral students on tredje uppgiften and curation as a pedagogical tool
    Ward, Tom; Nordvall, Björn, 2026
  • Weight, relief and overcoming: a safe space for racialized women learning to swim in Sweden
    Hansson, Erik, 2026
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  • Blue Card aims to attract highly skilled migrants – but results are slow
    21 April 2026 – The EU Blue Card, which is part of an effort to attract highly qualified workers to the EU, has not …
  • New Institute aims to deepen understanding of culture’s role in society
    24 March 2026 – Johan Jansson, senior lecturer at the Department of Human Geography, has been the Director of …
  • New EU project on how digital technologies are being used for gender-based violence
    3 March 2026 – Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences
    Uppsala University is participating in a new EU project to investigate how digital technologies are …
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