National Program for Doctoral Courses in Human Geography
The National Program for Doctoral Courses in Human Geography was established in 1997. It aims to:
- Offer courses for Sweden’s PhD students in human geography, with instructors from Sweden and abroad
- Give all of our PhD students the benefit of expertise outside one’s home department
- Allow PhD students to meet senior researchers as well as their colleagues from other departments
An average of four courses are offered per year, some of which are regularly recurring. The selection of doctoral courses is made by a steering committee consisting of representatives of each participating department. The group is currently led (since 2022) by Professor David Jansson, Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University.
Courses that are included in the program usually comprise 7.5 ECTS credits, and course meetings take place on two or three occasions to limit travel expenses (occasionally a course will be offered as a week-long experience). The costs incurred for participating doctoral students are paid by their respective departments.
If places are available, courses are also open for postgraduate students in other disciplines, but course fees may apply (contact the course organizer).
Cooperation with human geographers at the University of Oslo
PhD students in human geography at the University of Oslo’s Department of Sociology and Human Geography have the right to take courses in the Swedish national program without a course fee.
All Swedish PhD students in human geography have the right to take PhD courses in human geography and other subjects at the University of Oslo without a course fee. The courses can be found at the subject search page (Note: the page is only available in Norwegian) where the relevant courses begin with ”SGO,” "SOS," or "SOSGEO", and where ”avhandlingsseminarier” are excluded.
National listserv for PhD students in human geography in Sweden
The PhD students in human geography at Uppsala University have created a listserv for all PhD students in the subject in Sweden. The purpose is to provide increased opportunities for networking and information exchange across departmental boundaries. If you are a PhD student in human geography in Sweden and want to be added to the listserv, or have questions about it, contact Olivia Butler (olivia.butler@kultgeog.uu.se).
Departments in the National Program
- Unit for Human Geography, University of Gothenburg
- Department of Geography, Media and Communication, Karlstad University
- Department of Human Geography, Lund University
- Department of Urban Studies, Malmö University
- Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism (EJT), Mid Sweden University
- Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University
- Department of Geography, Umeå University
- Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University
- Unit of Human Geography, Örebro University
Previous Courses in the National Program
2025
Qualitative Methods in Human Geography and Social Science: Critical and Reflective Practices (Course Description PDF) pdf, 218 kB.
Classics in Theories of Space and Place (Course Description PDF) pdf, 166 kB.
Qualitative Methods: From the Archives to the Field (Course Description PDF) pdf, 110 kB.
Geographical Migration Studies (Course Description PDF) pdf, 144 kB.
Digital Geographies (Course Description PDF) pdf, 134 kB.
2024
Research Frontiers in Economic Geography (Course description PDF pdf, 109 kB.)
Landscape and Labor (Course description PDF pdf, 109 kB.)
Time-geography: Theoretical Approach, Notation System and Methods (Course description PDF pdf, 98 kB.)
Development Geographies: Current Debates (Course description PDF pdf, 117 kB.)
2023
Rural Transformations and Social Movements in the 21st Century (Course description PDF) pdf, 174 kB.
Classics in Theories of Space and Place (Course description (PDF)) pdf, 238 kB.
Feminist Geographies (Course description (PDF)) pdf, 179 kB.
2022
Economic Geography (Course Description PDF pdf, 167 kB.)
Landscape and History (Course Description PDF pdf, 298 kB.)
Class and the City (Course Description PDF pdf, 271 kB.)
Regional Development - Nordic perspectives (Course Description PDF pdf, 116 kB.)
Development Geographies - Current Debates (Course Description PDF pdf, 107 kB.)
2021
Classics in Spatial Theory
Time Geography
Future Geographies
2020
Economic Geography
2019
Classics in Spatial Theory
Feminist Geographies
Topics in Political Geography
Agrarian Transformation under Modernization
Urban Rage in the Urban Age: Crisis and the Transformation of Cities
2018
Qualitative Methods
Global Urbanism
Landscape and Production
2017
Economic Geography
Political Geography
Time Geography
Media Geographies
2016
Housing, the City and Justice
Landscape and Identity
2015
Global Urbanism
Economic Geography
Time Geography
2014
Mobility, Security and Space
Landscape and Modernity
Political Geography
2013
Social Theory and Geography
Economic Geography
Development, Livelihoods and Rural-urban Interaction
Gender Theory and Spatial Understanding
2012
Urban Conflict and Urban Justice
Landscape and Resources
Remote Sensing for Social Scientists
2011
Mobility, Security and Space
Economic Geography
Qualitative Methods
2010
Landscape and Justice
Time Geography
Gender Theory and Spatial Understanding
Mobility in Time and Space