Social Sciences Research
We explain and understand the consequences of human interaction.
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Faculty of Social Sciences
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Events at Uppsala University
The Spanish image of the small and financially vulnerable landlord is a myth
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UCDP: record number of conflicts between states
The number of conflicts between states continued to increase sharply in 2025 and has now reached the...
What do we research?
The research subject of the social sciences is human interaction. The research helps us explain and understand the consequences of humans interacting in different parts of society, and provides tools to consciously shape our society.
How to understand one another? How to explain the new phenomena that spring up in society? What factors influence our decision making? These are all questions that research in the social sciences seeks to answer. “The social sciences” is a broad term, running the gamut from politics, economics, psychology and sociology to advanced computer systems and dietetics.The research in the social sciences at Uppsala University is renowned both internationally and in Sweden, and we conduct several research projects in collaboration with different universities all around the world.
Read more about research in the social sciences at the individual instituttes and departments:
- Department of Business Studies
- Department of Economic History
- Department of Economics
- Department of Government
- Department of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics
- Department of Human Geography
- Department of Informatics and Media
- Department of Peace and Conflict Research
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Social Work
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Statistics
- Institute for Housing and Urban Research
- Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies
The Hans L. Zetterberg Prize in Sociology
The Hans L. Zetterberg Prize is awarded annually to young researchers from Sweden or abroad, who with their scholarly work, preferably by fruitfully combining theory and practice, have advanced the research front. The prize sum is SEK 100,000 (USD 11,000 or EUR 9,500).
The Hans L. Zetterberg Prize in Sociology
SYLFF scholarships
In 1987, the global scholarship programme Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders' Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) was started by the current Nippon Foundation. Today, the programme exists at 69 universities in 44 countries.
In 1988, Uppsala University was the second institution in the world to be awarded a large donation which gives an annual return in the form of post-doc scholarships (for maximum 3 years’ funding) at the Faculty of Social Sciences under the Social Science Program for Increased International Understanding.
Scholarships can be applied for in the autumn of each year.
Honorary doctoral degrees
Honorary doctoral degrees are awarded to distinguished individuals who have made an outstanding academic contribution or in some other way promoted research at the University. Each year, the faculty boards have the opportunity to appoint one or more honorary doctors.