Research at Uppsala University
Access to water – also a future issue in Sweden
24 January 2022. There is enough water on Earth. Just not everywhere – and for everyone. Now researchers at Uppsala U ...
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Strengthening societal responses to natural hazard events
18 January 2022. Our societies generally need to enhance their preparedness for extreme natural hazard events, such a ...
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Previously unknown dinosaur habitat found in Poland
13 January 2022. In summer 2021, in an opencast clay mine in Borkowice, Poland, researchers found what may be Europe’ ...
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Search for research projects
Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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"European Studies in Symbolic Interaction: Traditions, Contemporary Perspectives, and Challenges" (The IVth Annual Conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction)
Research project from 2013-04-01 to 2013-12-31
The proposed conference (28-30 August 2013) will be hosted by the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University. It is intended to be an interdisciplinary venture of social and humanitarian sciences that ...
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"European Studies in Symbolic Interaction: Traditions, Contemporary Perspectives, and Challenges" (The IVth Annual Conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction)
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
The proposed conference (28-30 August 2013) will be hosted by the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University. It is intended to be an interdisciplinary venture of social and humanitarian sciences that ...
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Staging the successful student in higher education: A comparative study of men, masculinities, and self-worth protecting strategies in competitive contexts
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
This qualitative study contributes to knowledge about men´s identity negotiations and self-worth protection strategies in higher education (HE) in Sweden and England, focussing on highly competitive contexts ...
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The Living Dead: Yugoslav prisoners of war and forced labourers in Norway, 1942-45
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Close to 4,300 Yugoslavs were deported to Norway during the Second World War, where they were put to work under such extreme conditions that 60-70% of them died as a result. Which are the institutional ...
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Equal terms? Manifestations of inequality in parents’ contacts with the Social Insurance Agency about parental leave
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
This project advances knowledge about manifestations of gender inequality inherent to institutional practice in the area of parental leave. Although it has been recognized that parents’ decisions regarding ...
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Love and Sex after Communism: Post-Soviet Intimacies amid Political and Economic Change
Research project from 2013-10-10 to 2013-10-12
We apply for support to organize a two-day international workshop on intimacies in the context of social change. By intimacies, we refer to the full variety of emotional, physical, and romantic closeness ...
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Making sense of suicide: communicative suicide prevention based on help-seekers’ and volunteers’ meaning making on a suicide helpline
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
The project aims to develop a model for communicative suicide prevention, which addresses three needs in societal responses to suicide: information about prevention, suicide risk detection, and protective ...
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Teaching Religion in Late Modern Sweden: Professionalism on the borders between public and private
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Teaching religion in a multicultural, pluralistic society is both challenging and demanding. Recent studies shows that Religious Education (RE) teachers often avoid sensitive issues concerning values and ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
Blocking inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of human cells
24 November 2021. Viruses invade our cells and turn them into virus factories. Researchers at Uppsala University, toge ...
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New method for discovery of antiviral drugs
2 August 2021. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for methods to identify new or repurposed dru ...
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Helpline important for older people during the pandemic
8 July 2021. For many older individuals, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of daily anonymous contac ...
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Lectures
Uppsala University’s researchers share their knowledge in public lectures. Every year, the University is visited by leading researchers and influential people from around the world. At Uppsala University, you can hear Nobel laureates, researchers, authors, politicians and many others give lectures. Here we present some of the most prominent, annually occurring lectures at Uppsala University.