Research at Uppsala University
New biomarkers can lead to breakthrough in diabetes research
18 February 2021. With the discovery of two new biomarkers, Olof Eriksson, researcher in translational imaging, may le ...
Producing more sustainable hydrogen
12 February 2021. Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, ...
The professor wanting to contribute to peace on Earth
25 January 2021. Isak Svensson is, as he describes it, a product of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Si ...
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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 ...
Research spotlight: The coronavirus
Limited transmission of COVID-19 from open schools but teachers were affected
12 February 2021. Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite uncertainty regarding th ...
New clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells
8 February 2021. The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear. Researche ...
Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
8 January 2021. Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 emplo ...
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.