Research within Democracy and Higher Education
The long-term goal of the research program is to become a nationally and internationally leading knowledge node for research on the relationship between democracy and higher education. The programme has two main focus areas: the first concerns how and under what conditions higher education contributes to democratic education and democratic discourse; the second focuses on the freedom, role, and position of universities in society under various conditions and times. Within these two areas, the program’s researchers gather and develop a range of more specific research questions and problems across five research directions.
Higher Education and the Democratic Citizen
A fundamental research question in this direction is what higher education contributes, or does not contribute, to the formation of democratic citizens.
University Freedom, Role, and Position in Society
Research within the second focus area relates to the assumption that universities serve as guarantors of free development of knowledge and critical social analysis, both of which are considered important foundations of democratic social systems and governance.
Our research projects
All ongoing research projects within our three focus areas.