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Doctoral education: PhD

The Faculty of Social Sciences is research-intensive and highly ranked internationally. Our PhD program provides a research education focusing on academic excellence.

Research news

  • Idea work: 18 experts on the high seas

    Environmental scientists, campaigners, and shipping experts embark on a sailing ship and set out on the open sea for three days. Will they be able to figure out how shipping can contribute to a more sustainable future before they return?

  • If you enjoy being single, you also have a better sex life

    If you're single and thriving without a steady partner, you have a much better sex life than singles who long for a committed relationship, according to a new study.

  • Election in India: Populist Modi seem to win for the third time

    There is an election in India, which, with its over 1.3 billion inhabitants, is the most populous country in the world. Many indications suggest that the incumbent Prime Minister Modi – also known as India's Trump – will be reelected. Why is that? And what is at stake?

  • What do we really know about those governing us?

    With a new database researchers can for the first time guess what government members from around the world are up to. It turns out, among other things, that women have far better access to positions of power in democratic countries than dictatorships.

 

Publications

The researchers at the Faculty of Social Sciences publish a variety of books, book chapters, articles in scientific journals and other texts. See an overview of our latest publications.