Humanities and social sciences

Research in humanities and social sciences is about the functioning of society and how cultural values are created and spread. The Research Council supports research throughout the area of Humanities and Social Sciences, including law, history and democracy.

The Research Council allocated around SEK 415 million by way of grants for research within humanities and social sciences 2009.

Research portraits humanities and social sciences

Globalisation Changes the Foundations of Public Control
– Meet Sofia Näsström
Sofia Näsström, Stockholm University, Department of Political Science, has a Junior Research Position from the Swedish Research Council. She is also co-editor of Ethics & Global Politics, a journal that receives funding from the Swedish Research Council. Here you can read an interview with her.
New Perspectives on Old Monuments
– Meet Joakim Goldhahn
Associate Professor Joakim Goldhahn, School of Human Sciences, University of Kalmar, has a Project Research Grant from the Swedish Research Council. Here you can read an interview with him.
Postdoc 2008: Sofia Cele
Sofia Cele, PhD, Uppsala University, Department of Social and Economic Geography, receives funding from the Swedish Research Council for a postdoctoral position in Sweden. Here you can read an interview with her.
The Importance of Reading
Meet Sara Danius, a professor of aesthetics at Södertörns University, who enjoys being in a culture prone to change with plenty of tolerance and a young faculty.