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Social Sciences
This area includes subjects such as economics, sociology, psychology and anthropology. Active research is carried out at several research institutes, dedicated to areas of research such as migration, drug problems, aging and health and health and equality. The social sciences use both quantitative and qualitative methods to create a solid foundation for an active debate about our society, as well as for decision making and planning.
  

Projects (58) Contracts (647) Researchers (834) Organisation Units (35) Groups (17)

Start year:   End year: Sort alphabetically Sort by last update Sort by project start date 1 2 3 4 5 > >> A longitudinal study of work-family conflict and its health consequences Dr Constanze Leineweber Period: 1/1/10 - 12/31/12 Svensk sammanfattningDenna studie syftar till att undersöka obalansen mellan arbete och privatliv som är en av de största psykosociala riskerna idag. Detta innefattar bland annat att identifiera strategier som kan hjälpa människor att förena arbete med familjeliv vilket ska utmynna i modeller som ... A panel study of relationships between psychosocial work environment, recovery, and depressive symptoms Dr Linda Magnusson Hanson Period: 1/1/09 - 12/31/11 Svensk sammanfattningEn studie där samband mellan den psykosociala arbetsmiljön, återhämtning och depressiva symtom samt användning av antidepressiva läkemedel studeras över tid.Depression är ett av de vanligaste psykiska hälsoproblemen och den främsta orsaken till nedsatt förmåga världen över. Ett ... Assembling public place (APP) Dr Jonas Bylund The overall aim of the project Assembling Public Place is to map and explore the case of New Slussen as a territorial controversy with the urban assemblage-approach in urban theory combined with methods developed in Science and Technology Studies (STS) for mapping societal controversies. In the ... A study on the role of representational artifacts in interaction design: Sketching as an embodied practice Prof Robert Ramberg See link for more information Burnout - results of treatment and rehabilitation Dr Aleksander Perski Period: 1/1/10 - 12/31/11 Svensk sammanfattningI denna studie utvärderas effekten av behandling och arbetslivsrehabilitering för den totala gruppen om 600 av Stressmottagningens patienter på såväl kort som lång sikt. Studien undersöker även vilka faktorer som kan hindra/underlätta återgången till arbete samt belyser ... Chefen, arbetsåtagandet och arbetsmiljön Interventionsstudie för verksamhets och arbetsmiljöutveckling på forskningsbaserad grund Prof Gunnar Aronsson Period: 7/1/10 - 12/31/13 Bakgrund och syfte Detta projekt syftar till att genom ett utbildningsprogram implementera väldokumenterad forskningsbaserad arbets- och organisationspsykologisk kunskap i ett antal organisationer inom offentlig sektor med syfte att förebygga ohälsa, förbättra utfallet av rehabiliteringsåtgärder ... Communicative Spaces in Practicum as Sites of Participatory and Empowering Practice Dr Sirkku Männikkö-Barbutiu Click on the web link to read more. Current expansion and past dynamics of small-holder irrigation farming in African dry-lands, measuring landscape, labor and climate interactions PhD student Martina Angela Caretta Period: 1/10/11 - 1/4/16 This is an interdisciplinary project funded by SIDA. It involves human and physical geography components and makes use of the collaborations with the Institute of Research Assessment within the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, the British Institute in Eastern Africa and Jomo Kenyatta ... Day-to-day-relations of stress, sleep and subjective health Prof Torbjörn Åkerstedt Period: 1/1/12 - 12/31/14 English summaryStress and sleep vary from day to day and long-term problems in both areas are thought to be related to too high daily problems. This project is focused on the day-to-day relation between sleep, fatigue, stress, subjective health and other variables. The questions in the different ... Dissertation Project: Rethinking Democracy, Pornography & Sex Inequality. PhD student Max Waltman This project asks what is in the way for democracies to legally address pornography's empirically documented production and consumption harms. It rethinks democratic theory in light of evidence offering the analysis of pornography as a harmful practice of sex inequality, a form of sex trafficking, ... 1 2 3 4 5 > >>