Filip Olsson showed in his doctoral thesis that there is a gap between conscious and unconscious prejudice. It has now been over a year since he graduated. We have asked him what life is like after his PhD.
Sociology at Stockholm University has climbed 18 places in QS World University Rankings 2026. We are currently at place 38, which makes us best ranked in the Nordic countries.
We congratulate Signe Svallfors, who was recently promoted to docent of Sociology.
In workplaces and organisations where overtime is widely endorsed, fathers are less likely to take parental leave. No such relation is found for mothers. This suggests that parents’ decision about who will stay home with the children is partly influenced by their work culture, according to Flore Debruyne, the researcher behind the study.
Sven Drefahl has recently been promoted to professor of Demography, a relatively new field where he was one of the first students.
Kieron Barclay, newly promoted professor of Sociology, enjoys the liberty to pursue interesting and complex questions over time.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Konstantin Kazenin—an inspiring researcher, a generous colleague, and a dear friend.
Those who participated in the protest movement before the fall of the Berlin Wall are to a great extent politically active today, a doctoral thesis in sociology shows. Additionally, former supporters of the socialist party are still on the far left end of the political spectrum. None of the groups is more likely to sympatise with AfD. This sheds light on how experiences from an authoritarian regime can remain stable over time, according to Zeth Isaksson, the author of the thesis.
Son preference remains stable in many low- and middle-income countries, despite recent development toward gender equality and urbanisation, a new doctoral thesis in demography reveales. This illustrates the complexity of how the world is changing, according to the author Konstantin Kazenin.
