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How do proteins evolve? From scratch, as novel proteins? From one enzymatic function to another? How do two protein structures that constitute one protein complex coevolve? These are some of the questions that are currently being studied at the department of biochemistry and biophysics.
Understanding protein structure is one key to understanding the mechanisms by which proteins perform their diverse actions in the cell. Moreover, the process by which a particular protein assumes its eventual fold is also important for understanding protein function.
How are resources allocated to different vulnerable groups in need of social support? What are the principles and processes behind the allocation of municipal funds? This is a currently overlooked question, despite this being crucial for the allocation of resources to vulnerable groups with complex problems spanning different sectors.
PhD project that aims to examine provocation as a mitigating circumstance in assessments of intentional homicide and assault in Swedish criminal law.
An ethnological study of contemporary inpatient psychiatric care.
Psychobiology and epidemiology are two complementary research areas at Stockholm university.
The project explores how technological and societal changes affect the understanding and practice of psychological defence in contemporary Sweden.
Psychology is the science of experiences and behaviors. Interest is focused on various aspects of human interaction with the outside world.
Using psychological tests and symptom scales in questionnaire form to make an initial assessment of symptoms and severity is common and valuable. However, constructing such tests so that they truly reflect the individual's feelings as accurately as possible is difficult.
Earlier research suggests that high levels of workplace stress may increase the risk of cognitive impairment in midlife and of dementia in late life. However, not all people who experience high levels of psychosocial stress will develop cognitive dysfunction.
Doctoral project about public and private in the legal system and how this systematic distinction has evolved.
Research within the field of public economics at Stockholm University covers theoretical and empirical work on core issues such as taxation and the design of social insurance.
- A Comparative Study At the Example of the 2019-2020 Corona virus pandemic
Within this area of research, we examine public health policy in various welfare systems. The research focuses on policy content, the organization and efforts of welfare systems, and health effects at both societal and individual levels.
Public health sciences concerns the study of public health and its determinants. As a research subject, public health sciences mean trying to understand health from the single individual to the whole society, why illness arises and how health can be promoted.
International law is a legal discipline and what might be described as the public part of international law. It consists of rules and principles that regulate how States, international organisations and certain other international actors cooperate and act towards each other.
Public law (constitutional law and administrative law) concerns, among other things, the organisation and competence of the state and municipalities, as well as the administration and exercise of authority by state and municipal authorities. Overall, public law regulates the role of public authorities vis-à-vis citizens and their internal relations.
The project focuses on the practiced language policies of two public libraries with the mandate to promote linguistic diversity and inclusion.
How are societies governed, and how do political ambitions translate into public policies and collective action? Public policy and administration research examines the organization and exercise of public power, and the roles of different societal actors in shaping policies and their outcomes.
Private companies are increasingly adapting to climate change, and these responses can have widespread effects on society, affecting areas like water access, safety, and public services. Our project seeks to map and explain these public-private interactions in climate adaptation and assess their potential to advance democratic and effective adaptation.
