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The course covers: Differentiable manifolds, their tangent spaces and tangent bundles. Riemannian metrics and their unique Levi-Civita connection. Geodesics and the important Riemann curvature tensor and its influence on the local…

The course treats: • homotopy theory, the fundamental group, covering spaces • the Brouwer fixed point theorem, the Borsuk-Ulam theorem • deformation retracts, fundamental groups and homology of surfaces • surgery of manifolds, also called…

The course treats: Group representations: linear representations, equivalent representations, regular representation, induced and restricted representations, irreducible representations, Maschke’s Theorem, dual representations and…

The course treats: The method of characteristics and nonlinear equations of the first order. Laplace’s equation. The heat equation. The wave equation. The Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem. Sobolev spaces. Existence, uniqueness and…

The course treats basic properties of signed and complex measures: Hahn and Jordan decomposition, absolute continuity and the Radon-Nikodym theorem, singularity, Lebesgue decomposition of measures, differentiability of finite Borel…

The course addresses political approaches to and perspectives on sustainability issues and place these in relation to the actual ability to address sustainability challenges. It tackles both central political factors as well the creation…

The course provides interdisciplinary perspectives from the field of environmental geography aimed at studying the dynamics of social and environmental change in particular places. It covers perspectives from a variety of research fields,…

The course briefly reviews economic theories and economic growth and analyses their environmental and social consequences, for instance, environmental degradation, social welfare and equity. Students will develop competencies in critically…

This course provides opportunities for participants to enhance their knowledge and skills in sustainability science through a deeper comprehension of the strengths and weaknesses of participatory methods. The course is based on…

This course is intended to cover fundamental questions on the very substance of science and the scientific method; on what distinguishes good and proper science from pseudoscience, from charlatanry and plain cheating; the relation between…

In this course we will try to address these and similar questions, by looking at and discussing the wealth of gender science applied to physics. The course will consist of two parts: This part is an introduction to gender science and how…

The course is for you who want to integrate self reflection and techniques to meet tentions in your work and studies as a musician. Methods and reflecting perspectives are combined to understand the complexity in professional musicianship…

The course deals primarily with economic decision making concerning consumption and production. The course starts with a treatment of the underlying principles that guide an individual's optimal consumption decisions under both certainty…

This course starts with an introduction to descriptive statistics, probability theory and inference. Thereafter, the course treats problems connected with establishing and quantifying the relationship between different economics variables…

The course provides a deepened overview of macroeconomic theory. It deepens the content of the introductory course by adopting a more thorough analysis and problematizing the streangths and weaknesses of different theories and models, both…

The course begins with development gaps, and the relationships between per capita income and other measures of development. Thereafter it reviews the theories of economic growth and the development process. It focuses on the role of…

This course covers modern econometric tools and empirical strategies used by economists and demographers for the analysis of cross-sectional and panel micro-data. The course teaches the econometric theory behind these techniques but also…

The course gives an introduction to basic concepts within time series analysis. The univariate analysis of time series in this course is based upon ARMA/ARIMA and ARCH-/GARCH models. Multivariate time series analysis is based on VAR models…

The course covers and discusses recent advances in Labour Economics, with an emphasis on empirical applications. Each lecture focuses on a specific topic. The course starts by discussing theories of labour supply and demand, and proceeds…

The course deals with the mechanisms behind and the effects of international trade. The course uses an advanced treatment in terms of topics and methodology, qualifying the student to carry out advanced analyses and the study of issues…

The objective of this course is to give the students an understanding and hands-on knowledge of fundamental methods within financial risk management. The course deals with two main topics: measurement and management of market risk and…

The course primarily treats issues related to economic growth using advanced dynamic macroeconomic models with intertemporally optimising agents. Within the framework of growth theory, dynamic models in continuous and discrete time…

The aim of this course is to provide students with the theoretical understanding of how a geographic database is built-up and how it can be used. You will study key concepts for handling geographic databases with special focus on spatial…

The course contains a number of different basic components of spatial analysis, both in terms of theoretical background and analytical methods. Some of the concepts and techniques covered in the course are point pattern analysis,…

The course covers elementary programming concepts (arithmetic expressions, for-loops, logical expressions, if-statements, functions and classes) that are closely connected to mathematical/technical problems and examples, as well as…

The degree project requires a literature survey and specialised studies. Furthermore, a number of compulsory activities are included, in the form of teaching sessions and seminars that treat e.g. scientific writing in English and Swedish,…

The degree project requires a literature review and special studies. In addition, it includes a number of compulsory elements, in the form of lessons and seminars, which deal with, among other things, scientific writing in English and…

Simulation techniques is a field which merges experience in modelling with knowledge in Scientific Computing and programming skills. The course gives students in a late stage of their university studies the possibility to work, in small…

The course covers: Models of computational fluid dynamics Hyperbolic conservation laws and their basic properties (weak solutions, weak entropy solutions, shocks) Discontinuous Galerkin discretizations Simulations of gas dynamics…

The course gives an introduction to error estimates, convergence and stability, as well as existence and regularity of solutions to elliptic differential equations (PDEs). This is followed by an introduction to DUNE-FEM which discusses how…

The course provides students with a general overview of the development of Greek from Antiquity to the present, focusing on the period from the late Byzantine to the modern era with regard to changes in sound system, grammar and syntax…

This course is an introduction to the rapidly growing field of Corpus Linguistics and its application in Modern Greek studies. Corpus Linguistics (CL) is a method to retrieve data to study natural occurring language in different contexts…

The course explores Polish literature in relation to different themes. After a historical overview, the literature is studied in relation to crucial historical events - war and communism - and finally in relation to the present. Through…

The course provides students with further training in vocabulary and grammatical structures in Polish through studies of simplified texts. The course aims to provide both language proficiency training and advanced knowledge of the Polish…

We will cover issues such as citizenship and representation in political institutions, changes in women’s participation in the labour force, sexuality and the social welfare state, masculinity studies as well as gender and social change…

The course provides a survey of Swedish literary tradition, from the Middle Ages until today. It is centred on canonised and internationally well-known authors such as Carl Michael Bellman, Carl von Linné, Selma Lagerlöf, August…

This course focusses on questions that arise in the study of global diversity that characterises language structure and use. The course will deal with questions such as: How many languages are there in the world? How do new languages…

Through this course you will gain a deeper understanding of the cultural and artistic expressions of Scandinavian societies. In this course, Scandinavia  refers to Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. You will discuss influences from…

The course is based on current research in ethnology, medical anthropology and cultural studies, including questions about the body, illness experiences, disability, ethics and the new health economy. Theoretical understanding of how…

The course provides an introduction to Swedish politics. The political system in general, the constitution, the government and the political parties are discussed in a historical as well as in a contemporary perspective. Sweden’s role as a…

The aim of the course is to offer an introduction to the study of the Holocaust, the destruction of the European Jews, its causes and mechanisms. It will offer a basis upon which to seek answers to difficult questions, such as why this…

The course is an introduction to Practical Philosophy. It highlights the fundamental role of moral issues in a range of individual and social areas and provides a historical background to classical ethical theories such as utilitarianism,…

Animals figure in human society and culture in multiple ways, while frequently being marginalized or reduced to commodities, production units, status symbols and tools. This course offers a critical exploration of how a shifting economic,…

This interdisciplinary course deals with the rhetorical use of media to establish power – in the past and in the present. We study the impact of new communication technologies such as writing, print and broadcasting on rhetoric, and we…

Man has existed for 200 000 years, a rather short period in the history of life. In this time span she emerged from Africa and since colonised a large part of the planet. Human history is characterised by important transitions such as the…

A chronological outline is given of artistic expressions from the rock carvings of the Bronze Age to contemporary art and architecture. As part of the outline the gradual evolution of artist roles, the formation of an indigenous body of…

In this course we will study the various religious communities in contemporary Sweden following from migration and its impact on Swedish society.

This course studies the relationship between the Roman Empire and other cultures, especially Germanic and Celtic tribes, outside the realm of the Empire during the period 100 B.C to 400 A.D. We discuss the how the meeting between Romans…

Each session will equip students with an understanding of the historical roots and contemporary impacts of inter-religious relations between the three faiths. Students will learn about the core narratives at the heart of inter-religious…