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The course provides theoretical and practical knowledge of advanced GIS methods and their applications in environmental sciences, spatial analysis, and decision-making. A central theme of the course is research reproducibility, where…

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…

The PSYD54 is an introductory course to cognitive neuroscience. During the course, you will learn about brain structure and function, and central areas of modern cognitive neuroscience, such as attention, memory, language, and…

Personality and developmental psychology is the field of psychology that both describes and explains how people change and develop in certain ways in life and at the same time how they remain constant in their characteristics to some…

The course contextualizes these movements from a historical perspective, focusing on the emergence of the pan-Asian inner Buddhist renewal around 1900. Often originating in Asia, Buddhist movements are today acting globally and the course…

The course aims to provide students with specialised knowledge of approaches to crime, criminal justice and social control based on socio-legal and critical criminological perspectives. During the course, different theoretical approaches…

Corruption is a multifaceted concept that needs to be studied and understood from many perspectives. From this point of departure, this course aims to introduce the students to global and transdisciplinary perspectives in the area of…

This course is offered as an elective course during semester 3 of the Master's programme in Social Anthropology (SASAN), the Master's programme in Cultural Criminology (SACCR) and the Master's programme in Sociology (SASCO). The course…

This course deals with current issues relating to aging societies. An increasing share of elderly has for a long time characterized Sweden and other developed countries. The course deals with questions like: If this did not constitute…

In Human Geography: Level 2, you are given the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in regional development, social urban geography, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and valuable qualitative and quantitative research methods. The…

The course gives an introduction to the contemporary geographical perspectives on African development. The course gives an overview of the socio-economic diversity of Africa, putting special efforts on mapping the present situation and…

The course starts with an overview of contemporary research on Africa.  Thereafter it introduces the diverse political landscape of Africa putting special focus on the present transformations the continent is going through. This will…

The course offers participants advanced insights into the histories of geographical thought and current issues within the field of human geography. On this basis, the course aims to develop the participants’ competences to critically and…

This advanced level course in Economic Geography focuses on some of the most important socio-economic challenges that today’s cities, regions and nations face. It examines how globalisation affects firms and people in particular places,…

The course offers advanced insights to landscape geography and actively combines this with critical ways of thinking about the environment, environmental problems and solutions within the field of political ecology. Landscape and political…

The course seeks to advance both comprehensive understandings of e.g. history of economic thought, as well as insight into contemporary geographical dimensions, issues, challenges, and conflicts addressed by economic and political-economic…

The course aims to provide an introduction to the rapidly growing field of GIS, for students interested in applying it within their projects and research. It is strongly interdisciplinary in scope, and thus is appropriate for students from…

The course surveys mostly qualitative approaches, including thematic analysis, (qualitative) content analysis, and narrative analysis. It discusses also some quantitative approaches, such as event analysis and (quantitative)…