Research projects

At the Sociology of Law Department, family research coexists with research on public construction contracts; and the informal workers' situation in Colombia is examined at the same time as digital norms and gender. Research is also carried out on socio-legal theory, social welfare and many other areas.

Our research has a wide span, which contributes to interesting discussions while finding common ground in its examination of law and norms.

Active research projects

• Administrative Law Reform and Legal Integration in Hybrid Political Regimes
• Asylum Appeals in Denmark, Germany and Sweden: A Socio-Legal Cartography
• Central Asian Law: Legal Cultures and Business Environments in Central Asia
• Digitalization and Legal Responsibility
• Från stat/region till näringsliv. En studie om svensk reglering av offentliga ämbetspersoners och förtroendevaldas sidbyten (Swedish)
• Hate and threats against journalists: consequences for freedom of speech and democracy (Swedish)
• How does the forced sale procedure at the Swedish Enforcement Authority affect debtors' perceptions of fairness? (Swedish)
• Informality, Migrant Precarity and Exploitation in Nordic Context: Uzbek Migrant Workers in Sweden and Finland
• Kartläggning av kommunalt och regionalt tillgänglighetsarbete (Swedish)
• MOCCA: Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia
• The Multilevel Orders of Corruption - Insights from a Post-Soviet Context
• Responses to Labour Exploitation in Sweden - Representations of Victims and Access to Justice
• Revolving doors to the private sector? A sociolegal study on top state and region officials' transitions to the private sector and their regulation

Current doctoral projects

The department's PhD students are engaged in many interesting doctoral projects which you will find presented on their pages below.

• Dusty Rights: Social resilience, law, and environment in Taranto, Italy
  Carlo Nicoli Aldini
   
• Hate and threats against journalists: Consequences for freedom of speech and democracy
  Oscar Björkenfeldt
   
• Inform, Nudge, Replace: How digital systems drive changes in urban behaviours
  Magnus Eriksson
   
• Caring for Animals in a Time of Ecological Disturbances: Law and the Crisis of Anthropocentrism
  Marie Leth-Espensen
   
• Revolving doors to the private sector? A sociolegal study on top state and region officials' transitions to the private sector and their regulation
  Heraclitos Muhire
   
• Title to be decided
  Lisa Schmitz
   
• Between Law and Risk
  John Woodlock
   
• (De)constructing and (de)colonizing credibility in queer asylum claims in Greece
  Sophia Zisakou