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
• ICARUS: Illuminating power dynamics in Cross-scale Adaptation for more Resilient and jUst
• Justice and accountability for business involvement in international crimes: Legal struggles and strategies in the Lundin case
• Kartläggning av kommunalt och regionalt tillgänglighetsarbete (Swedish)
• MOCCA: Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia
• More than green - Lighthouses of transformative nature-based solutions for inclusive communities
• 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
   
• 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
   
• (De)constructing the concealment of domestic violence in family law – A study of German child custody disputes and alternative realities after gendered violence
  Lisa Schmitz
   
• Between Law and Safety - Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers and the Socio-Professional Construction of Legality in EU Civil Aviation
  John Woodlock
   
• Feeling queer, feeling real: Affective economies of truth in queer asylum politics
  Sophia Zisakou