A doctoral student is employed to fulfill the requirements of the doctoral programme, and is also expected to contribute and take active part in the research environment at the School of Social Work. Doctoral students may teach or do administrative work up to 20% of the employment, also depending on the department’s requirements. Swedish as well as English are used as languages in the programme, during courses, seminars and meetings.

Admission of doctoral students takes place every other year and, in individual cases, after announcement of a vacancy for a doctoral position in a specific research project. Applications are accepted only following a vacancy announcement. All admitted doctoral students receive a salary so there is no need to apply for scholarships. There is no need to contact potential supervisors in advance. All doctoral position vacancies are announced on the university website.
We recommend that you visit this site regularly if you are interested in the doctoral programme.

At present, about 20 doctoral students are actively involved in research studies and each year around four or five students obtain their doctoral degrees.

Reading courses

These are reading courses specially designed for the doctoral programme:

• SASA007 Theories on the construction of social problems (reading course; third cycle) 7.5 credits (PDF, 60 kB)
• SASA009 Ethnography (reading course; third cycle) 7.5 credits (PDF, 60 kB)
• SASA016 An introduction to social work research and practice (reading course; third cycle) 7.5 credits (PDF, 64 kB)
• SASA017 Phenomenology, ethics and social work (reading course, third cycle) 7.5 credits (PDF, 64 kB)
• SASA018 Care theories in social work (reading course; third cycle) 7.5 credits PDF, 64 kB)
• SASA019, SASA020, SASA021 Research in the History of Social Work (reading course, third cycle) 2.5, 5, 7.5 credits (PDF, 224 kB)

Reading courses, in Swedish.