Doctoral courses

Aim

The course aims to develop the research student's competence in constructing academic texts in English and develop their understanding of publishing in and across disciplinary traditions.

Code

MAH0211

Credits

5 hp

Syllabus

Syllabus: Academic Writing and Publishing (Box)

Course period

13 February
20 February
29 February
5 March
19 March
25 March
27 March

Between 9 am to 4 pm, on campus.

Contact

Gunilla Assarson
Administrative assistant, Faculty of Education and Society

Anna Wärnsby
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Society

Aim

The course introduces doctoral students to the key concepts, principles, debates, and legal regulations of research ethics and professional conduct. The purpose is to enable doctoral students to correctly identify ethical risks in research and to apply ethical constructs to individual research projects, as well as to professional conduct. In addition, the doctoral students will gain empowering tools and skills that will increase their ability to contribute to the ongoing debate and development of research ethics and professional conduct.

The course will be conducted in English. 

Code

MAU0003

Credits

4 hp

Syllabus

Syllabus: Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research (Box)

Course period

18 April - 13:15-17:00 (OR:C477)
25 April - 13:15-17:00 (NI: A0306)
2 May - 13:15-17:00 (OR:B338)
8 May - 13:15-17:00 (OR:C232)
30 May - deadline for paper
7 June - 9:15-15:00, Exam seminar (OR:C232)
14 June -9:15-15:00, Exam seminar (OR:C232)

Application

Deadline for application 22 February 2024.

An admission notice will be sent out by 7 March 2024.

Contact

Gunilla Assarson
Administrative assistant, Faculty of education and society

Kutte Jönsson
Assistant professor, course leader and examiner, Faculty of education and society

Aim

The objective of the course is to provide students with a critical insight onthe value of societal impact and different methods to plan, evaluate andmanage it in relation to their own research field. The objective of the course is to provide students with the opportunity totrain their capacity to reflectively formulate the societal impact and animpact plan for their research as well as communicate them to relevantactors.

Credits

5 hp

Language

English

Code

TS00024

Syllabus

Syllabus: Societal Impact of Research (PDF)

Course period

The course consists of 5 full-day seminars:

1 October

22 October

12 November

3 December

14 January

Application

Apply to the course Societal Impact of Research

Contact

For academic questions: Håkan Wernersson

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is to give the students insight into the role of digitalization in the development of a more sustainable society and understanding of the relevant sustainability aspects of digitalization. In addition, the students will learn about the potential risks of digitization from a sustainability perspective and how they can be managed

Credits

5 hp

Language

English

Code

MAU0001

Syllabus

Syllabus: Sustainable digitalization

Course period

The course start 4 November 2024. The course consists of 5 full-day seminars:

• 4 November
• 5 November
• 25 November
• 26 November
• 18 December

Application

Apply to the course Sustainable Digitalization

Contact persons

For academic questions -  Paul Davidsson

For administrative questions - Susanne Lundborg

Autumn semester 2024

• Communicating Research, 5 hp (PDF)
• Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research, 4 hp (PDF)

Spring semester 2025

• Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research, 4 hp (PDF)
• Academic Writing and Publishing, 5 hp (PDF)
• Supporting the learning of others, 5 hp (PDF)
• Understanding and Managing Controversies in Research, 5hp (PDF)

Autumn semester 2025

• Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research, 4 hp (PDF)
• Sustainable Digitalization, 5 hp (PDF)
• Societal Impact, 5 hp (PDF)
• Supporting the learning of others, 5 hp (PDF)
• Feminist Theories on Science and Knowledge, 5 hp (Syllabus in progress)

Aim

To introduce and evaluate the main key ideas about the causes of crime by assessing original texts from the theory developers.

Language

Swedish or English depending on the participant

Course code

HÄSA228

Syllabus

Syllabus: Criminological Theory: Crime Causation

Start and end date

April 8, 2024 – June 10, 2024

Last day to apply 

Application closed

Contact

Marie Torstensson Levander, Course coordinator

Louise Bertilsson, Research administrator

Swedish title 

Jämlik hälsa - deltagarbaserad aktionsforskning för social hållbarhet och bättre hälsa

Aim

The course aims to deepen the students’ knowledge on the methodological aspects within participatory action research. Besides the methodological aspects the course will focus on different participatory methods and the collaboration with different stakeholders. The course will further add to the knowledge on how participatory action research will lead to social sustainability and equal health.

Language 

Swedish or English depending on the participants

Course code 

HÄSA236

Syllabus 

Syllabus: Health equity - participatory action research for social sustainability and health

Start and end date 

2024-03-15 - 2024-08-17 

Kontakt

Course coordinator: Rathi Ramji

Course coordinator: Margareta Rämgård  

Administrator: Louise Bertilsson 

Swedish title 

Introduktion till forskningsfältet hälsa och samhälle

Aim 

The purpose of the course is to provide an introduction to research related to the health and illness of individuals and groups in relation to societal conditions and structures.

The course is interdisciplinary with a focus on contextual dimensions of health, illness, and care. Furthermore, the course covers key theoretical concepts as well as scientific and methodological perspectives in the field. It addresses how individuals are biologically and psychologically influenced by cultural, social, political, and material conditions in society. Finally, it also addresses the conditions and challenges for the health and illness of individuals and groups in a culturally pluralistic society.

Language 

Swedish or English depending on the participants

Course Code 

HÄSA234

Syllabus 

Syllabus: Introduction to the research field of Health and Society

Start and end date 

2024-02-13 - 2024-05-07 

Last day to apply

Application closed

Application 

Application: Introduction to the research field of Health and Society

Contact

Course coordinator: Sara Johnsdotter 

Course administrator:  Louise Bertilsson 

Aim

The aim of the course is for the doctoral student to develop knowledge and a critical approach in relation to the field of care sciences and its scientific theoretic foundations.

Language

Swedish or english depending on the participant

Syllabus

Syllabus: Introduction to Care Science Research

Course code

HÄSA218

Schedule

Schedule: Introduction to Care Science Research

Start and end date

2024-09-30 - 2024-12-09 

Last day to apply 

2024-08-19 

Application 

Application: Introduction to Care Science Research

Contact

Course coordinator: Katarina Sjögren Forss

Course administrator: Louise Bertilsson 

Swedish title 

Kvalitativ forskningsmetodologi för hälso- och samhällsvetenskaperna

Aim 

The aim of the course is for the PhD student to acquire knowledge about central core issues in qualitative research methodology for the health and social sciences.

Syllabus

Syllabus: Qualitative Research Methodology for the Health and Social Sciences 

Language

Swedish or English depending on the participant

Course code

HÄSA224

Start and end date

2024-08-27-2024-10-25

Application 

Application: Qualitative Research Methodology for the Health and Social Sciences 

Last day to apply 

2024-07-16

Contact 

Course coordinator: Aje Carlbom

Administrator: Louise Bertilsson 

Kursens språk

English

Aim

The course aims to develop doctoral students´ knowledge, competencies, and judgement skills needed to integrate research laboratory methods into teaching. This is done by practical engagement of the doctoral student in teaching, including supervising, lecturing, examination participation, assessment of teaching strategies, and modification of laboratory methods and materials to fully integrate modern science developments into teaching. Practical teaching will be supported by communication of current scientific achievements, societal and research challenges, demonstration of method limitations, and thus, needs for future knowledge expansion.

Course code

HÄSA233

Syllabus

Syllabus: Research Laboratory Methods

Start and end date

Ongoing 

Contact

• Tautgirdas Ruzgas, Course coordinator
• Louise Bertilsson, Research administrator

• Date of last registration

• The application is ongoing 

Application

Apply here

The course is developed within the framework of the research network CareSam and is given by Roskilde University:

• Challenges in Ageing Societies – Care work, technologies, dementia, and ethics.A transnational multidisciplinary PhD-course
• Read about CareSam

Aim

The course addresses questions about the concepts of knowledge, power, and justice in the subject of Global Politics. It discusses how these concepts can be applied within the study of transnational processes. The course brings together empirical and normative approaches, and it includes theories and perspectives from both the social sciences and the humanities.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSGP004

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies 

Course dates

2024-04-29 -- 2024-05-31

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course Knowledge, power, and justice in Global Politics

Course guide

Course guide for the course Knowledge, power, and justice in Global Politics

Application

Application closed

Application deadline

2024-04-08

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible:

Anders Melin

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Maria English

Aim

The course gives a deeper understanding of theories and concepts related to ethnicity and
identity in the research field of IMER. Special attention is paid to the interplay of these
concepts and their use in empirical research on diversity and discrimination.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSIM002

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus for the Doctoral course Advanced Course in International Migration and Ethnic Relations II (IMER II): Ethnicity and identity

Entry requirement

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies

Course dates

2024-08-29 -- 2024-10-02

Teaching mode

In situ/hybrid

Application

Application will open shortly. 

Selection

In selecting candidates, places are prioritised for:
1. Doctoral students who are admitted to the Department of Global Political Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University. 
2. Doctoral students admitted to higher education institutions within Lärosäten Syd (Universities in South Sweden) and/or UNIC
3. Other doctoral students. 

Additionally, a statement of motivation will also serve as grounds for selection for doctoral students outside of the Department of Global Political Studies.

Application deadline

To be announced

For academic questions, contact the course responsible: 

Pieter Bevelander

For administrative questions, contact the doctoral education officer: 

Maria English 

Aim

The purpose of the course is to give an in-depth insight into current research debates within the Urban Studies research field. 

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSUS002

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Student must be admitted to doctoral studies in a subject relevant to Urban Studies

Syllabus

Syllabus for the doctoral course Advanced course in Urban Studies II

Course guide

To be announced

Application

The application has not opened yet. The application period will be in late spring and early summer 2024.

Application deadline

To be announced

Please note

The number of participants will be limited. Doctoral students from the Department of Urban Studies at Malmö University have a priority. 

For academic questions, please contact the doctoral education coordinator:

Karin Grundström

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The aim of this course is for the doctoral student to develop in-depth knowledge of building stock analysis.

Course credits

5,0 credits

Course code

KSUS004

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies 

Course dates

2 September 2024 - 31 October 2024

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course Building stock analysis

Course guide

To be announced

Application

Apply to the course Building stock analysis

Application deadline

15 June 2024

Please note

The number of participants will be limited to 10 doctoral students. Doctoral students from the ASSURE research school has a priority. Applicants are thereafter accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible:

Magnus Andersson

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer:

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The aim is to perform in-depth quantitative analysis of neighbourhood development.

Course credits

5,0 credits

Course code

KSUS005

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies 

Course dates

To be announced

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course Quantitative analysis of neighbourhood development

Course guide

To be announced

Application

The application has not opened yet. The application period will be in late spring and early summer 2024.

Application deadline

To be announced

Please note

The number of participants will be limited. Doctoral students from the Department of Urban Studies at Malmö University have a priority. 

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer:

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

Introduction to Global Politics aims towards providing the doctoral student with in-depth knowledge about Global Politics, which is a multidisciplinary subject, containing theoretical approaches from both the social sciences and the humanities.

Course credits

15 credits

Course code

KSGP001

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies. 

Course dates

To be announced

Application

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the Doctoral education officer.

Application deadline

To be announced

Syllabus

Syllabus for the Doctoral course Introduction to Global Politics

Course guide and schedule

To be announced

Please note

Confirmation of acceptance to the course will be sent to the applicants by email once the application period has passed. The number of participants will be limited to 16. Doctoral students from Malmö University have a priority. The thesis abstract and a statement of motivation (required within the application form) will serve as the grounds for selection. 

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Maria English

Aim

The aim of the course is to give you an in-depth orientation about theory, concepts and phenomena within the Urban Studies research field.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSUS003

Language of instruction

English

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies.

Course dates

To be announced

Application

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the Doctoral education officer.

Application deadline

To be announced

Syllabus

Syllabus: Advanced Course in Urban Studies I

Course guide and schedule

To be announced

Please note

This course will be taught on campus only. The number of participants will be limited to 20. Doctoral students from Malmö University have a priority. 

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible:

Karin Grundström

For administrative questions, please contact the Doctoral education officer:

Ulrika Tegnér

Aim

The course provides a deeper understanding of theories and concepts related to causes and consequences of international migration in the research field of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) from a multidisciplinary perspective. The theoretical emphasis is put on five interrelated themes: migration and history, transnationalism and mobility, migration and development, migration and governance, and migration and welfare. 

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSIM004

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus for the Doctoral course International migration: theories, causes and consequences

Entry requirement

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies

Application

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the Doctoral education officer. 

Application deadline

To be announced

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible: 

Pieter Bevelander

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer: 

Maria English 

Aim

The overall objective of this Doctoral course is to improve understanding of citizenship as a partly closed, partly open membership, and its changing forms and functions in diverse societies. The aim is both description, comparison and explanation of existing citizenship practices and institutions, as well as normative questions of legitimacy and justice.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KSIM003

Syllabus 

Syllabus: Citizenship and inclusion/exclusion

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies.

Application

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the doctoral education officer.

Application deadline

To be announced

Please note

The number of participants will be limited to 20. Doctoral students from Malmö University have a priority. The thesis abstract and a statement of motivation (required within the application form) will serve as the grounds for selection.

For academic questions, please contact the course responsible:

Christian Fernandez

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education officer:

Maria English

Aim

This course will survey a group of recently completed Ph.D. theses in interaction design representing different areas of and approaches to the discipline. The purpose of the course is to provide the student with a diverse repertoire of how interaction design theses can be structured and to support them in positioning themselves within the field.

The doctoral students will work in teams where they will be responsible for digesting and presenting one Ph.D. thesis, analyzing the focus, key methodology, and knowledge contribution. They will also serve as an opponent for another thesis, where they get to train their ability to pose critical and constructive questions. The course coordinators will provide the thesis that will be used in the course, but students will get the opportunity to rank and wish which ones they find the most interesting.

Course credits

5,0 credits

Course code

KSID002

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus: Current direction in Interaction Design

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies.

Application 

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the Doctoral education officer. 

• For administrative questions, contact the Doctoral education officer:

• Malin Mc Glinn

Please note

The number of participants will be limited. Doctoral students from the School of Arts and Communication at Malmö University have a priority. 

Aim

What counts as research practice and how to frame Practice Based Research are of prime importance in disciplines where aspects of making exist alongside theoretical research at an advanced scientific level. This course activates a critical exploration of research practices that are part of a researcher’s scholarly activities (“Practices that Question”) and contributes to the critique and development of such practices (“Practices in Question”). This course is designed for doctoral students from a range of disciplines but is particularly intended to support research in humanities/social sciences, media and communications, design, arts, and performance. The goal is to support students to deepen, critique and expand the methodologies used in their research processes.

Course credits

7,5 credits

Course code

KS00007

Language of instruction

English

Syllabus

Syllabus: Practices that Question / Practices in Question: Practice-Based Research in Culture and Society

Entry requirements

Students must be admitted to doctoral studies. 

Application

Application closed. If you wish to go on our wait list for future course instances, please contact the Doctoral education officer.

For administrative questions, contact the Doctoral education officer

Malin McGlinn

K3 offers doctoral students in Media and Communication Studies science the course Contemporary Debates in Media and Communications Theory which is given in collaboration with Södertörn University, Örebro University and Karlstad University. Apply for the course via Karlstad University. The course will be run next time in 2025.

Aim

The course aims for the student to acquire both a broad overview and a deep understanding of central aspects of the research field of disciplinary literacy. The student develops an understanding of both disciplinary literacy as a concept and how it is applied in various school subjects and educational contexts. The purpose is also to develop knowledge of theoretical perspectives and research methods used in research on disciplinary literacy within different academic disciplines.

Course code

LSU0016

Course date

Course introduction: April 4, 9.15–12
Course dates: April 1 – June 2, 2024
Teaching: tentatively planned for Tuesday mornings 9.15–12 (subject to change)
The course is given in English and open for international participants.
Both online and campus participation will be possible.

Syllabus

Disciplinary Literacy in Different Educational Contexts

Contact

Robert Walldén

Aim

The aim of the course is to explore and discuss how theoretical perspectives on multilingualism and social justice can be operationalized in research on education and learning. The aim is also to focus partly on how theories and methods interact in the analytical process and have a bearing on the research results, partly how research results receive different receptions and consequences in the political and societal conversations.

Course code

LSU0020

Course start

On campus at Uppsala University.
23-24 May and examination on Zoom 13 June at 10-12.

Course syllabus

Education, multilingualism and social justice, 3 credits

Contact

Malin Ideland

Aim

This course aims to introduce how and why the didactics of science and mathematics have emerged as research fields and what separates and unites the research fields, as well as to describe and problematize key concepts, theoretical frameworks, and methodologies that have dominated during different periods. The purpose is also to describe and problematize the fields of knowledge by providing a sociological and historical orientation in the fields in the form of organisations, journals, and conferences. This orientation is based on a larger educational policy context. Didactics will be elucidated from a broad perspective, science education (research)and mathematics education (research).

Course code

LSMN005

Syllabus

Trends and traditions in science and mathematics education research

Course date

25/1 9.15-12
30/1 kl 13.15-16.00
8/2 9.15-12.00
15/2 9.15-12.00
1/3 9.15-12.00
11/3 13.15-16.00
15/3 9.15-12.00

Course leader

Ulrika Ryan
Helen Hasslöf

Content

Current research within Internet of Things focusing on the user. A seminar series where a scientific article is presented and discussed at each seminar. 

Credits

5 hp

Teaching language

English

Code

TS00002

Course syllabus

Course syllabus: Internet of Things and People, 5 credits

Course start

Ongoing

Application

Apply to the course IoTaP, 5 credits

Contact

For academic questions: Bahtijar Vogel

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is provide students with broad knowledge in applied physics, especially in the areas of materials science, atomic and astrophysics, and synchrotron light physics, with applications.

In consultation with the course responsible, 7 research seminars are selected within regular
seminar series at the department, nearby universities and research facilities (eg MAX IV
laboratory and ESS). Before each seminar, teachers and students discuss a review article
that is relevant as background for the current seminar. After the seminar, each student
writes a short summary of the seminar

Credits

7,5 hp

Teaching language

English

Code

TS00019

Course syllabus

Syllabus: Current Topics in Applied Physics

Course start

Ongoing 

Application

Apply to the course Current Topics in Applied Physics

Contact

For academic questions: Henrik Hartman

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is to study and analyse how natural science and technology, popularly referred to as STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and gender is constructed and to learn the established interdependences. A further aim is to explore specific examples pertaining to the gendered history of STEM in order to analyse and understand current practices in research and development across multiple fields. Using historical, sociological, cultural, sustainable, and philosophical aspects of the shaping of STEM, participants are challenged to look at their own role as researchers and the current paradigm in STEM.

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Code

TS00021

Course syllabus

Syllabus: Gender in natural science, technology, and mathematics

Course start

10 September 2024.

Schedule

Schedule: Gender in natural science, technology, and mathematics - autumn 2024

Application

Apply for the course Gender in natural science, technology, and mathematics

Contact

For academic questions: Denis Music

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is to learn how the large-scale properties of solid materials result from their properties on the atomic scale. Electrical, dielectric, magnetic, elastic, and thermal property of solids will be described in terms of basic physical laws. A special attention will be given to new phenomena and materials.

Credits

7,5 credits

Language

English

Course code

TS00022

Syllabus

Syllabus: Solid State Physics

Course start

The course runs every second year. Next course start is during 2025.

Application

The application is not open yet.

Contact

For academic questions: Denis Music

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is to learn physical mechanisms for the synthesis and microstructure evolution of thin films from the vapour phase. Atomic processes and thermodynamics of ion-surface interactions will be given special attention as they give rise to unusual macroscopic properties relevant for many high-tech applications.

Syllabus

Syllabus: Thin Film Physics

Course code

TS00023

Course start

The course runs every second year. Next course start is during 2025

Contact

Denis Music

Aim

The course aims to develop the students' knowledge of experiments as a scientific method and to give the students an introduction to experimental methods in applied physics. Students gain a broad insight into the techniques used in applied physics to understand and be able to describe atoms, molecules and solid materials.

Course syllabus (in Swedish)

Kursplan: Experimentella metoder I

Code

TS00018

Kursstart

The course runs every second year. Next course start is during 2025

Contact

Lindsay Richard Merte

Aim

The aim of the course is that the student will develop advanced knowledge on the uses, advantages, and limitations of agent-based modeling and simulation as a research method. The course enables the student to evaluate the feasibility and opportunities of this research paradigm as well as to gain skills and knowledge for applying agent-based modeling and simulation to their own research. This includes an in-depth understanding of relevant methods, approaches, and tools for developing agent-based models and simulations as well as the critical assessment of the models and simulation results published by others.

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Code

TS00025

Course syllabus

Syllabus: Agent-based Modeling and Simulation as a Research Method

Course start

Next course start is in 2025. More information will come.

Application

The application is not open yet.

Contact

For academic questions: Fabian Lorig

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

Aim

The aim of the course is for the students to gain knowledge in scripting, data handling and visualisation in Python as well as to gain knowledge in high-performance programming in, e.g., Fortran or C, necessary for research and development in interdisciplinary environments, where simulation and modelling are of increasing importance.

Credits

5 credits

Language

English

Code

TS00017

Course syllabus

Syllabus: Modeling and Simulation I

Course start

The course runs every second year. Next start is during 2026

Application

The application is not open yet

Contact

For academic questions: Per Jönsson

For administrative questions: Susanne Lundborg

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