Research subjects

Civics is a subject that takes its knowledge material from several other academic disciplines, especially sociology and political science.

Why do we read and how? And how have we done that through the ages? Comparative literature explores texts throughout history to the present...

The research in Criminology at Mid Sweden University aims to gain a better understanding of the causes and consequences of the different...

Research in the subject of English linguistics is conducted at Mid Sweden University based on the researchers' different areas of...

Gender Studies is a uniquely transdisciplinary field of research that aims to critically examine power structures in society with a particular...

History as a subject explores societies and the existential conditions of humans from a time perspective. Analysing and understanding times...

At Mid Sweden University, political science includes research that focuses on a range of topical challenges facing our democratic societies. In...

Sociology as a science is about understanding and explaining the way society works. This means that the task of sociology is to examine and...

South Saami is a Saami language traditionally spoken in the southern parts of Saepmie, the Saami area. Its speakers number in the hundreds and...

The research in Swedish language is profiled towards literacy, both historical literacy and literacy in today's school.

Research in Swedish as a second language focuses on learning materials intended for second language speakers and deals with the presentation...