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Courses within the doctoral programmes at IKOS

The Department of Culture and Society offers a variety of graduate courses.

Anyone taking doctoral studies at the Department of Culture and Society is welcome to take any of the graduate courses given by the department.

Doctoral students from other departments at 一本道 and doctoral students from other institutions of higher education are also welcome to take the courses, if space is available. Some courses can also be taken by advanced master’s students, if there are particularly strong reasons. A precondition for taking any of the courses and obtaining credit is that the student has been admitted to doctoral studies and has the consent of his or her supervisor.

We offer courses by the Department of Culture and Society and by the LiU Humanities platform established by several departments in collaboration. For more information about any of the courses, contact the course coordinator.

Doctoral courses at LiU

A selection of IKOS鈥檚 current courses.

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PhD course: Critical Problems in Social and Cultural Theory

REMESO Graduate School PhD Course is open for application, givs fall-spring 2026-2027. The course offers an advanced and historically informed overview of critical problems in Western social and cultural theory.
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Ageing and Social Change 3 HP / ECTS

Ageing is one of the key issues in today鈥檚 societies which require more research-based understanding likewise knowledge about adequate policies. Learn about social change, population and individual ageing in contemporary societies in this PhD course.
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Circulating knowledge course

That knowledge circulates, or rather is supposed to circulate, seems obvious. But packaged in what forms, and under what conditions and norms? Welcome to discover more in this COMPASS PhD course at LiU.

Doctoral Programmes

The Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Social Change

The doctoral programme in Ageing and Social Change aims to give doctoral students in-depth knowledge in this field. Students shall independently plan and carry out a qualified research project and present and disseminate its results.

PhD Studies in Philosophy

The Division of Philosophy and Applied Ethics (FTE) is an internationally, interdisciplinary center for cutting-edge research, with strengths in philosophy of science, phenomenology, normative and applied ethics, metaethics, and political philosophy.

The Doctoral Programme in Ethnic and Migration Studies

The doctoral programme offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary research education in ethnic and migration studies.

Previous courses

Negative Modernity: The War of Ideas.

Department: The Department for Culture and Society
Course coordinator: Keti Chuhkrov, Tage Danielsson Professor
Period: February 27 to April 30 2024

Language and Social Interaction

Department: IKOS, SoK
Course coordinator: Leelo Keevallik
Course period: April-May 2024

Analysing Literature, 7,5 credits

Department: The Department for Culture and Society
Doctoral programme: Language and Culture (SoK)
Course coordinator: Jesper Olsson
Director of doctoral studies: Elin K盲ck
Period: Spring 2023, 24 April - 30 May

Introductory Course in Research Ethics, 4,5 credits

Department: The Department for Culture and Society
Course responsible/contact person: Elin Palm, Division of Philosophy and Applied Ethics
Additional teachers: Johanna N盲hlinder
Period: Spring 2023, 27 February - 29 March

Critical Problems in Social and Cultural Theory, 7,5 credits or 15 credits (with course paper)
Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Ethnic and Migration Studies, REMESO
Course coordinator: Stefan Jonsson
Director of doctoral studies: Catrin Lundstr枚m
Period: September 2022 鈥� June 2023 (13 seminars in total)

Research Methods in Ethnic and Migration Studies, 7,5 credits
Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Ethnic and Migration Studies, REMESO
Course coordinator: Olav Nyg氓rd and Kristoffer Jutvik
Director of doctoral studies: Catrin Lundstr枚m
Period: 21 November 鈥� 22 December; on-campus week 5鈥�9 December
The course is offered by REMESO international Graduate School in Migration.

Kritiska och reflexiva f枚rh氓llningss盲tt till kulturvetenskaplig teori och metod, 15 credits
Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Culture and society
Course coordinator: Johanna Dahlin och Martin Fredriksson
Director of doctoral studies: Catrin Lundstr枚m
Period: Spring 2022

Knowledge in Motion: Between Forms and Norms, 7,5 credits
Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Culture and society in collaboration with the journal Culture Unbound and the research hub KOMPASS.
Course coordinator: Eva Hemmungs Wirt茅n
Director of doctoral studies: Catrin Lundstr枚m
Period: Spring 2022

For more information, please contact the course coordinator.

Reimagining the Humanities, 3 credits for participating and another 7 credits if you write a course paper
Organisor: LiU Humanities
Course coordinator: Madina Tlostanova
Period: Autumn 2021, week 37, 13-16 September

The Political Economy of International Migration
Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Ethnic and Migration Studies, REMESO
Course coordinators: Peo Hansen och Claudia Tazreiter
Director of doctoral studies: Catrin Lundstr枚m
Period: Intensive week is scheduled for 29 November 鈥�3 December

Qualitative methods in social science, 7,5 credits
Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Welfare Law
Course coordinator: Anna Lundberg
Director of doctoral studies: Catrin Lundstr枚m
Period: TBA

Migration and the law 鈥� a reading course, 7,5 credits
Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Welfare Law
Course coordinator: Anna Lundberg
Director of doctoral studies: Catrin Lundstr枚m
Period: TBA

Analysing Literature, 7,5 credits
Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Language and culture (SoK)
Course coordinator: Jesper Olsson
Director of doctoral studies: Elin K盲ck
Period: spring 2021, weeks 18-21
Language: To be decided in consultation with course participants (Swedish or English)

Analysing Language and Interaction, 7,5 credits
Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Language and culture (SoK)
Course coordinator: Leelo Keevallik
Director of doctoral studies: Elin K盲ck
Period: spring 2021, weeks 4-8
Language: To be decided in consultation with course participants (Swedish or English)

Pedagogiskt arbete 鈥� en orientering om f盲ltets metoder, 7,5 credits
Department of Culture and Societye (IKOS)
Doctoral programme: Pedagogiskt arbete med 盲mnesdidaktisk inriktning
Course coordinators: Bengt-G枚ran Martinsson och David Ludvigsson
Director of doctoral studies: Elin K盲ck
Period: This course starts with general information in November 2020 and continues during the spring up until week 8.

Organisation

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.