Postdoc Opportunities in Sociology in Sweden

This postdoctoral position is based at Linköping University within Tema Miljöförändring , part of the Department of Thematic Studies. The role is embedded in the Formas-funded research project Democratic Innovations for Climate Transformation (2027–2029) , which examines how climate citizens’ assemblies and related democratic processes may contribute to broader system change. The project brings together scholars from Linköping University and the Stockholm Resilience Centre to carry out a systema...

The Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg is offering a postdoctoral position in the project “Bridging Injustice Gaps: Peace Enhancement in the Aftermath of Conflict Engagement” (BIG PEACE) . The project is situated in a collaborative research environment that brings together scholars working on political science, conflict, justice, and democracy. BIG PEACE examines how transitional justice may contribute to reconciliation after conflict. The project focuses on how just...

This postdoctoral position is based in the Department of Police Sciences at Södertörn University in Stockholm, within a research and teaching environment focused on police science, criminology, and related social science perspectives. The university highlights its broader research profile in areas of major relevance to the Baltic Sea and Eastern Europe region, and the department works closely with police-competent teachers seconded from the Swedish Police Authority as well as researchers from ot...

This postdoctoral project examines how generative artificial intelligence and autonomous systems are reshaping professional knowledge in the medical profession . The research is centered on the ways AI is changing physicians’ expert judgment, discretion, accountability, autonomy, and professional legitimacy, with a particular focus on how medical knowledge is increasingly encoded, stored, and processed by algorithmic systems. The project asks how AI affects doctors’ work processes in both routin...

The Environmental Change division (tema Miljöförändring) at the Department of Thematic Studies at Linköping University is recruiting a two-year postdoctoral researcher to work on democratic innovations and climate transformation. The postdoc will join the Formas-funded project Democratic Innovations for Climate Transformation (2027–2029) , which brings together research on climate citizens’ assemblies and related deliberative processes. The project is designed as a systematic, interdisciplinary ...

This postdoctoral position is based in the Department of Psychology at Umeå University and is part of the research project The social foundation for acceptance of climate adapted forest management . The project examines how people in Sweden accept climate-adapted forest management across different groups, using perspectives from social identity and other collective processes such as social norms and shared goals. The work combines survey data analysis with the design, implementation, and analysi...

Linnaeus University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a sociology project on how artificial intelligence and autonomous systems are reshaping professional knowledge in the medical profession. The project focuses on physicians and the transformation of medical expertise, professional judgment, autonomy, ethics, accountability and responsibility as clinical knowledge becomes increasingly codified, stored and processed by AI. It will investigate how AI affects routine work as well as comp...

Linnaeus University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in sociology to study how artificial intelligence and autonomous systems are reshaping professional knowledge in medicine. The project focuses on physicians and the transformation of expertise, professional judgment, autonomy, ethics and responsibility as AI becomes embedded in clinical work. The research will investigate how AI affects physicians’ routine and knowledge-intensive work, discretionary space, reasoning and collaboration acros...

Karls​tad University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in psychology based at the Department of Social and Psychological Studies, within the subject of psychology. The position is part of the research project “Reactivating Values” , which aims to promote behaviour change that supports circular processes for greater sustainability. The postdoc will join a psychology environment with researchers and teachers working across research and education, and will collaborate closely with an engaged pro...