University of Gothenburg
The School of Global Studies

The School of Global Studies

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  2. The School of Global Studies

The education and research at the School of Global Studies provide the ability to understand and analyse social phenomena in a global world. Our education is characterized by its high societal relevance, and our researchers strive to make our global world understandable through a unique interdisciplinary research environment. We do research within the fields of Peace and Development Studies, Environmental Social Science, Human Rights and Social Anthropology.

News

Watching movies
Film screening and interview with director
Welcome to a screening of the documentary “Incensed: Sri Lanka’s Buddhist Supremacy and minority communities” followed by a…
Webinar
Online seminar on the Indo-Pak military escalation
For those interested in the India-Pakistan military escalation last week and its fall out, please join us for a seminar…
News – 12 May 2025
India and Pakistan – Q&A with Swati Parashar and Ravi Dutt Bajpai
On 22 April 2025, five armed terrorists massacred twenty-six people at a tourist site in Pahalgam in the Indian union…
Network for human rights' statement on the war in Gaza
News – 14 January 2025
Building unity to fight autocratization – lessons from Myanmar
News – 3 December 2024
Rethinking famines as acts of violence
"Global Studies should be a core course in all undergraduate programmes”
Alumni interview.

Education

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Bachelor's programme in International Relations
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Doctoral studies
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Meet our students

Research and publications

Our research
Peace and Development Research, Environmental Social Science, Social Anthropology and Human Rights.
Centre on Global Migration
Research publications
All our publications are found in the database GUP.
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Our environmental work
The University of Gothenburg is actively working to reduce its climate impact and have signed up for the Swedish Climate…
Collaboration and outreach
Intense and complex global networking characterizes the daily work at the School of Global Studies. National and…
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