Doctoral Studies
Doctoral studies in human rights
Lund University is the only higher education institution in Sweden to offer doctoral studies in the interdisciplinary field of Human Rights Studies. The doctoral program, spanning four years (240 ECTS credits), is conducted within the Division of Human Rights Studies at the Department of History and leads to a PhD in Human Rights Studies.
The program has an interdisciplinary, humanities-oriented profile, integrating history, philosophy, anthropology, as well as law and social sciences to foster a comprehensive understanding of human rights. A core aspect of the research emphasizes a political approach to human rights, with a focus on examining the conditions, limitations and role of human rights in the contemporary world.
The research group is active internationally, publishing articles and books in both Swedish and English. Their work covers a range of compelling themes, including justice and rights perspectives on major societal transformations such as climate change and digitalization, water politics and human rights, memory studies, historical justice, as well as issues of socio-economic inequality and human rights, feminism and women's rights, human rights at the local level, the development of human rights ideas, historiography and conceptualization, rights and activism, children's rights, political resistance and rights discourses in civil society.
Read more about completed PhD-projects from our Doctoral program
Eligibility
In order to satisfy the general eligibility requirements for admission to Doctoral studies the applicant must have completed an academic degree on advanced level (one or two year master), or completed courses amounting to 240 Swedish university credits (of which at least 60 credits on advanced level), or equivalent. In order to satisfy the special eligibility requirements for Doctoral studies in Human Rights, two of the applicant’s prior years of study (120 credits) must have clear relevance for the field of human rights studies and for the planned dissertation project. The applicant must also have completed a thesis on master level (at least 15 credits) clearly oriented within the field of human rights.
Read more in our general syllabus.
Contact
Questions about Doctoral studies in Human Rights are answered by Eric Brandstedt.