Research subject Labour Law
Labor law is legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, particularly the responsibilities of the employer and the rights of the employee. Research in the field focuses on traditional labour law, but also labour market policies.
Labour law’s sphere of activities has undergone a major transformation the last 50 years. In the past it it sufficed to determine what followed from Swedish law. Today the subject includes both European and global dimensions.
Sweden's integration with Europe in the field of labour law has created side-effects influencing both education and research. Many research projects in labour law reflect the European influence, whereas other projects are still deeply rooted in the traditional Swedish model.
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Laura Carlson
Professor
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Petra Herzfeld Olsson
Professor, prodekan
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Niklas Bruun
Gästprofessor
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Kerstin Elisabeth Ahlberg
Föreståndare
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Erik Akseli Sjödin
Senior lecturer
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Erik Sinander
Universitetslektor i internationell privaträtt
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Annika Blekemo
Jur.dok
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Elica Ghavidel Olofsson
Doktorand
Paul Lappalainen
Doktorand
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Sonia Bastigkeit Ericstam
Doktorand
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Doctoral studies
If you want to further immerse yourself in legal science, and in particular within the field of labour law, apply for doctoral studies at the Department of Law. We offer a dynamic environment with research of the highest class and of strong international character.
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The Institute for Social Private Law activities focus on research on the areas of private law that concern the basic conditions of social life and that affect people’s status as social beings – for example, labour law, tenancy law, and family law.
The activities are interdisciplinary insofar as more areas of law than private law are affected and that non-legal disciplines are also taken into account. The institute also attaches the utmost importance to collaboration with the surrounding society.
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By offering a wide range of academic programmes in law bringing together researchers, teachers and students from different horizons, the Department of Law at Stockholm University creates strong and stimulating educational and research environments of the highest class.
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