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About us

Striving for excellence, period.

We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition. Read about what we do by clicking here.

Our story

A brief look at the Graduate School's history

We're all about interdisciplinarity

Learn why it's central to everything we do.

Our directors, from A to Ö

Get to know the experts who are behind our programmes and courses

Lena Karlsson

Director of Studies

Marta Kolankiewicz

Director, MSc in Social Studies of Gender

Catia Gregoratti

Director, MSc in Global Studies

Leysan Storie

Director, MSc in Society and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East

Anne Jerneck

Director, MSc in Development Studies

Chris Swader

Director, MSc in Social Scientific Data Analysis