Research groups

Our research group is dedicated to studying well-being, quality of life, and health from various perspectives. We are interested in how social,...

In this research group, we study how organizations function, how they are structured, how they interact with their environment, and how individuals...

Contemporary society is characterized by contradictory processes and identities: our society is secularizing while religions continue to influence...

Within this research group, we study working life, the labour market and work organizations from a sociological perspective.

We do research on epigenetics and telomere biology in hematological malignancies.

Our research group develops tools and techniques to evaluate software during its whole lifecycle, making sure that it behaves correctly, identifyin...

Electrochemical approaches in the fields of chemical analysis, material science, and cancer research.

We study the connection between our environment, our genes and our health.

The Umeå Space Plasma Physics Group focuses on studying naturally occurring plasmas in the solar system.

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At the Department of Education research is conducted with general educational issues in focus, that is, the processes by which human beings are...

The research group comprises scholars who are joined by their engagement with speculative fiction and who explore central contemporary issues,...

Sport as a social and cultural phenomenon attracts great interest worldwide, from athletes, spectators and volunteers to sponsors, school, and publ...

Sport Psychology deals with the psychological aspects (e.g., thoughts, emotions, behaviours, relationships) of competitive sports, exercise,...