Research areas

Linköping University carries out research and education in the areas of humanities, medicine and nursing, social and behavioural sciences, technology and natural sciences and educational sciences.  A cross-subject, interdisciplinary perspective characterises our research.

• Strategic research areas
• Centres of Excellence

Behaviour Research

Ageing and later life – Children – Cognition – Daily life – Disability – Ethics – Language and communication – Pedagogy – Psychology – Social anthropology – Social work – Sociology – Working life.

Computer Science and IT Research

Cognition - Information systems development – Statistics.

Culture

Art and visual culture – Children – Culture – Ethnicity and migration – History – Language and communication – Literature and language – Philosophy – Religion – Social Anthropology.

Educational Sciences

Adult Education and Popular Adult Education/Folkbildning - Didactics in Mathematics - Education and Didactics - Higher Education - Pedagogic Practices - FontD - Swedish National Graduate School in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Research

Environmental Research

Environmental research. See also Technology and Natural Science below.

Health Sciences

Autoimmunity and allergy – Cancer – Diabetes and metabolism – Functions and illnesses of the locomotor system – Health and Society – Infection and inflammation – Medical image science – Molecular and cell biology – Nursing science – Regenerative medicine – Reproductive health – Stomach and intestinal deseases –
Surgery – The brain and the rest of the nervous system –
The heart and blood vessels.

Social Science

Ageing and later life – Business administration – Children – Daily life – Disability – Economics – Environmental research – Ethics – Ethnicity and migration – Legal research – Politics – Social anthropology - Social work.

Technology and Natural Sciences

Computer Science – Economic and Industrial development – Mathematics – Medical Technology – Physics, Chemistry and Bilogy – Systems Technology – Technology and Natural Sciences.