Research

Linköping University is a research-based university with excellence in education. Our research covers areas such as: humanities, medicine and nursing, social and behavioural sciences, technology and natural sciences, and educational sciences.  What makes Linköping University special is an interdisciplinary perspective, the openness towards combining different subjects.

Research within Science for Sustainable Development

The Master’s degree Science for Sustainable Development provides candidates with the opportunity to broaden their academic and research experience through research collaborations at Linköping University.

Water and Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary research unit focusing on issues regarding water supply, sustainable development, climate change and food in history and society. Current research is conducted within and between three interdisciplinary long-term focus areas:

• Pollution – causes, impacts, policies and measures
• Livelihood, lifestyles and long-term supply of food, water and energy
• Climate change - impacts, politics, policies and measures.

Technology and Social Change is an interdisciplinary research unit focusing on how social actors create and use technology, and how technical change is woven together with cultural patterns, daily life, politics, energy systems, learning, and the economy in history and society. 
 

• Technology, Everyday Life, Society
• Technology, Practice, Identity
• Technology, Values an Political Processes
• The Energy Systems Program
• Technology and Learning
• Technology and Medical Practice
• The Development of Transport Systems in Society

Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR) has rapidly established itself as a prominent reference point for studies related to climate science and policy research. The research is interdisciplinary and puts problems related to climate change in context with other measures for sustainable development, such as limiting environ-mental impact and responsible management of natural resources.

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