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The department of philosophy at Stockholm University is the largest philosophy department in Sweden. We host many prominent researchers in various fields, including Logic, Philosophy of Language/Mind/Science, Ethics, and Political Philosophy.

In 2008, Philosophy was selected as one of the leading research areas at Stockholm University.

With our beautiful location in the heart of the National City Park, we can provide a unique and stimulating environment for philosophical research.

We have a strong international profile. Faculty members and graduate students publish regularly in international journals, and each academic year we have several visitors from all over the world. We regularly invite internationally renowned philosophers to our colloquium, and every second year, a particularly eminent figure is invited to give the Wedberg Lectures.

Dr. Anandi Hattiangadi is new Pro Futura Scientia Fellow

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and SCAS (The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study) has selected Dr. Anandi Hattiangadi as one of four Pro Futura fellows. Dr. Hattiangadi–presently at University of Oxford–is a prominent young philosopher working in philosophy of mind and language, metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of science. We are happy to welcome Dr. Hattiangadi to the department!

More information about the Pro Futura program can be found here.

New bibliometric report gives highest bibliometric ranking

For the fourth consecutive year the Department of Philosophy is ranked first in the bibliometric analysis of the 22 departments in Stockholm University's faculty of humanities. The department recieves the highest publication points by a wide margin and has approximately a seventh of all points scored at the whole faculty.
More information, in Swedish, can be found here.

New scientific academy

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has established a new academy for young researchers – The Young Academy of Sweden. One of the 22 newly elected members is Gustaf Arrhenius from the Department of Philosophy.

Research centres and projects

Several research centres and networks are hosted by or tied to the department, including:

• Stockholm Centre for Logic, Language and Mind (CLLAM)
• Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics
• The European Philosophy Network on Perspectival Thought and Facts (PETAF)
• Research School of Aesthetics

Major research projects hosted by the department include:

• Understanding Agency
• Meaning and Interpretation
• IVF – a Luxury?
• Democracy Unbound
• Ideology, Oppression and Democracy
• Philosophizing with Children and Adolescents

For further information, please contact our Student office on e-mail expedition@philosophy.su.se.