Research

The research at the Faculty of Law in Uppsala mirrors the social changes of the last decades where both European issues and the effects of globalisation are central.

Many of the faculty members are leading or active members of networks and working groups within the EU and participate in high-level international research projects. Regular contact is also maintained with researchers from other national universities and colleges as well as with colleagues from other disciplines and with the business world.  

The research is currently in a very expansive and creative phase. Over the last few years new researchers have been recruited and more areas of research have been developed and strengthened.  

Since the year 2010 a special research environment has been developed for European law with a focus on EU law.  The goal is for this to be a national leading research environment with extensive international research collaboration. 

Several other strong research environments are being developed. Two areas - one on the borderline of international law and criminal law and one in international company taxation and corporate law - have received special support through the establishment of program professorships.  

In addition fifteen of the Faculty's researchers are participating in the multidisciplinary program: "The Impact of Religion: Challenges on Society, Law and Democracy" which has been awarded the Linné grant by the Swedish Research Council until the year 2018.  

The research in Uppsala is not only done in the traditional legal subjects but also in a number of newer special fields, of which many are at the highest level both in and outside Sweden.