Third-cycle courses

About the course

The Introductory Course for Post-Graduate Students is given every year for new doctoral students on a part-time basis during the autumn semester. The language of instruction is English.

• Syllabus for Introductory Course for Post-Graduate Students (PDF)
• Required reading for Introductory Course for Post-Graduate Students, autumn 2026 (PDF)
• Full schedule for autumn 2026 (PDF)

The schedule for autumn 2026:

• Thursday 17th of September: 09.15 – 17.00
• Friday 18th of September: 09.15 – 15.15
• Thursday 24th of September: 09.15 – 16.00
• Friday 25th of September: 09.00 – 15.00
• Wednesday 30th of September (voluntary EndNote workshop):13.15 – 15.00
• Thursday 1st of October: 09.15 - 16.00
• Friday 2nd of October: 09.30 – 16.00
• Thursday 15th of October: 09.00 – 17.00

Registration

All newly admitted doctoral students are automatically registered for the course. If for some reason you were unable to take the course when beginning your doctoral studies in a previous semester, please contact Isabella Mofidy Kaloudis. 

Contact

For questions regarding registration and administration, please contact Isabella Mofidy Kaloudis. 

For questions regarding the content, structure and litterature of the course, please contact the course coordinators Lovisa Brännstedt and Paul Tenngart.

About the course

The course comprises 3 ECTS and offered over three weeks. The course is normally offered once per year, in the Autumn semester.

The language of instruction is English.

• Syllabus for Research Ethics (PDF)

Schedule

The schedule for autumn 2026:

• Monday 9^th of November 09.00-15.00
• Wednesday 11^th of November 09.00-12.00
• Thursday 12^th of November 09.00-12.00
• Monday 16^th of November 09-00-15.00
• Wednesday 18^th of November 09.00-12.00
• Thursday 19^th of November 09.00-15.00
• Monday 23^rd of November 09.00-12.00 
• Wednesday 25^th of November 09.00-12.00
• Thursday 26^th of November 09.00-12.00

Please note that attendance is mandatory at all scheduled sessions, unless otherwise stated.

Contact

For questions regarding registration and administration, please contact Isabella Mofidy Kaloudis. 

For questions regarding the content, structure and literature of the course, please contact Linus Broström.

About the course

The compulsory higher education pedagogic course is called Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and is offered by the Division for Higher Education Development (AHU). The course is given in both Swedish and English. The English version of the course can be taken either as an online course or a blended course. 

Click here for more information about the course on AHU's web page.

Registration

Registration is done directly via AHU's website. The courses offered and registration forms are available on the website when the application period is open: https://www.ahu.lu.se/en/.

To register for the course, you need approval from your supervisor, and the course must be included in your individual study plan. After completing the course, you will receive a course certificate from AHU that you show to the responsible administrator at the department, who registeres the results in Ladok, and then the supervisor can certify.

Contact

HT's contact person is Agnes Malmgren. 

7-11 December 2026, Lund University 

This course explores how humanistic perspectives can contribute to understanding and addressing contemporary sustainability challenges, including climate change, biodiversity loss, resource depletion, pollution, and environmental injustice. Drawing on philosophy, archaeological and historical perspectives, literary and cultural studies, and sustainability science, the course examines how values, narratives, institutions, and knowledge practices shape responses to planetary-scale problems.

The course is an intensive one-week, on-campus course in Lund. Please note that participants are responsible for arranging and covering their own travel and accommodation costs. The number of places is limited to 15.

• Course information: Agenda 2030 PhD courses | Agenda 2030 Graduate School
• Register to the course by sending Eric Brandstedt an e-mail on: eric.brandstedtmrs.luse
• Deadline for registration: 1 November 2026.
• Course coordinator: Eric Brandstedt

The course is open for PhD students working on contemporary East and South-East Asia who can get 3 credits if they fulfill the course requirements. Doctoral students within adjacent subjects (for instance human rights or area studies with another focus than East and South-East Asia) may also contact the course coordinator to find out about the possibility to enroll. 

For PhD students enrolled in a Swedish University within the graduate school travel and accommodation will be funded. 

The participants are expected to already have a basic understanding of research ethics and relevant laws in the Swedish and European context. The workshop hence focuses on the special ethical issues that can emerge when doing research in or on authoritarian societies. It addresses ethical issues related to different methods, topics and countries. It focuses both on digital methods and fieldwork. It also deals with issues related to surveillance and security of both researchers, informants and collaborators. This includes how one evaluates risk in a politically changing environment and how one navigates so-called red lines. The workshop also discusses how one deals with the stress and pressure that one can experience when studying difficult topics and in an authoritarian context. Furthermore, it will also address how one balances risk and academic transparency when it comes to the sharing of data and disseminating results.

The course is given as a workshop and takes place in Lund 16-17 February 2027 with lectures and discussions on concrete problems and projects. Speakers to be confirmed. For PhD students in Sweden we can pay for travel and accommodation.

Deadline to apply is 15 November. Apply here. 

• Syllabus
• Required reading