Department of Social Anthropology
The department of social anthropology researches and teaches about global cultural and social diversity. We are custodians of a strong tradition of long-term fieldwork, and produce new knowledge about social worlds and social change on a global scale, where life happens.
About the department
The department of social anthropology researches and teaches about global cultural and social diversity. We are custodians of a strong tradition of long-term fieldwork, and produce new knowledge about social worlds and social change on a global scale, where life happens.
Research
The whole world is our field of study, and we put human experience and everyday life in focus. The department comprises a series of active research groups and projects working on topics such as community building, kinship, gender, religion, ecology, and politics, as well as global processes of change in relation to climate, migration, technology and the economy.
Work and research
Study
Our department offers a one year programme, bachelor, master, postgraduate training and further education in social anthropology, targeted towards students who want to understand what it means to be human in a changing global world.
