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Our focus at The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities is on major societal challenges, public services and innovation, growth and jobs, and cultural and societal dynamics. With this focus, we contribute to creating good conditions for our society to navigate and make decisions.

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SSH

Our focus at The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities is on major societal challenges, public services and innovation, growth and jobs, and cultural and societal dynamics. With this focus, we contribute to creating good conditions for our society to navigate and make decisions.

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Scientific fields

The humanities

In these times we are witnessing a society in rapid change, and the relationship between humans, technology, and the environment is constantly being tested. This calls for ambitious ideas about navigating these changes and creating lasting solutions.

The Social Sciences

The sciences address societal challenges and offer solutions. Breakthroughs in the sciences contribute to securing welfare and development.

SSH departments

  • AAU Business School

    AAU Business School is strong in the classic disciplines of the social sciences and business economics, and we excel within innovation, entrepreneurship, commercialisation, and value creation.

  • Department of Communication and Psychology

    The Department of Communication and Psychology teaches and conducts research in the relationship between humans, organisations, society, media, technologies, and knowledge. The aim is to enhance people's ability to participate in society.

  • Department of Culture and Learning

    The Department of Culture and Learning is focused on education and research in culture, global conditions, education, identity, learning, organisation, youth, tourism, sustainability, languages, business communication, applied philosophy, literature, media, technology understanding, and digitalisation.

  • Department of Politics and Society

    At the Department of Politics and Society, our research is organised into four disciplinary clusters consisting of thematically focused research groups within history, public policy, the welfare state and labour market issues, democracy, gender studies, etc.

  • Department of Sociology and Social Work

    Research at the Department of Sociology and Social Work is characterised by including applied research, basic research, interdisciplinarity, and a strong national profile within sociology and social work.

  • Department of Law

    The Department of Law offers research-based study programmes at an international level and conducts research in collaboration with public and private stakeholders regionally, nationally, and globally. The department also contributes to the solution of societal challenges.

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