Courses
The aim of this graduate school is to provide PhD students with advanced teaching, research training and networking opportunities. It aspires to create a unique intellectual milieu for PhD students who write their dissertations on migration and integration. On this page, you find information on all courses offered.
General course information
All courses are taught in English and count for 7,5 ECTS, or five weeks of full-time study. The course model is structured according to the following principle: students spend the first two weeks at their home institutions reading and preparing for the third week which will be spent in Gothenburg or Norrköping in Sweden. During this third, intensive course week students and teachers have scheduled activities all day and some scheduled evening events. Weeks four and five students spend at their home institutions writing their exam papers. Attending PhD students will be offered accommodation and there will be a period of application to courses ahead of time.
The course examination consists of an individually authored paper that receives feedback from the course teachers. Students are encouraged to adapt their exam papers to the journal article format if suitable. Some courses will also require students to make oral presentations modelled on those given at international conferences. The examination serves the twofold purpose of monitoring accomplished learning outcomes while at the same time assisting students in preparing for a research career.
Autumn 2025
Migration and Labour Market Integration
Course leaders: Maja Cederberg and Andrea Spehar
Duration: 1 October – 1 November 2025
Location: Hybrid with on-campus week in Gothenburg 13-17 October, 2025.
Accommodation in Gothenburg is covered for all PhD students who are admitted to the course.
Deadline: 11 August 2025
Theories of Ethnicity, Nationalism and Racism: Historical and Contemporary Debates
Course leaders: and
Duration: 17 November – 19 December, 2025
Location: Hybrid with on-campus week in Norrköping, 1–5 December, 2025
Accommodation in Norrköping is covered for all PhD students who are admitted to the course.
Deadline: 3 November, 2025
Racial Capitalism: Theoretical Perspective and Empirical Operationalizations
Course leader: Professor Anders Neergaard, REMESO
Duration: 20 April - 22 May, 2026
Location: Hybrid with on-campus week in Norrköping 4-8 May, 2026
Accommodation in Gothenburg is covered for all PhD students who are admitted to the course.
Deadline: To be decided
Course leaders: Mattias Wahlström and Anton Törnberg
Duration: 1 May - 30 August 2026
Location: Hybrid with on-campus week in Gothenburg 25-29 June, 2026.
Accommodation in Gothenburg is covered for all PhD students who are admitted to the course.
Application period: Closes around 15 March 2026, tbc
Theories and Politics of International Migration
Course leader: to be announced
Duration: To be announced
Location: To be announced
Deadline: To be announced
Theories of Citizenship, Civil Society and Integration
Duration: 14 April–23 May 2025; On-campus week in Gothenburg 5 - 9 May, 2025
Location: Online and University 91̽»¨
Deadline: 28 February 2025
The Political Economy of Migration and Integration
Duration: 10 March-11 April, 2025
Location: Hybrid with on-campus week in Norrköping 24-28 March, 2025
Deadline: 10 February 2025
Mixed Methods in Ethnic and Migration Research
Duration: 11 November–13 December, 2024
Location: Hybrid with on-campus week in Norrköping, 25-29 November, 2024
Deadline: 11 October 2024
Migration and Intersectional Perspectives
Duration: 1 October – 1 November, 2024
Location: Hybrid with on campus week in Gothenburg: 14 –18 October, 2024
Deadline: 7 August 2024
Climate Change and Migration: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Duration: 29 April – 31 May, 2024
Location: Hybrid with on-campus week in Gothenburg, 27–31 May, 2024
Deadline: 18 March 2024
Attributing Responsibility for Transnational Violations of Migrant Rights
Duration: 26 February – 29 March 2024
Location: Hybrid with on-campus week in Gothenburg, 11-15 March 2024.
Deadline: 11 February 2024
Housing Segregation and the Challenge of Building Sustainable Migration Policies
Duration: 20 November – 22 December, 2023
Location: Hybrid with on-campus week in Norrköping, 4 – 8 December, 2023
Deadline: 1 November 2023
