The activities of the Institute for Social Civil Law are focused on research in those areas of civil law that concern the fundamental conditions for social life and that affect individuals’ status as social beings. The current focus of the Institute is on research in labour law within the international context shaped by globalisation and Sweden’s membership in the European Union.
The Institute places great emphasis on collaboration with the surrounding society. It shall in particular aim to disseminate research findings and to promote the exchange of ideas between researchers and practising legal professionals within the Institute’s field of interest.
About our research
At present, the institute mainly researches labour law, i.e. the legal relationship between employers and employees and between the social partners.
It concerns the development of EU law and international labour law, its interplay with Swedish and Nordic labour law, and the tension between labour law and economic law.
Research
Over the past ten years, the role of labor market parties in the legislative process has strengthened. Different variations of tripartite collaborations between labor market parties and the state have emerged.
Current research project:
Den svenska modellen i en ny era?
Archive:
See our archive of previous research projects.
Current seminars
The seminars in the series Labor Law in an EU Perspective are open to everyone. There is no cost to participate, and no registration is required. Most of the seminars are in Swedish.
Next seminar
The Labour Law Library
The Labor Law Library is open to researchers at the university and to students writing dissertations. To borrow books, contact the research assistant Billal Zeinu.
The Labour Law Portal
Researchers and practitioners meet here to search directly among more than 1000 articles in the text archive or search for researchers and practitioners working on labour law. You can also publish your own texts on labour law and present yourself and your work.
Newsletter: EU&Labour Law
The EU & Labour Law newsletter covers the interplay between EU rules and EU politics on the one hand and the national labour law of the Nordic countries on the other. The newsletter is published in collaboration with twelve Nordic research institutions.