Research competencies

The research at Malmö university described in a subject tree. The number in parenthesis represents the number of researchers within that specific discipline. Subjects in italics are added outside the controlled vocabulary.

• HUMANITIES and RELIGION
  •  Religion/Theology (1)
     Sociology of religion (1)
  •  History and philosophy subjects (43)
     Philosophy subjects (6)  Theory of science (4)  History subjects (17)  Modern history (6)  Contemporary history (5)  History (9)  History of science and ideas (4)  Economic history (1)  History of technology and industry (1)  History of science (1)  History of medicine (1)  Ethnology (6)  Human ecology (1)  Cultural anthropology (1)
  •  Aesthetic subjects (23)
     Film (1)  Art (4)  Design (4)  Literature (12)  Rhetoric (2)  Settlement studies (1)
  •  Languages and linguistics (13)
     Other Germanic languages (6)  English language (6)  Other languages (1)  Linguistic subjects (3)  Linguistics (1)  Bilingualism (2)
  •  Other humanities and religion (5)
    
• LAW/JURISPRUDENCE
  
  •  Public law (3)
     Administrative law (1)  Social welfare law (1)
  •  Criminal law (1)
    
  •  Private law (1)
    
  •  Other law (2)
    
• SOCIAL SCIENCES
  
  •  Social sciences (129)
     Social policy (6)  Education (32)  Subject didactics (10)  Music education (2)  Psychology (10)  Social anthropology/ethnography (16)  Social anthropology (3)  Ethnography (8)  Social work (41)  Family research (4)  Youth research (11)  Disability research (6)  Sports research (7)  Criminology (16)  Sociology (24)  Sociology of Law (2)  Demography (1)  Political science (14)  Peace and conflict research (2)  Peace and development research (1)  Research on Europe (3)  Pedagogical work (5)
  •  Business and economics (18)
     Business studies (4)  Human geography, economic geography (12)  Human geography (5)  Economic geography (1)  Economics (2)
  •  Statistics, computer and systems science (9)
     Informatics, computer and systems science (4)  Information technology (2)  Statistics (4)
  •  Other social sciences (27)
     Mass communication (3)  Media and communication studies (7)  Labour market research (1)  Public sector research (3)
• MATHEMATICS
  
  •  Applied mathematics (5)
     Numerical analysis (1)  Optimization, systems theory (1)  Theoretical computer science (1)
• NATURAL SCIENCES
  
  •  Physics (12)
     Nuclear physics (2)  Atomic and molecular physics (6)  Atomic physics (2)  Molecular physics (1)  Chemical physics (1)  Condensed matter physics (3)  Surfaces and interfaces (1)  Other physics (1)
  •  Chemistry (9)
     Physical chemistry (7)  Biophysical chemistry (4)  Surface and colloid chemistry (5)  Chemical physics (1)  Analytical chemistry (4)  Electrochemistry (2)  Molecular biophysics (1)  Biochemistry (3)
  •  Biology (6)
     Cell and molecular biology (2)  Cell biology (2)  Molecular biology (2)  Immunology (2)
  •  Earth sciences (1)
    
• TECHNOLOGY
  
  •  Information technology (32)
     Computer science (23)  Computer science (2)  Software engineering (2)  Cognitive science (1)  Automatic control (1)  Signal processing (1)  Image analysis (2)  Computer engineering (2)  Systems engineering (2)  Other information technology (1)
  •  Engineering physics (3)
     Material physics with surface physics (1)
  •  Engineering mechanics (5)
     Solid mechanics (1)  Construction engineering (1)  Other engineering mechanics (1)
  •  Materials science (7)
     Construction materials (4)  Surface engineering (1)  Other processing/assembly (1)  Other materials science (3)
  •  Civil engineering and architecture (8)
     Building engineering (2)  Building manufacturing engineering (1)  Water engineering (1)  Other civil engineering and architecture (2)
  •  Other technology (2)
     Environmental engineering (1)
• MEDICINE
  
  •  Surgery (6)
     Anaesthetics and intensive care (1)  Surgical research (3)  Obstetrics and women's diseases (3)  Obstetrics and gynaecology (1)  Reproductive health (1)  Oncology (1)
  •  Morphology, cell biology, pathology (2)
     Internal medicine (2)  Cardiovascular medicine (1)
  •  Physiology and pharmacology (3)
     Physiology (2)  Clinical physiology (1)  Medical technology (1)
  •  Social medicine (9)
     Public health medicine research areas (8)  Occupational physiology (1)  Epidemiology (4)  Public health science (3)  Community medicine (1)
  •  Microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases (8)
     Immunology (5)  Immunobiology (2)  Tumour immunology (1)  Microbiology (1)  Medical microbiology (1)
  •  Chemistry (1)
    
  •  Psychiatry (10)
     Child and adolescent psychiatry (1)
• ODONTOLOGY
  
  •  Stomatognathic physiology (4)
    
  •  Community dentistry (1)
    
  •  Biochemistry (3)
    
  •  Biomaterials (2)
    
  •  Cariology (2)
    
  •  Cell and molecular biology (4)
    
  •  Endodontology (4)
    
  •  Pharmacological research (1)
    
  •  Physiology (2)
    
  •  Surgical research (1)
    
  •  Morphology (1)
    
  •  Odontological behavioural science (1)
    
  •  Oral microbiology (7)
    
  •  Oral pathology and forensic odontology (2)
    
  •  Oral prosthetics (1)
    
  •  Periodontology (3)
    
  •  Paedodontics (1)
    
  •  Radiological research (1)
    
• INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS
  
  •  Work sciences (12)
    
  •  Sexology (8)
    
  •  Interaction Design (15)
    
  •  Social Innovations (9)
    
  •  Education (31)
    
  •  Migration (33)
    
  •  Children (20)
    
  •  Health and medical services in society (16)
    
  •  Human communication (10)
    
  •  Technology and social change (14)
    
  •  Caring sciences (35)
     Medical laboratory science (1)  Nursing (17)  Physiotherapy (1)
  •  Ethnicity (31)
    
  •  Gender studies (53)
    
  •  Cultural heritage and cultural production (6)
    
  •  Sports (32)
    
  •  Older people and ageing (11)
    
• ARTISTIC RESEARCH
  
  •  Design Theory (10)