Current PhD courses

Here you will find current doctoral courses offered at the Swedish Defence University.

Political Science

Crisis Management (7.5 credits)
Next course: not set
Course coordinator: Eva-Karin Gardell
Registration and information: Simon Hollis
Syllabus pdf, 58.9 kB.

Political Science Theory (15 credits)
Next course: not set
Course coordinator: Ronnie Hjorth
Registration and information: Simon Hollis
Syllabus pdf, 58.4 kB.

Security Policy (7.5 credits)
Next course date: not set
Course coordinator: Charlotte Wagnsson
Registration and information: Simon Hollis
Syllabus pdf, 58.5 kB.

Leadership and Command & Control

Leadership and Command & Control: Current theory and empirical research (10 credits)
Next course: Spring 2025, week 5-16
Course coordinator: Maria Fors Brandebo
Registration and information: ill@fhs.se
Syllabus

War Studies

Core courses - Spring Term

War Studies: Theories, Development and Modern Research Debates (15 ECTS)
Course code: 3FN0021
Next course: Spring 2027, week 3-12
Course director: Niklas Nilsson

Research Methods in the Study of War, Security and Crisis (15 ECTS)
Course code: 3FN0023
Next course: Spring 2027, week 13-22
Course director: Ralph Sundberg

Core courses - Autumn Term

Ontologies of War (7,5 ECTS)
Course code: 3KR0006
Next course: Autumn 2027, week 35-39
Course director: Anna Danielsson

Research in Sensitive Contexts: Ethics and Secrecy (7,5 ECTS)
Course code: 3FN0025
Next course: Autumn 2027, week 40-44
Course director: Linnéa Gelot

Elective Courses - Spring Term

The Practice of Soldier-Scholars (7,5 ECTS)
Course code: 3KR0005
Next course: Spring 2027, week 18-22
Course director: Jan Angstrom

War and Defence Courses: 7,5 ECTS. The seminars are conducted together with the MA programme in War and Defence.

War's Silent Legacy: Managing the Remnants of War
Course code: 2KR0037 (PhD level syllabus will be published shortly)
Next course: Spring 2027, week 3-7
Course director: Priscyll Anctil Avoine

NATO: Organization, Community, Actor
Course code: 3KR0003
Next course: Spring 2027, week 3-7
Course director: Magnus Christiansson

Connectivity and Combat: War, the Media and the Contemporary Information Ecology
Course code: 3KR0004
Next course: Spring 2027, week 8-12
Course director: Matthew Ford

Proxy Wars and Covert Interventions in International Politics
Course code: 2KR041 (PhD level syllabus will be published shortly)
Next course: Spring 2027, week 8-12
Course director: Niklas Karlén

From Revolutions to Rebel Politics
Course code: 2KR039 (PhD level syllabus will be published shortly)
Next course: Spring 2027, week 13-17
Course director: Jenny Hedström

War, Peace and the International Order
Course code: 2KR038 (PhD level syllabus will be published shortly)
Next course: Spring 2027, week 13-17
Course director: Charlotta Friedner Parrat

Militarism and Militarisation in the Study of War: Conceptual Debates
Course code: 2KR036 (PhD level syllabus will be published shortly)
Next course: Spring 2027, week 18-22
Course director: Julia Zulver

Defence Strategies of the Nordic Countries
Course code: 2KR035 (PhD level syllabus will be published shortly)
Next course: Spring 2027, week 18-22
Course director: Jacob Westberg

The Russo-Ukraine War: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Course code: 2KR034 (PhD level syllabus will be published shortly)
Next course: Spring 2027, week 18-22
Course director: Markus Göransson