Migration, Health and Biopolitics

Education facts

Code: 742A42

<p>In this advanced course students examine health related issues using intersectional theories of migration, ethnicity and racism. Students will learn about encounters between sociocultural and (bio)medical perspectives on health, and explore themes such as the history of racial biology, postmodern genomics, colonial psychiatry, population regulation, and migration and trauma. Through this course, students will be able to critically evaluate global and national health policy, and problematize the connections between different health care systems and migration regimes.</p>

Entry requirements

A bachelor’s degree equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, behavioural sciences, health sciences or natural sciences or equivalent qualifications are required English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (Engelska 6 or Engelska nivå 2) Exemption from Swedish

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Migration, Health and Biopolitics

  Linköping University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 4 October 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %