Research group The European Research Unit for Military Chaplaincy at Umeå University aims to promote interdisciplinary research collaborations and to conduct research on military chaplaincy in a European context, though its scope is not necessarily limited to Europe.
The unit will start in the spring of 2026 and has a long-term research mandate on military chaplaincy commissioned by the Swedish Armed Forces. In addition, the unit provides academic commissioned education for military chaplains on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces.
The following seven thematic areas summarize the unit’s overall research orientations within military chaplaincy:
The interdisciplinary approach includes, but is not limited to, disciplines such as sociology, psychology, education, religious studies and theology, as well as anthropology.
