The department is also involved in collaboration with the Centre for Disability Studies and the Human-Machine Interaction Graduate School. Department of Technology and Social Change Technology is a strong element in social change and is studied in various branches of research. However, each discipline approaches this task from a specific angle. The objective of the research carried out at the department is to explore the fate of the individual in society by studying the ongoing interaction between social and technological factors. This is accomplished by analyzing the interaction from a range of perspectives, for example, cultural, political and economic.
Current research is organised within four broad programmes.
Each of these serves as a framework within which individual research projects are planned and carried out. Infrastructure and Environmental and Physical Planning Long-term Changes in Natural and Cultural Landscapes. Department of History Research and postgraduate studies at the Department of History are oriented towards social history. Social and cultural studies and local history are other important issues. Processes of social change at local, national and international levels are the focus of this research.