Laura Carlson

Laura is an Associate Professor at the Department of Law, Stockholm University, enjoying a research fellowship in law at Christ Church College during the academic year 2014/2015. At Stockholm Laura is the head of labour law, with responsibility for both undergraduate as well as masters level courses in labour and employment law, equality law and American & English Business Law. Laura’s academic background includes: B.A. History, Carleton College, USA, Juris Doctor, College of Law, University of Minnesota, USA, Master of Laws (jur.kand.), Uppsala University, Sweden, Juris Doktor, Department of Law, Stockholm University, Sweden, and Stockholm Centre Oxford Fellow for 2014-15.

Her publications include: Laura Carlson, The Fundamentals of Swedish Law (2012, 2nd ed.), Laura Carlson, Swedish Real Property Law (2008), Ronnie Eklund, Tore Sigeman and Laura Carlson, Swedish Labour and Employment Law: Cases and Materials ( 2008), Laura Carlson, Searching for Equality: Sex Discrimination, Parental Leave and the Swedish Model with Comparisons to EU, UK and US Law (2007) and Laura Carlson, American Business Law, A Civil Law Perspective (2004). She has also written several articles in the areas of equality law, labour union law, academic freedom and comparative law.