The Ecumenical Academy at University College Stockholm
The Ecumenical Academy at University College Stockholm is a forum for theological reflection on ecumenism. Ecumenics is a small but growing field of Theology in Sweden today. The Ecumenical Academy at UCS aims at supporting the development of the field through conversation, reflection, and analysis. The activities of the Ecumenical Academy include seminaries, courses, and conferences. These provide the opportunity to meet and talk with people who have an experience of working, making research, or being actively engaged in the field of ecumenism.
The Ecumenical Academy is a forum for students, teachers, researchers, and everyone who wishes to participate in in-depth conversations about ecumenism in Sweden and the worldwide church. In our gatherings, we get acquainted with the ecumenical movement at home and internationally, reflect together on different themes of ecumenical theology, and discuss the possibilities and challenges of ecumenical dialogue.
Our meetings are either digital or take place at the UCS campus in Bromma, Stockholm.
The Ecumenical Academy was launched at the beginning of the Ecumenical Year of 2025. The programme is being published and continuously updated on this webpage.
Welcome!
The Ecumenical Academy is administered by the Subject Collegium of Church History and World Christianity together with Practical Theology and Behavioural Sciences at UCS.
In order to receive information on the activities of the Ecumenical Academy, you are welcome to sign up on our e-mail list. Please write to ekumeniska@ehs.se
Upcoming events:
– The Ecumenical Summer Academy 2025
Courses in University College Stockholm with a full or partial focus on Ecumenism:
Department for Religious Studies and Theology
- Ecumenical Peacebuilding in Times of War: The Legacy of Stockholm 1925 (The Ecumenical Summer Academy of 2025). 7,5 credits,100- and 400-level.
- Global kristendom/World Christianity (5 credits, 100-level)
- Kyrkorna i Sverige: Historia, mångfald och dialog/The Churches in Sweden: History, Diversity, and Dialogue (7,5 credits, 300-level)
- Praktisk teologi och ekumenik: Gudstjänst, ämbete och demokrati i församling/Practical Theology and Ecumenism: Worship, Ministry, and Democracy in the Congregation, (7,5 credits, 300-level)
- Dialog, konflikt, gemenskap: Ekumenik som vision och praktik /Dialogue, Conflict, Community: Ecumenism as Vision and Praxis (7,5 credits, 300- and 400-level. Every second year.)
- Internationell ekumenik – nutid och historia/International Ecumenism in History and Today (7,5 credits, 300- and 400-nivå. Every second year.)
- Kyrkorna i det globala syd/Churches in the Global South (7,5 credits, 300- and 400-level)
- Religionsmöten och dialog i kyrkornas historia och samtid, del 1 och 2/Religious encounters and Dialogue in Church History and Today, part 1 and 2 (7,5 + 7,5 credits, 400-level.)
- Ekumenik och fredsbyggande i kyrkornas historia och samtid, del 1 och 2/Ecumenism and Peacebuilding in Church History and Today, part 1 and 2 (7,5 + 7,5 credits, 500-level. Starts in 2026.)
- Mission och kulturmöten i kyrkornas historia och samtid, del 1 och 2/Mission and Cultural Encounters in Church History and Today, part 1 and 2. (7,5 + 7,5 credits, 500-level)
Department for Eastern Christian Studies
- Cooperation and Conflict: Ecumenism as Vision and Praxis (7,5 credits, 500-level)