Gunnar Andersson elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Gunnar Andersson, professor in demography at the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University University and its Demography Unit, SUDA, has been elected as new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in its class for social sciences.
Gunnar Andersson, professor in demography and a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Foto: Leila Zoubir
His research is largely based on analyzes of Swedish register data and have focused on several phases of life: fertility and family formation, migration and integration, marriage and divorce, and mortality. He and his colleagues have broadened demographic research at Stockholm University to make SUDA an all-encompassing demography unit.
Gunnar Andersson's work has also provided increased geographical breadth to the subject of demography in Sweden. He has been active at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, and at Stockholm University he has been involved in the promotion of international recruitment. He has been one of the driving forces behind a Nordic research network. The international work enables comparative studies between countries, but also counteracts tunnel vision in research, according to Gunnar Andersson.
– Of course it feels nice! Both for me personally and for the subject of demography in Sweden. I am not unfamiliar with appreciation in various international contexts, but it is very nice to be able to receive this kind of recognition at home.
Facts: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• An independent organization that forms Sweden's foremost expert panel in science.
• The goal is to promote the sciences and strengthen their societal influence.
• Founded in 1739.
• Consists of approximately 650 members from Sweden and the rest of the world. Source: KVA.se
The Department of Sociology is home to the Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA), an international group of scholars and doctoral students, working on many facets of population dynamics. It offers a Master’s program in Demography and a PhD program in Sociological Demography.