Collaboration

Researchers at SOFI contribute to Stockholm University's so-called "third task", to collaborate with the surrounding society, in many different ways. On this page, we list some of our collaborative projects and describe the work of reaching out with our research.

The Swedish parliament and government offices

SOFI-researchers contribute to public investigations, for the government and other public and private initiatives. Photo: Tommy Alvén/Mostphotos

SOFI's researchers contribute to Stockholm University's so-called "third task", i.e. to collaborate with the surrounding society, in many different ways. The institute's researchers participate in public investigations, for example the Social Insurance Inquiry (Socialförsäkringsutredningen), and provide expert assistance, for example to the Social Report.

The researchers at SOFI also provide regular information about their research in books and journals, for example in Ekonomisk Debatt (Economic Debate), Arbete och samhälle (Work and Society), Lag & avtal (Law & Agreement), and also as debate pieces in newspapers DN Debatt, SvD Debatt and as experts in the media. A more detailed description of the past year's participation in media and collaborative projects can be found at the end of our Annual Report.

You find our annual reports here

Assignments and boards

The institute's researchers also participate as experts and specialists on boards, councils, committees and working groups, etc. Examples of contexts in which researchers at SOFI participate or have participated are evaluation committees at Forte (Swedish Research Council for Health, Working life and Welfare), RJ (The jubilee fund of the Swedish central bank Riksbanken) and VR (Swedish Research Council), boards of ALI, CAN, CHESS, DISC , FAS, IFAU, SORAD and SNS, the Regional Ethics Review Board (Regionala etikprövningsnämnden – EPN) in Stockholm, and chairmanship of various program councils at Statistics Sweden (Statistics Sweden

Network

SOFI is a member of organizations such as The Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) and European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR) and RC19 and RC28 within the International Sociological Association (ISA).

Research collaborations

Swedish Institute for Social Research and its researchers collaborate with universities, research institutes, networks and decision-making bodies, both interdisciplinary and internationally.