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Welcome to SOFI – the Swedish Institute for Social Research!

Here you will find information about the institute's organisation, staff, our collaborations and our history.

Contact us

Contact information for all our researchers and employees.

Find us

Find SOFI by public transport or car.

Work with us

Vacancies and doctoral student positions located at SOFI are advertised and applied for on Stockholm University's website for vacancies.

For the media

Here you find contact information for our press officer, our latest research news and press releases and links to social media.

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.

Organisation

Here you find lists of the board, management team and administrative staff at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI). You also find an overview of our research units, steering documents and the annual reports for SOFI.

Internal

The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) has internal pages on the Confluence platform. To log in there, you must have a university account linked to an employment or affiliation with SOFI.

NEWS

CALENDAR

Seminar

AME-seminar: Marianne Page

Marianne Page, UC Irvine, will present her research at the AME series at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI). Seminar Date: Thursday 11 December 2025 Time: 10.00 – 11.15 Location: SOFI, F800 This seminar will be held in person. Participation via link is not available.  

Swedish Institute for Social Research

Seminar

SWS-seminar: Emma von Essen

Emma von Essen, from Uppsala University, present her research in the SWS seminar series at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI). Seminar Date: Tuesday 16 December 2025 Time: 13.00 – 14.15 Location: SOF, F800 This seminar is held in person, participation via link is not available.

Swedish Institute for Social Research

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

On our central website, you will find general information.