The research project"Does GOING HOME truly serve the best interest of children placed in out-of-home care? Patterns of family reunification and its impact on the use of healthcare services in children and young people" aims to increase understanding of family reunification patterns and their impact on children's healthcare utilisation in Sweden.

Risk and resilience: Pathways to (ill)health among men and women with experiences of childhood adversity (RISE)

Foster children as midlife adults: For whom and under what circumstances may placement in foster care counteract social and health-related adversity across the life course?

The project aims to increase understanding of the drivers of inequalities among families involved with child welfare services in Sweden.

Education is an important basis for children's development and is usually described as a way out of vulnerability. The project deals with the educational careers of a particularly vulnerable group, namely children with experience of community care in the form of placements in foster homes or institutions.

Multidisciplinary network to unite Nordic researchers with expertise in longitudinal welfare research.

Infants placed in out-of-home care are among the most vulnerable children in the child welfare system, yet they remain relatively understudied in Swedish research. This project examines infant placements from a national and longitudinal perspective.

Bereaved individuals’ experiences of grief and an evaluation of a support program

Each year, around 1 percent of European children are placed in out-of-home care (OHC ). In Sweden, the risk of placement is greatest during the teenage years. However, a significant proportion of all children are placed in OHC as infants (<12 months).