Robert Erikson is professor of sociology at Stockholm University. His research interests concern social stratification, education and health, particularly the study of individual change over the life course. He is a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the British Academy, Academia Europaea and honorary fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Selected publications include The Constant Flux - A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies, (with John H. Goldthorpe); Can Education be Equalized? Sweden in Comparative Perspective, (edited with Jan O. Jonsson); as well as several articles in peer reviewed journals.