Research group GAINS

SOFI’s gender research group GAINS (Gender Analysis and Interdisciplinary research Network, Stockholm) is a cross-disciplinary research environment that aims to facilitate social science research on issues related to gender. Our focus areas include the labor market, health, education, and family relations.
GAINS: Gender analysis & interdisciplinary research network Stockholm

SOFI’s gender research group GAINS (Gender Analysis and Interdisciplinary research Network, Stockholm) is a cross-disciplinary research environment that aims to facilitate social science research on issues related to gender. Our focus areas include the labor market, health, education, and family relations. As of 2023, the group consists of about 30 active members inside and outside SOFI. Membership is informal and open to all interested researchers and practitioners. Those who wish to join the group or receive our e-mail are welcome to contact Sandra Thiman at sandra.thiman@sofi.su.se.

GAINS was established in 2017 by sociologists and economists at SOFI. Our main goal is to gather researchers and practitioners for a cross-disciplinary dialogue about gender in the economy. Additional goals include to provide research-based policy advice and to create a supportive and constructive environment for young researchers. Most researchers come from economic and sociology and use quantitative research methods. 

The group offers the following regular activities

  • Monthly group meetings with presentations by researchers and practitioners 
  • Monthly research seminars within SOFI’s seminar series in labor economics 
  •  Regular research workshops
  • Team-building retreats 

Examples of the group’s teaching and external outreach activities include

  • A bi-yearly course in Gender Economics within the PhD program in Economics at Stockholm University
  • An outreach seminar collaboration with the Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) in Stockholm.

Learn more about us and our research below.

This research group has no members.

There are no research project connections.

Swedish Institute for Social Research

Women in Different-Sex Couples Lose the Most Income After Becoming Parents

A new Nordic study, led by researchers at Stockholm University, shows how gender roles and family policies shape parents’ earnings – with significant differences between countries and family types. Comparing different-sex and lesbian couples has been a key element of the analysis.

Swedish Institute for Social Research

GAINS: Research for a More Inclusive Future

In an ever-relevant societal debate, the Gender Analysis and Interdisciplinary Research Network, Stockholm (GAINS), promotes research in gender-related issues. Among others in the GAINS group, Johanna Rickne, Marie Evertsson, and Anne Boschini, at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), study some of today's most debated topics, such as quotas, same-sex couples, discrimination in the labor market, and sexual harassment.

“Claudia Goldin has been very important”

On Monday, Nobel Laureate in Economics Claudia Goldin held a lecture for researchers and other economists. Claudia Goldin has meant a great deal for gender economics, according to Professor Anne Boschini.

Swedish Institute for Social Research

SOFI:s Johanna Rickne awarded the Assar Lindbeck Medal 2023

The Assar Lindbeck Medal for 2023 is awarded to Johanna Rickne, professor of economics at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, and Olle Folke, professor of political science at the Department of Political Science, Uppsala University, for their innovative research on gender equality and political economy.

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Johanna Rickne is awarded the SNS Prize 2023

Johanna Rickne, professor of economics at SOFI, is this year's recipient of the SNS Prize. She is awarded the prize amount of 200,000 Swedish kronor.

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