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Research group Social policy (SOCPOL)

Research at the Social Policy unit includes investigating explanations for the development of the welfare state, as well as the effects of social policy on an individual and societal level, often in an international comparative perspective and with quantitative research methods.

The focus is on the impact of political and economic factors for the institutional design of social policy, and the connections between the design of social policy, socio-economic conditions and individuals' life chances.

Thematically, all major transfer programs are analyzed, such as pensions, parental benefits, sickness benefits, unemployment benefits and social benefits. In addition, various forms of publicly funded services such as health care, education, housing and labour market policy reforms are studied. Finally, some social policy programs that can not be classified as either transfers or services are also treated, e.g. supply control and taxation in alcohol policy.
The analyzes of the social policy programs cover large parts of the world, with an emphasis on the industrialized western countries and Sweden. In addition to this, social policy is also studied in Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, South America and Africa. The analyzes range from about 1950 onwards, with a certain emphasis on the current development of the programs.

 

Research at the individual and societal level

The research is conducted from both macro and micro perspectives. The macro-analyzes, for example, deal with different explanations for the development of social policy, while the micro-analyzes shed light on the consequences of the programs at the individual level in both the short and long term. Recurring issues concern the interaction between different programs and the consequences of the programs in a life course perspective.

 

Databases at SOCPOL

An important part of the SOCPOL unit's activities consists of the establishment and further development of infrastructure for research, especially databases such as the Social Citizenship Indicator Program (SCIP), the Social Policy Indicator Database (SPIN) and Stockholm Birth Cohort Study (SBC).

Read more about databases at SOFI here

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Tomas Korpi

Professor

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Members

Abrar Bawati

Forskningsassistent

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Sofie Burman

Research assistant

Swedish Institute for Social Research

Younghwan Byun

Research fellow

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Krzysztof Czarnecki

Researcher

Swedish Institute for Social Research
Krzysztof Czarnecki

Pär Dalén

PhD student

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Erwan Dujeancourt

Researcher

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Mari Eneroth

Research assistant

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Cassandra Engeman

Research fellow

Swedish Institute for Social Research
Cassandra Engeman

Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch

PhD student

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Marie Evertsson

Head of Department, Professor

Swedish Institute for Social Research
Marie Evertsson

Daniel Fredriksson

Researcher

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Allison Maria Eugene Geerts

PhD student

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Jan Helmdag

Researcher

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Arvid Lindh

Researcher

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Ylva Moberg

Researcher

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Kenneth Tommy Nelson

Professor

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Rense Nieuwenhuis

Researcher

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Thor Norström

Professor emeritus

Swedish Institute for Social Research
Thor Norström

Lea Schomaker

Doktorand

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Ola Sjöberg

Professor

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Sten-Åke Stenberg

Professor emeritus

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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Jakob Strigén

PhD student

Swedish Institute for Social Research

Max Thaning

Researcher

Swedish Institute for Social Research
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