Research group Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA)
The Department of Sociology is home to the Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA), an international group of scholars and doctoral students, working on many facets of population dynamics.
Group description
Demography is an interdisciplinary science that focuses on the study of the population, its size, composition and change. Populations change over time through the interaction of three central demographic processes: fertility, mortality and migration. In demographic research, this focus is expanded to include processes related to family dynamics, health and integration.
Demography is a quantitative science in which advanced statistical methods are used to analyze large data sources, often register data.
Read more here to find information on demographic data for research.
SUDA is home to an internationally competitive program of research and training. Much of the work we do is comparative, engaging data from countries throughout Europe and the rest of the world. In addition, the subject of demography at Stockholm University often has a sociological focus, in the sense that our research focuses on the relationship between population processes and various social, economic, cultural and political factors.
As evidence of SUDA’s success, demography has become a leading research area at Stockholm University. The unit maintains active links to some of Sweden’s leading research institutions, including the Institute of Enviornmental Medicine at Karolinska institutet (IMM) and The Department of Public Health at Stockholm University.
The Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA) was established in 1983, under the chairmanship of Professor Jan M. Hoem. Between 2004-2013, the unit was headed by Professor Elizabeth Thomson and since 2013 by Professor Gunnar Andersson. Since 2001 it has been located within the Department of Sociology, at the University Campus at Frescati, Stockholm.
Group members
Group managers
Gunnar Andersson
Professor

Members
Siddartha Aradhya
Researcher

Kieron James Barclay
Researcher, Docent in Sociology
Debora Birgier
Researcher

Sunnee Billingsley
Senior Lecturer

Maria Brandén
Researcher, Docent

Stefano Cantalini
Researcher

Klára Capková
PhD Student

Erik Carlsson
PhD Student

Chiara Comolli
Researcher

Filip Dabergott
PhD Student

Johan Dahlberg
Researcher

Sven Drefahl
Senior Lecturer, Docent

Ann-Zofie Duvander
Professor

Helen Eriksson
Researcher

Johanna Finnström
Phd student

Marcus Vinicius Leite Fraga
Guest researcher

Lisa Harber-Aschan
Researcher

Juho Härkönen
Professor

Andreas Höhn
Research Affiliate

Benson John
PhD student

Maxim Kan
PhD student
Konstantin Kazenin
Phd Student

Wooseong Kim
Phd Student
Martin Kolk
Researcher, Docent

Linda Nathalié Kridahl
Researcher

Sanni Kuikka
PhD Student

Weiwen Lai
Phd Student

Anastasia Lam
PhD student affiliate

Andrea Fuentes Monti
Researcher

Eleonora Mussino
Researcher, Docent

Stefanie Möllborn
Senior Lecturer

Gerda Neyer
Researcher

Anna-Karin Nylin
PhD Student

Sofi Ohlsson Wijk
Researcher

Livia Olah
Senior Lecturer, Docent

Giampiero Passaretta
Researcher

Steffen Peters
PhD student

Elena Pupaza
Researcher

Isaac Sasson
Guest Researcher

Sara Schmaug
Phd student affiliate

Kirk Scott
Researcher
Jiaxin Shi
Guest PhD Student
Miska Simanainen
Doktorand

Signe Svallfors
PhD Student

Elizabeth Thomson
Professor Emerita

Jani Turunen
Researcher

Caroline Uggla
Researcher

Frankseco Junior Yorke
Phd student

Matthew Wallace
Researcher, Docent

Rosa Weber
Researcher

Ben Wilson
Researcher, Docent

Weiqian Xia
PhD Student
