2022-08-19

Swedish Institute for Social Research

Kenneth Nelson appointed professor at the University of Oxford

Kenneth Nelson, professor of sociology since 2014, has been appointed professor at the University of Oxford. He will hold the Barnett Professorship in Social Policy at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention. The professorship also entails a fellowship at St Cross College.

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2022-06-29

Swedish Institute for Social Research

Call for papers: 2022 Workshop on Children and Health

We invite researchers at all stages of their career to The Stockholm Health Day on the topic of Children and Health 2022, October 20-21 at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University.

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2022-06-21

Swedish Institute for Social Research

Being top of the class can affect your education and income later in life

In addition to the positive effects of having high grades in itself, being top of the class increases the probability that a student finishes a longer education or gets a higher income later in life. For students at the lower end of the grade distribution, being a bit more highly ranked compared to other students in the school increases the probability of finishing upper secondary school. These are the results of a new dissertation in economics from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University.

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2022-06-21

Swedish Institute for Social Research

Why do girls opt out of math in school?

In school, girls in general outperform boys in math-related fields. But even when girls have a relatively higher ability in math, they more often choose other education trajectories. A new study from Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) puts a piece to the puzzle on why girls don’t seem to aim for the science and technology fields in their education and work careers.

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