Swedish Institute for Social Research

Research on welfare, society and the labour market

Welcome to SOFI – the Swedish Institute for Social Research!

The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) conducts research on social issues and labour market issues. Researchers at the institute work in the field of social policy, welfare, inequality, health and the labour market. We have a unit for undergraduate education, AKPA, and we conduct postgraduate education together with other departments in economics and sociology.

Seminars

Read about our two open seminar series.

Work with us

Are you interested in working with us? Vacancies at SOFI are advertised and applied for on Stockholm University's website for vacancies.

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Study with us

Our courses are taught by active researchers who provide in-depth knowledge of working life, leadership, labour law and the working environment. You will explore the labour market from both societal and individual perspectives, with opportunities to study topics such as organisations, wage setting and labour economics.

Our research

SOFI conducts research on social issues and the labour market. Our researchers study areas including welfare, inequality, social policy and labour market conditions, with a focus on how societal changes affect people’s lives and opportunities.

Publications

Here you can search among publications that researchers linked to SOFI have contributed to. For the best overview of all publications, search in DIVA (Digital Scientific Archive) below. We also list dissertations presented at SOFI as well as publications in our Working Paper series.

Swedish Level-of-Living Survey

The Swedish Level of Living Survey (LNU) follows people’s living conditions in Sweden over time. A representative sample of the adult population is regularly invited to take part in the survey. Since 1968, LNU has provided valuable insights into how people’s living conditions and Swedish society have changed.

SPIN

The Social Policy Indicators (SPIN) database provides the foundations for new comparative and longitudinal research on causes and consequences of welfare states.

Collaboration

Researchers at SOFI contribute to Stockholm University's so-called "third task", to collaborate with the surrounding society, in many different ways. On this page, we list some of our collaborative projects and describe the work of reaching out with our research.

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