Our researchers awarded project grants from Forte

Three researchers at SOFI have been awarded project grants from Forte, the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. Their projects examine marital agreements, attitudes towards gender equality, and long-term trends in the gender wage gap in Sweden.

Anne Boschini, Katarina Boye and Roujman Shahbazian.

Forte has announced its latest funding decisions, awarding SEK 598 million to around 130 research projects in the fields of health, working life and welfare. Within the Project Grants call, funding has been awarded to 71 research projects.

Researchers connected to SOFI who have received project funding from Forte include Anne Boschini, Katarina Boye and Roujman Shahbazian. Roujman Shahbazian's project is based at the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, and involves several SOFI researchers.

The funded projects are:

  • Marrying without Insurance? The Gendered Consequences of Marital Agreements (Anne Boschini)
  • Gender equality in flux? Attitudes, work, and generational shifts in contemporary Sweden (Katarina Boye)
  • Close to a century of gender wage differences in Sweden: Long-run trends from 1928 to 2025 (Roujman Shahbazian)

The projects address questions related to gender equality, family economics, labour markets and social change in Sweden.

Several SOFI researchers are also involved as co-applicants in funded projects led by researchers at other institutions. We warmly congratulate all researchers involved and look forward to following the projects and their results.

Last updated: 2026-10-27

Source: Swedish Institute for Social Research

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