Swedish ESPAnet: The network for research on social policy and welfare

This application concerns financial support for the successful continuation of the cross-disciplinary Swedish network for research on social policy and welfare.

The purpose of this network is to encourage exchange and collaboration between senior and junior scholars, as well as PhD students.

We achieve this by organizing at least one yearly seminar where network members can meet and discuss research and results. The network also constitutes the Swedish node of the European Social Policy Analysis Network (ESPAnet).

The network is organized as a collaboration between the Department of Sociology at Umeå University, the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, the Department of Criminology at Stockholm University, the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) in the Department of Public Health Science at Stockholm University, the Department of Sociology and Work Science at the University of Gothenburg, the Department of Sociology at the University of Lund, the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University, the Department of Government at Uppsala University, the Department of Social Work at Umeå University, the Departmens of Social Sciences at Södertörn University, and the Department of Social Work at Stockholm University.