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The Stockholm University Linnaeus Center on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe is a new collaboration focusing on the relationship between social policy and family dynamics in Europe. The Center is supported by a grant from the Swedish Research Council, Vetenskapsrådet. About us
General Information
For information in Swedish, read more about The Linnaeus Center general area of interest and research here
Working Papers
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Publications
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SUDA/SPaDE Demographic Colloquium Series, Spring 2011
Download the full schedule for this spring's colloquium series here
Demography appointed leading research area at Stockholm University
Since March 31, 2011, Demography is also officially a "leading research area" of Stockholm University. The productivity in research among the demographers at SUDA and in SPaDE and SUNDEM led to this recognition.
Grant to fund the Swedish Generations and Gender Survey
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and the Swedish Research Council have awarded a total of 12.5 million Swedish kronor to support the first wave of the Swedish Generations and Gender Survey. The survey is expected to be in the field by August 2011. The Swedish GGS is part of the International Generations and Gender Programme and will provide comparative data with a large number of countries about recent changes in family life courses and relationships (www.ggp-i.org).
Five new research grants from Fas and RJ to SPaDE members and affiliates
SPaDE congratulates Juho Härkönen for being awarded 3.37 M SEK to his project "Socio-economic differences in family demographic behavior: Trends and intergenerational implications"; Livia Sz. Oláh for 3.87 M SEK to fund the Swedish branch of her ESF project on "The new role of men and family dynamics in Europe"; Tommy Ferrarini for 3.9 M SEK to his project on Changing generational welfare contracts: Fair institutions and outcomes in Sweden and Europe"; and Katharina Boye for 2.0 M SEK to her project "Home work and salary in Sweden and Europe: Studies on how women and men's salaries relate to household work and care of children". All four grants come from Fas. In an additional grant, Tommy Ferrarini received 5.0 M SEK from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond to support his "Social Policy Indicator Database".
New post-doctoral opening in SPaDE
SPaDE announces a post-doctoral position for a researcher in the early stage of his/her academic career. The position is for a two-year period with start no later than September 1, 2011. Application deadline is February 15, 2011. For more information about the announcement and how to apply, read here.
In memoriam: Per Gunnar Cassel
SPaDE student affiliate Per Gunnar Cassel passed away on Tuesday October 7, 2010, aged 82. Per Gunnar had been ill for a period of time, but continued to be devoted to his PhD research until the very end. He completed one published article on seasonality in childbearing in Sweden and a SPaDE Working Paper on abortion trends but was unable to complete his last study. SPaDE researchers and students remember Per Gunnar for his strong positive spirit and generosity in his work. We regret the loss of a valued colleague.
Newcomers to SPaDE
We are pleased to announce that Gerda Neyer, Juho Härkönen, Jan Hoem and Sunnee Billingsley are joining SPaDE in Stockholm. Gerda Neyer is a political scientist who has collaborated in the past with several SPaDE members and previously headed the Laboratory of Population and Policy at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Juho Härkönen has been a Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course at Yale University. He has conducted comparative European research on dual joblessness, socioeconomic differentials in divorce, and the intergenerational transmission of inequality. Juho will also have an appointment in the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI). Sunnee Billingsley is to receive her Ph.D. from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona where she has been enrolled at the Department of Political and Social Sciences. Her Thesis involves a series of studies on the impact of market reform and political change on demographic behavior in Russia. Jan Hoem joins as a visiting Emeritus Professor in Demography. Currently, he has an emeritus position at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, where he served as Director during most of the last decade. Jan Hoem has conducted research on social policy and childbearing in Sweden and is the founder of the Stockholm University Demography Unit.
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