Women in leadership positions face more sexual harassment

Power in the workplace does not stop women’s exposure to sexual harassment. On the contrary, women with supervisory positions are harassed more than women employees.

New study from the Swedish Institue for Social Research

Singles without children new risk group for poverty in Sweden

While the risk of poverty among single parents has long been known to be a problem, a new study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) shows that single persons without children also faced a drastic increase in poverty risk. The researchers can now link this increase in poverty to cutbacks in the unemployment insurance.

Read about the study

What happens to children with parents in prison?

Approximately one out of ten children who come from a poor background experience at least one time during childhood an arresting of their parent. There is an ongoing study at SOFI on how the life chances of these children are affected.

Watch the video about the study

In Memoriam Åsa Rosén

Professor Åsa Rosén, who worked at the Institute for Social Research (SOFI) from 1999 to 2016, has passed away at the age of 57.

In Memoriam Åsa Rosén

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SOFI reseachers in the media

Johannna Rickne and Olle Folke at SOFI have together with American an Japanese researchers published a study showing that women are exposed to sexual harassment at work even when they are in leadership positions, which got attention in both Swedish media such as SvD, DN and Aftonbladet, as well as international media like CBS News and The Independent.
The new SOFI study showing a dramatic increase of the risk of ending up in poverty for single persons without children has been noticed in several news media, among others Swedish Radio Vetenskapsradion, Göteborgs-Posten and TT Nyhetsbyrån.
"A woman who earns less than her partner or doesn’t work at all when they get married is significantly more likely to get divorced if her career suddenly takes off". The Quartz magazine writes about a study by our professor Johanna Rickne and Olle Folke at Uppsala University. Read the article here.

Latest publications

Nilsson, T., Norström, T., Andréasson, S., Guldbrandsson, K., Allebeck, P. & Leifman H. (2020) Effects of local alcohol prevention initiatives in Swedish municipalities, 2006–2014. Substance Use & Misuse.
Fallesen, P., & Gähler, M. (2020). Post-Divorce Dual-Household Living Arrangements and Adolescent Wellbeing. In Mortelmans, D. Divorce in Europe: New Insights in Trends, Causes and Consequences of Relation Break-ups.
Wadensjö, Eskil, “Invandrades kvinnors arbetsmarknad mellan 1945 och 1970”, s. 83–98 i Daniel Rauhut och Lovisa Broström (red.), Med öppna armar? Om integration och invandringen till Sverige 1945–1970, Daidalos, Göteborg, 2019.
Dadgar, I. & Norström, T. (2020). Is there a link between cardiovascular mortality and economic fluctuations? Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, DOI: 1403494819890699.
Norström, T. & Mäkelä, P. (2019). The connection between per capita alcohol consumption and alcohol-specific mortality accounting for unrecorded alcohol consumption: the case of Finland 1975-2015. Drug and Alcohol Review, 38: 731-736.

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