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Social science research plays an important role in understanding and shaping societal development. Here we present an overview of our research projects, which span across several disciplines.

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An overview of our research projects

National e-Infrastructure for Aging Research (NEAR)
The national resarch infrastructure NEAR facilitates the use of databases from major population longitudinal studies on aging and health in Sweden
Research area: Ageing research, Demography
DEMSCORE
The national research infrastructure DEMSCORE (Democracy, Environment, Migration, Social policy, Conflict, and Representation) brings together some...
Research area: Political science
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
The European research infrastructure SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) is a transdisciplinary and longitudinal interview-ba...
Research area: Ageing research, Demography
Demographic Data Base
The Demographic Data Base (DDB) is a national research infrastructure that registers, processes and disseminates data for research, educational and...
Research area: Demography
SwedPop: Swedish population databases for research
Access to the most significant Swedish historical population databases.
Research area: Demography, Digital humanities
Representative Democracy Data Archive (REPDEM)
REPDEM provides access to world-leading databases for research on the struggle for government power in parliamentary democracies.
Research area: Political science
European Social Survey (ESS)
ESS provides data on attitudes, beliefs and behaviour in more than 30 European countries.
Research area: Sociology
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
The ISSP is a is a standardized survey cooperation project which is useful for social science research.
Research area: Sociology
Latest update: 2025-09-01