Research subject Family Dynamics and Fertility
Fertility and processes related to childbearing are at the core of social demography. Fertility patterns shape population age structures as new cohorts of people add to the populations. Childbearing decisions are influenced by many factors related to the social environment in which people live.
Much of our research within this field focusses on changes in childbearing behavior in Sweden and the social structures that have contributed to the relatively high fertility levels of the Nordic countries. One project assesses the declining fertility during the 2010s and the degree of social (in)equalities in Swedish fertility. Demographers also study a wider spectra of family dynamics as partnership formation and dissolution are also related to fertility. Sweden has a reputation of being a forerunner in family-demographic trends, with a high degree of diversity in family forms.
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Gunnar Andersson
Professor of Demography
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Kieron James Barclay
Researcher, Docent in Sociology
Sunnee Billingsley
Professor of Sociology
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Maria Brandén
Researcher, Docent
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Debora Birgier
Researcher
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Stefano Cantalini
Researcher
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Erik Carlsson
Researcher
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Johan Dahlberg
Affiliate Researcher
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Ann-Zofie Duvander
Professor of Demography
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Helen Eriksson
Researcher
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Johanna Finnström
Phd student
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Juho Härkönen
Professor of Sociology
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Andreas Höhn
Research Affiliate
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Benson John
PhD student
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Maxim Kan
PhD student
Konstantin Kazenin
Phd Student
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Martin Kolk
Associate Professor
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Linda Nathalié Kridahl
Docent in Demography
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Weiwen Lai
Phd Student
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Eleonora Mussino
Researcher, Docent
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Stefanie Möllborn
Professor of Sociology
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Gerda Neyer
Researcher
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Anna-Karin Nylin
Researcher
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Sofi Ohlsson Wijk
Researcher
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Livia Olah
Senior Lecturer, Docent
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Steffen Peters
PhD student
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Sarah Schmauk
Visiting PhD student
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Miska Simanainen
Doktorand
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Ben Wilson
Researcher, Docent
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Signe Svallfors
PhD Student
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Elizabeth Thomson
Professor Emerita of Demography
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Jani Turunen
Researcher
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Caroline Uggla
Researcher
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Ben Wilson
Researcher, Docent
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