Projects
Our ongoing projects reflect a long-standing commitment to understanding and addressing systematic differences in health. The projects cover a wide range of themes but are united by a shared ambition to reveal the social mechanisms that influence health across the lifecourse — from childhood to old age — and to contribute knowledge relevant to research, practice, and policy development.
Current projects
Parental leave and mental health across the life course
PI
Helena Honkaniemi-Hoppe
Period
2026-2028
Funder
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
Debt, wealth, and health inequalities (DEWHI)
PI
Agneta Cederström
Period
2025-2028
Funder
Forte
Does GOING HOME truly serve the best interest of children placed in out-of-home care?
PI
Viviane S Straatman
Period
2025-2027
Funder
Forte
Overlooked children in need (ORCHID): a study on the development and well-being of children of parents with disabilities
PI
Can Liu
Period
2024-2027
Funder
Forte
WELLSIM: a life course microsimulation perspective on multi-dimensional well-being for five European countries
PI
Mikael Rostila
Period
2024-2027
Funder
Forte
MISMATCH: mistreatment and discrimination in maternity care for women of minority status
PI
Can Liu
Period
Funder
Forte
The unequal pandemic: investigating health equity and political responses to COVID-19
PI
Karl Gauffin
Period
2023-2026
Funder
Forte
Explaining COVID-19 mortality among immigrants in Sweden
PI
Sol P Juarez
Period
2022-2026
Funder
Forte
The ambiguous socioeconomic gradient in immigrants’ health
PI
Alexander Miething
Period
2022-2026
Funder
Forte
Depression and anxiety in youth: a Swedish prospective cohort study of prevalence and treatment gaps
PI
Sara Brolin Låftman
Period
2022-2026
Funder
Forte
The intersection of parental alcohol use disorders and child welfare
PI
Viviane S Straatman
Period
2025
Funder
Systembolagets Alkoholforskingsråd
WIRE: which aspects of the stay in special residential homes for young people can contribute to resilience?
PI
Ylva B Almquist
Period
2024-2025
Funder
The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care
Mental health consequences following the loss of a family member during the Corona pandemic
PI
Mikael Rostila
Period
2023-2025
Funder
VR
CANDIS: cancer screening, stage at diagnosis and survival among people with disabilities
PI
Alessandra Grotta
Period
2022-2025
Funder
Forte
Understanding the roles of origin and destination: behavioral patterns and health among the first and second generation of Finnish migrants in Sweden
PI
Olof Mpumwire Östergren
Period
2022-2025
Funder
VR
The unintended consequences of Swedish parental leave policy: a health equity perspective
PI
Sol P Juárez
Period
2019-2025
Funder
VR
