About us

Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues

Nordic cooperation facilitates internordic exchange of experience and knowledge in order to be better able to meet the challenges. At this point, the Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues enters the stage.

Our work is aimed at promoting inclusion of vulnerable groups, equal treatment of the citizens, social solidarity, as well as accessibility and quality with regard to social services.

The organization

The head office of the institution is in Stockholm and the daughter institutions in Denmark and Finland.

The Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues is led by a board with representatives from the five Nordic countries. The board is appointed by the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Nordic institutional and expert networks are connected to our work. Their aim is to consolidate our work in practice and to communicate the results to decision-makers and practitioners.

An important part of our work is on an international level. We cooperate with international actors within the social and health sector, e.g., the EU, the Council of Europe and the UN.

How we work

Knowledge

We gather and compare experiences from the Nordic countries within the area of welfare policy.

Development

We spread experience and best practice through our activities and networks.

Dialogue

We create dialogue between politicians, researchers and practitioners.

Much of our work is project-based. There are short-term projects and projects lasting for up to three years or more. The projects involve practitioners, researchers, user organizations and politicians.

Examples of projects are:

• Adolescents' meaning-making of alcohol use
• Nordic fields of cooperation with relation to small and rare diagnostic groups
• Labour market inclusion of marginalized group

We even offer educational services and networking.

How exactly does the Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues work?

• Prepares strategic input to politicians
• Publishes thematic booklets on welfare issues
• Arranges conferences, courses and seminars
• Combines research findings

Common to all our work is the organization of Nordic and international conferences, all in relation to welfare and social issues.

Fields of work

We operate in the following fields:

• Alcohol and drug research
• Labour inclusion
• Disability issues
• The Nordic welfare model
• Welfare technology