The Danish
National centre
for social research

SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research

SFI is the strongest environment for social and welfare state policy research in Denmark. The centre conducts independent research on an international level and carries out commissioned projects for Danish ministries, municipalities and organisations.

SFI research is focused on the following themes: Organisation of welfare services - Employment and the supply and demand of labour - Social marginalisation and vulnerability - Education - Living conditions and social mobility of children, young people and families - Ethnic minorities, integration and participation in society

Departments

Research programme

The purpose of the programme is to ensure that SFI research can provide answers to key challenges facing society. The research programme is organised into six themes.

Research

New journal articles and reviews

Jensen, D. C., & Pedersen, L. B. (2017). The Impact of Empathy: Explaining Diversity in Street-Level Decision-Making. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 1-17.

Pontoppidan, M. W., Niss, N. K., Pejtersen, J. H., Julian, M. M., & Væver, M. S. (2017). Parent report measures of infant social-emotional development: A systematic review. Family Practice.

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SFI researchers

The research on social policy and welfare focuses on vulnerable groups such as homeless people and people with addictions, but also on elderly people and people with disabilities. What these target groups have in common are that they all, to some extent, use and/or depend on social interventions and public welfare in general, such as large scale programmes and new innovative interventions. Therefore SFI carries out research on how social interventions and public welfare affect behaviour and distribution, as well as on care for vulnerable groups, , social work, efficiency and quality of welfare service and social aspects of health.