What characterizes good welfare?

Societal changes requires adapting welfare services and updated knowledge. The researchers at UiS are exploring several issues related to Nav, mental health, prison care and child welfare, among other things.

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Facts
Name of program area

Velferdstenesteforsking

Duration

2015-2021

Participants

23

Projects

7

As society changes, politicians need up-to-date knowledge of welfare services to be able to develop and adapt their politics.

Siv OItedal , professor at the Department of Social Studies

About

Welfare policy should ensure the population good living conditions, health and quality of life. When society changes, politicians need new and updated knowledge about welfare services so that they can shape a welfare policy adapted to a new era. For example, they need to know something about users in general and about vulnerable groups in particular. This is knowledge our researchers can help them with.

How will societal changes affect our welfare model? What kind of welfare system is best suited in the face of an increasingly pluralistic society? How do social workers within different welfare systems work with users and families with complex needs? These are some of the questions the researchers at UiS will explore, together with practitioners and external researchers, when they study social work and social politics in a local and international perspective.

The main page for this program area and the associated projects is in Norwegian, and you can visit that page by changing the language in the upper right of the page.

The research group

Professor i sosialt arbeid
51831511
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førsteamanuensis i psykologi
51833618
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Professor i sosialt arbeid
51834137
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Professor i filosofi
51834149
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Professor II i arbeids- og organisasjonspsykologi
51833064
UiS Business School
Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
Førsteamanuensis i sosialt arbeid
51832799
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førsteamanuensis i sosialt arbeid
51832152
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førsteamanuensis i sosialt arbeid
51831521
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Professor i psykologi
51831691
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førsteamanuensis i statsvitenskap
51833024
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Avdelingsleder
51833752
UiS Business School
Department of Economics and Finance
Førsteamanuensis i sosialt arbeid
51833684
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førsteamanuensis
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førsteamanuensis i psykologi
51831192
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førstelektor i rettsvitenskap
51834259
Kjell Arholmshus. 2. etg
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Universitetslektor i rettsvitenskap
51831381
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Timelønnet universitetslektor
51831050
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førsteamanuensis i sosialt arbeid
51831360
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førsteamanuensis i sosialt arbeid/barnevern
51832840
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Førsteamanuensis i spesialpedagogikk/psykologi
51832801
Læringsmiljøsenteret, Stavanger
Faculty of Arts and Education
Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioral Research in Education
Ekstern sensor
51832586
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Ekstern uten utbetaling
51832751
University of Stavanger
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies
Ekstern uten utbetaling
51834136
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Social Studies

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