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To break segregation, we need to understand what causes it. Maria Brandén and Peter Hedström use large amounts of data to study what happens at the individual level, and what that means at societal level.

It all started with taking risks. Now, ten years have passed since the Institute for analytical sociology (IAS) was founded."It feels like we have achieved a lot," comments Maria Brandén, senior associate professor.

SweCSS, the Swedish Centre for Computational Social Science, has just introduced its Visiting Fellows Program, designed to foster collaboration between social and computational sciences. Welcome with your application!

On 15 April, a kickoff conference for the Swedish Center of Excellence for Computational Social Science (SweCSS) was held at the Museum of Work in Norrköping. The event gathered around 30 researchers from Linköping University.

Supportive, committed, and available. Not someone who gets tied up with trivialities. This is how the new director for the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) wants to be. She adds: “I hope and believe I am a good leader.”