Department of Sociology and Social Work

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    Kroghstræde 7

    9220 Aalborg Øst

    Denmark

Organisation profile

Organisation profile

Head of Department

Jakob Skjøtt-Larsen

Research

The Department conducts research, teaching and knowledge collaboration with the surrounding society at the highest academic level within the fields of sociology and social work. 

We are in charge of a PhD programme and offer both bachelor's, master's and part-time programmes within sociology and social work. Problem Based Learning (PBL) is in the core of our educational activities where we combine theory and practice and students are urged to consider actual problems in their studies.

The department is located at the main campus of Aalborg University in Aalborg with a branch at the Copenhagen campus. 

Research

Research at the Department of Sociology and Social Work is organised within a number of research groups that represent cutting-edge expertise in the fields of: social differentiation, social control, criminology, social geography, demography, sociology of health, everyday life, social norms, emotions and formation of identity and meaning, organisation and management, service user perspectives in social work, social work with vulnerable children and young people, social problems, the governance of social work, and social work and employment policy.

Study programmes

The Department of Sociology and Social Work offers a range of bachelor and master programmes covering various societal fields and perspectives. The department offers two BAs, Sociology and Social Work, and three MAs: Sociology, Social Work and Criminology as well as two international MAs in Social Work: NOSWEL (Nordic Master’s Programme in Social Work and Welfare) and ADVANCES (Advanced Development in Social Work). The department also offers a part-time continuing adult education programme aimed at employed professionals within the field of social work, Master in Vulnerable Children and Young People (MBU).

All programmes apply problem-based learning where students are urged to consider actual problems in their studies. The academic staff and affiliated teachers are engaged in research, which inspires and shapes what are being taught across all levels in the department’s programmes.

Doctoral programme

The Department of Sociology and Social Work has approximately 20 PhD students in house, often working in collaboration with other departments and universities.  

When you are part of our research education programme, you are enrolled at The Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Every PhD student's professional profile is linked to one of the department’s core fields of research: Sociology, Social Work or Working Life and Organization.

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  • International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government I-V - ISSP 1985-1990-1996-2006-2016

    Kelley, J. (Contributor), Evans, M. (Contributor), Pammett, J. H. (Contributor), Mateju, P. (Contributor), Linek, L. (Contributor), Lemel, Y. (Contributor), Forsé, M. (Contributor), Harkness, J. (Contributor), Mohler, P. (Contributor), Park, A. (Contributor), Brook, L. (Contributor), Taylor, B. (Contributor), Thomson, K. (Contributor), Jowell, R. (Contributor), Robert, P. (Contributor), Kolosi, T. (Contributor), Phadraig, M. N. G. (Contributor), Lewin-Epstein, N. (Contributor), Tabuns, A. (Contributor), Gendall, P. (Contributor), Skjak, K. K. (Contributor), Pettersen, P. A. (Contributor), Toš, N. (Contributor), Diez-Nicolás, J. (Contributor), Méndez Lago, M. (Contributor), Edlund, J. (Contributor), Svallfors, S. (Contributor), Joye, D. (Contributor), Armingeon, K. (Contributor), Schoebi, N. (Contributor), Smith, T. W. (Contributor), Davis, J. A. (Contributor), Marsden, P. V. (Contributor), Blunsdon, B. (Contributor), Marinović Jerolimov, D. (Contributor), Mansfeldova, Z. (Contributor), Shamshiri-Petersen, D. (Contributor), Andersen, J. G. (Contributor), Frederiksen, M. (Contributor), Severin, M. C. (Contributor), Melin, H. (Contributor), Gonthier, F. (Contributor), Wolf, C. (Contributor), Clery, L. (Contributor), Phillips, M. (Contributor), Niklass, M. (Contributor), Milne, B. (Contributor), Humpage, L. (Contributor), Kolsrud, K. (Contributor), Bahna, M. (Contributor), Hafner-Fink, M. (Contributor), Malnar, B. (Contributor), Struwig, J. (Contributor), Lindh, A. (Contributor), Davern, M. (Contributor), Hout, M. (Contributor) & Briceño-León, R. (Contributor), GESIS, 2023

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  • EVS Trend File 1981-2017 – Sensitive Dataset

    EVS (Creator), Gedeshi, I. (Contributor), Zulehner, P. M. (Contributor), Rotman, D. (Contributor), Titarenko, L. (Contributor), Billiet, J. (Contributor), Dobbelaere, K. (Contributor), Kerkhofs, J. (Contributor), Swyngedouw, M. (Contributor), Voyé, L. (Contributor), Fotev, G. (Contributor), Marinov, M. (Contributor), Raichev, A. (Contributor), Stoychev, K. (Contributor), Kielty, J. F. (Contributor), Nevitte, N. (Contributor), Baloban, S. (Contributor), Baloban, J. (Contributor), Roudometof, V. (Contributor), Rabusic, L. (Contributor), Rehak, J. (Contributor), Gundelach, P. (Contributor), Petersen, E. (Contributor), Riis, O. (Contributor), Röhme, N. (Contributor), Saar, A. (Contributor), Lotti, L. (Contributor), Pehkonen, J. (Contributor), Puranen, B. (Contributor), Riffault, H. (Contributor), Stoetzel, J. (Contributor), Tchernia, J. (Contributor), Pachulia, M. (Contributor), Jagodzinski, W. (Contributor), Klingemann, H. (Contributor), Köcher, R. (Contributor), Noelle-Neumann, E. (Contributor), Anheier, H. (Contributor), Barker, D. (Contributor), Harding, S. (Contributor), Heald, G. (Contributor), Timms, N. (Contributor), Voas, D. (Contributor), Gari, A. (Contributor), Georgas, J. (Contributor), Mylonas, K. (Contributor), Hankiss, E. (Contributor), Manchin, R. (Contributor), Rosta, G. (Contributor), Tomka, M. (Contributor), Haraldsson, O. (Contributor), Jónsson, F. H. (Contributor), Olafsson, S. (Contributor), Breen, M. (Contributor), Fahey, T. (Contributor), Fogarty, M. (Contributor), Kennedy, K. (Contributor), Sinnott, R. (Contributor), Whelan, C. (Contributor), Abbruzzese, S. (Contributor), Calvaruso, C. (Contributor), Gubert, R. (Contributor), Rovati, G. (Contributor), Zepa, B. (Contributor), Alisauskiene, R. (Contributor), Juknevicius, S. (Contributor), Ziliukaite, R. (Contributor), Estgen, P. (Contributor), Hausman, P. (Contributor), Legrand, M. (Contributor), Petkovska, A. (Contributor), Abela, A. M. (Contributor), Cachia-Caruana, R. (Contributor), Inganuez, F. J. (Contributor), Troisi, J. (Contributor), Petruti, D. (Contributor), Besic, M. (Contributor), Arts, W. A. (Contributor), De Moor, R. (Contributor), Hagenaars, J. A. P. (Contributor), Halman, L. (Contributor), Luijkx, R. (Contributor), Hayes, B. C. (Contributor), Smith, A. (Contributor), Listhaug, O. (Contributor), Jasinska-Kania, A. (Contributor), Konieczna, J. (Contributor), Marody, M. (Contributor), Cabral, M. V. (Contributor), Franca, L. D. (Contributor), Ramos, A. (Contributor), Vala, J. (Contributor), Pop, L. (Contributor), Voicu, M. (Contributor), Zamfir, C. (Contributor), Bashkirova, E. (Contributor), Gredelj, S. (Contributor), Kusá, Z. (Contributor), Malnar, B. (Contributor), Tos, N. (Contributor), Elzo, J. (Contributor), Orizo, F. A. (Contributor), Silvestre Cabrera, M. (Contributor), Bush, K. (Contributor), Wallman-Lundåsen, S. (Contributor), Pettersson, T. (Contributor), Joye, D. (Contributor), Esmer, Y. (Contributor), Balakireva, O. (Contributor), Inglehart, R. (Contributor), Rosenberg, F. (Contributor), Sullivan, E. (Contributor), Pachulia, M. (Contributor), Poghosyan, G. (Contributor), Kritzinger, S. (Contributor), Kolenović-Đapo, J. (Contributor), Baloban, J. (Contributor), Frederiksen, M. (Contributor), Saar, E. (Contributor), Ketola, K. (Contributor), Wolf, C. (Contributor), Pachulia, M. (Contributor), Bréchon, P. (Contributor), Jónsdóttir, G. A. (Contributor), Komar, O. (Contributor), Reeskens, T. (Contributor), Jenssen, A. T. (Contributor), Soboleva, N. (Contributor), Voicu, B. (Contributor), Strapcová, K. (Contributor), Bešić, M. (Contributor), Uhan, S. (Contributor), Ernst Stähli, M. (Contributor), Mieriņa, I. (Contributor), Study, E. V. (Contributor), Albania: Strategic Puls Research, T. (Contributor), Armenia: Marketing Communications, Y. (Contributor), Austria: GfK Austria GmbH, V. (Contributor), Belarus: Belarus State University, C. F. S. A. P. R. (Contributor), University, T. C. O. P. A. S. R. O. B. S. (Contributor), Belgium: TNS-Dimarso, B. (Contributor), Dataverzameling/Dimarso, N. I. V. (Contributor), Doo, B. P. (Contributor), Sarajevo (Contributor), Sciences, B. I. O. S. A. T. B. A. O. (Contributor), Market LINKS-Research & Consulting, S. (Contributor), ´Target´, C. M. R. A. (Contributor), University Of Zagreb, F. O. L. (Contributor), Cyprus: CYMAR Market Research, N. (Contributor), Northern Cyprus: Prologue Consulting, N. (Contributor), Czech Republic: SC&C Ltd, S. C. A. C. (Contributor), Denmark: SFI Survey, T. D. N. I. O. S. R. (Contributor), Estonia: Saar Poll, L. (Contributor), Finland: TNS Gallup Oy, E. (Contributor), Issy-Les-Moulineaux, F. I. D. S. L. (. S. L. ). (Contributor), International, R. (Contributor), Georgia: GORBI Gallup International, T. (Contributor), Germany: INFAS, B. (Contributor), BIK MARPLAN Intermedia GmbH, O. A. M. (Contributor), Great Britain: Quality Fieldwork & Research Services, B. (Contributor), Greece: Department Of Psychology, S. O. P. (Contributor), Metron Analysis S.A., A. (Contributor), Hungary: Szonda-Ipsos Média-, V. P. I. (Contributor), Forsense Piackutató és Stratégiai Tanácsadó Kft, B. (Contributor), Iceland, I. T. I. O. S. R. A. T. U. O. (Contributor), The Social Science Research Institute, R. (Contributor), Ireland: The Survey Unit, T. E. A. S. R. I. (Contributor), TNS Mrbi, D. (Contributor), Northern Ireland: Research And Evalutation Services, B. (Contributor), Italy: Centro Ricerche Sociali Di Moncomo G. E C. SaS, M. (Contributor), Kosovo: Strategic Marketing D.O.O., P. (Contributor), Centre, L. L. S. R. (Contributor), Latvian Facts, R. (Contributor), Lithuania: Baltic Surveys – Market And Public Opinion Research Company Ltd, V. (Contributor), Research, L. I. M. (Contributor), Differdange, C. (Contributor), International, M. M. (Contributor), Republic Of Macedonia: Ss Cyril And Methodius University Of Skopje, F. O. P. (Contributor), Republic Of Moldova: Institute Of Marketing And Polls IMAS-INC Chisinau, C. (Contributor), Republic Of Montenegro: Strategic Research, P. (Contributor), The Netherlands: Survey Data, T. (Contributor), Amsterdam, T. N. (Contributor), Norway: Statistics Norway, O. (Contributor), Centre, P. C. O. R. (Contributor), Pentor Research International S.A., W. (Contributor), Portugal: TNS Euroteste-Marketing E Opinião, L. (Contributor), Romania: The Research Institute For The Quality Of Life, R. A. O. S. (Contributor), Russia: ROMIR, M. (Contributor), Bashkirova And Partners, M. (Contributor), Serbia: Strategic Marketing D.O.O., B. (Contributor), Slovak Republic: TNS SK. S.R.O., B. (Contributor), Agentúra MVK, B. P. O. A. M. C. R. C. (Contributor), Spain: Data SA, M. (Contributor), Metroscopia, M. (Contributor), Sweden: ARS-Research AB, S. (Contributor), Statistics Sweden (SCB), Ö. (Contributor), Switzerland: M.I.S. Trend S.A., L. (Contributor), Turkey: SAM Arastirma, D. V. T. H. A. S. A. B. A. V. H. I. L. S. (Contributor), Bogazici University, I. (Contributor), Arastirma, B. (Contributor), Research, U. S. M. C. A. U. I. F. S. (Contributor), Kiev International Institute Of Sociology, K. (Contributor), USA: The Gallup Organization, P. (Contributor), InterRating CoLtd, Y. (Contributor), Institut Für Empirische Sozialforschung (IFES) GmbH, V. (Contributor), Sorgu, B. (Contributor), Centre For Sociological And Political Research, B. S. U. (Contributor), Custom Concept D.O.O., S. (Contributor), Alpha Research LTD, S. (Contributor), Catholic University Of Croatia, Z. (Contributor), STEM/MARK, A. S. (Contributor), Statistics Denmark-Survey, C. (Contributor), AS Emor, T. (Contributor), Taloustutkimus Oy, L. 9. (Contributor), Paris, K. P. N. S. (Contributor), GORBI (Georgian Opinion Research Business International), T. (Contributor), Kantar Deutschland GmbH, K. P. (Contributor), NatCen Social Research, L. (Contributor), Forsense, B. (Contributor), Social Science Research Institute, S. (Contributor), Doxa Spa, M. (Contributor), Socioloģisko Pētījumu Institūts, R. (Contributor), Baltic Surveys, V. (Contributor), DeFacto Consultancy, P. (Contributor), I&O Research B.V., E. (Contributor), Faculty Of Philosophy, S. (Contributor), Statistics Norway, O. (Contributor), Centrum Badania Opinii Społecznej (Public Opinion Research Centre), W. (Contributor), IRES: Institutul Roman Pentru Evaluare Si Strategie, R. (Contributor), CESSI (Institute For Comparative Social Research), M. (Contributor), Nina Media, N. S. (Contributor), Kantar TNS, B. (Contributor), University Of Ljubljana, F. O. S. S. (Contributor), MyWord Research SL, M. (Contributor), IPSOS Observer Sweden AB, H. (Contributor), M.I.S, T. S. A. (Contributor), Lausanne, S. A. C. F. E. I. T. S. S. F. C. U. O. L. (Contributor), GfK-Metris, L. (Contributor) & Social Monitoring Center, K. (Contributor), GESIS, 14 Dec 2022

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  • Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2021 Dataset (Joint EVS/WVS)

    EVS/WVS (Creator), Gedeshi, I. (Contributor), Rotman, D. (Contributor), Pachulia, M. (Contributor), Poghosyan, G. (Contributor), Kritzinger, S. (Contributor), Fotev, G. (Contributor), Kolenović-Đapo, J. (Contributor), Baloban, S. (Contributor), Baloban, J. (Contributor), Frederiksen, M. (Contributor), Rabušic, L. (Contributor), Saar, E. (Contributor), Ketola, K. (Contributor), Wolf, C. (Contributor), Bréchon, P. (Contributor), Pachulia, M. (Contributor), Rosta, G. (Contributor), Voas, D. (Contributor), Rovati, G. (Contributor), Jónsdóttir, G. A. (Contributor), Ziliukaite, R. (Contributor), Petkovska, A. (Contributor), Komar, O. (Contributor), Reeskens, T. (Contributor), Jenssen, A. T. (Contributor), Marody, M. (Contributor), Soboleva, N. (Contributor), Voicu, B. (Contributor), Bešić, M. (Contributor), Strapcová, K. (Contributor), Uhan, S. (Contributor), Silvestre Cabrera, M. (Contributor), Wallman-Lundåsen, S. (Contributor), Ernst Stähli, M. (Contributor), Ramos, A. (Contributor), Micó Ibáñez, J. (Contributor), Carballo, M. (Contributor), McAllister, I. (Contributor), Foa, R. S. (Contributor), Moreno Morales, D. E. (Contributor), De Oliveira De Castro, H. C. (Contributor), Lagos, M. (Contributor), Zhong, Y. (Contributor), Casas, A. (Contributor), Yesilada, B. (Contributor), Paez, C. (Contributor), Abdel Latif, A. H. (Contributor), Jennings, W. (Contributor), Welzel, C. (Contributor), Díaz Argueta, J. C. (Contributor), Cheng, E. (Contributor), Gravelle, T. (Contributor), Stoker, G. (Contributor), Dagher, M. (Contributor), Yamazaki, S. (Contributor), Braizat, F. (Contributor), Rakisheva, B. (Contributor), Bakaloff, Y. (Contributor), Haerpfer, C. (Contributor), Wing-Yat Yu, E. (Contributor), Lee, G. (Contributor), Moreno, A. (Contributor), Souvanlasy, C. (Contributor), Perry, P. (Contributor), Denton, C. (Contributor), Puranen, B. (Contributor), Gilani, B. (Contributor), Romero, C. (Contributor), Guerrero, L. (Contributor), Hernández Acosta, J. J. (Contributor), Voicu, B. (Contributor), Zavadskaya, M. (Contributor), Veskovic, N. (Contributor), Auh, S. Y. (Contributor), Tsai, M. (Contributor), Olimov, M. (Contributor), Bureekul, T. (Contributor), Ben Hafaiedh, A. (Contributor), Esmer, Y. (Contributor), Inglehart, R. (Contributor), Depouilly, X. (Contributor), Norris, P. (Contributor), Balakireva, O. (Contributor), Lachapelle, G. (Contributor), Mathews, M. (Contributor), Sokratis, K. (Contributor), EVS 2017:Center For Economic And Social Studies (CESS), T. (Contributor), InterRating CoLtd, Y. (Contributor), Institut Für Empirische Sozialforschung (IFES) GmbH, V. (Contributor), Sorgu, B. (Contributor), Centre For Sociological And Political Research, B. S. U. (Contributor), Custom Concept D.O.O., S. (Contributor), Alpha Research LTD, S. (Contributor), Catholic University Of Croatia, Z. (Contributor), STEM/MARK, A. S. (Contributor), Statistics Denmark-Survey, C. (Contributor), AS Emor, T. (Contributor), Taloustutkimus Oy, L. 9. (Contributor), Paris, K. P. N. S. (Contributor), GORBI (Georgian Opinion Research Business International), T. (Contributor), Kantar Deutschland GmbH, K. P. (Contributor), NatCen Social Research, L. (Contributor), Forsense, B. (Contributor), Social Science Research Institute, S. (Contributor), Doxa Spa, M. (Contributor), Baltic Surveys, V. (Contributor), DeFacto Consultancy, P. (Contributor), I&O Research B.V., E. (Contributor), Faculty Of Philosophy, S. (Contributor), Statistics Norway, O. (Contributor), Centrum Badania Opinii Społecznej (Public Opinion Research Centre), W. (Contributor), IRES: Institutul Roman Pentru Evaluare Si Strategie, R. (Contributor), CESSI (Institute For Comparative Social Research), M. (Contributor), Nina Media, N. S. (Contributor), Kantar TNS, B. (Contributor), University Of Ljubljana, F. O. S. S. (Contributor), MyWord Research SL, M. (Contributor), IPSOS Observer Sweden AB, H. (Contributor), M.I.S, T. S. A. (Contributor), Lausanne, S. A. C. F. E. I. T. S. S. F. C. U. O. L. (Contributor), GfK-Metris, L. (Contributor), Social Monitoring Center, K. (Contributor), Voices Research And Consultancy S.A., A. (Contributor), Centre For Social Research And Methods, A. N. U. (Contributor), SRG Bangladesh Limited (SRGB), B. (Contributor), Comunidad De Estudios Sociales Y Acción Pública, C. (Contributor), Federal University Of Rio Grande Do Sul, B. (Contributor), Market Opinion Research International, C. (Contributor), Public Opinion Research Center Of School Of International And Public Affairs At Shanghai Jiao Tong University, C. (Contributor), Invamer, C. (Contributor), South), C. R. C. (Contributor), North), P. C. L. (Contributor), Ecuador, I. (Contributor), Egyptian Research And Training Center, E. (Contributor), Ethiopia), W. I. T. R. N. L. /. K. (Contributor), National Centre Of Social Research (EKKE) & DIANEOSIS & Metron Analysis, G. (Contributor), Innovation, D. &. R. (Contributor), Centre, F. C. A. P. O. S. O. T. C. U. O. H. K. F. F. (Contributor), Survey Sampling International (SSI) For CAWI, H. K. S. P. (Contributor), Survey Meter, I. (Contributor), R-Research Limited, U. (Contributor), International Institute For Administration And Social Survey (IIACSS), J. (Contributor), Nippon Research Center, L. (Contributor), NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions, J. (Contributor), Public Opinion Research Institute, K. (Contributor), Central Asia Barometer, K. (Contributor), Ltd, S. L. (Contributor), University Of Macao, C. (Contributor), Malaysia, I. (Contributor), Moreno & Sotnikova Social Research And Consulting S.C., M. (Contributor), IRL (Indochina Research Laos) Myanmar Limited, M. (Contributor), School Of People, E. A. P. (Contributor), CID/Gallup, S. A. (Contributor), Kantar, T. R. N. L. /. (Contributor), Pakistan, G. (Contributor), Peru, P. O. I. A. P. C. U. O. (Contributor), Social Weather Stations, P. (Contributor), Universidad Del Sagrado Corazón, P. R. (Contributor), Russia), C. F. C. S. R. (Contributor), Singidunum University Belgrade, S. (Contributor), Korea, G. S. (Contributor), Institute Of Sociology, A. S. (Contributor), Research Centre SHARQ /Oriens, T. (Contributor), King Prajadhipok’s Institute, T. (Contributor), Applied Social Science Forum, T. (Contributor), Bahcesehir University, T. (Contributor), University Of Chicago, N. A. (Contributor), Vietnam, I. R. L. (Contributor), Consumer Feedback, Z. &. T. R. N. L. K. (Contributor), Center, S. M. (Contributor), Center, I. S. R. (Contributor), Ukrainian Center For European Policy, U. (Contributor), Leger, M. (Contributor) & Institute Of Policy Studies, N. U. O. S. (Contributor), GESIS Data Archive, 14 Dec 2022

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