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BJÖRN HALLERÖD obtained his PhD in sociology in 1991 at Umeå University. He was appointed Reader in Sociology (docent) in 1995 and in 1999 was employed as a Professor. He moved to Gothenburg in early 2009 and was appointed Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg.

During the past 25 years I have worked with issues related to poverty, wellbeing, and general living conditions. Over this period I have contributed to bridging the gap between theoretical concepts, e.g. poverty and more lately, wellbeing, and the empirical measurement of the concepts. This work is important because it has been and is being used as a necessary background when analysing distribution and causes of poverty and other types of welfare problems. Another important theme has been the study of intra-household distribution of work and economic resources. This research agenda has been driven by the need to un-pack the `black box’ of the family in order to understand individual living conditions. The relationship between different kinds of welfare problem has also been a vital part of my research agenda. This research has focused on the way that, for example, somatic health problems, poverty, and psychosocial problems correlate at one point in time and, more importantly, how they relate causally over time.

My research agenda has increasingly focused on transitions, mainly the transition from work life to retirement and living conditions in old age. As part of this work I have been responsible for building up the Swedish Panel Survey of Ageing and the Elderly, which is a longitudinal national survey of living conditions in old age. In the other end of the age spectra I have also conducted research on youths and the transition from education to the labour market. In addition I am since the beginning of 2012 leading an international project on child poverty in developing countries, focusing on the link between political institutions and children’s living conditions.

In tandem with my research, as a representative for the Swedish research community, I have also during the past decade been heavily involved in work at the Swedish Research Council. Between 2001 and 2006 I was member of the board of the Swedish Research Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Head of one of the Council’s evaluation committees, and vice chairman of the board. Since 2007 and onwards I have been involved Research Council work related to infrastructure. During 2011 I was Chairman of the Evaluation Committee on Infrastructure related to population studies within the social sciences and medicine and since 2012 I am a member of the Council for Research Infrastructure. Finally I would like to mention that I since 2003 have been one of the EU-Commission’s so called Non Governmental Expert on Poverty and Social Exclusion.

Selection of publications:

Halleröd, B., Örestig J. & Stattin M. (2012) Leaving the labour market: the impact of exit routes from employment to retirement on health and wellbeing in old age. Europena Journal of Ageing. Online first: http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/30/art%253A10.1007%252Fs10433-012-0250-8.pdf?auth66=1352813137_f7cc84e9e5b5565f8ca7c0f7d220303f&ext=.pdf

Halleröd, B. & Seldén D. (2012) The Multi-dimensional Characteristics of Wellbeing: How Different Aspects of Wellbeing Interact and Do Not Interact with Each Other. Social Indicator Research. Online First: http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/283/art%253A10.1007%252Fs11205-012-0115-8.pdf?auth66=1352812585_5ad1c35650f03754a26d735e8639485e&ext=.pdf

Halleröd, B. (2012) Gender inequality from beyond the grave: intra-household distribution and wellbeing after spousal loss. Ageing & Society. Firstview: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8537064&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0144686X12000268

Halleröd, B. (2011). What do children know about their future: Do children’s expectations predict outcomes in middle age? Social Forces. 90 (1), 65-84

Halleröd, B. & Gustafsson J-E. (2010). "A longitudinal analysis of the relationship between changes in socio-economic status and changes in health." Social Science & Medicine 72:116-123. Halleröd, B. (2009). Ill, Worried, or Worried Sick. Ageing & Society, 29(4), 563-608.

Halleröd, B. & Larsson, D. (2008). Poverty, welfare problems and social exclusion. International Journal of Social Welfare, 17, 15-25.

Halleröd, B. & Larsson, D. (2008) In-Work Poverty in a Transitional Labour Market: Sweden, 1988–2003. In H.-J. Andreß & H. Lohmann (Eds.), The working Poor in Europe: Employment, Poverty and Globalization. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Halleröd, B. & Bask, M. (2008). Accumulation of Welfare Problems in Longitudinal Perspective. Social Indicators Research, 88, 311-327.

Stocks, J., Díaz Martinez, C. & Halleröd, B. (Eds) (2007). Modern Couples Sharing Money, Sharing Life, Eastbourne: Palegrave MacMillan.

Halleröd, B., Larsson, D., Gordon, D. & Ritakallio, V. M. (2006). Relative deprivation: a comparative analysis of Britain, Finland and Sweden. Journal of European Social Policy, 16, 328-345.

Halleröd, B. (2006). Sour grapes: Relative deprivation, adaptive preferences and the measurement of poverty. Journal of Social Policy, 35, 371-390.

Halleröd, B. (2005). Sharing of housework and money among Swedish couples: Do they behave rationally? European Sociological Review, 21, 273-288.

Halleröd, B. (2004). What I need and what the poor deserve: Analyzing the gap between the minimum income needed for oneself and the view of an adequate norm for social assistance. Social Forces, 83, 35-59.