The Scientific Journal Nordic Welfare Research
The scientific journal Nordic Welfare Research | Nordic Welfare Research publishes articles about various welfare policy themes, such as the circumstances and living conditions of the population, working life and integration, social services, health care, public health, disability issues, and alcohol and drug policy. The journal was established in 2016.
The scientific journal is published by Universitetsforlaget AS (Scandinavian University Press) and the norwegian Fafo Research Foundation, on behalf of the Nordic Welfare Centre. Three issues are published per year; these include texts in Danish, Dutch, English, Norwegian and Swedish.
The journal is an interdisciplinary scientific journal. It publishes research-based articles based on empirical and/or theoretical analyses of high academic quality. The journal is aimed at researchers and academics, students, political and administrative decision-makers, professionals, interest groups, the media and the public.
The Editorial Board
- Sven Bremberg, Karolinska Institutet, Sverige
- Trine Wulf-Andersen, Roskilde Universitet, Danmark
- Snæfríður Þóra Egilson, Universitetet i Island
- Tom Kettunen, Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Finland
- John Eriksen, Nordlandsforskning, Norge
Latest issue
1/2025
Articles
Social Healthcare Professionals’ Hygiene-Related Behaviours and Opportunities to Contain Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: An Exploratory Ethnographic Study
Lisbeth Støvring Andersen, Laura Kjær Arp and Diana Schack Thoft
Pages 1-19
The Reactivation of Perennial Dilemmas: Trust Reforms in Norwegian Municipal Health and Care Services
Janne Paulsen Breimo, Berit Irene Vannebo and Ragnhild Holmen Waldahl
Pages: 1–12
Factors That Enable or Hinder Civil Servants and Volunteers in Helping Newly Arrived Immigrants Establish Themselves in Swedish Society: A Delphi Study
Ann Hägg-Martinell, Henrik Eriksson, Per Ekstrand, Marja Schuster and Joacim Larsen
Pages: 1–15
Selvopplevd livskvalitet hos voksne med Downs syndrom, fortalt med fotostemme
Self-Perceived Quality of Life in Adults With Down Syndrome, Told Through Photovoice
Catharina Pedersen, Erik Winther Skogli and Roald Undlien
Pages: 1–18
Priority Setting in Norwegian Hospitals – An Overview of Available Research
Kaya Cetin and Andrea Melberg
Pages: 1–16