The workshops are planned to allow a more profound discussion of more specific issues in the broad substantive area of the Summer School. For details about the workshops, please see here . Though the majority of the approximately 50 researchers are sociologists, the institute is multidisciplinary, which is a strength particularly in studies of inequality where theoretical and empirical research is connected. SOFI functions partly as an institute for pure research and partly as a post-graduate school with presently around 15 doctoral students of sociology. As a research institute, SOFI is responsible for the Swedish level of living surveys and is renowned for empirical research on social mobility, social stratification and social policy.
Comparative studies are an integral part of the research.
The organiser of the Euro Summer School also hosted the 1997 RC28 meeting with more than 80 participants from all over the world. The Summer School will be held at the Conference Centre of L ngholmen , in a very nice location by Lake M laren near the city centre of Stockholm, offering comfortable lodging for a reasonable price. The preferred alternative includes breakfast and lunch in the Conference Centre while apart from a conference dinner dinners can be taken in a restaurant nearby. Because the conference centre is fairly small and located on an island it is ideal for supporting informal contacts between students, and between students and lecturers. The conference centre provides nice lobbies for such meetings.