Anna Rotkirch

Research Professor and Research Director at the Population Research Institute of Väestöliitto, the Family Federation of Finland.

Ásdís Aðalbjörg Arnalds

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Iceland, with a research focus on family welfare, social policy, and the intersection of work and care.

Edvin Boije

Vice CEO and co-owner of Indikator Opinion. Background in political science and public administration.

Eva Biaudet

Member of The Swedish People’s party of Finland, the Finnish Parliament and The Nordic Council’s Committee for Welfare.

Eva Franzén

Director Nordic Welfare Centre

Eva Lindh

Member of the Swedish Parliament, Member of the Finance Committee and Chairman of the Committee for Welfare in the Nordic Region.

Gert Tingaard Svendsen

Professor of political science at Aarhus University, specializing in welfare economics, social capital and trust.

Grete Maria Avent

Leader of the Red Pill project at the President Kaljulaid Foundation, addressing misogynistic views among teenage boys.

John Lapidus

PhD in economic history at the Department of Economic History at University of Gothenburg.

Kaisa Juuso

Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland, has served as a Member of Parliament since 2019 and Minister since 2023.

Karen Ellemann

Former Danish politician, who currently serves as the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Jonas Rydberg

Secretary General for the Association of Swedish City Missions. Theologian and 25 years of experiences in the Welfare sector in Sweden.

Joonas Kekkonen

Development and Training Manager at the Finnish organisation Miessakit ry, has worked with services for men and boys since 2007.

Kenneth Nelson

Holds the Barnett Professorship in Social Policy at the University of Oxford and is Head of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI) in Oxford. Nelson is also Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University.

Lauri Salo

Member of the UNR board, Chair of the Centre Students and as a decision-maker in the wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland.

Mats Stjernberg

Senior Researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) who formerly worked at the Nordregio research institute in Stockholm.

Minna Lundgren

Holds a bachelor’s degree in social work, and a PhD in sociology. She has many years of both research and practice in social work. Her research focuses on issues of risk, communication, and migration.

Olli Kangas

Professor Emeritus. Former Director of the Equal Society research programme at the Academy of Finland.

Oskar Rönnberg

Doctoral researcher in urban geography at the University of Helsinki. His research focuses on the role of schools and the development of neighbourhoods in the segregated welfare state.

Per Oleskog Tryggvason

PhD, Director of Public Opinion at Indikator Opinion. Focus on Swedish politics, public opinion, political polarisation, and media use.

Sami Husa

Communications Associate at UNU-WIDER and focal point for the Institute’s communications on conflict, peace, and trust.

Sarah Kups

Senior economist in the OECD’s Public Governance Directorate, where she leads the work on trust in public institutions. Sarah has worked on a variety of areas including migration and social policy. She holds a PhD in Policy Analysis.

Venla Bernelius

Senior specialist at the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and a Docent (Adjunct Professor) of Urban Geography at the University of Helsinki.