Professor Rickard Ulmestig

My research frequently involves issues on labour market and social policy. Often with the focus on local labour market policy, social assistance, and social insurance in relation to the organisation of the Nordic welfare systems. I mainly conducts qualitative research using interviews and text analysis but also descriptive statistics.

I work together with several colleagues from IFAU in an extensive research programme funded by Forte. The research is conducted with researchers in Economics and Statistics at IFAU and School of Social Work at Lund University. As a part of the program, I also work together with Gabriella Scaramuzzino, School of Social Work at Lund University, and Kettil Nordensjö, Department of Social Work at Malmö University, I work on a project concerning automated administrative support and AI in handling social assistance