The department offers study programs in sociology, social work and child welfare.
Key research areas include sociology of culture and class, educational sociology, social science didactics, social work as well as innovation and development in welfare services.
Several department staff members are involved in Praxis-Sør, which is an arena for practice development through collaboration between practitioners, users and researchers in child welfare, social work and welfare services in the region.
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