time and place
Friday 12 September 2025, 09:00–10:00
SNS, Jakobsbergsgatan 18, Stockholm. Breakfast and registration from 08:30.
New research shows that boys and men, particularly those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, are facing growing challenges in education, employment, and health.
Richard Reeves, British American social scientist, visits SNS to discuss what he in his book Of Boys and Men describes as “The Modern Male Malaise”. Together with economist Erica Lindahl, who offers insights from a Swedish perspective, the discussion will explore similarities and differences between the U.S. and Sweden – and what the two countries can learn from each other.
SNS cohosts the seminar with the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, whose research focuses on social policy, welfare, inequality, and labor market.
The seminar will be held in English.
Participants
Erica Lindahl, researcher at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)
Dr. Richard Reeves, Founding President of the American Institute for Boys and Men, a think tank focused on conducting research and designing policies that improve the wellbeing of boys and men across the United States, as well as Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Author of the book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do About It. Richard Reeves’ former roles include Director of Strategy to the Deputy Prime Minister, and Director of the think-tank Demos. In 2017, Politico magazine named Richard “one of the top 50 thinkers in the U.S. for his work on class and inequality”.
The seminar will be moderated by Ilinca Benson, CEO at SNS.
Registration and Fee
The meeting is free of charge and open to SNS members*, researchers, press, and specially invited guests. Please register via the registration button above.
If you cancel after September 11 or do not show up, a fee of 395 SEK excluding VAT will be charged for those who registered to attend on-site (this also applies to those who participate free of charge)
*List of SNS members/Information about membership.
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