Johan Fritzell

I started at the Aging Research Center (ARC) as Professor in Social Gerontology in January 2014, leading the Unit of Social Gerontology. I was Head of Division and Director of between October 2016 and March 2021. I was previously Professor of Sociology at the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) at Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet. I have also been Research Director at the Institute for Futures Studies and member of the Governmental Swedish Welfare Commission.

I have published extensively on population health, social and health inequalities, poverty and ageing in relation to social policies, often from a comparative perspective.

I have had commission of trust in several national and international organisations and governments, such as European Science Foundation, Nordic Council of Ministers, New Zealand Government, THL, WHO and UNRISD. I have for many years been member of the board the executive committee of the Luxembourg Income Study, and I am currently chair to the SAB of a Joint Programming Initiative, More Years, Better Lives. I was Swedish coordinator and expert to the European Social Policy Network (ESPN), European Commission and currently national expert to the Network for Analytical Support in Social Policies (ENASSP), European Commission.

I was Co-PI to the NEWS project initiated in collaboration with Sir Michael Marmot and the WHO Commission on social determinants of health. I have been involved in several EU-framework programme and have had larger grants from the Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation, NordForsk, NOS-HS, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT). the Swedish Research Council (VR) and the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working life and Welfare (Forte).