The Research & Development Centre in Care and Social Work, based in Linköping (Sweden), is a collaboration between the Swedish municipalities Boxholm, Kinda, Linköping, Motala, Mjölby, Vadstena, Ydre, Åtvidaberg and Ödeshög and Linköping University. It aims to support a knowledge and evidence-based learning process in the field of social services providing a link between research and practice. The Research & Development Centre also facilitates collaboration opportunities between the municipalities, but also at regional and national levels.

Main Areas of Work

• Children at risk of social exclusion
• Homeless
• Elderly
• People with mental disabilities
• People who are socially vulnerable
• People in situations of difficulty or precarity
• Social Integration
• Poverty

Responsibilities/ Services

• Transformation of care models
• Promotion of systemic change
• Integration of technological tools
• Capacity building and training
• Research and development