Rense Nieuwenhuis

Rense Nieuwenhuis is an Associate Professor and Researcher at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University. His research examines how family diversity and social policy affect poverty and economic inequality, with a focus on single-parent households, gender disparities, and comparative welfare analysis across European and OECD countries. He collaborates with international organizations including UN Women, the European Commission, and the European Parliament.

His research interests span social policy design, economic inequality, labor market dynamics, gender-based disparities, family diversity, and poverty alleviation strategies. Key themes include the impact of childcare policies, housing insecurity, and welfare state retrenchment on vulnerable populations.

Nieuwenhuis's publications emphasize cross-national policy analysis, with recurring focus on single-parent economic vulnerability, women's labor participation, and welfare pluralism. Methodologically, his work employs quantitative decomposition techniques and multi-level modeling to assess institutional impacts across contexts.

He leads research projects including DEFEN-CE (social dialogue in post-COVID labor markets) and rEUsilience (family resilience in economic uncertainty). As part of the Social Policy (SOCPOL) research group at SOFI, he investigates welfare state development effects on individuals and societies.