Inger Lise Skog Hansen is a senior researcher at Fafo with welfare state, social policy and living conditions as her main areas of focus.

She has worked extensively with research on social marginalization and vulnerable groups in the welfare state. She has led several large research projects and, among other things, led the evaluation of the Nordic 0-24 collaboration on improved services to vulnerable children and young people (2018-2020).

One of her other main areas of interest is social housing, and especially housing and follow up services for persons with mental health and substance abuse problem.

Several of her projects during the last years have had coordination of welfare services as a significant dimension.