The department currently has about 120 employees, who work with education, research, administration and development work within school and educational activities. The department has two postgraduate courses that lead to a licentiate or doctorate degree; Behavioral science measurements and Educational work.
The department's research, which is mainly financed externally through research councils, is largely concentrated on the following five areas; Preschool and leisure-time centres; ICT and learning; Large-scale knowledge surveys; Education policy and young people's transitions and Evaluation.