This is a summary of the anthology Empiricism, Evidence, and Empathy ­ Nordic perspectives on knowledge development in social work (Nord 2005:005: Empiri, evidens, empati - Nordiska röster om kunskapsutveckling i socialt arbete) published by Nopus in 2005.The summary includes an introduction explaining the background to the project that resulted in this anthology, and a summary of developments in the Nordic countries. This is followed by highly abbreviated versions of the articles and a presentation of the authors.