B.A. 1969
Ph.D., Uppsala University 1981
Associate Professor (docent), Uppsala University 1991
Professor of Sociology, Uppsala University 2006

Appointments
1. At the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University:
1970 -1973 First assistant (förste amanuens)
1976 -1980 Project leader and research assistant (forskningsassistent)
1980 -1982 Lecturer (e.o. lektor)
1985 -1990 Assistant Professor (forskarassistent)

2. At the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm:
1981 Research engineer (1:e foskningsingenjör)
1983 -1985 Researcher (forskare)

3. At the Swedish Institute for Building Research (SIB), Gävle;
(from 1994) Institute for Housing and Urban Resarch, Uppsala University:
1990 -1994 Researcher
1994 -1996 Researcher
1996 - 2006 Senior Lecturer (universitetslektor)
2006 - Professor

4. At the University College of Gävle-Sandviken:
1993 -1996 Senior Lecturer in Cultural Education

5. At other universities:
1972 Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, Stockholm University
1982 -1985 Special teacher in Sociology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
1983 Postdoctoral Fellowships at Social Research Institute, Stockholm University

Guest researcher
Guest researcher (March 2001) and Honorary Associate in the Department of Architectural And Design Science 21/3 2000 - 31/12 2001 by Professor D H Napper, FAA, University of Sydney
Guest professor (September 2005) at National University of Mongolia, NUM, School of Social Sciences, dir. Orolmaa Munkhbat

Research projects (project leader) 1976 -2009
Social relations in the city - ideology and realities (BFR) (with Mats Franzén)
Everyday life and level of living among single living persons in Sweden (BFR)
Use and Experience of Outdoor Environment (BFR) (with Ulla Berglund for two Ph.D students)
Informal dwelling influence in private property (BFR for one Ph.D student)
Women, the environment and municipal planning (BFR for one reasearcher)
Allergy and Sick building Symptoms at schools. To manage diffuse risks (BFR)
A Vision of Housing Sustainabilty. Implementation of a Quality Plan - An Evaluation (BFR, Malmö Stad, Energimyndigheten, with Bengt Larsson, Arne Elmroth and four Ph.D students)
Technological measures and behavioural changes: ecological sustainability 2006-2008 (with Thomas Öst)
Elderly people living alone: opportunities and limitations in alternative places to live (with Clary Krekula) 2007-2009

32 times examiner and/or opponent at the publicly held oral defence for the Ph.D 1982-2006 in Sweden, Denmark and Norway
Five successfully tutored Ph D:s 1994 -2005

.	Ansvarig utgivare Sociologisk Forskning 1983 -1984
.	Ord. ledamot i elektorsförsamlingen till Hsfr 1995-1998,1999-2001
.	Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens representant till elektorsförsamlingen för val av FORMAS styrelse 2000-2003, 2003-2005
.	Bedömare av forskningsansökningar inom FORMAS Beredningsgrupp 11 "Byggnaden som system" 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
.	Initiativtagare till och ansvarig för IBF's masterutbildning i Urbana studier (1999-2004)
.	Ledamot i Rådet för CEMUS forskarskola, Cefur 2003 - 2006
.	Key note speaker at the International Collaborative Housing Conference, Stockholm, 5-8 May 2010