Qualifications
B.A. Sociology, subsidiary economics, Upper Second Class Honours, University of Leicester, 1964
M.A. (Sociology) University of Sheffield, 1966
Fil.Dok (Sociology) University of Gothenburg, 1976
Docent in Sociology, Uppsala University 1987
Professor of Housing and Urban Sociology 1996
Emeritus Professor of Housing and Urban Sociology 2005

Previous Posts
I have held posts in sociology at Aberdeen, Adelaide, and Plymouth Universities, and in housing at Birmingham University (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies) and the Swedish Institute for Building Research.

Affiliations
Editor of Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research 1996-1999
Editor of Housing, Theory and Society 1999-2004
Member of Housing Studies Association 1986-
Member of British Sociological Association 1996-
Member of International Advisory Board of Housing Studies 1986-2002
Member of Swedish Sociological Association 1996-2001

Prize
Torgny T. Segerstedt Prize
Article of the Year Award by The Swedish Sociological Association "for an original and interesting contribution that positions housing in relation to to research on the welfare state"
2003 Corporatism and housing regimes (in Swedish) Sociologisk Forskning 3 pp.37-56