Fil.Kand. 1972
Ph.D. 1981
Docent (associate professor) 1989
Professor 2002

Appointments (all at Uppsala university)
1. At the Department of Sociology
Research assistant 1976 - 1980
Lecturer 1980 (two months)
Lectures 1981 (two months)
Researcher 1983 - 1987
Lecturer 1987 -1996

2. At the Institute for Housing and Urban Research
Lecturer in housing and urban sociology 1996-2002
Professor of sociology 2002-

Guest researcher
Freie Universität Berlin, Arbeitsstelle für Vergleichende Gesellschaftsgeschichte (October-November 1995).
Universität Hamburg, Institut für Soziologie (November 1999).

Research projects (project leader)
Sociala relationer i staden - idéer och realiteter (BFR), 1976-1980 (with Eva Sandstedt).
Arbetarstadens omvandling. Centrala Katarina 1935-1985 (HSFR), 1983-1990.
Kvinnor i nya arbetsmiljöer (Arbetarskyddsfonden) 1988-1991 (anslag i tre år för två forskare).
Vem vinner i längden? (Centrum för idrottsforskning/Idrottens forskningsråd), 1992.
Ungdom och modernitet på 1930-talet (HSFR/FRN), 1992-1996.
De avgörande åren (SFR), 1997- 2001 (with Tomas Peterson & Per Nilsson).

32 times examinator/opponent at the publicly held oral defence for the Ph.D 1982-2003 in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
Eleven successfully tutored Ph. D:s 1993-2002.

Member of the editorial board, Sociologisk forskning (1983-84; 1993-4).
Corresponding editor International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (1991-7).
Editorial Board, Acta Sociologica (1994-2000).
Expert/Delegate, Cost Action C10 'Outskirts of European Cities' (European Commission) (2001-)
Member of the committee for youth research, FRN 1997.

On the Board of Swedish Sociological Association 1984-86, 2000-
Vice President, Swedish Sociological Association 2002-
On the Board of Scandinavian Sociological Association 1995-1999