Multidisciplinary research
IBF's research area is housing and urban issues from a social science perspective. Our researchers come from different scientific disciplines, but gather within our research programs.
Research at IBF
IBF's research is approaching housing and urban issues in a broad sense. The research emphasis is Geography, Economics, Sociology and Political Science, but we also have researchers in Economic History, Anthropology and Psychology.
Current research
New publications
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European squatters’ movements and the right to the city
2020
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Squatting activism in Brazil and Spain: Articulations between the right to housing and the right to the city
2020
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Just rekindle hope? Social and political impacts of the 15M movement in Spain
2020
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Mechanisms of Solidarity in Collaborative Housing - The Case of Co-operative Housing in Denmark 1980-2017
2020
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Associations between greenspace and mortality vary across contexts of community change: a longitudinal ecological study
2020
Our researchers
Housing and Society
This research programme brings together IBF’s housing research within all its academic disciplines.The programme covers social science research about home and residence, housing markets, policy and politics, in a Swedish and international perspective.
Dilemmas of Diversity
IBF has a long tradition of multi-disciplinary research on international migration and ethnic relations, with a focus on housing and urban issues. Recently, the long term research program Dilemmas of Diversity: Ethnic Integration and Segregation in the City was concluded. Learn more about the projects and publications.
Critical Urban Sustainability Hub (CRUSH)
The network Critical Urban Sustainability Hub (CRUSH) brings together five research environments for urban and housing research in Uppsala, Gothenburg, Malmö and Lund, to one strong research environment, which critically engages in issues regarding sustainable urban development, focusing on the current housing shortage.
