Multidisciplinary research
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 and Psychology.
Current research
New publications
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The Effects of Fluoride in Drinking Water
2021
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Turistificación, rentas inmobiliarias y acumulación de capital a través de Airbnb. El caso de Valencia
2021
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Commuting patterns of preschool children in metropolitan Stockholm
2021
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Socioeconomic consequences of parenting a child with cancer for fathers and mothers in Sweden: A population based difference-in-difference study
2021
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Migrating natives and foreign immigration: Is there a preference for ethnic residential homogeneity?
2021
Our researchers
Urban Lab
Urban Lab is an empirically oriented research initiative at Uppsala University in cooperation with Uppsala municipality. Urban Lab gathers researchers from the Department of Economics and the Institute for Housing and Urban Research.
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.