Research projects

Below you find a selection of IBF research projects. Some of the projects are managed by researchers at other universities. A few of the project descriptions are only available in Swedish. 

2023

Renewal of negotiated rent setting - A path to a sustainable housing market?
Project manager: Cecilia Enström-Öst
Project start: 2023
Funding: Formas

Knowledge and innovation in municipal planning's strategies for socially sustainable land use and combating segregation: housing research in collaboration with Uppsala and Botkyrka municipalities.
Project manager: Irene Molina
Project start: 2023
Funding: Formas

Senior's housing and mobility in small cities and rural areas in Sweden - socially sustainable housing, mobility chains and housing provision in small municipalities. 
Project manager: Andreas Alm Fjellborg
Project start: 2023
Funding: Formas

Just Times? Temporalities and Uncertainties for Marginalised Groups in Cities
Project manager: Miguel Martínez 
Project start: 2023
Funding: Marie Sklodowska-Curie (H Eur)

Urban Sociology's State of the Art and Research on Social Activism for the Right of Housing
Project manager: Miguel Martínez 
Project start: 2023
Funding: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond

RESONATE
Project manager: Freddie Lymeus
Project start: 2023
Funding: Horizon Europe

2022

The strength to move on: An intervention to invigorate women exposed to intimate partner violence
Project manager: Freddie Lymeus
Project start: 2023
Funding: Forte

Skill formation with parenting styles and peer inputs in neighborhoods
Project manager: Matz Dahlberg
Project start: 2022
Funding: Vetenskapsrådet

Social sustainable mobility in Gottsunda and Bäcklösa
Project manager: Thomas Höjemo
Projet start: 2023
Funding: Formas

TRANSPLACE
Project manager: Kristina Boreus 
Project start: 2023
Funder: Formas

Preferences and willingness to pay for housing
Project manager: Cecilia Enström Öst
Projet start: 2022
Funding: Formas 

Everyday bordering through language requirements in multilingual cities
Project manager: Nina Carlsson
Project start: 2022
Funding: Vetenskapsrådet

LAND-PATHS: The landscapes of the future: barriers and drivers for transformation paths
Project manager: Terry Hartig
Project start: 2022
Funding: Naturvårdsverket

2021

From ownership to access: digital and policy tools for building post-homeownership futures
Project manager: Lorenzo Vidal
Project start: 2021
Funding: 

Unsettled City
Project manager: Emma Holmqvist
Project start: 2021
Funding: Formas

Temporarily Welcome
Project manager: Kristoffer Jutvik
Project start: 2021
Funding: Formas

Who gets asylum?
Project manager: Henrik Andersson
Project start: 2021
Funding: Formas

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2020

Residential patterns of low-income individuals: effects of housing supply and income inequality 
Project manager: Che-Yuan Liang
Project start: 2020
Funding: Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse

GRIT – Grassroots initiatives for energy transition
Project manager: Rikard Hjort Warlenius, University of Gothenburg
Project start: 2020
Funding: Swedish Energy Agency/Formas

How do individuals and local stakeholder value housing?
Project manager: Cecilia Enström Öst
Project start: 2020
Funding: Internally funded

Innovative, affordable and sustainable housing alternatives
Project manager: Miguel A. Martínez
Project start: 2020
Funding: Formas

Price formation in the housing market (only available in Swedish)
Project manager: Anders Österling
Project start: 2020
Funding: Wallanderstipendier

The intersectional and sustainable impacts of housing movements: the Spanish case
 Project manager: Miguel A. Martínez
Project start: 2020
Funding: Formas

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2019

Preserving the voice of the affected
Project manager: Irene Molina
Project start: 2019
Funding: Formas

Workings of the housing market  
Project manager: Matz Dahlberg
Project start: 2019
Funding: Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse

The housing question in times of crisis: searching for socially sustainable solutions
Project manager: Ståle Holgersen
Project start: 2019
Funding: Formas

Collaborative neighborhood governance, ethnic associations and political integration 
Project manager: Nils Hertting 
Project start: 2019
Funding: Formas

Mechanisms of trust: Citizens and societal institutions in three marginalized residential areas 
Project manager: Markus Holdo
Project start: 2019
Funding: Forte

Urban struggles for the right to the city and urban commons in Brazil and Europe 
Project manager: Miguel A. Martínez, Dominika Polanska
Project start: 2019
Funding: STINT

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2018

Friends and foes: Skills, social interactions and bullying in primary school 
Project manager: Torsten Santavirta
Project start: 2018
Funding: Vetenskapsrådet

Displacement and renoviction in housing renewal processes in Sweden – an intersectional feminist perspective
Project manager: Irene Molina 
Project start: 2018
Funding: Formas

Renovation and participation: towards an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable Million Program 
Project manager: Håkan Thörn, University of Gothenburg
Project start: 2018
Funding: Formas

Squatting and urban commons 
Project manager: Miguel A. Martínez, Dominika Polanska
Project start: 2018
Funding: Internal

Searching for sustainable alternatives in a time of crisis 
Project manager: Dominika Polanska
Project start: 2018
Funding: Formas

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2017

Determinants and dynamics of demographic segregation 
Project manager: Roger Andersson
Project start: 2017
Funding: Forte

Wolves, wild boars and other wildlife: Cultural ecosystem services and disservices for people’s recreation and well-being 
Project manager: Terry Hartig
Project start: 2017
Funding: Formas

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2016

The legitimacy of the Swedish public sector 
Project manager: Anders Lindbom
Project start: 2016
Funding: Forte

Parks around the Towers: Landscape as Resource in the Urban Periphery from the Record Years to the Future (only available in Swedish)
Project manager: Jennifer Mack, KTH
Project start: 2016
Funding: Forte

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2015

Att sätta genusperspektiv på boendet (only available in Swedish)
Project manager: Irene Molina
Project start: 2015
Funding: Vetenskapsrådet

Is access to the housing market important? Evidence from a housing lottery 
Project manager: Cecilia Enström Öst
Project start: 2015
Funding: Forte

Copper in the early modern period
Project manager: Göran Rydén
Project start: 2015
Funding: Norges forskningsråd

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2014

Cities that sustain us: Using virtual reality to test the restorative potential of future urban environments 
Project manager: Terry Hartig
Project start: 2014
Funding: Icelandic Research Fund

School choice reforms implementation and long term consequences for individuals’ social mobility 
Project manager: Susanne Urban
Project start: 2014
Funding: Vetenskapsrådet

Evaluations of non-marketed goods
Project manager: Matz Dahlberg
Project start: 2014
Funding: Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse, Tore Browaldhs stiftelse

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2011

Equal workplaces 
Project manager: Kristina Boréus
Project start: 2011
Funding: Vetenskapsrådet

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2010

Nordic welfare states and the dynamics and effects of ethnic residential segregation (NORFACE) 
Project manager: Roger Andersson
Project start: 2010
Funding: NORFACE

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2009

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1998

The residential context of health 
Project manager: Terry Hartig
Project start: 1998
Funding: Internal

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1996

Environmental attitudes and ecological behaviour 
Project manager: Terry Hartig
Project start: 1996
Funding: Internal

Environmental influences on psychological restoration processes 
Project manager: Terry Hartig
Project start: 1996
Funding: Internal

Urban nature and public health 
Project manager: Terry Hartig
Project start: 1996
Funding: Internal