Anders Wästfelt, Professor of Human Geography at the Department of Human Geography, has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
Lenita Kefala, researcher at the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University and Carina Listerborn, Professor of Urban Studies at Malmö University, have contributed a chapter in the handbook on women’s experiences of temporary housing solutions in Sweden.
Linn Axelsson , Docent at the Department of Human Geography and Nils Pettersson , Doctoral student at the Department of Geography at Umeå University have published a new article in Geoforum.
Researchers Andrew Byerley and Ulf Jansson at the Department of Human Geograpy have published a new study examining how informal footpaths have transformed Rålambshovsparken in Stockholm over nearly a century.
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a range of interventions that targeted workers in the informal economy in urban Africa. What effects did such interventions have on the lives of these workers and how did they act to mitigate and circumvents those effects? This is a summary of research findings.
Samaneh Khaef and Lenita Kefala , researchers at the Department of Human Geography have recently published new articles.
On 4 September, the UN General Assembly voted in favour of a new world map. Bo Malmberg, Professor of Geography at the Department of Human Geography, welcomed the new map on P1 Morgon and in Svenska Dagbladet.
Large-scale transport infrastructure projects are proliferating in urban Africa. These projects are often highlighted as vital for economic growth, development and modernization. But who benefits and how do they turn out on the ground?
Researchers at the Department of Human Geography have recently published two new articles exploring aspects of housing preferences and relocation patterns in Sweden.
Anders Rickegård and Peter Schmitt , researchers at the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, have together with colleagues from Linköping University and Blekinge Institute of Technology published an article in the Swedish journal Plan No. 2, 2026.
We are pleased and proud to congratulate Danielle Drozdzewski, who has been promoted to professor of geography, specialising in human geography, at Stockholm University.
Researchers at the Department of Human Geography have published two new articles examining housing-related relocation in Sweden and migration dynamics in Nordic rural municipalities.
