New publication explores the role of housing in society
On December 5, the first edition of the new interdisciplinary journal UTKAST, published by the architecture collective Fältstudio, will be launched.
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Urban rootedness and rural routedness at a time of privatisation of housing in Jinja, Uganda
Andrew Byerley, docent at the Department of Human Geography at Stockholm University, has published an article in the Journal of Eastern African Studies.
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New article on social justice in Sweden's forest berries industry
Linn Axelsson, Senior Lecturer, Docent in Human Geography at Stockholm University, has recently published an article titled "Harvesting Labour Justice: Interrogating the Social Implications of Sustainable Transformation Efforts in Sweden’s Forest Berry Industry" in the journal Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space.
Department of Human GeographyTwo New Articles on Climate Politics and Citizen Engagement in Urban Environments
Ståle Holgersen and Lukas Smas, researchers at the Department of Human Geography, have recently published research articles that illuminate pressing issues within climate politics and civic engagement in urban areas.
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Researchers from Stockholm University participate in international Memory Studies Conference
From July 14-18, 2025, two researchers and one PhD candidate from the Department of Human Geography at Stockholm University participated in the 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Late-life Divorce and Housing Changes among Older Adults in Sweden
Juta Kawalerowicz, Senior Lecturer, and Marianne Abramsson, Professor at the Department of Human Geography, along with researchers Linda Kridahl and Jani Turunen, have published a new article in Housing Studies that explores how divorces among older adults impact their housing situation.
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Article on precarious work in Sino-African infrastructure investments
Lena Fält, researcher in Human Geography at Stockholm University, has published a noteworthy article in the journal GeoForum. The study sheds light on the complex political and social dynamics surrounding infrastructure projects led by Chinese companies in Ghana.
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New study explores how the residential environment impacts our life course and vulnerability
Eva Andersson, Professor of Human Geography at Stockholm University, has published a new article in Geographical Analysis.
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Microbial "phosphorus gatekeeping" found in a study exploring 700,000 years of iconic coastline
A new study has dug deep into the past of the coastal dunes of an iconic Queensland, Australia location in a bid to better understand how microscopic processes in the soil support some of the most biodiverse landscapes on Earth.
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New Article: Spatial Processes of Habitus Formation Among Young Adults in Suburban Stockholm
Eva Andersson and Bo Malmberg, professors in Human Geography at Stockholm University have together with Sara Forsberg at Uppsala University published a new article in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research on how young adults’ life trajectories are shaped by their local environments in southern Stockholm.
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Commentary: An Accelerated State
Jack Odeo, PhD Student in Human Geography at Stockholm University, has together with Andrea Pollio, at DIST, Politecnico di Torino, Italy written a commentary in response to an article exploring the digitalisation of sub-national administration in Kenya. Both are published in Dialogues on Digital Society. Writing about the digitalisation of subnational administrations in Kenya, Datta and Hoefsloot make the case for engaging the temporality of the state as a locus of power and its expression. As a cinematic auteur, they argue, the state times and sequences the asynchronous moments of its action.
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New article: "Smart magic? Global discourse and local planning in three Nordic cities"
Linda Randall, PhD Student in Human Geography at Stockholm University, has together with Tuulia Rinne, Anna Berlina and Hjördís Rut Sigurjónsdóttir at the research institute Nordregio published a new article in Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning.
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