Research area Human Geography

Human geography is about societies and their spatial patterns and relations.

The geographical dimensions may involve local as well as global relations and patterns. The societal issues in human geography concern social, political and economical issues; currently and in an historical perspective. This means that Human Geography is a broad subject with a number of different areas of specialization.

Research is focused on historical geography and landscape studies, migration and population geography, economic geography, gender and planning, GIS and development geography.

Historical Geography and Landscape Studies

Historical geography and landscape studies use qualitative and quantitative methodologies to understand how people's life trajectories are shaped and to analyze how individual life trajectories affect aggregate development patterns.

Population Geography, Housing, Migration and Segregation Studies

Population geography is a field of studies that sees human agency as a fundamental force shaping social processes and social change.

Urban Africa

The research investigates the multi-faceted social, economic and political processes shaping cities on the African continent.

Urban and Regional Research

Stockholm University Urban and Regional Research Environment (SURE) consists of researchers with a variety of interests and approaches but all are united in exploring contemporary spatial processes and change. Our research engages with debates in urban, cultural, and economic geography as well as spatial planning, governance and policy studies.