Studies in housing and welfare (SBV) is a research group and a cross-disciplinary research environment. It deals with housing in a social context that is characterised by constant change.

Questions concerning housing have become increasingly pressing. Housing is more than four walls and a roof over one’s head. It is not only closely linked to issues of identity and well-being, but also to future prospects — for example, in terms of access to work and education.

The provision of housing is thereby crucial for a society's development in regards to equal growth and welfare. At the same time, society is facing challenges linked to changes in demographics, increased divides, and segregation —  challenges that are central issues for a socially sustainable housing provision today and in the future.

Studies in housing and welfare gather a number of research projects and researchers from different universities and faculties. The goal is to create a strong research environment that, with different perspectives and inputs, illuminates the issuse of housing in an ever-changing society.

New dissertation - Tove Samzelius

Tove Samzelius, PhD in social work and part of SBV, defended her dissertation "A Vicious Circle of Silent Exclusion: Family homelessness and poverty in Sweden from a single mother perspective" in December 2020.

Housing and Welfare Research Network

The national network Housing and Welfare Research Network (HWRN) is coordinated by the research environment Studies in Housing and Welfare and funded by Forte. Besides developing and strengthening cooperation between researchers and disciplines, the network also contributes to deeper collaboration between research and practice around issues regarding the social aspects of housing. Seminars and other events are arranged within the framework of HWRN, of which some are open to the public.

Research projects

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Publications

SBV Working Paper Series, in Swedish

Lindemann & Roelofs (2020)

Blandningspolitik och strategier för social blandning: En litteraturöversikt

Grander (2020)

Segmentering i bostadsbeståndet 2013-2017: Utveckling av bostadsbestånd, demografi och socioekonomiska indikatorer i riket och storstäderna, med fördjupningar i Malmö och Göteborg

Other publications

Samzelius (2020)

A vicious circle of silent exclusion: family homelessness and poverty in Sweden from a single mother perspective

Grander & Salonen (2020)

Ökad ojämlikhet i boendet i spåren av coronapandemin

Grander (2020)

Allmännyttan och jämlikheten: Svensk bostadspolitik vid vägskäl?

Roelofs & Salonen (2019)

Insatser i utsatta områden: En analys av 20 års områdetutveckling och lärdomar inför framtiden

Salonen, Grander & Rasmusson (2019)

Segregation och segmentering i Malmö

Rasmusson, Grander & Salonen (2018)

Flyttkedjor: En litteraturöversikt över befintlig forskning om bostadsflyttkedjor

Researchers

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