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Studies in Housing and Welfare
and welfare
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.
News
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 regarding housing provision and 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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Research project
Municipal governance and changing local rental markets: medium-sized municipalities’ strategies when meeting residential property investors
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Research project
Experiences of welfare
kim.roelofs@mau.se -
Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
The topography of residential mobility – The politics of inequality in the Swedish housing system
karina.villacura@mau.se -
Research project
Access to housing quality: Outcomes of an unequal Swedish housing system
matilda.v.sandberg@mau.se -
Research project
On-going research on living conditions and social initiatives in Malmö's marginalised housing areas
martin.grander@mau.se -
Research project
Public Housing and Social Mix in Practice
martin.grander@mau.se -
Research project
The Benefit of Public Housing – In practice
martin.grander@mau.se -
Research project
Housing and Welfare Research Network
tapio.salonen@mau.se
Publications
SBV Working Paper Series
Salonen (2023)
Roelofs (2022)
Boendeperspektiv på samhällsbygget Gårdsten
Grander & Frisch (2022)
Urfels (2022)
Grundström & Lazoroska (2021)
Sandberg & Grander (2021)
Trångboddhet i Malmö: En studie av trångboddhetens ojämlika utbredning och konsekvenser
Allansson (2021)
Sjöland Kozlovic & Frisch (2021)
Lindemann & Roelofs (2020)
Blandningspolitik och strategier för social blandning: En litteraturöversikt
Grander (2020)
Selected other publications
Grundström (2022) - Journal article
Shared Housing as Public Space? The Ambiguous Borders of Social Infrastructure
Grander & Sandberg (2022) - Chapter in book
En god bostad? Om bostadsyta som kvalitet i en tid av ojämlikhet
Gustafsson (2022) - Chapter in book
Lägenhetsrenoveringar och rätten till bostad
Samzelius (2022) - Chapter in book
Bostadens emancipatoriska betydelse: Den svenska jämställdhetspolitikens blinda fläck?
Westerdahl & Grander (2022) - Chapter in book
Marknadens kalkyler och rätten till bostad
Grander & Frisch (2022) - Report
Segregation och segmentering i Trelleborg
Samzelius (2022) - Chapter in book
Den nya hemlösheten och fattigdomsparadoxen i det sociala arbetets praktik
Grander, Roelofs & Salonen (2021) - Journal article
Grundström (2021) - Journal article
Salonen (2021) - Book
Samhällsbygget Gårdsten: Allmännyttans framtid?
Jensen & Söderberg (2021) - Journal article
Westerdahl (2021) - Journal article
Righard (2021) - Journal article
Grander (2021) - Journal article
The inbetweeners of the housing markets: Young adults facing housing inequality in Malmö, Sweden
Thapar-Björkert & Villacura (2021) - Article
Röster från Järva: covid-19, segregation och det vardagliga livet
Samzelius (2020) - Doctoral dissertation
Grander & Salonen (2020) - Article
Ökad ojämlikhet i boendet i spåren av coronapandemin
Grander (2020) - Book
Allmännyttan och jämlikheten: Svensk bostadspolitik vid vägskäl?
Roelofs & Salonen (2019) - Report
Insatser i utsatta områden: En analys av 20 års områdetutveckling och lärdomar inför framtiden
Salonen, Grander & Rasmusson (2019) - Report
Segregation och segmentering i Malmö
Rasmusson, Grander & Salonen (2018) - Report
Flyttkedjor: En litteraturöversikt över befintlig forskning om bostadsflyttkedjor
Researchers
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Martin Grander - Associate senior lecturer
martin.grander@mau.se
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Karin Grundström - Professor
k.grundstrom@mau.se
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Tina Gudrun Jensen - Researcher
tina-gudrun.jensen@mau.se
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Jennie Gustafsson - Project researcher
jennie.gustafsson@mau.se
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Linnea Lindemann - Doctoral student
linnea.lindemann@mau.se
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Manne Mårtensson - Doctoral student
manne.martensson@mau.se
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Erica Righard - Associate Professor /Assistant head of dep.
erica.righard@mau.se
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Kim Roelofs - Doctoral student
kim.roelofs@mau.se
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Tapio Salonen - Professor
tapio.salonen@mau.se
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Tove Samzelius - Senior lecturer
tove.samzelius@mau.se
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Matilda Sandberg - Doctoral student
matilda.v.sandberg@mau.se
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Martina Sjöland Kozlovic - Research assistant
martina.sjoland-kozlovic@mau.se
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Rebecka Söderberg - Doctoral student
rebecka.soderberg@mau.se
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Chiara Valli - Associate senior lecturer
chiara.valli@mau.se
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Karina Villacura - Doctoral student
karina.villacura@mau.se
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Stig Westerdahl - Senior lecturer
stig.westerdahl@mau.se