Jennie Gustafsson
@jiegson.bsky.social
Bostadsforskare.
Human geographer researching on rental housing, regulation and financialization. Book review ed @housingtheory.bsky.social. Dept. of Urban studies & @iurmalmo.bsky.social, MAU.
https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=x-t1hugAAAAJ&hl=sv
Human geographer researching on rental housing, regulation and financialization. Book review ed @housingtheory.bsky.social. Dept. of Urban studies & @iurmalmo.bsky.social, MAU.
https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=x-t1hugAAAAJ&hl=sv
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MAINTAINING RENTAL HOUSING AS AN ASSET: Exploring Institutional Investors in Sweden’s Rental Market
Institutional investors have asserted significant power over rental markets across the transatlantic. However, their stronghold has been contested after rising interest rates in 2022. In this article...
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New paper about institutional investors, maintenance of asset values, social struggles and rental housing in Sweden:
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This is awful. Solidarity with UK colleagues against this cruel and stupid gutting of university education and disciplinary knowledge
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This is awful. Solidarity with UK colleagues against this cruel and stupid gutting of university education and disciplinary knowledge
New paper about institutional investors, maintenance of asset values, social struggles and rental housing in Sweden:
MAINTAINING RENTAL HOUSING AS AN ASSET: Exploring Institutional Investors in Sweden’s Rental Market
Institutional investors have asserted significant power over rental markets across the transatlantic. However, their stronghold has been contested after rising interest rates in 2022. In this article...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
New paper about institutional investors, maintenance of asset values, social struggles and rental housing in Sweden:
Apply to visit us at @iurmalmo.bsky.social as a visiting scholar or artist in residence!
Open calls: Visiting Scholar and Artist in Residence 2026 - Institute for Urban Research
Our calls for a Visiting Scholar and Artist in Residence in 2026 are now open! We are offering: Open Call for Visiting Scholars Open call for Artist in Residence
www.iuresearch.se
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Apply to visit us at @iurmalmo.bsky.social as a visiting scholar or artist in residence!
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See all six commentaries on @sjs1869.bsky.social and Gavin A Woods focus article
”The Edges of Owner-Occupation versus Rentier Capitalism”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
”The Edges of Owner-Occupation versus Rentier Capitalism”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Edges of Owner-Occupation versus Rentier Capitalism
Over the past half century, housing systems have been reconfigured through processes variously labelled financialization, assetization and rentierization. Unevenly advanced by successive rounds of ...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
See all six commentaries on @sjs1869.bsky.social and Gavin A Woods focus article
”The Edges of Owner-Occupation versus Rentier Capitalism”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
”The Edges of Owner-Occupation versus Rentier Capitalism”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Har fått pengar från Formas för att forska om privatisering och återkommunalisering av samhällsfastigheter - heltid i tre år! Ett ämne jag har vela djupdyka i länge (tro det eller ej).
October 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Har fått pengar från Formas för att forska om privatisering och återkommunalisering av samhällsfastigheter - heltid i tre år! Ett ämne jag har vela djupdyka i länge (tro det eller ej).
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Greetings from our editorial board meeting at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF) in Uppsala, with Hannu Ruonavaara, Timothy Blackwell, @desireefields.bsky.social, @shadeofjuniper.bsky.social, Chris Foye, @brettchristophers.bsky.social and @jiegson.bsky.social!
October 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Greetings from our editorial board meeting at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF) in Uppsala, with Hannu Ruonavaara, Timothy Blackwell, @desireefields.bsky.social, @shadeofjuniper.bsky.social, Chris Foye, @brettchristophers.bsky.social and @jiegson.bsky.social!
Bidragstak, det här kommer göra livet väldigt mycket svårare för många www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
Bidragstak införs – storfamilj mister tusenlappar
Regeringen föreslår en bidragsreform där socialbidrag stramas åt mest för stora barnfamiljer. För dem kan det innebära flera tusenlappar mindre i månaden.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Bidragstak, det här kommer göra livet väldigt mycket svårare för många www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
Det kanske bara är jag men visst varvas nyheterna med ena dagen lättsmälta/populistiska/till synes ointressanta nyheter som mobilförbud i grundskolan och minskad kommunalskatt och andra dagen repressiva förslag om att sänka straffåldern till 13. Valår coming up
September 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Det kanske bara är jag men visst varvas nyheterna med ena dagen lättsmälta/populistiska/till synes ointressanta nyheter som mobilförbud i grundskolan och minskad kommunalskatt och andra dagen repressiva förslag om att sänka straffåldern till 13. Valår coming up
This long time coming article co-authered with the amazing @idaborg.bsky.social is finally out in Nordic Journal of Housing Research, where we scrutinize suburban poverty trends among private rental and public housing tenants in Malmö www.scup.com/doi/10.18261...
Scandinavian University Press
www.scup.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This long time coming article co-authered with the amazing @idaborg.bsky.social is finally out in Nordic Journal of Housing Research, where we scrutinize suburban poverty trends among private rental and public housing tenants in Malmö www.scup.com/doi/10.18261...
Random Icelandic buildings
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Random Icelandic buildings
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För att kunna lösa ett problem (Östersjön dör) måste man först förstå det (mäta föroreningarna). Därför slutar den SD-styrda regeringen nu att mäta
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
July 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
För att kunna lösa ett problem (Östersjön dör) måste man först förstå det (mäta föroreningarna). Därför slutar den SD-styrda regeringen nu att mäta
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
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My latest for The Guardian:
A government that claims to take concerns over crime and national security seriously, while ignoring violent neo-nazi groups, will struggle with its credibility.
Sweden has a long tradition of refusing to talk about racism. Racism could still decide the next election:
A government that claims to take concerns over crime and national security seriously, while ignoring violent neo-nazi groups, will struggle with its credibility.
Sweden has a long tradition of refusing to talk about racism. Racism could still decide the next election:
A rightwing minister told Sweden to get tough on crime – until his own son was caught in a Nazi scandal | Martin Gelin
In our current political climate, why is migration minister Johan Forssell surprised that a teenage boy might be drawn to extremism? asks journalist Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My latest for The Guardian:
A government that claims to take concerns over crime and national security seriously, while ignoring violent neo-nazi groups, will struggle with its credibility.
Sweden has a long tradition of refusing to talk about racism. Racism could still decide the next election:
A government that claims to take concerns over crime and national security seriously, while ignoring violent neo-nazi groups, will struggle with its credibility.
Sweden has a long tradition of refusing to talk about racism. Racism could still decide the next election:
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I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Check out this workshop! www.iuresearch.se/call-for-pap...
Call for papers for IUR workshop: In the cracks of the asset economy. Housing assets and class formation in contemporary property landscapes - Institute for Urban Research
When: 27-28 November 2025 Where: Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona What: Workshop to prepare contributions to a Special Issue. Target journal: International Journal of Urban and Regional Re...
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July 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Check out this workshop! www.iuresearch.se/call-for-pap...
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Assistant professorship in Human ecology at the dept of Human Geography at Lund Uni just out. Please circulate to anyone working with nature-human relationships who might would want to work out of Lund. Personally hoping people interested in planning issues apply! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Senior Lecturer in Human Ecology
Specific subject description The Human Ecology Division applies an inter-disciplinary definition of its research field. Research and education at the division deals with human-environmental relations
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June 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Assistant professorship in Human ecology at the dept of Human Geography at Lund Uni just out. Please circulate to anyone working with nature-human relationships who might would want to work out of Lund. Personally hoping people interested in planning issues apply! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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remember how Berlin citizens voted to take back the city from corporate landlords in 2021? it was an emancipatory promise many applauded.
since then, corporate landlords increased their stronghold on the city to 25% of housing stok, and w it, rents went up by 9% annually.
since then, corporate landlords increased their stronghold on the city to 25% of housing stok, and w it, rents went up by 9% annually.
April 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
remember how Berlin citizens voted to take back the city from corporate landlords in 2021? it was an emancipatory promise many applauded.
since then, corporate landlords increased their stronghold on the city to 25% of housing stok, and w it, rents went up by 9% annually.
since then, corporate landlords increased their stronghold on the city to 25% of housing stok, and w it, rents went up by 9% annually.
Perfect way to start the summer with a new publication part of the Studies in Housing and Welfare’s working paper series: Variegated Experiences of Rental Housing Financialization: Residential Property Investors in France and Sweden, with @matthieuvogt.bsky.social: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
June 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Perfect way to start the summer with a new publication part of the Studies in Housing and Welfare’s working paper series: Variegated Experiences of Rental Housing Financialization: Residential Property Investors in France and Sweden, with @matthieuvogt.bsky.social: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
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Did you miss this the first time around?
Call for papers - Are you or do you know a student who has written (or is writing) an academic work on Palestine? Submit an abstract of your text via the Tally form (post 2) or contact us by email (post 4). Deadline 4 July!
All the best,
The anthology team
Call for papers - Are you or do you know a student who has written (or is writing) an academic work on Palestine? Submit an abstract of your text via the Tally form (post 2) or contact us by email (post 4). Deadline 4 July!
All the best,
The anthology team
June 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Did you miss this the first time around?
Call for papers - Are you or do you know a student who has written (or is writing) an academic work on Palestine? Submit an abstract of your text via the Tally form (post 2) or contact us by email (post 4). Deadline 4 July!
All the best,
The anthology team
Call for papers - Are you or do you know a student who has written (or is writing) an academic work on Palestine? Submit an abstract of your text via the Tally form (post 2) or contact us by email (post 4). Deadline 4 July!
All the best,
The anthology team
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Come work with us! Human Geo at Lund U is looking for TT assistant prof no more than five years from their Phd who is interested in planning and have some knowledge about LLM, AI, spatial modelling etc: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/.... Please share widely, and get in touch with Qs if you have em.
lu.varbi.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Come work with us! Human Geo at Lund U is looking for TT assistant prof no more than five years from their Phd who is interested in planning and have some knowledge about LLM, AI, spatial modelling etc: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/.... Please share widely, and get in touch with Qs if you have em.
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Kriminologen säger också att Sverige går helt fel väg - fängelser är ”a terrible waste of government money”. Lyssna!
Intressant om hur man förebygger brottslighet bland unga - genom att inte gripa dem och genom att låta föräldrar, skola och samhälle ta hand om dem. Och om hur man måste se att barn är barn som behöver hjälp att bli goda samhällsmedborgare. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/ar-h...
Är hårdare straff rätt väg att gå? - P1 Morgon
I förra veckan presenterades regeringens stora straffrättsreform som väntas leda till 16 000 fler utdömda fängelseår och kosta 16 miljarder kronor ...
www.sverigesradio.se
June 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Kriminologen säger också att Sverige går helt fel väg - fängelser är ”a terrible waste of government money”. Lyssna!
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Great lecture by @kavitaurbanist.bsky.social on embodied thermal justice with @iurmalmo.bsky.social and Network of Global South Urbanism(s)
May 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Great lecture by @kavitaurbanist.bsky.social on embodied thermal justice with @iurmalmo.bsky.social and Network of Global South Urbanism(s)
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Updated with a new link to our freshly redesigned website (check it out!):
The call is open! ✏️Would you like to submit to a special issue on "Digital Platforms as Urban Infrastructure" for our e-journal Urban Matters? Read more here + send an abstract by June 15: www.iuresearch.se/call-for-abs...
The call is open! ✏️Would you like to submit to a special issue on "Digital Platforms as Urban Infrastructure" for our e-journal Urban Matters? Read more here + send an abstract by June 15: www.iuresearch.se/call-for-abs...
Call for Abstracts! Urban Matters Special Issue: Digital Platforms as Urban Infrastructure - Institute for Urban Research
Abstract submissions are open for a special issue of Urban Matters journal! Please see below for information and instructions. Title: Digital Platforms as Urban Infrastructure Abstract: 250 words Ar...
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May 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Updated with a new link to our freshly redesigned website (check it out!):
The call is open! ✏️Would you like to submit to a special issue on "Digital Platforms as Urban Infrastructure" for our e-journal Urban Matters? Read more here + send an abstract by June 15: www.iuresearch.se/call-for-abs...
The call is open! ✏️Would you like to submit to a special issue on "Digital Platforms as Urban Infrastructure" for our e-journal Urban Matters? Read more here + send an abstract by June 15: www.iuresearch.se/call-for-abs...
Happy to have been part of this collective and collaborative work initiated by Chiara Valli with Laleh Foroughanfar, Adriana de la Peña, Lorena Melgaço and Myrto Dagkouli-Kyriakoglou. It was a great experience thinking about Eurovision, protests and authoritarian urbanism.
Eurovision and the City: “United by Music” Meets “Malmö against Genocide” | Commentary | Urban Planning
Myrto Dagkouli-Kyriakoglou, Adriana de La Peña, Laleh Foroughanfar, Jennie Gustafsson, Lorena Melgaço, Chiara Valli
www.cogitatiopress.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Happy to have been part of this collective and collaborative work initiated by Chiara Valli with Laleh Foroughanfar, Adriana de la Peña, Lorena Melgaço and Myrto Dagkouli-Kyriakoglou. It was a great experience thinking about Eurovision, protests and authoritarian urbanism.
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Over 700 (!!) faculty and staff in Swedish higher education & research have declared their conscientious objection to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law.
Ps: ppl can still sign!!
Ps: ppl can still sign!!
Uppsala Declaration
uppsaladeclaration.se
May 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Over 700 (!!) faculty and staff in Swedish higher education & research have declared their conscientious objection to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law.
Ps: ppl can still sign!!
Ps: ppl can still sign!!