SEK 17.9 million granted for research on segregation
The Swedish Research Council (VR) has granted SEK 17.9 million in funding for the research program 'Residential Segregation, Urbanization, and Unequal Living Conditions'. The program is a collaboration between researchers in Economics, Psychology, and Economic History.
The project leader is Matz Dahlberg, Professor of Economics at IBF and scientific leader of the research collaboration Urban Lab, where the new program will be included.
VR has provided funding for a six-year program aimed at increasing knowledge about the causes of housing segregation in Sweden today. The researchers plan to use modern statistical methods to analyze data covering the entire Swedish population from 1950 to the present. They also aim to investigate the consequences of growing up in a segregated environment. Additionally, they will evaluate the impact of political decisions aimed at improving people's conditions in different urban and rural areas.
– This is fantastic news. Closer collaboration between the four strong research environments behind the application enables us to provide new and improved answers to important questions related to segregation and area development, says Matz Dahlberg.
About the research programme
'Residential Segregation, Urbanization, and Unequal Living Conditions' has been granted funding for the years 2024-2029. Among the participating researchers are Matz Dahlberg, Professor of Economics at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research; Kerstin Enflo, Professor of Economic History at Lund University; Gustaf Gredebäck, Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychology; and Olof Åslund, Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics.