Hannu Ruonavaara
Visiting professor at Institute for Housing and Urban Research
- E-mail:
- hanruona@utu.fi
- Visiting address:
- Trädgårdsgatan 18
- Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
I am a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Turku, Finland, but also a Guest Professor of Sociology, especially housing and social theory, at the Institute of Housing and Urban Research in Uppsala. My current research interests include residential segregation, neighbour relations and housing policy change. I am especially interested in the conceptual, theoretical and methodological aspects of housing studies. I am the current editor of the journal Housing, Theory and Society.
Keywords
- residential segregation
- housing policy
- social theory
- neighbour relations

Publications
Recent publications
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Thinking the Fault Lines of Housing Inequality
Part of Housing, Theory and Society, p. 123-124, 2026
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An idea that refuses to die: Rise, fall and resurgence of "housing class"
Part of Housing Studies, p. 2507-2527, 2025
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Awareness of segregation in a welfare state: a Finnish local policy perspective
Part of Housing Studies, p. 253-274, 2025
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Preventing, curing, mitigating: Anti-segregation policies in urban Finland
Part of Cities, 2025
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Conflicting regional policy goals: accessibility and segregation in the Helsinki metropolitan area
Part of Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2024
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Articles in journal
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Thinking the Fault Lines of Housing Inequality
Part of Housing, Theory and Society, p. 123-124, 2026
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An idea that refuses to die: Rise, fall and resurgence of "housing class"
Part of Housing Studies, p. 2507-2527, 2025
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Awareness of segregation in a welfare state: a Finnish local policy perspective
Part of Housing Studies, p. 253-274, 2025
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Preventing, curing, mitigating: Anti-segregation policies in urban Finland
Part of Cities, 2025
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Conflicting regional policy goals: accessibility and segregation in the Helsinki metropolitan area
Part of Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2024
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Bridging Economics and Sociology in Housing Research
Part of Housing, Theory and Society, p. 127-128, 2022
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The Anatomy of Neighbour Relations
Part of Sociological Research Online, p. 379-395, 2022
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Rural-Urban Migration Pathways and Residential Segregation in the Helsinki Region
Part of Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, p. 1-24, 2021
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Kodinomistuksen myyttiä murtamassa
Part of Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu, p. 75-78, 2021
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Rethinking Jim Kemeny’s Theory of Housing Regimes
Part of Housing, Theory and Society, p. 519-520, 2020
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Rent regulation in 21st century Europe. Comparative perspectives
Part of Housing Studies, p. 1446-1468, 2020
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