Mats Franzén
Professor at Department of Sociology; Emeritus Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 65 25
- E-mail:
- Mats.Franzen@ibf.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken
Thunbergsvägen 3H - Postal address:
- Box 624
751 26 UPPSALA
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Professor at Institute for Housing and Urban Research
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 65 25
- E-mail:
- Mats.Franzen@ibf.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Trädgårdsgatan 18
- Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Publications
Recent publications
The Society of Singularities. About the Structural Change of Modernity
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 219-223, 2022
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 219-223, 2022
- DOI for [review of:] Die Gesellschaft der Singularitäten. Zum Strukturwandel der Moderne / Das Ende der Illusionen. Politik, Ökonomie und Kultur in der Spätmoderne
- Download full text (pdf) of [review of:] Die Gesellschaft der Singularitäten. Zum Strukturwandel der Moderne / Das Ende der Illusionen. Politik, Ökonomie und Kultur in der Spätmoderne
Part of International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, p. 253-268, 2022
- DOI for Normalizing urban entrepreneurialism through sly de-politicization: City Centre Development in Gothenburg and Stockholm
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 156-158, 2021
Part of Arkitektur, p. 66-71, 2017
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, p. 253-268, 2022
- DOI for Normalizing urban entrepreneurialism through sly de-politicization: City Centre Development in Gothenburg and Stockholm
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Part of Arkitektur, p. 66-71, 2017
Varumärkets kortslutning?: 'Stockholm The Capital of Scandinavia'
Part of K & K, p. 119-132, 2010
Between pleasure and virtue: Ambivalences of public space today
Part of Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu = samhällsplanering, p. 6-23, 2009
New social movements and gentrification in Hamburg and Stockholm: A comparative analysis
Part of Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, p. 51-77, 2005
Articles, review/survey
Det offentliga rummets öppenhet (The openness of public space)
Part of Situation Stockholm, p. 108, 2006
Books
Stad till salu: Entreprenörsurbanism och det offentliga rummets värde
Daidalos, 2016
Det sociala landskapet: En sociologisk beskrivning av Sverige från 50-tal till början av 2000-talet
Korpen, 2008
Välfärdsstat och byggande: Det nya stadsbyggnadsmönstret i efterkrigstidens Sverige
Arkiv förlag & tidskrift, 1993
Chapters in book
Nolltolerans, samverkan och makt i staden
Part of Den motspänstiga akademikern, Egalité, 2017
Modalities of public space: The case of Stureplan, Stockholm
Part of Re-imagining the city. Municipality and urbanity today from a sociological perspective, p. 223-239, Jagiellonian University Press, 2017
Grannskapsenheten: Välfärdens vardagsmonument
Part of Parkstaden, p. 35-43, Historiska media, 2017
Part of Libertas antologi 1 Censur, p. 72-82, Socialdemokratiska Studentförbundet, 2013
Part of Walks on the Wild Side, p. 9-16, Egalité, 2013
Part of Känslan för det allmänna, p. 207-235, Boréa Bokförlag, 2010
Stampen: Vid den östra gränsen
Part of Göteborg utforskat, p. 65-70, Glänta produktion, 2010
I fråga om makt: Diskurser, resurser, kontexter
Part of Samhällsproblem, p. 85-125, Studentlitteratur, 2010
Insidor och utsidor: Stad - rum - organisation
Part of Från klass till organisation, p. 254-268, Liber, 2009
Part of Univer-city, p. 89-100, Sekel, 2008
Segregation som problem: En orättvis betraktelse
Part of Den delade staden, p. 25-50, Boréa, 2008
Partly Stockholm, the City Synopsis
Part of Stockholm-Belgrade, p. 46-54, Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademien, 2007
'Förord' (Abstract) till Oscar Andersson: Chicagoskolans urbansociologi
Part of Chicagoskolans urbansociologi, p. 13-15, Égalité, 2007
Stad, vardag, kreativitet (The city, the everyday, and creativity)
Part of Bor vi i samma stad?, p. 159-168, Pocky, 2005
I fråga om makt.: Diskurser, resurser och kontexter
Part of Samhällsproblem, p. 85-127, Studentlitteratur, 2005
Part of Den amerikanska storstadens liv och förfall, p. 9-12, Daidalos, 2005
Conference papers
2016
Public space: Robust but vulnerable. : The case of Stureplan, Stockholm
2016
What is political in the politics of place
2012
Inertia and Eagerness: A comparative study of the CBD in Göteborg and Stockholm today
2010
Governing public space: The case of Stockholm CBD
2010
Rätten till staden och känslan för det allmänna
2010
2009
Part of Proceedings of the 7th International Space Syntax Symposium, 2009
Offentlighet och offentligt rum: om Habermas bidrag till en samtida diskussion
2008
Matters of public space: ambivalences of the urban
2008
Notes to a dynamic sociology of space
2007
Gender Differences in a Youth Football Elite Group
2007
The formation of the Stockholm glamour zone
2007
A dynamic study of gender differences in Swedish youth football
2006
Glamour scenes, glamour zone.: The case of Stockholm
2006
The democracy-competitiveness dilemma in team sport. A panel study of Swedish soccer girls and boys
2005
Between stigma and charisma: notes to a politics of place
2005
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Other
The Society of Singularities. About the Structural Change of Modernity
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 219-223, 2022
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 219-223, 2022
- DOI for [review of:] Die Gesellschaft der Singularitäten. Zum Strukturwandel der Moderne / Das Ende der Illusionen. Politik, Ökonomie und Kultur in der Spätmoderne
- Download full text (pdf) of [review of:] Die Gesellschaft der Singularitäten. Zum Strukturwandel der Moderne / Das Ende der Illusionen. Politik, Ökonomie und Kultur in der Spätmoderne
Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 156-158, 2021
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 249-253, 2017
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 217-220, 2016
Our kids: The American dream in crisis
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 463-466, 2016
Part of Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, 2016
Part of Göteborgsposten, 2016
Change they can't believe in: The Tea Party and reactionary politics in America
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 194-196, 2015
Cities and their Own Logic: A Handbook for Urban Planning and Urban Development
Part of European Societies, p. 462-470, 2014
The Intrinsic Logic of Cities: New Directions for Urban Research
Part of European Societies, p. 462-470, 2014
Localist Urban Research, Culturalized Cities: For a Critique of 'Intrinsic Logic of Cities'
Part of European Societies, p. 462-470, 2014
The dream of the new town. Urban renewal in the post soviet Riga
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 169-171, 2013
Divas, Hackers, Speculators. Social figures of Present
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 82-84, 2013
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 82-84, 2013
Jonas Lindström: Drömmen om den nya staden. Stadsförnyelse i det postsovjetiska Riga
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 169-171, 2013
Recension av Paul Jones: "Raymond William's sociology of culture: A critical reconstruction
Part of Acta Sociologica, p. 181-182, 2007
Part of Idrottsforum.org, 2007
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 90-94, 2006
Recension av R. Amster: Street People and the Contested Realms of Public Space
Part of Criminal Justice Policy Review, p. 400-402, 2006
Recension av Deborah Reed-Danahay: Locating Bourdieu
Part of Housing, Theory and Society, p. 249-251, 2006
Part of Idrottsforum.org (webbtidskrift), 2006
Part of Sociologisk forskning, p. 91-95, 2005
Håkan Forsell, Hus och hyra: Fastighetsägande och stadstillväxt i Berlin och Stockholm 1860-1920
Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 835-842, 2004
Anthony M. Orum & Xiangming Chen: The world of cities
Part of Housing, Theory and Society, p. 143-144, 2004
Deborah Stevenson: Cities and urban cultures
Part of Acta Sociologica, p. 308-309, 2004