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Major differences between Swedish municipalities in trust and security
A new tool called Gemenskapsbarometern (the Community Barometer) is now being launched, which investigates security and trust at municipal and urban district level. The report reveals clear differences in how much people trust one another in different parts of the country. For example, social trust in Ronneby, a town in the far south of Sweden, is half as high as in the northern city of Umeå.
VR funds three studies on housing demolitions, social integration, and political participation
IBF:s researchers have received funding for three projects in the Swedish Research Council’s (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) latest calls. What the projects have in common is that they shed light on segregation and social cohesion from different angles—through housing policy’s most drastic...
A toolkit for detecting racist language
Racism is visible not only in actions but also in the ways we speak and write. In a new chapter on critical discourse studies in The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems , Kristina Boréus demonstrates how racist language can be identified and analyzed in everything from online comments and news articles to political speeches.
In Memoriam: Mats Franzén 1948–2025
We are saddened to announce that our long-time colleague and dear friend Mats Franzén has passed away.
Urban Lab
The research programme Urban Lab gathers empirically oriented researchers from different disciplines. Urban Lab is a collaboration between IBF and the Department of Economics.
The Housing and Urban Justice Project
The Housing and Urban Justice Project is a research group that, based on critical theory, focuses on justice in housing and the city.
