Congratulations to our colleagues Eva Andersson (PI), Ida Borg and Juta Kawalerowicz who received funding from Forte for a 3-year project on "How neighbourhood, school and crime redirect the individual’s life course". Grattis! @evaandersson.bsky.social @idaborg.bsky.social @jutakaw.bsky.social

Some of our colleagues attended the Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association in Prague, Czech Republic, July 14-18. www.memorystudiesassociation.org/conference-p...

Early July, seven colleagues attended the European Network for Housing Research conference in Paris: Nickella Jose @anatra.bsky.social @idaborg.bsky.social Marianne Abramsson @jutakaw.bsky.social @evaandersson.bsky.social and @bomalmberg.bsky.social premc.org/enhrgrandpar...

A group of colleagues were at the European Conference on African Studies in Prague this week. @flofloflorian.bsky.social Ilda Lourenco, Lena Fält, Jack Odeo and Fernanda Oliveira de Almeida participated. www.ecasconference.org/2025/

Congratulations to Jennifer Clapp @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social who has been awarded the Kerstin Hesselgren guest professorship for 2027 at Human Geography, Stockholm University @humangeosthlm.bsky.social www.vr.se/soka-finansi...

Congratulations to our colleagues Onyanta Adama (PI), Ilda Lindell and Lena Fält who received funding from Formas for the project "Towards an inclusive circular economy: the contribution of informal workers in urban Africa”!

Rekommenderas: Universitetslektor i kulturgeografi vid Örebro universitet. Sök om du kan – trevliga kollegor ingår i jobbet! *** Permanent position as Senior Lecturer at Örebro University. My old job – highly recommended!

We have a few colleagues in Washington D.C. at the #PAA2025 this week presenting fresh research in the field of population geography @bomalmberg.bsky.social @anatra.bsky.social tra.bsky.social @karenhaandrikman.bsky.social @jutakaw.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

The 2025 VEGA symposium will be held on the theme "Think we must: Against the denial of worlds and their destruction". Organized by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, April 24, Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm (for english programme scroll down) ssag.se/vegadagen/

Please take part in this survey we co-organize, if you are a planner in the Baltic Sea Region and if you are interested in knowledge exchange and cross-cooperation! (LinkedIn) www.linkedin.com/posts/kultur...

On January 21 at 13 hrs, prof Christopher Stroud (University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and Visiting Professor at Gothenburg University) will present a talk titled "Navigating the Shoals (Borderlands): Between Fixity and Fluidity in Semiotic/Linguistic Landscape Research". (see more below)

We have a postdoc position for 2-3 years in the project "Hyping agriculture and transit in 15-minute Cities", led by professor Anders Wästfelt: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Our human geography colleagues at Örebro University are looking for a temporary researcher (70% for a year) www.oru.se/jobba-hos-os...

We enjoyed a delicious julbord (Christmas food buffet) at the beautiful #villagodthem with all colleagues. God jul!

Join our colleague Fernanda Oliveira De Almeida for an exciting evening organized by the NGO “The Latin American Groups”, on the struggle of smallholder women in Brazil For more information (in Swedish) and registration: www.latinamerikagrupperna.se/2024/11/aw-k...

We have a new professor in the department! Stockholm University has just decided to appoint Lowe Börjeson as professor in Geography, especially Human Geography. Congratulations to Lowe and the department! Read more about Lowe here: www.su.se/english/prof...

Join us! A live stream on Youtube about Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning at our department, going on now! Every episode will be published on Kulturgeografens YouTube-channel when the live broad cast is done. In Swedish www.youtube.com/@humangeoSU

Six researchers from the @humangeosthlm.bsky.social are presenting their recent research on housing at the #ENHR2024 in Delft

We had a very pleasant two day department conference listening to new research projects and discussing issues on teaching and communication #skåvsjöholm #stockholmuniversity

More funding! The cooperation project ”A Planners’ Forum for the Baltic Sea Region” has been funded by Svenska institutet. Peter Schmitt will work together with VASAB Secretariat, Nordregio, Estonian Association of Spatial Planners and the German Academy for Territorial Development. Hurra!

The project "Sustainable Transitions. Action Research and Training in Urban Perspective (STARTUP)" just received EU Horizon-funding. The project will be coordinated by Sapienza University of Rome and participants from our department are Thomas Borén, Peter Schmitt and Dominic Power. Congratulations!

A group of 4 researchers from the population geography research group are representing the department at the European Population Conference in Edinburgh this week

We enjoyed a summery lunch and a guide through the botanical gardens at #bergianskaträdgården and we are almost ready for summer! @stockholmsuniversitet

Our PhD student Jack Odeo's paper on algorithmic suturing related to urban networks in Nairobi was just recognized as highly commended article for 2023 in the journal IJURR www.ijurr.org/article/algo...

Lennert Jongh and his research assistant @banda.tionge conducted interviews in Kitwe, Zambia. An intensive period with new insights in the project "Informal livelihoods in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in urban Africa". Thanks to Tionge for invaluable efforts and to the vendors for their time

Cherry blossom livening up our campus

Tre kulturgeografer har följt barns skolvägar mellan åren 1840-1930 och hittat både trasiga skor och oroliga föräldrar – och paralleller till dagens samhällsdebatter. Läs deras text i Forskning & Framsteg: fof.se/artikel/2024... #kulturgeografi #historia #barn #skola #samhälle

Samaneh Khaef has just nailed her PhD thesis! It is now available online, ahead of her PhD defense on April 26. A very happy moment. su.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

Vi söker en studieadministratör! Tidsbegränsad anställning med goda möjligheter till förlängning: www.su.se/om-universit...

Last week master students from Hanover, Stockholm, Tours and Vienna spent a week together in Herzogenburg, Lower Austria, to develop strategic planning concepts together to address challenges in this rural town #erasmus+ #leibnizuniversitäthanover #universitedetours #universitätfürbodenkulturwien

Vilka utmaningar uppstår när kommunerna tappar sina yngre invånare? Marianne Abramsson, prefekt, professor i kulturgeografi, inriktning samhällsplanering vid Stockholms universitet, berättar om detta för SVT Nyheter Halland. #samhällsplanering #välfärd #näringsliv www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

The 2024 Vega Symposium, organised by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography is entitled "Occupations and the Occupied: Agency, Expertise, and Patronage in Wartime and Postwar Historical Cartographies", April 22 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ssag.se/english/vega...

Regional samhällsplanering pågår runt om i Sverige, men vad är egentligen mervärdet? "Vi vill förstå kulturen och inte bara systemet" berättar Lukas Smas, docent i kulturgeografi. Se filmen om forskningsprojektet "Regional planering för hållbar markanvändning"! api.screen9.com/preview/yek3...

We have a vacancy for a PhD position in the population geography research group. Come with your own proposal and join our great research environment! English: www.su.se/english/abou... Swedish: www.su.se/om-universit...

"Jag tycker att den svenska planeringsvärlden borde avundas engagemanget som finns inom arkitekturdebatten." Ragnar Wernstedt, student i samhällsplanering, har skrivit en debattartikel publicerad i PLAN. Läs den, och vad som lockade honom till Samhällsplanerarprogrammet. #debatt #samhälle

We have now launched a new page on our department's education site targeting students and teachers at gymnasiet (high school). It is in development and suggestions are welcome. Please visit Gymnasieportalen: www.su.se/kulturgeogra...

Welcome to a seminar at the dept by Arthur Acolin (University of Washington and guest researcher at the Center for Research on Social Inequalities at Science Po, Paris) on "Why Do Young Adults Co-Reside with Their Parents? The Role of Housing Affordability". Tuesday Feb 6, 13:00-14:00, in room X308.

Delta i nya Geografiers kommande nummer! Med mörker betvingar vi mörker - vi söker era bidrag om mörkrets geografi! Participate in the new issue of "Geografier" - We are seeking your contributions on Dark Geographies!  More info below

We have a new associate professor in the department! Andrew Byerley is now "docent". This title signifies substantial scientific and pedagogical experience beyond the PhD title. Congratulations!

Our first post on bsky! Today we celebrate Lucia in Sweden, and in our Geo-Science Building, it was our department's turn to organize the celebration, with the traditional "Luciatåg" including live music, a choir, lussebullar and pepparkakor (pictures: Anders Rickegård and Stina Mathiesen)