Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University

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/

Kerstin Hesselgrens gästprofessur Vetenskapsrådet har fattat beslut om att Jennifer Clapp, professor i global livsmedelssäkerhet och hållbarhet vid University of Waterloo, blir 2027 års innehavare av Kerstin Hesselgrens gästprofessur.

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”!

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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...

In his talk, Professor Stroud will introduce his work on multilingualism, linguistic landscapes and linguistic citizenship as well as explore the analytical and methodological potentials of the concept of shoals for conducting research in culturally diverse landscapes.

Location: our seminar room

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)

Postdoctoral fellow in Human Geography The Department of Human Geography is one of the departments within the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The position is advertised within the research group Historical Geography and

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/...

Forskare i kulturgeografi - Örebro universitet Vi söker en forskare i kulturgeografi för tidsbegränsad anställning vid Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap. Ämnesområde Ämnesomr

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!

AW-kväll med Latinamerikagrupperna 4 december - Latinamerikagrupperna Tema: småbrukarkvinnors kamp i Brasilien. Följ med på kvinnomöte med småbrukarrörelsen MPA Välkommen på ett unikt after work-event arrangerat av Latinamerikagrupperna!  Vi får följa med vår samarbetso...

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...

humangeoSU The Department of Human Geography at Stockholm University is a dynamic research setting with four research profiles, namely Urban and Regional Planning: Environment, Gender and Equity; Urban Space-Eco...

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

ALGORITHMIC SUTURING: Platforms, Motorcycles and the ‘Last Mile’ in Urban Africa - IJURR The ‘last mile’ is not only a powerful metaphor of contemporary life, but also the tangible site of a challenge, whether for governments wanting to reach their citizens or companies wanting to reach t...

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...

Tionge Banda and Lennert Jongh

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

Somliga gick till skolan i trasiga skor | Forskning & Framsteg Sedan folkskolans införande på 1840-talet har barn över hela landet, fattiga som rika, dagligen vandrat till skolan. Alla har vi haft en skolväg, även om …

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