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Social Ties and Immigrant Integration: Bridging and Bonding Ties in France and Sweden
Increased rates of immigration have led to rising concerns about integration in Europe. Social ties are often argued to promote integration by helping immigrants locate work and ho...
A health systems approach to evaluating the impact of midwifery-led person-centered comprehensive abortion care in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A mixed method and quasi experimental evaluation
Poor access to contraceptives, unintended pregnancies and subsequent unsafe induced abortion in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) result in the deaths of tens of thousands of wome...
Selection bias in ageing studies: novel statistical methods for analyses of incomplete datasets
While some people maintain good health during ageing, others experience a profound decline in their cognitive and physical abilities.Understanding how these abilities are related t...
Ecosystems of learning for urban sustainability transformations (TRANS-LEARN)
Research on spatial planning for urban sustainability transformations has highlighted the importance of local actors in catalyzing radical urban change through experimental project...
The relation between low employment quality, sickness absence and mental health: a register-based cohort study of the total working population in Sweden
BACKGROUND: The labour market is changing due to technological advances, weakening of trade unions and the increasing competitiveness in global markets.This has led to the emergenc...
PROACTIVITY – PROspective associations of ACTIVITY with obesity, physical fitness, and cardiometabolic health
Background: Physical activity (PA) during childhood has a myriad of well-established health benefits.However, there is a lack of longitudinal observational studies with device-base...
Scaling Up: Strategic and collaborative planning for handling mineral related land use conflicts in Swedish Sápmi
Transition to a sustainable society and implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals require access to renewable and mineral resources. Resource extraction has far-reachi...
Explaining gender differences in doctoral students’ performance and early career development in Sweden: A longitudinal and comparative study
The purpose of this project is to explain gender differences in doctoral students’ research performance and early career development in Sweden.Despite increasing female representat...
Planners as agents for the transition towards sustainable cities and regions – implications for future needs in expertise and education (PLANTS)
Climate change and environmental degradation are two of the most fundamental changes in our society.In order to achieve the goal of zero net emissions of CO2 by 2045, fundamental s...
Sustainable or segregated? Energy communities for a broad sustainable energy transition
The energy community (EC) concept is under development and has recently gained wide popularity among policy-makers.EC describes networks of local producers and consumers of energy...
“These children are us”— Historical Perspectives on the Repatriation and Integration of Scandinavian ISIS Children
The repatriation of Scandinavian mothers and their children born under the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) is a central unresolved societal and political concern in Sweden, Denmark a...
(re)Planning Nature-Based Solutions and Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Transformations
The aim of the project is to understand and facilitate the interplay of processes, actors, and tools across planning tiers to support Swedish spatial planning in integrating Nature...
UNDER: Geosystem services underneath for sustainable communities and improved spatial planning practices
Geosystem services (GS) are benefits derived by humans from the subsurface: the use of the subsurface to build and construct in and on, groundwater, energy and material extraction,...
Sleep-mediated impact of physical exercise training on metabolic health, mood, and well-being of type II diabetes subjects in Uppsala county
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most important public health challenges of this century.A rise type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), characterized by insulin resistance, is responsible...
The puzzles of smoking inequalities and social network dynamics among adolescents
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature mortality and morbidity globally. Although smoking prevalence is decreasing, smoking inequalities persist in Sweden as well as...
Transforming cities and towns to sustainable food systems through urban gardening
In this project, we will explore (a) how place-specific characteristics affect development (b) how different policy actors work to develop and mobilise urban gardening in a local c...
Prospects and barriers for sustainability in alternative housing
Often discussed under the umbrella term “collaborative housing”, it is frequently argued that alternative housing forms are well suited to address various sustainability challenges...
Urban proximity: to what and for whom? The long-term development and social distribution of sustainable accessibility in selected Swedish urban regions
Accessibility in terms of individuals’ possibilities to reach important amenities in everyday life such as jobs, services and leisure, is fundamental for individual’s quality of li...
On the design of sustainable cities: recycling, social norms and economic policies
The aim of this project is to investigate the role of social norms, convenience, and economic incentives in recycling in cities. We will propose policies that will promote pro-envi...
Admitted but not accommodated – Planning for sustainable housing for migrants with refugee backgrounds in times of changing migration policies
Housing plays a central role in the process of integrating refugees. A home offers stability, a place of resources in the city, which may serve as a platform for participating in s...