Ida Borg Researcher
Contact
Name and title: Ida BorgResearcher
Mail: ida.borg@humangeo.su.se
Phone: +468164850
ORCID0000-0002-9214-0152 Länk till annan webbplats.
Workplace: Department of Human Geography Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Room X 333Svante Arrhenius väg 8
Postal address Kulturgeografiska institutionen106 91 Stockholm
About me
I am a researcher at the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University. I am currently involved in two major research projects funded by the Swedish Research Council, both of which address aspects of housing, urban transformation, and segregation.
The first project, for which I am the PI, “Renovation, Privatisation, and Conversion in the Rental Sector – What Are the Consequences?” (2022–2026), explores three key transformations affecting Sweden’s rental housing market: the conversion of public rental units into tenant-owned apartments, the sale of public housing to private landlords, and large-scale renovations of rental buildings. The project examines how these processes influence patterns of residential mobility, neighbourhood change, and urban segregation. Using nationwide, longitudinal individual-level data and focusing on households moving in and out of affected areas, the project aims to uncover how these housing market changes shape urban inequality and social mixing. See more about this project on this link (coming soon!)
The second project, “Segregation Across Scales: The Role of Intergenerational Transmission, Residential Mobility, and Housing Construction” (2023–2029), is a comparative research program that examines the causes and consequences of segregation in Sweden and the Netherlands. It investigates how segregation operates at different spatial scales – from local neighbourhoods to larger urban areas – and how mechanisms such as new housing construction, residential moves, and intergenerational patterns contribute to its persistence.
In addition to my current research, I have participated in several completed projects that addressed key issues related to housing policy, spatial segregation, and social inequality. Below is a brief overview of these past research initiatives.
“Adequate housing conditions – the role of housing benefits in Sweden and abroad”
This project examined the effectiveness of housing benefits in addressing inadequate housing conditions across European countries. It explored how national rental market regulations and broader welfare systems shaped the design and impact of housing benefits. Using comparative surveys and macro-level data, the project investigated why poor housing conditions persist despite generous housing support in some contexts.
“The Neighbourhood Revisited – Spatial polarisation and social cohesion in contemporary Sweden”
This research program investigated how spatial polarisation contributed to societal divides in values, lifestyles, and social cohesion. It focused on neighbourhoods as spaces for social interaction, identity formation, and the building of social capital. The research program analysed how people with similar life-course trajectories clustered in particular areas, how neighbourhood context influenced attitudes, and how early residential environments shaped later life outcomes.
“Spatial integration and segregation – Disadvantaged groups in Sweden in the 2000s”
This project examined the impact of spatial segregation on the life trajectories of vulnerable groups in Sweden during the 2000s. It utilised register data and life-course methods to identify patterns of vulnerability and assess how residential environments influenced individuals' opportunities and risks. The project also investigated the role of housing policy, neighbourhood context, and spatial integration in shaping social outcomes.
“Vulnerability in longitudinal data – A geographical perspective”
This project addressed growing spatial inequalities in living conditions in Sweden, especially in metropolitan areas. It aimed to clarify the mechanisms behind the spatial sorting of vulnerable groups and the social consequences of increasing geographic polarisation. The analysis focused on how disadvantaged populations fared in the housing market over time and how policy changes affected spatial integration and exclusion.
Population, Environment and Landscape Change, 7.5 HECs | Housing, Segregation and Moves 7.5 HECs |
Social Science Methods and Research Design in Human Geography, 7.5 HECs | Bachelor´s Thesis in Human Geography, 15 HECs |
Applications in Human Geography, 30 HECs (Course responsibility; 7,5 HECs) | GIS and Spatial Analysis I, 7.5 HECs |
Geographical Information Analysis I, 7.5 HECs | Geographical Information Analysis II, 7.5 HECs |
Social Science Methods and Research Design in Urban and Regional Planning, 7.5 HECs | Bachelor´s Thesis in Urban and Regional Planning, 15 HECs |
Intelligence Analysis for Policy and Business with specialisation in Human Geography (not given any longer). | Urban and Regional Planning II, Scientific Approaches, Sources and Methods |
Urban and Regional Planning III, Social Science Theory and Method – Focus Planning | Theory and Method in Globalisation, Environment and Social Change, 15 HECs |
Graduate level:
- Segregation Neighbourhood Effects and Housing Planning
- Advanced Methods in Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning 15 HECs
- Guest lecturer at The Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) Master´s Programme in Computational Social Science course: Inequality and Segregation: Theory and Measurement 7,5 HECs (lecture and seminar three years in a row).
- Supervisor of Master's Theses
Peer-reviewed articles
Gustafsson, J., & Borg, I. (2025). Residualisation Localised: Suburban Poverty Trends in Malmö’s Rental Market. Tidsskrift for Boligforskning, 8(1), 40–60. https://doi.org/10.18261/tfb.8.1.4
Andersson, E. K., & Borg, I. (2023). Trajectories of Latent Vulnerability and Distress: Identifying Social and Spatial Fringes of the Swedish Population. Social Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03173-y
Nelson, K., Borg, I., Nieuwenhuis, R., & Alm, S. (2023). The political determinants of housing benefits. European Sociological Review, 39(1), 104–117. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcac042
Borg, I., Kawalerowicz, J., & Andersson, E. K. (2022). Socio-spatial stratification of housing tenure trajectories in Sweden – A longitudinal cohort study. Advances in Life Course Research, 52, 100467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2022.100467
Borg, I. (2019). Universalism lost? The magnitude and spatial pattern of residualisation in the public housing sector in Sweden 1993–2012. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 34(2), 405–424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-018-09638-8
Borg, I., & Brandén, M. (2017). Do high levels of home-ownership create unemployment? Introducing the missing link between housing tenure and unemployment. Housing Studies, Journal Article, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2017.1358808
Borg, I. (2015). Housing Deprivation in Europe: On the Role of Rental Tenure Types. Housing, Theory and Society, 32(1), 73–93. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2014.969443
Book chapters
Borg, I., & Guio, A.-C. (2021). 12. Improving our knowledge of housing conditions at the EU level (pp. 203–216). Publications Office of the European Union. https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-197913 Link to full text
Fritzell, J., Hertzman, J., Bäckman, O., Borg, I., Ferrarini, T., Nelson, K. (2014) ‘Sweden: Increasing Income Inequalities and Changing Social Relations’, in Nolan, B., Salverda, W., Checchi, D., Marx, I., McKnight, A., György Tóth, I., van de Werfhorst, H. (eds.) Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries. Thirty Countries' Experiences. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Books
Borg, I. (2018). Housing, poverty and the welfare state: Spatial distribution of tenure types and its effects on housing deprivation, unemployment and residualisation. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-159348
Reports
Fritzell Johan, Bacchus Hertzmann Jennie, Bäckman Olof, Borg Ida, Ferrarini Tommy, Nelson Kenneth (2014). Country Report on Growing Inequality and Its Impacts in Sweden. GINI: Growing Inequalities Impact, Amsterdam http://www.gini-research.org/articles/cr-sweden
Stenberg S-Å, Kjellbom P, Borg I, Sonmark K (2011). Varför vräks barn fortfarande? [Why are children still evicted?] Report for Ministry of Health and Social Affairs Dnr S2010/4139/FST
Media and other press
Kihlanki, H and Borg, I. (2016) Verkliga röster i debatten om svarthandel med hyreskontrakt – att tala med och inte om köpare [Real voices in the debate on black market rental contracts. To talk with and not about the buyers] PLAN, no 2, pp 44-47
Borg, I (2013). Bostadspolitiken och hyressektorn i Europa. Fronesis nr 42-43 Stockholm: Tidskriftsföreningen Fronesis
Stenberg, S.-Å., Kjellbom, P., Borg, I. & Sonmark, K. (2012). Nu är det 2012 och barn vräks fortfarande: i DN-debatt 2012-01-02. Dagens Nyheter.
Stenberg, S.-Å., Kjellbom, P., Borg, I. & Sonmark, K. (2011). Mer prat än verkstad från regeringen om vräkta barn: i DN Debatt 2011-12-24. Dagens Nyheter.
Population Association of America, PAA. Presenting paper: Socio-spatial stratification of housing tenure trajectories in Sweden – A longitudinal cohort study. Digital presentation, April 2022
European Network for Housing Research, ENHR. Presenting paper: The political determinants of housing benefits. Digital presentation, September 2021
Collaborative housing research seminar (Forum för bostadsforskning, FBS). Presenting paper: Housing tenure trajectories in Sweden. Digital presentation, March 2021.
European Network for Housing Research, ENHR. Presenting paper: Housing tenure trajectories in Sweden. Athens, Greece, 27-30th of August 2019
European Network for Housing Research, ENHR. Presenting paper: Improving our knowledge of housing conditions at the EU level. Uppsala, Sweden, 26-29th of June 2018
Net-SILC3 Conference and Workshop. International Conference on “Comparative EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions”. Presenting paper: Improving our knowledge of housing conditions at the EU-level, in Athens, Greece, 18-20 April 2018.
European Network for Housing Research, ENHR. Presenting paper: Residualisation of public housing in Sweden. Tirana, Albania, September 4-6, 2017
Nordic Geographers Meeting (NGM) Organised session H3 "Housing market change and housing construction in the 21st century: Segregation, inequality, public housing, marketisation, gentrification". Stockholm, June 2017. Presented paper: Residualisation of public housing in Sweden in the same session.
European Network for Housing Research, ENHR. Presenting paper: Labour market matching and home-owning sector size. Lisbon, Portugal, June 29 -July 2, 2015.
American Association of Geographers, AAG conference. Presenting paper: Worker mobility and the housing market: New approaches to the size of the rental and owner-occupied sectors and their consequences for labour. Chicago, USA April 21 -25, 2015
Conference and seminar organising:
Collaborative housing research seminar (Forum för bostadsforskning, FBS). Organising a digital seminar on “Sharing economy and housing” in September 2021, Stockholm.
Collaborative housing research seminar (Forum för bostadsforskning, FBS). Organising (and participating in) a digital seminar on “The role of the rental sector” in March 2021, Stockholm.
Collaborative housing research seminar (Forum för bostadsforskning, FBS). Organising a digital seminar on “Creative tenure types” in September 2020, Stockholm.
Nordic Geographers Meeting (NGM) Organised session H3 "Housing market change and housing construction in the 21st century: Segregation, inequality, public housing, marketisation, gentrification". Together with Professor Eva Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2017
