Henrika Kangas is a research assistant at the Department of Urban Studies at Malmö University. Her research centers on housing, with a particular interest in the mechanisms that govern access – how it is obtained, to whom it is granted, and how allocation policies are organized within different welfare state contexts. In her role, she participates in ongoing research addressing housing provision and societal development, with key research areas including segregation, social sustainability, and housing inequality.
Henrika Kangas
Research Assistant
Publications
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Ekonomiskt stöd till ensamstående föräldrar : En litteraturöversikt… | report | 2025 |
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Kommunala verktyg för socialt hållbar bostadsförsörjning : Teoretiska… | report | 2025 |
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Why do Swedes Queue? : Investigating housing allocation… | thesis | 2024 |
Research Themes
The housing crisis has emerged as one of the most pressing societal challenges in recent decades. Global organizations—including the UN, the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the IMF—along with national policymakers, housing experts, and researchers, widely acknowledge the severity of this crisis. Rapidly growing regions face acute housing shortages, soaring costs, rising homelessness,…