Dr. Lina Olsson is an Associate Professor in Urban Studies and works as a researcher and teacher at the Department of Urban Studies, Malmö University. She is trained as an urbanplanner and has a PhD in Architecture, with experience in research and planning practice in Sweden. Departing from theories of urban political economy and urban justice, her research covers urban entrepreneurialism, regional development, and financialization of land, transport infrastructure, and urban development. Olsson is a member and co-founder of the research network Nordic Urban Political Economy (NUPE).
Publications
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Deconstructing the urban viewpoint : Exploring uneven regional… | article-journal | 2024 |
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Mobility justice or transit boosterism? The use of… | article-journal | 2024 |
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Lefebvre’s right to the city and a radical… | chapter | 2023 |
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Challenges of delivering TOD in low-density contexts :… | article-journal | 2022 |
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Kollektivtrafikorienterad bebyggelseplanering (KOB) i mindre tätorter och på… | report | 2022 |
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Transit Oriented Development (TOD) : A Literature Review | report | 2020 |
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Markvärdefinansiering av infrastruktur för kollektivtrafik | report | 2019 |
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The Neoliberalization of Municipal Land Policy in Sweden | article-journal | 2018 |
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The Collaborating Planner? : Practitioners in the Neoliberal… | review-book | 2014 |
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Stadens möjligheter : platser och stråk | report | 2012 |
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Den självorganiserade staden : appropriation av offentliga rum… | thesis | 2008 |
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Diaspora och kulturell identitet | article-journal | 2008 |
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Self-Oranised Spaces in the Periphery of Stockholm | chapter | 2008 |
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Rinkebys småbutiker | chapter | 2007 |
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,…
Green and Just Cities is a new theme within the IUR which aims to highlight and contribute to a deeper understanding of the physical geographical and ecological dimensions of urban justice. The theme provides a bridge between urban studies and environmental studies by examining the multiple ways the natural and built environments are co-constitutive, and…