Eva Andersson
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Eva Andersson serves as a full professor at the Department of Human Geography at Stockholm University, Sweden. Her work concerns residential segregation from a human geographers’ perspective and is motivated by an interest in social inequality. Starting from the assessment of residential segregation, she has mainly been concerned with consequences of segregation. This involves research on contextual effects from living in an area, that is, the influence from a spatial surrounding on for instance, education, work and income. With the understanding of residential segregation as a variation in geographical context, she has conducted studies of segregation, contextual effects, housing, and residential mobility. Her latest projects include segregation of life course trajectories and the geography of vulnerability. She is a member of; the European Network for Housing Research, (ENHR) co-coordinating a working group on Disadvantaged Urban Neighbourhoods and Communities.
In September 2025, Eva Andersson joins the Paris IAS for a ten-month research fellowship where she holds the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Research Chair. This swedish foundation supports research in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Research topics
Urban and social geography; contextual and neighbourhood effects; residential and school segregation; social inequality; socio-economic career; housing; residential mobility; life course trajectories
On the significance of space. Spatial segregation and neighbourhood effects in a life course perspective
Space and place are increasingly important in a world of polarisation in values, attitudes and norms and inequality in opportunities. Many countries have a goal to increase social sustainability and here spatial segregation is considered a problem for such endeavours. Space and location are at the heart of social cohesion and integration, that are thought to foster social sustainability and counteract unrest, war, conflicts and crime as well as poverty, disadvantage and vulnerability. Many countries suffer from polarisation in mentioned values, attitudes and norms as well as in individuals’ opportunities.
How do spatial segregation and neighbourhood effects contribute to the polarization of values, attitudes, norms, and opportunities within contemporary societies, particularly in the context of social sustainability? In what ways can the theoretical frameworks of space, place, and context be developed and applied to better understand and address the challenges of spatial segregation and social polarization? What are the long-term impacts of spatial segregation on individuals’ life course trajectories, and how do these impacts vary across different social groups and places in polarized societies? The project challenges knowledge by using the significance of space and focusing on spatial segregation and neighbourhood effects in a life course perspective while studying polarisation.
Key publications
Eva Andersson, Ida Borg. "Trajectories of latent vulnerability and distress: Identifying social and spatial fringes of the Swedish population". Social Indicators Research. October 2023, 169(3), 993-1015.
Eva Andersson, Heleen Janssen, Maarten van Ham, Bo Malmberg. "Contextual poverty and obtained educational level and income in Sweden and the Netherlands: A multi-scale and longitudinal study". Urban Studies. 2023, 60(5):885-903.
Eva Andersson, Bo Malmberg. "Exploring life-course trajectories in local spatial contexts across Sweden". Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 2022, 113(2): 448-468.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2022.2105684
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