Kristin Aarland

Research projects

• A Fair Chance? How Geography Shapes Life Opportunities (FAIR)

  The project addresses how the spatial context in which people live during different stages of their lives shape their life prospects and socioeconomic outcomes.

• Disadvantaged in the Housing Market: Effects of Public Interventions (DISADVANTEGED)

  This project aims to evaluate all major social housing policy instruments in Norway, aimed at helping disadvantaged individuals to better and more stable housing.

• Housing Market and Housing Policy in Norway – an International Comparison

  In this project the researchers compare central features of the Norwegian housing market and housing policy with those of Sweden, Denmark, Austria, UK, the Netherlands and Germany.

• HOUSINGWEL – Centre for Housing and Welfare Research

  HOUSINGWEL aims to be a hub for research on housing and welfare in Norway.

• Income Dynamics and Housing Allowances

  In this project, we aim to supplement the knowledge of the role non-taxable incomes play in the budgets of low-income receivers of housing allowances.

• Refinancing through the Starter Mortgage Programme – Does it Affect the Subsequent Housing Career?

  In this project the researchers investigate how persons who receive refinancing through the starter mortgage programme fare.

• Social Inequality and Housing over the Life Course: Good Choices or Lucky Outcomes?

  The project studies the interplay between housing and other dimensions of social inequality.