Kort om
Lena Magnusson Turner is a professor in urban and social geography. Her research focuses on residential mobility and life course, segregation and housing choice, geography and social justice and on urban and housing models.
In 1994, she completed her Ph.D. thesis in social and economic geography, about residential vacancy chain. Later she has been involved in research on housing careers and economic progress for immigrants, housing preferences and demand sensitive rent setting, social cohesion and poverty, household mobility on tight housing markets, conversion of public housing and residualisation on the housing market. Lena Magnusson Turner has been the Swedish partner in the project “Study on housing and exclusion: welfare policies, housing provision and labour market” financed by the European Commission, and member in the Nordic project “Nordic welfare states and the dynamics and effects of ethnic segregation” financed by NORFACE. Lena Magnusson Turner has been a member of the ENHR Coordination Committee since 2008. Since 2010, she works at NOVA, Oslo and Oslo University. At present she leads the research project ”Social Inequality and housing over the life course: good chances or lucky outcomes?” financed by the Research Council of Norway.
Fagområder
Vitenskapsdisipliner
Demografi, Samfunnsgeografi
Emner
Kvantitative forskningsmetoder, Boligmarked, Demografi, Sosial ulikhet, Urbane studier, Samfunnsgeografi, Byforskning
Forskningsprosjekter
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Sosial ulikhet og bolig i et livsløpsperspektiv - flaks eller dyktighet?
Sosial ulikhet har betydning for hvilke valgmuligheter ulike familier har på boligmarkedet og hvor man ender opp med å bo.
- UPMIN - Innvandreres arbeidsmarkedstilknytning i Norge: betydningen av institusjonelle og kontekstuelle faktorer
- Oikonet
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Neighbourhoods at risk: Residential mobility and neighbourhood tipping
Tema for prosjektet er samspillet mellom nabolagets utvikling over tid, og individuelle flyttebeslutninger.
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Boligbehov og ubalanser i storby
Prosjektet Boligbehov og ubalanser i storby skal bidra til å utvikle ny kunnskap om boligbehov og befolkningsutviklingen. Målet er å utvikle et verktøy for å lette kommunenes bolig- og arealplanlegging. Ulike grupper prioriterer egen bolig ulikt, og tre grupper gis spesiell oppmerksomhet.
- Bo bra på äldre dar
- Bomiljø, bosetting, integrering
- På jakt etter hotspots. Den svenska landsbygdens ojämna urbanisering
Publikasjoner og forskningsresultater
Vitenskapelige publikasjoner
Magnusson Turner, Lena; Östh, John (2020). Trap or opportunity—What role does geography play in the use of cash for childcare?. 15 s. Population, Space and Place.
Galster, George; Magnusson Turner, Lena (2019). Status Aversion, Attraction and Discrepancy as Drivers of Neighborhood Selection. City & Community .
Nordvik, Viggo; Magnusson Turner, Lena; Friedrichs, Jürgen (2019). Neighbourhood Poverty And Individual Earnings: Tales Of Two (Norwegian) Cities. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie.
Magnusson Turner, Lena; Wessel, Terje
(2019).
Housing market filtering in the Oslo region:pro-market housing policies in a Nordic welfare state context.
International journal of housing policy
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http://hdl.handle.net/10852/68581
Wessel, Terje; Magnusson Turner, Lena; Nordvik, Viggo (2018). Population dynamics and ethnic geographies in Oslo: the impact of migration and natural demographic change on ethnic composition and segregation. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment . Vol. 33.
Galster, George; Turner, Lena Magnusson (2017). Status discrepancy as a driver of residential mobility: Evidence from Oslo. Environment and planning A . Vol. 49.
Sandlie, Hans Christian; Turner, Lena Magnusson; Nordvik, Viggo (2016). Boligmarkeder og boligkarrierer. Frønes, Ivar; Kjølsrød, Lise (Red.). Det norske samfunn, bind 1.. Kapittel 8. s. 179-201. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Nordvik, Viggo; Turner, Lena Magnusson
(2015).
Survival and Exits in Neighbourhoods: A Long-Term Analyses.
Housing Studies
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Vol. 30.
http://hdl.handle.net/10642/3203
Turner, Lena Magnusson; Andersson, Roger (2014). Segregation, gentrification, and residualisation: from public housing to market driven housing allocation in inner city Stockholm. European Journal of Housing Policy . Vol. 14.
Turner, Lena Magnusson; Hedman, Lina (2014). Linking Integration and Housing Career: A Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Groups in Sweden. Housing Studies . Vol. 29.
