Presentation

Martin Grander is an associate professor (Docent) in Urban studies at Malmö University. Grander's research is mainly related to in Housing and he is especially interested in the relation between housing and the wider welfare state.

Martin Grander is the director of the national research environment Studies in Housing and Welfare comprising around 20 researchers from different disciplines and a number of research projects and programmes. Connected to the environment, Grander is also the director of the Housing and Welfare Research Network. He is the project leader of several large research projects, funded by national funding agenices such as Formas, as well as public authorties and private and public housing companie (see list below). He is currently one of the coordinators for the working group Comparative Housing Research in the European Network of Housing Research (ENHR).

Grander is an experienced Swedish researcher and teacher within housing and urban studies and an often-appointed expert and lecturer on housing policy, social aspects of housing provision, segregation and the role of housing tenures. Grander has many years of experience in national and transnational projects connecting researchers and practitioners, often with the aim of creating knowledge crucial for societal change.