The Department of Human Geography houses two disciplines, Human Geography and Human Ecology. The latter is organized as a division within the Department. Research in human geography addresses social, cultural, political and economic processes of change and their spatial expressions and consequences for people at different scales, whether local, regional or global. The Human Ecology Division applies an anthropological and inter-disciplinary definition of its research field. Research deals with human-environmental relations in different cultural contexts.

Research at the department is broad in scope, but rests on longstanding traditions within economic, social and cultural geography, and a growing specialization in development geography, and human ecology. Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing is increasingly integrated in the above research areas.

Research at the department benefits from having all of these interfaces in-house and combines tradition with renewal, building on strengths as well as exploring emerging areas of inquiry. Much of our research also tackles issues of societal relevance, reflected by topics such as uneven development, gentrification and housing, segregation, migration, innovation, sustainability and sustainability transitions, development, urbanization and responses to climate change. Our research thereby lies at the interface between society and space, and investigates the processes that underpin societal change at various and interdependent scales.

Empirically our expertise stretches from a strong grounding in Sweden and the Nordic countries to Europe and Africa, South and South East Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Researchers employ a variety of complementary methodological approaches that are quantitative, qualitative as well as mixed methods, including GIS and remote sensing. Our ambition is to contribute to the theoretical, empirical and methodological development and scholarly debates within the subjects of human geography and human ecology at national and international levels.

Geografiska aspekter på kulturella, ekonomiska och ekologiska förlopp på global, nationell, regional och lokal nivå. Kultur- och bebyggelselandskapets historia, studier av urbaniserings- och befolkningsfrågor i modern tid. Lokaliseringsfrågor, kommunikationer och organisationsformer inom svenskt näringsliv och offentlig förvaltning. Organisationsformer, landsbygdsutveckling samt allmänna utvecklings- och förändringsprocesser i Tredje Världen. Utveckling av tidsgeografiskt synsätt för analyser och beskrivningar av skilda samhällsförlopp. Geografisk informationsbehandling - GIS. Genusfrågor.