Research output per year
Research output per year
Oskar Jonsson, Joakim Frögren, Maria Haak, Björn Slaug, Susanne Iwarsson
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
While accessible housing is known as important to promote healthy ageing, the societal issue of providing accessible housing for the ageing population bears the characteristics of a “wicked problem”. The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of crucial variables for decision-making about the provision of accessible housing for the ageing population in Sweden. Materials used for a deductive content analysis were elicited through a research circle involving three researchers and twelve non-academic representatives. Brown and colleagues’ conceptual five-dimension framework to address wicked problems was used for the understanding of crucial variables in decision-making about housing provision. The findings show that such reasoning is dominated by the socioeconomic dimension. Findings in the biophysical dimension reveal well-known challenges pertaining to the definition and interpretation of the concept of accessibility and its operationalization. The dimensions are intertwined in a complex manner, which is essential for effective and efficient decision-making. The findings could make decision-makers aware of the diversity of individual thinking involved when addressing this wicked problem. Acting upon the crucial variables identified in this study could contribute to progressive decision-making and more efficient ways to develop and provide accessible housing to promote health ageing.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1169 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)
Iwarsson, S. (PI), Jonsson, O. (Researcher), Slaug, B. (Researcher), Schmidt, S. (Project coordinator), Haak, M. (Researcher), Olander, S. (Researcher), Skogh, E. (Project communication officer) & Frögren, J. (Research student)
2018/01/01 → 2021/12/31
Project: Research
Iwarsson, S. (PI), Edberg, A.-K. (Researcher), Dahlin-Ivanoff, S. (Researcher), Goodwin, J. (Researcher), Haak, M. (Researcher), Hanson, E. (Researcher), Jonsson, O. (Researcher), Jönson, H. (Researcher), Lamura, G. (Researcher), Lood, Q. (Researcher), Magnusson, L. (Researcher), Schmidt, S. (Researcher), Slaug, B. (Researcher), Westergren, A. (Researcher), Frögren, J. (Research student), Etzerodt Laustsen, C. (Research student), Kylén, M. (Researcher), Hultqvist, S. (Researcher), Barenfeld, E. (Researcher), Berge, I. (Research student), Andersson, S. (Researcher) & Malm, C. (Research student)
Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (Forte)
2017/01/01 → 2023/12/31
Project: Research