Regional science is a field concerned with analytical approaches to problems that are specifically urban, rural, or regional. Topics include but are not limited to location theory or spatial economics, location modeling, transportation, migration analysis, land use and urban development, interindustry analysis, environmental and ecological analysis, resource management, urban and regional policy analysis, geographical information systems, and spatial data analysis.
Charlotta Hedberg does research in migration. At the Anniversary, she is installed as a professor.
Forte gives 970,000 kr for a project on competence provision for social services in sparsely populated areas
Having social ties to highly educated colleagues increases the chances of getting a better paid position.