Gunnar Malmberg

Professor of Human Geography. Research on migration and population ageing.

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

gunnar.malmberg@umu.se

+46 90 786 54 95

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Professor at Department of Geography Section: Geography

Samhällsvetarhuset, Plan 2& 3 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Affiliated as professor at Centre for Demographic and Aging Research at Umeå University (CEDAR) Section: CEDAR Research

Norra Beteendevetarhuset, 4 tr, Umeå universitet Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

My research interests are population dynamics at national and regional level, focusing on migration, population ageing and geography of the family. I am PI for three research projects:

- Nearness of family - geographic proximity and care of older people in Sweden and Europe

- Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE-Sweden)

- SHARE-COVID-19 – daily activities among older people during the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe

Volunteering and instrumental support during the first phase of the pandemic in Europe: the significance of COVID-19 exposure and stringent country’s COVID-19 policy

BMC Public Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24, (1)

Lestari, Septi Kurnia; Eriksson, Malin; de Luna, Xavier; et al.

Who stays in their birthplace? The role of multigenerational local ties in young adults' staying behaviour

Population, Space and Place, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 30, (3)

Thomassen, Jonne A. K.; Lundholm, Emma; Malmberg, Gunnar

Sociodemographic factors and adjustment of daily activities during the COVID-19 pandemic – findings from the SHARE Corona Survey

Journal of Aging & Social Policy

Olofsson, Jenny; Fors Connolly, Filip; Malmberg, Gunnar; et al.

Frailty and types of social relationships among older adults in 17 European countries: A latent class analysis

Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Print), Vol. 101

Lestari, Septi K; Eriksson, Malin; de Luna, Xavier; et al.

Income inequality in Swedish municipalities 1986-2013: Development and regional patterns

CEDAR Working Papers, 2021:21

Edvinsson, Sören; Häggström Lundevaller, Erling; Malmberg, Gunnar; et al.

Adjustment of daily activities to restrictions and reported spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across Europe

SHARE Working Papers, 62-2021

Fors Connolly, Filip; Olofsson, Jenny; Malmberg, Gunnar; et al.

A longitudinal study on social support, social participation, and older Europeans' quality of life

SSM - Population Health, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 13

Lestari, Septi K.; de Luna, Xavier; Eriksson, Malin; et al.

Changes in the provision of instrumental support by older adults in nine European countries during 2004-2015: a panel data analysis

BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 20, (1)

Lestari, Septi K.; de Luna, Xavier; Eriksson, Malin; et al.

Income distribution in family networks by gender and proximity

Population, Space and Place, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 26, (7)

Lundholm, Emma; Sandow, Erika; Malmberg, Gunnar

Time and space in international migration

International migration, immobility and development: multidisciplinary perspectives, Routledge 2020 : 21-48

Malmberg, Gunnar

Young Adults’ Migration to Cities in Sweden: Do Siblings Pave the Way?

Demography, Springer 2020, Vol. 57 : 2221-2244

Mulder, Clara H.; Lundholm, Emma; Malmberg, Gunnar

Young adults' return migration from large cities in Sweden: The role of siblings and parents

Population, Space and Place, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 26, (7)

Mulder, Clara H.; Lundholm, Emma; Malmberg, Gunnar

Income inequality and old-age mortality in Sweden: do regional development and lagged effect matter?

Health and Place, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 64

Ng, Nawi; Häggström Lundevaller, Erling; Malmberg, Gunnar; et al.

Living alone and mortality among older people in Västerbotten County in Sweden: a survey and register-based longitudinal study

BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 20

Ng, Nawi; Santosa, Ailiana; Weinehall, Lars; et al.

Boomerang Behaviour and Emerging Adulthood: Moving Back to the Parental Home and the Parental Neighbourhood in Sweden

European Journal of Population, Springer 2020, Vol. 36, (5) : 919-945

Olofsson, Jenny; Sandow, Erika; Findlay, Allan; et al.

Is spatial mobility on the rise or in decline?: An order-specific analysis of the migration of young adults in Sweden

Population Studies, Taylor & Francis 2018, Vol. 72, (3) : 323-337

Kulu, Hill; Lundholm, Emma; Malmberg, Gunnar

Health disparities in Europe’s ageing population: the role of social network

Global Health Action, Vol. 11, (1)

Olofsson, Jenny; Padyab, Mojgan; Malmberg, Gunnar

The importance of geographical scale in explaining the return migration of young adults to the parental home and to the parental neighbourhood

CPC working papers, 85

Olofsson, Jenny; Sandow, Erika; Findlay, Allan; et al.

Äldre europeérs sociala nätverk

Utblick: Sverige i en internationell jämförelse, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2016 : 63-78

Olofsson, Jenny; Malmberg, Gunnar

Use of moist smokeless tobacco (snus) and the risk of development of alcohol dependence: a cohort study in a middle-aged population in Sweden.

Drug And Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 149 : 151-157

Norberg, Margareta; Malmberg, Gunnar; Ng, Nawi; et al.

Family Life Course and the Timing of Women's Retirement: a Sequence Analysis Approach

Population, Space and Place, John Wiley & Sons 2015, Vol. 21, (8) : 856-871

Svensson, Ingrid; Lundholm, Emma; De Luna, Xavier; et al.

Local Ties and Family Migration

Environment and planning A, Vol. 46, (9) : 2195-2211

Mulder, Clara; Malmberg, Gunnar

Do unequal societies cause death among the elderly?: a study of the health effects of inequality in Swedish municipalities, 2006

Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis 2013, Vol. 6, (1)

Edvinsson, Sören; Häggström Lundevaller, Erling; Malmberg, Gunnar

Neighbourhood inequality as a health risk: Empirical evidence from Swedish registers

The XXVII International Population Conference, Busan, Korea, August 26-31, 2013

Edvinsson, Sören; Häggström Lundevaller, Erling; Malmberg, Gunnar; et al.

Spatial Otherness and Places of Others: Urban and Rural Imaginaries in Sweden

Justice spatiale et politiques territoriales

Eriksson, Madeleine; Malmberg, Gunnar

Contrasting arctic and mainstream Swedish descriptions of Northern Sweden: the view from established domestic research

Arctic, Arctic Institute of North America 2013, Vol. 66, (3) : 351-365

Keskitalo, E Carina H; Malmberg, Gunnar; Westin, Kerstin; et al.

Life course socioeconomic position and mortality: A population register-based study from Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 41, (8) : 785-791

Padyab, Mojgan; Malmberg, Gunnar; Norberg, Margareta; et al.

Neoliberalization of housing in Sweden: gentrification, filtering, and social polarization

Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 102, (2) : 443-463

Hedin, Karin; Clark, Eric; Lundholm, Emma; et al.

Linnaeus: Alive and well

Global Health Action, Co-Action Publishing 2011, Vol. 4 : 5760-2

Bonita, Ruth; Brändström, Anders; Malmberg, Gunnar

Do unequal societies cause death and disease?: A study of the health effects on elderly of inequality in Swedish municipalities, 2006

Umeå: Umeå universitet 2011

Edvinsson, Sören; Malmberg, Gunnar; Häggström Lundevaller, Erling

Environment and planning A, Pion 2011, Vol. 43, (11) : 2589-2607

Mulder, Clara; Malmberg, Gunnar

Who is using snus? - Time trends, socioeconomic and geographic characteristics of snus users in the ageing Swedish population

BMC Public Health, London: BioMed Central 2011, Vol. 11 : 929-

Norberg, Margareta; Malmberg, Gunnar; Ng, Nawi; et al.

When will the Russians come?: On Post-Soviet immigration and integration in Sweden

International migration (Geneva. Print), Vol. 49, (4) : 93-117

Olofsson, Jenny; Malmberg, Gunnar

An empty land?: on population dynamics and ageing in a North European periphery

Europa Regional, Leipzig: Selbstverlag Leibnitz-Institut für Länderkunde 2010, Vol. 16, (4)

Malmberg, Gunnar

Longitudinal data for interdisciplinary ageing research: Design of the Linnaeus Database

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, SAGE 2010, Vol. 38, (7) : 761-767

Malmberg, Gunnar; Nilsson, Lars-Göran; Weinehall, Lars

Internal migration and socio-economic change in Laos.

Migration Letters, Birmingham, Alabama 35201 USA: MetaPress 2010, Vol. 7, (1) : 91-104

Phouxay, Kabmanivanh; Malmberg, Gunnar; Tollefsen, Aina

Place attachment and attitudes among young adults in rural and urban spaces

Hjort, Susanne; Malmberg, Gunnar; Westin, Kerstin

Between elderly parents and grandchildren: geographic proximity and trends in four generation families

Oxford Institute of Ageing Working Papers, 309

Lundholm, Emma; Malmberg, Gunnar

Between elderly parents and grandchildren: Geographic proximity and trends in four-generation families

Journal of Population Ageing, Springer Netherlands 2009, Vol. 2, (3-4) : 121-137

Lundholm, Emma; Malmberg, Gunnar

Demographic drivers and future forests

Malmberg, Gunnar

Adult children and elderly parents as mobility attractions in Sweden

Population, Space and Place, Wiley InterScience 2009, Vol. 15, (4) : 343-357

Pettersson, Anna; Malmberg, Gunnar

Agglomeration mobility: Effects of localisation, urbanisation, and scale on job changes

Environment and planning A, Pion 2008, Vol. 40 : 2419-2434

Eriksson, Rikard; Lindgren, Urban; Malmberg, Gunnar

Island gentrification & space wars: How's the market for island properties? Hysterical.

A world of islands: a island studies reader, Charlottetown, Canada: Institute of island studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada 2007 : 483-512

Clark, Eric; Johnson, Karin; Lundholm, Emma; et al.

Distance to elderly parents: Analyses of Swedish register data

Demographic Research, Vol. 17, (23) : 679-704

Malmberg, Gunnar; Pettersson, Anna

The attraction of the rural characteristics of rural migrants in Sweden

Scottish Geographical Journal, Vol. 122, (1) : 55-75

Hjort, Susanne; Malmberg, Gunnar

Gains and losses: - outcomes of interregional migration in the five Nordic countries

Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, Stockholm: Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi 2006, Vol. 88, (B1) : 35-48

Lundholm, Emma; Malmberg, Gunnar

The Attraction of the Rural - Characteristics of Rural Migrants in Sweden

Rural Migration in Sweden: a new green wave or a blue ripple?, Kulturgeografi, Umeå 2005 : -