Hannu Ruonavaara
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Department of Social Research hanruona@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9942-6858 |
Areas of expertise
Housing; housing policy; residential segregation; neighbour relations; social theory; historical sociology
Housing; housing policy; residential segregation; neighbour relations; social theory; historical sociology
Biography
I am Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Turku. I have worked at different teaching posts in the same university from 1986 to 2024, since 2010 as Professor of Sociology. I have also been a Docent of Sociology of Housing at my home university since 1995 and a guest professor in Sociology with specialization on housing and social theory at Uppsala University, Sweden (2019-2024). I am the editor-in-chief of the international journal Housing, Theory and Society.
Research
As Professor Emeritus I continue to reflect and research on issues concerning housing and housing policy. My current intrests include residential segregation, neighbour relations, housing policy change and the process of housing acquisition.
Teaching
As professor emeritus I have no teaching duties. Howeve, I have given invited lectures in courses taught by others. I am also supervising two doctoral dissertations.
Publications 
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- Preventing, curing, mitigating: Anti-segregation policies in urban Finland (2025)
- Cities
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - An idea that refuses to die. Rise, fall and resurgence of "housing class" (2024)
- Housing Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Conflicting regional policy goals: accessibility and segregation in the Helsinki metropolitan area (2024)
- Urban, planning and transport research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Introduction to the Special Issue: The View from Housing - The Contributions of Housing Research to Social and Behavioural Theory (2024)
- Critical Housing Analysis
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal) - Objectives and Barriers to Promoting Social Housing Policy in Urban Finland (2024)
- Tidsskrift for boligforskning
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Asuntokannan sekoittaminen alueellisen eriytymisen ehkäisykeinona : Analyysi Suomen 20 suurimmasta kaupungista (2023)
- Yhteiskuntapolitiikka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Awareness of segregation in a welfare state: a Finnish local policy perspective (2023)
- Housing Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Neighbours around the world: An international look at the people next door, edited by Lynda Cheshire
Bingley, Emerald Publishing, 2022 (Book Review) (2023)- Journal of Urban Affairs
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Bridging Economics and Sociology in Housing Research (2022)
- Housing, Theory and Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Läsnäoloa, auttamista, pihanhoitoa ja asukastoimintaa ‒ ikääntyvien asukkaiden kokemuksia naapuruston voimavarana toimimisesta (2022)
- Gerontologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Moral regulation as status politics: A critical reconstruction of Joseph R. Gusfield's theory (2022)
- Journal of Classical Sociology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Anatomy of Neighbour Relations (2022)
- Sociological Research Online
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kodinomistuksen myyttiä murtamassa (2021)
- Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Rural-Urban Migration Pathways and Residential Segregation in the Helsinki Region (2021)
- Finnish Yearbook of Population Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Asuntopolitiikkaa Euroopassa- Mitä voimme oppia? (2020) Hannu Ruonavaara, Hanna Kettunen, Elina Sutela, Hanna Tyvelä
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Rent regulation in 21st century Europe. Comparative perspectives (2020)
- Housing Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Rethinking Jim Kemeny's Theory of Housing Regimes (2020)
- Housing, Theory and Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Rethinking the concept of ‘housing regime’ (2020)
- Critical Housing Analysis
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Thinking of the development of housing policy (2019) International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China, Ruonavaara Hannu
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Author’s Reply (2018)
- Housing, Theory and Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
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