My current project is related to understanding how school and residential choices of parents are linked and how these two choices jointly affect school segregation. In my projects, I use population level Swedish micro-data.
Selcan Mutgan
Assistant Professor
My research primarily concerns spatial income inequality, and school and residential segregation.
Segregation research
My research primarily concerns spatial income inequality, and school and residential segregation.
Publications
2025
Ethnic preferences, opportunity structures, and the school segregation process
European Sociological Review, Vol. 42, p. 72-86
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf027
Seeking opportunity or socio-economic status? Housing and school choice in Sweden
Urban Studies, Vol. 62, p. 367-386
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00420980241257148
Can school closures decrease ethnic school segregation?: Evidence from primary and lower secondary schools in Stockholm, Sweden
Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 47, p. 404-427
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2023.2177549
2023
Income Inequality and Residential Segregation in "Egalitarian" Sweden: Lessons from a Least Likely Case
Sociological Science, Vol. 10, p. 348-373
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.15195/v10.a12
2021
Free to Choose?: Studies of Opportunity Constraints and the Dynamics of School Segregation
(Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary)
https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/9789179291020
