Positions
1998: Professor of economics, esp. real estate economics, Uppsala University:
1994 - : Chair of Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF), Uppsala University;
1994: Associate professor, Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF), Uppsala University;
1980 - 1994: Research fellow, the National Swedish Institute for Building research (SIB), Gävle, Sweden;
1970 - 1980: Department of Economics, University of Lund, Sweden (teaching and research positions).

Visiting Positions
2000 - University of Hong Kong (external examiner).
1996: University of California at Berkeley;

Editorial Work
Journal of Housing Economics: member of the editorial board;
Netherlands Journal of Housing and the Built Environment: member of the editorial board;
European Journal for Housing Policy: (founding) member of the management board;
Lithuanian Real Estate Journal: member of the advisory board.

Tutorial Experiences (doctoral theses) - finished and ongoing
- Stefan Toll (on financial economics) - finished;
- Barot Bharat (on macroeconomic modelling) - finished;
- Cecilia Enström (on housing economics)- ongoing;
- Jakob Winstrand (on financial economics) - ongoing;
- Ina Blind - omgoing.

Teaching
Wide teaching experience, e.g. in courses on Housing and Urban Theory at C/D level at Department of Economics at Uppsala University (1997 - 2002) and on courses in Housing in Developing Countries at Lund University (1999)

Faculty Opponent
- Jan Brzeski: "Rental Apartment Trade-ins in Resale Home Transactions", Real Estate Section at University of Stockholm.
- Kicki Björklund: "Real Estate Economics", at Royal Institute for Technology.
- Mikael Atterhög: "The Effect of Competition and Ownership Policies on the Housing market", at Royal Institute for Technology, Stockholm.

Administrative Work within the University Sector
- Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University: Department Chair, since the start in 1994;
- European Network for Housing Research (ENHR): founder and Chair since the beginning in 1988 > http://www.ibf.uu.se/enhr/;
- ENHR Housing Finance Working Group: coordinator jointly with Prof. Christine M. E. Whitehead, LSE, since 1991;
- Initiator and Coordinator of the "International Research Conference on Housing Policy", Gävle in June 1986 and a "follow up" in 2000 in Gävle under the auspices of ENHR (see above);
- Member of the organizing committee for numerous housing conferences (e.g. in Amsterdam 1988, Paris 1990. Budapest 1998 and Tirana in 2003;
- Initiator and organiser of the symposium "Bostadsveckan" (the Housing Week), which is an annual conference event with over 400 participants.
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala Universty: department Chair, 1 May - 31 October 2005.

Board Membership
- Division of Continuing Education at Uppsala University: Chair, Advisory Board. 2001 - ;
- Child Cancer Foundation: Chair of the Finance Committee, 2002 - ;
- Gävle GIS Institut: member of the board 2000- ;
- European Housing Forum (EHF): chair in 2000 and organizer of a EU expert meetings in Finland and in Sweden;
- Statistics Sweden (SCB): Chair of the Committee on Housing and Building Statistics, 1994 - ;
- State Mortgage Bank (SBAB): member of the advisory board 1992 - ;
- Nordic Housing Research Forum (NSBB): Swedish member of the board 1996 - .

Board Membership - Others
- Swedish Housing Authority: member of the "Housing Market Commit-tee" (a meeting place for researchers, administrators and industrial rep-resentatives in the housing sector), 1991 - 2001;
- Tenants Association: member of the research committee, 1990 - 1993.
- Association of Housing Research Institutes in the Nordic countries: board member 1990 - 1994;
- National Association of Realtors in USA: member of consulting board to the East European Real Property Foundation, June 1993 - 1995;
- Centre for Housing Management and Development, University of Wales, Cardiff: member of Research Advisory Board since October 1995.

Consultancies
- Swedesurvey: consulting work in South Africa in 2000;
- Building Ministry in China: expert and consultant in 1999;
- World Bank: consultant on a mission to the Baltic republics in January/February 1992 and in 1995. Consulting work in Moldova in 1998;
- ECE: Consultant work on housing indicators in 1993 and continued during spring 1995 in cooperation with USAID, World Bank and Habitat;
- Nordic Council of Ministers: expert in a project on housing policy in the Nordic countries - 1994 and on social housing in 2002. Responsible for a project on Property Rights in the Baltic republics June 1993 - October 1995 and on housing finance in 1993;
- The Danish Mortgage Bank: expert commitment in 1994;
- Swedish Savings Bank: report on the future finance and credit policy in Sweden (1994);
- Hungarian Building Research Institute (EGSZI) and to the Hungarian Departments of Housing and Finance: expert;
- ECE: housing forecasts in Europe - Turner (1988), and on housing market aspects on Eastern Europe - Turner (1990);
- OECD: Expert position in 1979 and 1984.

Consultancies - Others
- Association of Municipal housing Companies: e.g. projects on the fu-ture of public housing and specifically on rent setting and studies of housing preferences (1990 - 2002);
- Expert to the Road Authority and to the Energy Authority on economic compensations for environmental impacts 2000 - ;
- Expert to the city of Stockholm in legal processes on rent setting and leasehold 2001;
- Tenants Association: consultant in a project on rent setting and further projects on rental housing policy in an international perspective;
- Private Landlord Association: e.g. a research project on options to re-form the present housing finance system. A project on the options for a rent control lift in Sweden, etc.

Participation in Swedish Governmental Commissions
- Evaluation of the Tax and Housing Finance Reform - in cooperation with Prof. Patric Hendershott, Ohio State University and Prof. Peter Englund at Uppsala University (1996);
- Commission on Property Taxes in Sweden - December 1990 to January 1992): chair of commission;
- Medium Term Survey within the building sector, Head of team, under the auspices of the Department of Finance (1988 - 1992).

Participation in Swedish Governmental Commissions - Expert Positions
- Commission on Homelessness (2001);
- Commission on Mass Appraisal (2000);
- Commission on Housing Allowances (2000);
- Commission on Social Housing Policy (1999);
- Commission on Taxation (1998);
- Commission on Housing Policy in Sweden (1995 - 1998);
- Expert Group on Public Economics, under the Department of Finance, on housing subsidies and consumer welfare (1994);
- Commission on Savings in a National Context - 1989;
- Commission on Maintenance problems and rent legislation 1989;
- Housing Policy Commissions 1983-1986.

Miscellaneous
- Member of the board of the municipal housing company in Gävle, "Gavlegårdarna AB" since 1999 and Chair of the company "Hyresbostäder" approx 1992-1996;
- Founding partner of Metropolitan Research Institute (MRI) in Hungary (until 1999);
- Hobby activity: furniture and cabinet making;
- Winner of the competition "National Science fair International" in Sweden ("Unga Forskare") on a report on the "Hearing of Beatles" (entomology), 1965. 

A third research field is the Swedish version of rent control. Work emphasises the dynamics of rent setting in different markets in Sweden: markets with ex-cess demand as well as markets with an excess supply of rented dwellings. Rent setting in price leading municipal housing companies is analysed, as well as the interaction with price taking private rented sector landlords.

Consulting work is also done on stated preferences with an aim to find out how a rent structure should look like, would household preferences and households willingness-to-pay be crucial.

Finally, a large international, comparative project has just started, The objec-tive is to analyse the interaction between rent constrained public rental sectors and unregulated private rental sectors. The project will result in a report for Homer Hoyt Foundation in USA.

Turner, Bengt and Stephen Malpezzi (2003) "A Review of Empirical Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Rent Control, Swedish Economic Policy Review, 10 (refereed)

Turner, B. (2003) "Hyressättning under osäkerhet - historien om snickare Bomans missionshus" (Rent setting under uncertainty - the story about carpenter Boman´s chapel), Planera bygga bo, nr 2: 28-29.

Fransson, U., G. Rosenqvist och B, Turner (2002) Hushållens värdering av egenskaper i bostäder och bostadsområden (household preferences for housing attributes), Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning, Research Report 2002:1.

Malpezzi, S., and B. Turner (2002) "Rent Control: A World View", Working Draft, November 2, 2002 (presented at the Rent Control Conference in Stockholm).

Turner, B. (2000) "Lägeshyror på hyresmarknaden - en jämförelse med bostadsrättsmarknaden" (Location sensitive rent - a comparison with the tenant-coperative sector), i SOU 2000:33, pp. 169 -- 196.

Turner, B., (1996) "Effekterna av en marknadsanpassad hyra" (Implications of a market-adapted rent), i Antoni, N. (red.) Hyra på marknaden, Hyresgästernas Riksförbund, Stockholm, pp. 99-125.

Berger, T., R. Jonsson and B. Turner (1994) "What Determines Rents in Public Housing in Sweden?", Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research, 11: 95-111.

Turner, B., T. Berger and T. Waller (1992) "A Microsimulation Model of Distributional and Dynamic Effects of a Rent Control Lift in Sweden", Netherland Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Vol 7, No 1:83-100.

Turner, B. (1992) Hyrornas marknadsanpassning - en jämförelse med bostadsrättssektorn (Market adaptation of rents - a comparison with the cooperative sector). Rapport till utvärderingen av bruksvärdessystemet. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet, Ds 1992:74.

Work is done jointly with the Land Surveyor in Sweden on regional commercial real estate markets. The aim is to understand which factors explain regional differences in price level and price development in Sweden. Work is concentrated on commercial property and multi-family houses. The project is also funded by the Swedish Council for Building Research and regional actors. At present, various GIS applications are under scrutiny (jointly with Lennart Berg, Department of Economics at Uppsala University, Gunnar Rosenqvist, Helsinki School of Economics and John Clapp, USA).

Turner, B., (2000), "Hyreshusens överlåtelsepriser - en studie av prisbildningen" (Transaction prices for rented houses - a study of the price formation) i T. Lind (red.), Prisbildning och värdering av fastigheter: var står svensk forskning?, En antologi om svensk bostadsekonomisk forskning, Research Report, 2000:4, Institutet för bostadsforskning.

Turner, B., (1998) "Vad bestämmer hyreshusens överlåtelsepriser? - en ekonometrisk analys av prisbildningen andra halvåret 1995 till och med första halvåret 1997" (Transaction prices for rented houses - an econometric study of the price formation in 1995 and up 1997), i Fastighetsmarknaden i dag, Prisnivåer, trender, analyser hösten 1998. LMV-rapport 1998:2, Lantmäteriverket.

Turner, B., (1997) "Hyreshusens överlåtelsepriser - en studie av prissättningen 1995 och 1996" (Transaction prices for rented houses - a study of the price formation in 1995 and 1996), i Fastighetsmarknaden i dag, Prisnivåer, trender, analyser våren 1997. LMV-rapport 1997:6, Lantmäteriverket.

Turner, B. (1994) "Den privata hyressektorns framtid i Sverige" (The future of the private rented sector in Sweden), i Fastighetsägande inför år 2000 - visioner och strategier. Stockholm: Sveriges fastighetsägare: pp. 10-26.

A final activity is an analysis of ongoing housing policy reforms in Sweden, seen in an international comparative perspective. Work has been carried out with Christine Whitehead at London School of Economics on a contract from the Housing Commission in Sweden. Present work is among other thing concentrated on consumption and price reactions to the new, emerging housing policy. Special attention is also given to municipal housing within the context of social housing policy.

Magnusson, L. & B. Turner (1996) På spaning efter “hot spots” I norra Sverige – en förstudie, (looking for hot spots in Northern Sweden), Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning, Uppsala universitet, november.

Magnusson, L. & B. Turner (2006) Municipal Housing Companies in Sweden – Social by Default, Working paper, Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, 30 November (submitted to Housing, Theory and Society).

Turner, Bengt and Marja Elsinga (2005) "Housing Allowances: Finding a Balance Between Social Justice and Market Incentives", European Journal of Housing Policy, Vol. 5, No. 2: 103-109.

Turner, B. (2003), "Allmännyttans framtid i Sverige" (the future of public housing in Sweden) i J. R. Sveinsson (red.), Allmännyttiga och sociala bostäders framtid i Norden, TemaNord 2003:536: Köpenhamn.

Turner, B. (2002), "Ombildningarnas ekonomiska förutsättningar - omvandlingen i siffror " (a calculation of the economic conditions for a rent sales policy), i K. Bodström, M. Ponzio and K. Ramberg (red.), Allmän nytta eller egen nytta? Ombildning av allmännyttans hyresrätt till bostadsrätt - konsekvenser för hyresgästerna, husen, företagen och staden, Hyresgästernas Riksförbund, Stockholm. pp. 69 - 82.

Turner, B. (2002), "Allmännyttans framtid i Sverige" (the future of public housing in Sweden) i J. R. Sveinsson (red.) Norden och den sociala bostadspolitiken, Urbanforskningscentret vid Islands universitet (under utgivning).

Turner, B., and C. Whitehead (2002) "Reducing Housing Subsidy: Swedish Housing Policy in an International Context ", Urban Studies, Vol. 39 (2) pp. 201 - 217, February.

Magnusson, L. and B. Turner (2003) "Countryside Abandoned? - Suburbanisation and Mobility in Sweden", European Journal for Housing Policy, Vol. III, No. 1

Turner, B. (2001) "Varför byggs det så lite där efterfrågan är som störst?" (Why is there so little construction when the demand is so high?), Ekonomisk debatt 2:117-127.

Turner, B. (2001) "Bostadspolitik och samhällsekonomi" (Housing policy and the national economy) i Lindbom, Anders (red.), Den nya bostadspolitiken, Umeå: Borea förlag, pp. 167-194.

Turner, B. (2000) "Boendekostnader, bostadsefterfrågan och den framtida bostadsmarknaden" (Housing costs, housing demand and the housing market) i Malmberg, B. och L. Sommestad (red.), Bostadsrätten i ett nytt millenium, Gävle: Instituet för bostadsforskning, Uppsala universitet, Research Report 2000:3, pp. 181-202.

Turner, Bengt (2000) "Hemlöshet och bostadspolitik för alla" (Homelessness and a housing policy for all people) i Runquist, Weddig och Hans Swärd (red.), Hemlöshet, en antologi om olika perspektiv och förklaringsmodeller, Stockholm: Carlssons, pp. 73-94.

Magnusson, Lena och Bengt Turner (2000) "Utarmas landsbygden? Mot nya flyttningsmönster" i Blücher, Gösta, Göran Graninger och Louise Nyström (red) Vi flytt nu? Om befolkningsomflyttningarna i Sverige. Karlskrona: Stadsmiljörådet.

Turner, B., (1999), "Bostadspolitikens blinda fläckar - om de fördelningsmässiga verkningarna av den förda politiken" (The blind spots of housing policy - on the distributive effects of present day policy), Bengtsson, B. och E, Sandstedt (red.) i Boinstitutets årsbok 1999: Systemskifte i bostadspolitiken, Stockholm: Boinstitutet, pp. 140-162.

Bengtsson. B et. al. (1998) Från allmännytta till bostadsrätt i miljonprogramsområdena (from municipal housing to co-operative housing in new residential areas), Institutet för bostadsforskning, Research Report 1998:1. (B. Turner: ekonomiska förutsättningar för omvandling, pp: 157-166).

Turner, B. (1998) "En internationell utblick" (An international outlock), Ägarstyrning av kommunens bostadsföretag: rapport nr 4, Svenska kommunförbundet, Stockholm.

Turner, B. and T. Berger (1998) "The future of the Private Rental Sector in Sweden", Netherlands Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Vol. 13, No. 3: 279-299.

Turner, B., (1997) "Bostadspolitikens senare öde" (The destiny of housing policy), i Turner, B., and Estonia. Vedung (red.) Bostadspolitik för tjugohundratalet - återtåg och nya värden, Meyers. Gävle, pp. 35-46.

Turner, B., (1997) "Municipal Housing Companies in Sweden: on or off the Market?", Housing Studies, Vol. 12, No. 4:477-488.

Turner, B. och E. Vedung (red.) (1997) Bostadspolitik för tjugohundratalet - återtåg och nya värden (Housing Policy for the next millenium - retreat and new values), Meyers. Gävle.

Turner, B., (1996) "The Promotion of Social Housing - Sweden", in Balchin, B. (ed.) Housing Policy in Europe, Routledge, pp. 99-112.

Turner, B., (1996), "Vad hände med den sociala bostadspolitiken?" (What happened to the social housing policy), Ekonomisk debatt 7:591-599.

Lundin, L., and B. Turner (1995) "Housing frail elders in Sweden", in Pynoos, J. and P. S. Liebig (eds.) Housing Frail Elders - International Policies, Perspectives, and Prospects, The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, pp. 45-67.

Turner, B., T. Berger och U. Fransson (1994) "Unga hushålls villkor på 1990-talets bostadsmarknad" (Housing conditions for young households in the 1990s), i bilaga till Generationsutredningens betänkande, SOU 1994:77, pp. 7-42.

Turner, B., T. Berger och U. Fransson (1994) "Ungdomars framtida boendevillkor - utan bidrag ingen bostad" (Future living conditions for young households: no subsidy - no housing), i Ungdomtid - Årsbok om ungdom 1994, Stockholm: Statens ungdomsråd, pp. 61-69.

Berger, T. och B. Turner (1991) "Problem på den svenska hyresmarknaden" (Problems on the Swedish rental market), i Hyresrättens roll och villkor på 90-talets bostadsmarknad. Stockholm: Sveriges Fastighetsägareförbund, pp. 66-77.

Turner, B. (1990) "Kan bostadsmarknaden någonsin bli rättvis?" (Will the housing market ever be fair?), Forskning och framsteg 3:23-35.