Ingemar Bengtsson

Ingemar Bengtsson serves as Senior Lecturer, Office Director, and Research Team Manager for Real Estate Science within the Department of Technology and Society at Lund University's Faculty of Engineering. His work bridges economics, political science, and law with focus on societal organization, rights frameworks, and institutional analysis.

His research operates at the intersection of Public Choice, Law & Economics, and New Institutional Economics, examining rights related to citizenship, housing, and land use. Current projects analyze forest governance ("Control over the forest"), Århus Convention implementation, and alternative transport infrastructure financing. His textbook Fastighetsvärdering – om värdeteori och värderingsmetoder (2018;2023) establishes him as a leading voice in Swedish real estate valuation.

Recent publications reveal consistent focus on rights commodification (citizenship markets), regulatory conflicts (forest governance), and institutional consequences (Århus Convention). His work connects to UN Sustainable Development Goals through analysis of rights, regulations, and market structures, with fingerprint topics including Nationality (100%), Poverty (50%), and Social Systems (33%).

As research team manager, he leads projects funded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and Swedish Transport Administration. His advisory role in the doctoral project "Fastighetssamverkan" demonstrates commitment to next-generation research. Current activities include presentations on regulatory capture (2025) and Swedish housing construction policy (2024).

Bengtsson's laboratory operates through the Real Estate Science research group, focusing on rights, regulations, and societal organization. Recent work explores "green inside activism" in forestry and conceptual value reallocation frameworks, indicating future directions in environmental governance and institutional change.