Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research

Editorial

I have had the pleasure to navigate the NJSR for almost a decade: Issue 12(1) 2017 marked the beginning of my tenure as Editor-in-Chief. With the current issue, 19(1) 2026, I now conclude this role. Please join me in welcoming the new Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Lassi Tähtinen from Aalto University, Finland! With his background in futures studies and crises management, Lassi is guaranteed to bring fresh perspectives to the journal. Furthermore, his double role as the Chair or the Society of Built Environment Research (RYTS), the publisher or NJSR, will create valuable alignment between the publisher and the journal.

This issue 19(1) 2026 features four timely contributions that reflect diverse research traditions within real estate and surveying.

The first article, by Andrii Kozikov and Daria Kuznetsova, is rooted in the legal tradition. The paper examines the resilience of land administration under martial law in introduced in Ukraine in February 2022. The study also considers the impacts of housing and infrastructure destruction, population displacement, and land contamination. The authors conclude that Ukraine’s land administration system has continued to operate through emergency measures, decentralized community-based approaches, and interim management supported by digital and remote tools. These findings highlight the critical role of adaptable legal frameworks during crises, particularly through the use of digital solutions (Kozikov & Kuznetsova, 2026).

The second raticle, by Elisabeth Ahlinder and Anna Granath Hansson, reviews both international and Swedish academic and gray literature to evaluate whether collaborative housing can serve a broader population. Their findings suggest that collaborative housing holds promise as an affordable and socially inclusive housing model. However, realizing this potential requires overcoming legal, institutional, economic, temporal, and organizational challenges, strengthening collaboration between public and private actors, and addressing issues related to social diversity and inclusion (Ahlinder & Granath Hansson, 2026).

The third article by Åsa Hansson analyses Swedish tax return data and statistical analysis to investigate whether greater access to equity influences the likelihood of starting a business. The analysis concludes that while higher housing 

prices correlate with business ownership and entry, this relationship disappears when isolating the causal effect of a 2008 tax reform in Sweden. The results suggest that liquidity constraints are not a significant barrier to entrepreneurship in Sweden (Hansson, 2026).

Finally, Knut Boge and Iselin Kvamme Pedersen explore the strategies, locational decisions, and business models employed by landlords and third-party office space operators in developing and managing coworking spaces and flexible office solutions in the Greater Oslo Area. Their findings point to a rapidly evolving office market in the region, shaped by the growth of SMEs and the increasing use of project-based work practices among larger firms. The study finds that the interaction between landlords and third-party providers is both mutually beneficial and uneven, with each adapting to changing market conditions in order to strengthen competitiveness and generate value within the office sector.

I hope this issue offers valuable insights, as will future issues. I wish NJSR, RYTS, and the new Editor-in-Chief every success moving forward!

Riikka Kyrö