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Publication by ESR Zoe Tzika awarded
Published on 14-11-2024
ESR Zoe Tzika’s research on cooperative housing, ‘Towards Collective Forms of Dwelling: The Grant-of-Use Housing Cooperatives in Catalonia’ has been awarded the 2nd place in the Research Awards by the Càtedra de Innovació en Habitatge of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV).
The award was achieved together with my supervisors Carla Sentieri Omarrementería and Anna Martínez Durán.
Research co-authored by Tijn Croon (ESR11) cited in Dutch Parliament
Published on 31-10-2024
In a recent session on 24 October 2024, a Dutch parliamentary select committee on energy poverty referenced a study co-authored by Tijn Croon (ESR11), Marja Elsinga, and Joris Hoekstra, published last year in Energy Policy. The committee discussed the paper’s recommendation to go beyond a basic ‘headcount approach’ to measuring energy poverty, advocating instead for energy poverty gap indices. This approach, the authors argue, would more accurately capture the depth and nuance of deprivation, enabling better targeting of resources and improving the evaluation of policy impact.
Croon recently partnered with the other two co-authors of the study, TNO researchers Dr Peter Mulder and Dr Francesco Dalla-Longa to translate these findings into a Dutch policy report, now with updated national statistics. The Dutch Statistics Bureau (CBS) has expressed its intention to incorporate this refined methodology into the next annual energy poverty monitor.
The parliamentary session can be viewed here, and the full policy report is available on TNO’s website here.
Featured PhD projects of ESRs Aya Elghandour and Mahmoud Alsaeed
Published on 18-09-2024
The Project Stack Archive is a digital archive that celebrates the continuous collaboration between the Sheffield School of Architecture (SSoA) at the University of Sheffield and the South Yorkshire Housing Association (SYHA). As part of this collaboration, the PhD projects of ESR5 Mahmoud Alsaeed and ESR4 Aya Elghandour are now featured in Live SYHA x SSoA Project Stack website.
ESR Mahmoud Alsaeed is Highly Commended PhD Student of the Year
Published on 18-09-2024
The Postgrad Awards 2024 is a competition promoted by the FindAPhD platform that is open to students undertaking Masters or PhD studies and to supervisors working with Masters or PhD students on projects, campaigns, or initiatives. In this competition, ESR Mahmoud Alsaeed has been awarded the Highly Commended PhD Student of the Year.
Mahmoud's exemplary work has not only expanded the boundaries of knowledge but has also served as an inspiration to his peers and colleagues. This award underscores his unwavering commitment to academic excellence under the guidance of supervisors Professor Karim Hadjri and Dr. Krzysztof Nawratek.
Recordings from interactive sessions Barcelona conference are available
Published on 17-09-2024
The videos from the three interactive sessions held during the RE-DWELL Barcelona Conference on May 16, 2024, are now available.
Each session is offered in two formats: a full-length version and a recap.
ESR Lucia Chaloin awarded PhD grant at UGA
Published on 08-07-2024
ESR Lucia Chaloin was granted funding for a three-year PhD by Grenoble Alpes University (UGA). The final stage of the competition took place on July 4th, when Lucia presented her project to a committee of the Doctoral school.
From October 2024 Lucia will carry on her research on the emergence of top-down collaborative housing in Southern European countries at Pacte Social Sciences research centre. This grant will enable her to further her exploratory work on collaborative housing production practices with and for vulnerable groups in Europe, conducted during the RE-DWELL programme since September 2023.
This doctoral research project will be jointly supervised by Paulette Duarte and Adriana Diaconu (UGA) and Joris Hoekstra (TU Delft), extending the cooperation between the two universities.
Fulbright grant for ESR Tijn Croon
Published on 05-07-2024
On June 28, 2024, ESR Tijn Croon was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to finish his PhD’s final year at Columbia University, in New York (USA). The ceremony took place at Universiteit Utrecht, in the Netherlands. During the ceremony, the Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in the Netherlands, Christward Gradenwitz, expressed hope that Tijn and his fellow grantees make use of their research to influence policy beyond academia. During the occasion, the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, Shefali Razdan Duggal, highlighted the importance of cultural exchange and international collaboration, especially at this crucial juncture for European and American democracies.
The aim of this scholarship is for Tijn to apply his research achievements and conclusions at the Center on Global Energy Policy from October 2024 to March 2025. Continuing the efforts from the RE-DWELL research, Tijn will focus on how the United States invest the revenue from their domestic carbon pricing schemes in targeted ways to improve energy efficiency for the most vulnerable residents. Through this experience abroad, Tijn hopes to learn valuable lessons that can be applied in the Netherlands and across Europe.
Fulbright grant for ESR Alex Fernández
Published on 05-07-2024
ESR12 Alex Fernández has received funding through the EU-wide Fulbright Schuman grant to carry on his research, exploring the relationship between sustainable finance and housing affordability at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). The ceremony took place at the Spanish Embassy in Madrid, on June 27, 2024.
The Fulbright Schuman Programme is administered by the Fulbright Commission in Brussels and jointly financed by the United States State Department and the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG.EAC) of the European Commission. This programme is geared towards EU Member States citizens to conduct research in the United States and for American citizens to conduct research in the European Union.
A workshop to collaboratively address thechallenges of public spaces in Strovolos, Nicosia
Published on 15-06-2024
On May 30, 2024, as part of the validation phase of the RE-DWELL transdisciplinary framework for affordable and sustainable housing, a team led by early-stage researcher Andreas Panagidis and supported by supervisor Nadia Charalambous organized the focus group “Collaborative Neighbourhood Planning Workshop” in Strovolos, a municipality of the Nicosia district in Cyprus.
The workshop focused on addressing the challenges in the public spaces of the Dafni neighbourhood, which are currently in a state of disrepair and vandalized by local youth, highlighting a lack of social capital. A diverse group of ten participants, including residents, architects, planners, Cyprus Land Development Corporation (CLDC) representatives, and academics, attended the event. The Strovolos municipality facilitated the organization of the workshop.
A specially designed game, based on a structured language developed in the RE-DWELL programme, enabled the discussion. The findings revealed that broader and more horizontal collaboration with diverse stakeholders is both desirable and productive. The workshop demonstrated that such collaborative processes serve as effective platforms for exchanging diverse opinions and experiences and are particularly useful for creating a common understanding of complex issues.
ESG for affordable housing - a discussion at TU Delft between academia and industry
Published on 05-05-2024
On April 5, 2024, early-stage researcher Alex Fernández and TU Delft Assistant Professor Michael Peeters hosted an event on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) for affordable housing at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft. The event aimed to foster dialogue between academia and industry, disseminate findings from the RE-DWELL programme, establish connections with other initiatives, and position TU Delft within the debate on sustainable finance in the built environment.
The event commenced with opening remarks from Marja Elsinga, RE-DWELL supervisor at TU Delft, who emphasized the importance of housing affordability. Industry insights were provided by Anitta Blessing from the European Federation for Living (EFL), while academic perspectives came from Gerard van Bortel, RE-DWELL co-supervisor at TU Delft.
Following the presentations, a roundtable discussion facilitated an enriching debate between academia and industry professionals, furthering the conversation on sustainable finance and affordable housing.
RE-DWELL at 7th Residential Building Design & Construction Conference
Published on 02-04-2024
ESR5 Mahmoud Alsaeed participated in the 7th Residential Building Design & Construction Conference, hosted by Pennsylvania Housing Research (USA) on 27 and 28 March, 2024. In collaboration with Prof Karim Hadjri and Dr Krzysztof Nawratek, Mahmoud gave a presentation based on their work on the regulatory landscape and standards for residential building sustainability in the UK. During his presentation, Mahmoud explained the overarching framework and objectives of RE-DWELL, emphasising the importance of crossing conventional boundaries in the fields of housing, sustainability, and transdisciplinary research. Conference proceedings will be available soon at the conference website.
Focus group at Vila Romão, in Lisbon
Published on 27-02-2024
On February 27, 2024, as part of the validation phase of the RE-DWELL transdisciplinary framework for affordable and sustainable housing, a team led by early-stage researchers Lucia Chaloin (in the context of her secondment at the Lisbon City Council) and Androniki Pappa, along with their ISCTE supervisor Alexandra Paio, organized a focus group at Vila Romão in Campolide, Lisbon. This housing complex is currently undergoing rehabilitation, with 25 housing units being renovated and five newly constructed, all offering affordable rents.
A total of 18 participants were involved, including residents, civil engineers, civil servants, the Lisbon City Council, Campolide community group members, architects, and academics. The Lisbon City Council facilitated the organization of the event. The purpose of the focus group was to address some of the pressing issues posed by the housing rehabilitation project, such as balancing intervention processes and daily living, fostering understanding among the municipality, residents, and technicians, and improving day-to-day interactions among all project stakeholders.
The discussion was facilitated by a game specifically designed for this event, based on a structured language developed in the RE-DWELL project. The experience underscored the importance of collaborative processes in defining solutions that resonate with citizens. These processes enable diverse stakeholders, each with their unique power structures, to converge in a moderated space where everyone's voices can be heard. These collaborative processes facilitate the gathering of various stakeholders in a moderated environment, enabling the articulation of concerns that might otherwise be diluted.
USFD – Open Studio Event 2024
Published on 26-02-2024
On February 1, 2024, the Open Studio Event took place at the Sheffield School of Architecture, giving students from across the programmes the opportunity to display their work. A PhD section consisted of posters submitted by a number of doctoral students currently at the School of Architecture. Here, RE-DWELL ESRs Mahmoud Alsaeed and Aya Elghandour submitted their posters to disseminate RE-DWELL and their individual projects.
Aya displayed one poster, which aimed to emphasize the importance of rethinking housing affordability's impact on health and wellbeing beyond rent-to-income ratios. It argues that oversimplified metrics may disregard dwelling quality, potentially harming national health, also highlighting the financial strain poor housing quality places on the National Health Service in England. Additionally, it presented Aya's research design and initial findings on factors defining dwelling affordability, including housing and non-housing costs, household income, and dwelling quality.
Mahmoud displayed two posters. The first poster detailed the structure of an investigation to identify the challenges in developing sustainable social housing, which had previously been exhibited at the Housing Studies Annual Conference in March 2023 and won “best research idea” at the Sheffield School of Architecture’s research poster competition in May 2023. The second poster presented the overall structure of his research project, focusing on perception of social housing and environmental sustainability, policy, and practice. This poster also showed the overall communication and dissemination activities that have been carried out.
ESR Androniki Pappa contributes to City Layers project
Published on 15-01-2024
Androniki Pappa has been developing research on a taxonomy of urban commons, particularly focusing on collaborative methods for engaging citizens/residents to assess their imminent environments. In that context, she has been contributing to the City Layers mapping platform, a means to collect information on how citizens perceive public spaces in their urban surroundings in a playful way. City Layers is designed as a mobile app that is currently being updated after a pilot application in schools in Vienna. Results from this test inform Androniki’s PhD research and help update the City Layers’ participatory mapping parameters and roadmap. The work CITY LAYERS: from individual observations to collective Knowledge, part of the City Layers team was presented at the Responsive Cities conference, which took place in November 2023, in Barcelona.
EFL’s Autumn Conference
Published on 13-12-2023
On August 30, 2023, Tijn Croon participated in the European Federation for Living’s (EFL) Autumn Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a practitioner-focused event without the traditional paper submission process. In this context, Tijn presented a whitepaper titled “Addressing Energy Poverty in Social Housing Estates”, together with RE-DWELL co-supervisor Joris Hoekstra and Dr Ute Dubois from ISG Business School Paris. The whitepaper delves into various ways how social housing professionals can address energy poverty among their tenants, covering aspects from monitoring and short-term mitigation approaches to funding opportunities and long-term reform strategies. Subsequently, an academic publication on this topic was presented by the authors at the BEHAVE 2023 conference in Maastricht, on 28-29 November 2023. This paper, titled “Energy poverty alleviation by social housing providers: Investigating targeted approaches in France, England, and the Netherlands”, was also informed by the insights from the six focus groups involving professionals from Paris Habitat, Groupe Polylogis, Clarion Housing Group, Peabody, Havensteder, and Ymere.
RE-DWELL at the "III Housing Innovation Conference", School of Architecture of Valencia
Published on 11-10-2023
On September 27, 2023, Leandro Madrazo took part in the "III Housing Innovation Conference" organized by the School of Architecture of Valencia with a talk titled "Research and Pedagogical Innovation: from Housing@21.eu to RE-DWELL." The presentation outlined a pedagogic research initiative that spanned two decades. This research journey, which encompassed projects such as Housing@21.eu, OIKODOMOS, OIKONET, and RE-DWELL, initially centered around the theme of housing and later expanded its focus to encompass the broader concept of dwelling. At the end of the session, there was a talk about how architecture practice and housing education are connected moderated by Carla Sentieri.
The session recording can be found at: https://media.upv.es/#/portal/video/df675f30-68e4-11ee-9d35-674bea753d07
Interview with Gojko Bezovan in Croatian weekly magazine Globus
Published on 10-10-2023
Gojko Bežovan has given an interview to Croatian weekly magazine Globus in which he mentioned his participation in RE-DWELL. Gojko spoke about the general European problem of rising housing costs and about the lack of political commitment in Croatia, both at national and local level, to secure funds from various EU funding sources and invest in social and public rental housing. He also explained that housing has become one of the most important investment instruments in Croatia, contributing to higher real estate prices. A consequence of this is the demographic decline, as many young families who cannot afford to rent or purchase their house on the private market are leaving Croatia for other countries within the EU. He added that some of the possible solutions are to curb tourism by regulating short-term rentals based on best practices, for example, from Barcelona. He also stressed that Croatia should follow best practises from EU countries that have a similar local context and political and institutional situation, instead of striving for the public rental models found in the Netherlands or Austria.
Aya Elghandour at the SYHA Annual Review
Published on 30-09-2023
On September 25, 2023, SYHA published an annual review of their activities and included a mention of Aya’s secondment, praising her blog and work at the association.
More information on SYHA website and blogpost
ESR 6 Marko Horvat co-author’s a journal article on the state of social rights of the homeless in Croatia
Published on 07-09-2023
RE-DWELL’s ESR 6, Marko Horvat, has contributed to an article, along with supervisor Gojko Bežovan, about the “Evolution and evaluation of the state of social rights of the homeless in Croatia”. The article was published in April 2023 in the journal Criminology & Social Integration (Kriminologija & socijalna integracija), a peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
The complete article is available online (in Croatian).
Bežovan, G., Baturina, D. and Horvat, M. (2023). Evolution and evaluation of the state of social rights of the homeless in Croatia. Criminology & Social Integration, 31 (1), 55-77. https://doi.org/10.31299/ksi.31.1.3
RE-DWELL present in the ENHR annual conference
Published on 14-07-2023
RE-DWELL participated in the European Network Housing Research (ENHR) annual conference “Urban Regeneration: Shines and Shadows”, which was held in Łódź, Poland, from June 28 to 30.
Zoe Tzika presented the paper “Understanding community participation in cooperative housing using the capabilities approach: The case of Catalonia” at a collaborative housing workshop organised by Prof. Henrik Gutzon Larsen, Prof. Darinka Czischke and Prof. Claire Carriou. Also, Prof. Gerard Van Bortel, RE-DWELL co-supervisor, presented the paper “Quadruple helix innovations in the provision of sustainable and affordable housing: the role of universities” at the social housing workshop. More information: https://www.uni.lodz.pl/enhr2023
ESR Alex Fernández published a journal article with supervisor Gojko Bežovan in Critical Housing Analysis
Published on 14-07-2023
On June 16, ESR Alex Fernández, together with his supervisor, Prof. Gojko Bežovan, published the article “The Role of Mortgage Subsidies in the Croatian Economic Growth Strategy: A Political-Economy Approach to the SSK” in the journal Critical Housing Analysis.
ESR 11 Tijn Croon contributes to State of Housing in Europe 2023 report
Published on 28-06-2023
RE-DWELL’s ESR 11, Tijn Croon, has contributed to the State of Housing in Europe 2023 report, which was produced by the Housing Europe (HE) Observatory in collaboration with the HE’s Policy and Communications teams. The report's main authors, Alice Pittini and Dara Turnbull, worked alongside social housing providers to examine the state of housing in Europe, with particular attention given to the ongoing cost of living crisis. Tijn contributed to the questionnaire upon which the report is based and provided input for Chapter 2, which delves into “Energy and Cost of Living Crisis: Trends and Responses from the Sector”.
RE-DWELL at the ISHF 2023 Barcelona
Published on 02-06-2023
RE-DWELL will participate in the ISHF 2023 in Barcelona with a seminar and an exhibition.
The seminar “Mass Renovation of Affordable Housing: Industrial and Social Innovations” will take place on Wednesday 7 June 2023, from 15:30 to 16:50 at Ecologia Urbana, Av. Diagonal 230. This session is co-organised with Housing Europe and will involve RE-DWELL early stage researchers, universities and partner organisations.
An exhibition at the Congress Palace, on floor 1 next to room 4, will showcase the transdisciplinary research work on affordable and sustainable housing being carried out by RE-DWELL.
More information on the ISHF 2023 website.
3rd Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Zagreb, 3 May 2023
Published on 02-05-2023
The 3rd Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), will be held in Zagreb, Croatia on Thursday, 4 May 2023.
The official Ministerial meeting will aim to acknowledge the progress achieved in fulfilling the objectives of the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in the sector, as defined at the previous two UfM Ministerial Conferences on Sustainable Urban Development held in 2011 and in 2017, which together provide the outline of the UfM Urban Agenda.
The meeting will address the most urgent urban and housing challenges and responses of relevance in the region as part of the implementation of SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities). Affordable and sustainable housing and sustainable urbanization and development are two interrelated key issues of the UFM Strategic Urban Development Plan 2040.
EIPA Conference - Public performance in Europe: the case of housing
Published on 14-02-2023
The conference showcased the results in ten policy areas across 35 countries. The Housing Session, moderated by Marja Elsinga, professor of Housing Institutions & Governance at Delft University of Technology and a RE-DWELL member, highlighted the pressing demand for affordable and sustainable housing, as well as the necessity for practical policies and strategies. The audience showed a significant interest in mutual learning opportunities for new strategies to provide adequate housing and their effective implementation.
More information at the conference website.
Registration for the RE-DWELL Conference “Housing co-creation for tomorrow’s cities” is now open.
Published on 21-10-2022
RE-DWELL Conference, Grenoble
https://www.re-dwell.eu/activities/conferences/grenoble
Registration for the RE-DWELL Conference “Housing co-creation for tomorrow’s cities”, Grenoble, December 8-9, 2022 is now open.
Participation is only possible in-person and is free of charge.
You can register at
https://re-dwell2022.sciencesconf.org/
Early stage researcher and PhD candidate at TU Delft, Alex Fernández, invited to the 83rd session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development
Published on 10-10-2022
Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) risks have become one of the most (over) used acronyms of this decade. Hailed as “the” solution to climate change or dismissed as greenwashing, it is increasingly apposite to review its relevance for social housing. On October 14th, Alex Fernández, RE-DWELL early stage researcher and PhD candidate at the Technical University of Delft, was invited to the 83rd session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Urban Development to discuss the role of green finance in enabling the development and renovation of social housing. The issues addressed in his intervention are summarized in this blogpost.
Two new reports published
Published on 07-10-2022
Two new reports are published in RE-DWELL website about the Budapest Worskhop and the blended learning methods and tools to support a transdisciplinary collaborative research on affordable and sustainable housing.
They can be accessed at
https://www.re-dwell.eu/reports
RE-DWELL contribution to the improvement of the social integration policies for homeless people in Croatia
Published on 06-10-2022
On the occasion of the World Homeless Day, the New Perspective for Homelessness Conference, organised by the Croatian Network for the Homeless - CNH, was held in Osijek, Croatia, on 6 October 2022. The aim of the conference was to present recent evidences from the New Perspective for Homelessness project, funded by the European Social Fund, and to facilitate a discussion to develop social policy guidelines to improve the social inclusion of homeless people in Croatia.
The conference was a good opportunity to present the main results of the research on the sustainability of service providers for the social inclusion of homeless people in Croatia that ESR Marko Horvat carried out during his secondment at CERANEO. The presentation was given by Gojko Bežovan under the title "How to Europeanise homeless integration programmes and make them sustainable and more effective".
RE-DWELL exhibition. Closing session "Innovation in sustainable and affordable housing"
Published on 22-09-2022
The RE-DWELL exhibition, which began on 8 September at the Valencia Chamber of Architects, ended on 22 September 2022. Carla Sentieri from the School of Architecture of the Universitat Politècnica de València, partner of RE-DWELL, curated the exhibition. The closing session was dedicated to the theme "Innovation in affordable and sustainable housing". Leandro Madrazo, project coordinator, addressed the intertwining between housing affordability and sustainability and explained the research and training framework that is being implemented in RE-DWELL to address this issue from a holistic and transdisciplinary perspective.
Video closing session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQTaIiMj-6k
Closing session:
http://arquitectosdevalencia.es/contenido/conferencia-innovacion-en-vivienda-sostenible-y-asequible/
Exhibition:
http://arquitectosdevalencia.es/contenido/conferencia-innovacion-en-vivienda-sostenible-y-asequible/
RE-DWELL exhibition at the Valencia Chamber of Architects
Published on 15-09-2022
An exhibition of the work being carried out by the 15 early-stage RE-DWELL researchers is on display at the CTAV, Col·legi Territorial d'Arquitectes de València, from 8 to 22 September, 2022.
More information at: http://arquitectosdevalencia.es/contenido/exposicion-re-dwell-msca-itn/
Presentation of RE-DWELL at the Valencia Chamber of Architects
Published on 15-09-2022
On Thursday, 22 September, 2022, at 7:00 pm, RE-DWELL will be presented at the conference "Innovation in sustainable and affordable housing". This event is part of the closing of the exhibition of the network's work being held at the Chamber of Architects.
Registration is free.
http://arquitectosdevalencia.es/contenido/conferencia-innovacion-en-vivienda-sostenible-y-asequible/
RE-DWELL Roundtable #4
Published on 08-07-2022
As part of the Valencia summer school, on Thursday 14, from 9:30 to 11:30 (CET) we will have a roundtable to discuss how can community participation in the provision of affordable and sustainable housing be guided. The guest speakers are:
• Anne Kockelkorn (online), Associate Professor of Architecture, Co-director of the Master of Advanced Studies in History and Theory of Architecture, ETH Zurich.
• Blanca Pedrola, architect, Associate Professor, CEU Cardenal Herrera University.
• Isabel González, architect, Fent Estudi Cooperative.
You are invited to join us at this session.
Housing co-creation for tomorrow’s cities. Deadline for abstracts extended.
Published on 22-06-2022
Housing co-creation for tomorrow’s cities
Grenoble, 8-10 December, 2022
Deadline to receive abstracts for the RE-DWELL Grenoble Conference is extended until
24 June 2022
You can submit the 500-word abstract via https://re-dwell2022.sciencesconf.org
The objective of this first RE-DWELL conference is to create a discussion platform for the multiple actors involved in housing policy, planning, design and construction. We are particularly interested in the ways such interrelations challenge the established conceptions and professional practices in the field of housing in European cities.
The conference will include presentations of scientific papers, keynote speeches, an open roundtable discussion with local housing stakeholders, as well as site visits. This event is part of the agenda of Grenoble European Green Capital 2022, and its December theme “Living in tomorrow’s cities” / “Habiter les villes de demain”.
More information:
https://www.re-dwell.eu/activities/conferences/grenoble
RE-DWELL will be present at the International Social Housing Festival, Helsinki
Published on 03-05-2022
RE-DWELL will be present at the International Social Housing Festival, Helsinki
https://socialhousingfestival.eu/
with a workshop and exhibition on Tuesday June 14 at 10:30–13:30 Workshop
https://socialhousingfestival.eu/events/festival-program/?event_id=1172
Programme
This session, led by the Marie Curie RE-DWELL Innovative Training Network, will take the format of an interactive research workshop with the aim of developing a roadmap to address the urgent issues at stake in the delivery of affordable and sustainable housing across Europe: the priorities, the short and long-term strategies, and the envisaged scenarios. The discussion will be supported with an exhibition showing the 15 ongoing projects by the early stage PhD researchers who are working closely with partner organisations (industry, housing associations, administrations) across Europe.
The workshop will begin with an introduction to RE-DWELL’s holistic, transdisciplinary approach to affordable and sustainable housing. Participants in this session will be organized in break out groups each with a particular theme relating to the ongoing research projects. Here participants will discuss dimensions of the problem in small groups, each led by early stage researcher, supported by the academic supervisors. The break out groups will provide an opportunity to learn about cutting edge housing research, to contribute to the development of the ESR projects and to interact with colleagues across Europe.
The group discussions will lead to a plenary session in which a series of policy recommendations will be formulated. These will be assembled into a manifesto for affordable and sustainable housing which will be disseminated after the festival in the RE-DWELL media channels.
The aim of the workshop is to foster knowledge exchange between researchers, practitioners and policy makers involved in affordable and sustainable housing provision.
Registration
Sign-up for this event with the festival registration form (limited to 60 places)
https://socialhousingfestival.eu/registration/
RE-DWELL Roundtable #3
Published on 23-03-2022
RE-DWELL Roundtable #3
Roundtable discussion “Community participation in the provision of affordable and sustainable housing”
26 March 2022 (14:00–16:00 CET)
Open panel discussion with invited speakers and audience: processes, obstacles and best practices for community participation in contemporary housing provision. Moderated by Prof. Gerard van Bortel Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), TU Delft.
With the participation of:
• Laura Colini, PhD in Urban, Regional and Environmental Design; Habil. in Urban Studies.
• Richard Lang, Full Professor of Social Enterprise and Innovative Regions at Bertha von Suttner Private University in St. Pölten, Austria.
• Jenny Pickerill, Professor of Environmental Geography and Head of Department of Geography at Sheffield University, England.
Free open session. Join us at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84596443228?pwd=eEgzSE5kQWhVOGZyMmlUQkttVVREQT09
Meeting ID: 845 9644 3228
Passcode: 291193
National newspaper article about RE-DWELL project
Published on 23-03-2022
In an article containing an interview for a Croatian newspaper, Prof. Dr. Gojko Bežovan, from the Institute for Social Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, addressed some of the burning issues concerning sustainability and affordability in the Croatian housing market. His thoughts reflected some of the issues addressed in the RE-DWELL Roundtable #2 “Design of Affordable and Sustainable Housing: Challenges and Opportunities”
On Saturday, 19 March 2022, the Croatian newspaper "Večernji list" published an article including an interview on housing sustainability in Croatia. The starting point of the article was the discussion held on the RE-DWELL Roundtable #2 “Design of Affordable and Sustainable Housing: Challenges and Opportunities”.
The article includes comments from Prof. Dr. Bežovan, from the Institute for Social Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, who discusses the differences between the Spanish and Croatian affordable housing models, based on the contributions of the roundtable. According to Dr. Bežovan, the problem of housing affordability in Croatia is the lack of a national housing policy or strategy, which is accentuated by the lack of political will to implement the solutions already available. The need for affordable housing in Croatia is growing, and social groups that cannot afford to own a home are the most affected. Potential solutions to provide an affordable housing model for people in need should be sought through social and public rental housing, favourable interest rates from public-private partnerships, and possibilities for church properties to serve as a piece of the housing puzzle.
Interview with Prof. Dr. Gojko Bežovan on housing affordability in Croatia
Published on 23-03-2022
When asked to reflect on the alarming report of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) on real estate prices in Croatia, social policy expert Prof. Dr. Gojko Bežovan from RE-DWELL's partner institution Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, warns that prices will not only be further affected by the country's entry into Schengen, but also by the lack of a quality housing policy.
The Croatian online news portal "Net.hr" interviewed Dr. Gojko Bežovan about the rising housing prices in Croatia. Dr. Bežovan pointed out that due to an underdeveloped financial market, people invest or save by buying real estate, which drives up housing prices. In countries like Croatia, private home ownership is not only a desirable tenure status, but also heavily subsidised by the government. Hence the relevance of RE-DWELL's research in finding solutions to this problem.
RE-DWELL Workshop #2 Budapest
Published on 22-03-2022
The Budapest workshop aims to foster knowledge exchange between ESRs, supervisors and non-academic organisations on the challenges and opportunities about “Community participation in affordable and sustainable housing”.
Invited speakers from professional practice, academia and local administrations will address the workshop topic from multiple perspectives. The lectures will be followed by panel discussions and complemented by site visits. A roundtable with guest speakers will be open to the public via an online session.
In addition, the programme of activities will facilitate the further development of ESRs skills through training activities that are part of the structured courses (RMT2 and TS2).
Three Early-Stage Researchers (Aya, Carolina and Annette) and supervisor Alexandra Paio (ISCTE), visited the off-site BluFab factory from the Casais group
Published on 09-03-2022
Casais is an international construction company founded in Portugal with experience in several sectors, including housing. They established BluFab in 2019 and since then they have been optimising their design and manufacturing processes to build more sustainable, precise and cost-efficient projects. Casais aims to automate processes and use the latest tools and technology in a seamless way together with the other stakeholders involved in the delivery of housing.
See some reflections after the visit at the blogpost
Tijn Croon (ESR 11) highlighted the importance to targeted support policies in Dutch national media
Published on 31-01-2022
Fuel poverty is a complex issue and lies between two of RE-DWELL's founding pillars: affordable housing and sustainable housing. As gas prices are surging across Europe, an increasing number of low-income households living in poorly insulated housing are seeing their fuel bills soar. Tijn Croon, ESR at TU Delft, highlighted the importance of targeted support policies in the Dutch national media.
Tijn co-authored an op-ed in De Volkskrant in which he addressed the regressive design of the currently drafted compensation policies in the Netherlands. In the article he referred to best-in-class policies that he had explored during his PhD research (both the British Warm Home Discount as well as the Belgian, French and Spanish social tariffs).
Tijn was also interviewed on NPO Radio 1 about the Dutch government's alternatives to tackle fuel poverty. In this interview he talked about his research career and the secondment he is currently doing at Clarion Housing Group in London.
Reference documents: https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-compensatie-voor-de-hoge-energieprijzen-kan-een-stuk-gerichter~b35b1c93/
Radio interview: https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/de-nieuws-bv/5fda522d-01f7-453b-8c61-aae3146821e8/2022-01-18-hoe-kunnen-we-de-hoge-energieprijzen-beter-compenseren
RE-DWELL Roundtable #2
Published on 16-11-2021
RE-DWELL Roundtable
The design of affordable ans sustainable housing: Challenges and opportunities
November 16, 2021 (16:15 – 18:15 CET +1)
An open discussion on the Design of Affordable and Sustainable Housing focusing on the challenges and opportunities during the design process, moderated by Prof. Leandro Madrazo, School of Architectute La Salle- URL.
With the participation of:
- Darinka Czischke, Associate Professor, TU Delft
- Lisa D. Iulo, Associate Professor of Architecture, Director of the Hamer Center for Community Design, Pennsylvania State University
- Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, Associate Professor, University of Barcelona
Free open session. Join us at https://bit.ly/3DcL88P
RE-DWELL Summer School #1 Nicosia
Published on 13-11-2021
The Nicosia Summer School aims to foster the exchange of knowledge across ESRs, supervisors and non-academic organisations, on the challenges and opportunities of the design process in realizing needs for affordable and sustainable housing.
A programme of activities is designed to enable a follow-up on the development of ESR’s research through training activities related to the ongoing structured courses (RMT1 and TS1) and networking between the individual projects, supervisors and partner organisations. Invited speakers from professional practice, academia and local municipalities will address topics related to “Planning, design, and retrofitting of affordable and sustainable housing” from multiple perspectives.
The lectures will be followed by group discussions and complemented by site visits. A roundtable to discuss “The design of affordable and sustainable housing: challenges and opportunities” will be open to the public via an online session.
Lisbon Workshop: Roundtable
Published on 15-09-2021
On Thursday 23, roundtable on Transdisclipinary Research for Affordable and Sustainable Housing, starting at 10:00 (CET -1).
Free access to the online session.
The field of housing research is characterised by siloed thinking with little debate across disciplines. The aim of this event is to consider the way in which housing is approached from different disciplinary perspectives and to think about ways in which multi-, cross- and transdisciplinary research has been carried out so far in Europe and the UK.
How can research on housing address the global challenges of climate change and of social inequalities and in the same time engage with concrete practice in architecture, engineering, planning and public policy? A historical approach to housing research and its “disciplines” will help engage this timely debate.
This event will be chaired by Flora Samuel, Professor at the University of Reading, UK. Panel members will be:
David Clapham, Professor of Housing and Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
Gilles Debizet, Professor in Urban Planning, University Grenoble Alpes
Doina Petrescu, Professor of Architecture and Design Activism, University of Sheffield
Ashraf Salama, Professor of Architecture, University of Strathclyde
Lisbon Workshop
Published on 14-09-2021
The first RE-DWELL workshop will take place in Lisbon on September 22, 23 and 24, organized by ISCTE-UL will take place in Lisbon. The aim of the workshop is to follow up the development of ESR research by fostering networking between individual research projects and by conducting training activities related to the ongoing structured courses (RMT1 and TS1). Invited speakers from professional practice, academia and local government will address topics related to "Design, planning and construction of affordable and sustainable housing" from multiple perspectives. The lectures will be followed by group discussions and complemented by site visits. A roundtable to discuss transdisciplinary research for affordable and sustainable housing will be open to the public via an online session on Thursday 23 at 10:00 (CET -1).
See the workshop programme here.
Network Training Activities Started
Published on 30-07-2021
On July 16, the activities of the training network began with the first session of two courses: Transferable Skills (TS1) and Research Methods and Tools (RMT1).
The objective of TS1 is to strengthen self-management and communication, and to raise awareness of ethics, data protection and intellectual property rights. RMT1 is dedicated to introduce the notion of transdisciplinary research.
These first sessions were delivered on-line and consisted of short introductions to the topics, followed by tasks carried out in teams.
The work will continue in the next training activities, which will be delivered on-line and also on-site, in sessions included in the programmes of the Lisbon Workshop (October 22, 23 and 24, 2021) and the Nicosia Summer School (November 15-19, 2021).
In parallel, the results of the training will feed the individual research projects and contribute to establishing connections between them.
Kick-off sessions: first experiences after coming together
Published on 21-07-2021
The kick-off sessions were held with the participation of 15 ESRs, 23 supervisors and 10 secondment representatives. Network members introduced themselves and began to seek affinities and lines of collaboration for their research. The sessions were fully online and included presentations, teamwork and discussions. Concept maps were used to encourage dialogue and exchange of ideas. The work initiated in these sessions will be continued in the vocabulary on affordable and sustainable housing that will be created jointly by the network members.
The network's research and training activities will begin on July 2, 2021 with the 15 contracted researchers.
Published on 01-07-2021
RE-DWELL's training and research activities will begin with four kick-off sessions on July 2, 5, 6 and 8, involving the 15 contracted early-stage researchers and their supervisors. Ms. Shana Impens, from the Research Executive Office, will welcome the participants at the beginning of the first session.
The aim of this introductory programme is to kick-start the network's activities, enabling RE-DWELLers to get to know each other and start working together on research individually and collaboratively. The work done in these sessions will represent the first step in building an innovative network on affordable and sustainable housing.
Kick-off sessions: start of the network research activities
Published on 29-06-2021
RE-DWELL's training and research activities will begin with four kick-off sessions on July 2, 5, 6 and 8, involving the 15 contracted early-stage researchers and their supervisors.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1409814284343943168
15 Early-Stage Researchers selected
Published on 30-04-2021
The selection process ended on 12 March; 15 early-career researchers from 11 countries will sign a contract as RE-DWELL fellows. Thank you to the 246 candidates who participated in the selection process, and congratulations to those selected.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1388029524873564160
Second recruitment call closed
Published on 17-03-2021
In the second stage, we have received 101 applications from 40 countries. Twenty-one candidates from 246 applicants around the world invited to the final stage of the selection process.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1372148287185244162
Second call for recruitment opened
Published on 21-01-2021
A second call has now been opened for 6 ESR positions which remain vacant. We are still looking for excellent candidates who meet the selection criteria. The deadline for the second call for applicants is February 19, 2021, at 24:00 CET.
Call for recruitment closed
Published on 18-12-2020
We have received 145 applications from more than 40 countries around the world.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1339987581350649856
Call for recruitmen is open
Published on 18-11-2020
Applications for the 15 early-stage positions are now open. Please check the job offers and access the application forms. Happy to receive applications from excellent candidates until December 16, 2020.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1329091108870127618
