International conference

Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre has given the conference “New housing tenures: intermediate tenures, collaborative housing and functional tenancies”, at the Center for Urban Transitions of the Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus in Melbourne, Australia (12/02/2019)

https://www.swinburne.edu.au/events/departments/health-arts-design/2020/02/new-housing-tenures-intermediate-tenures-collaborative-housing-and-functional-tenancies.php

Doctoral thesis defense

Last February 6, the researcher of the Housing Chair Gemma Caballé Fabra achieved the international PhD, with an Excellent Cum Laude, with the defense of her doctoral thesis “La intermediación inmobiliaria ante los nuevos retos de la vivienda” (Real estate brokerage in the face of new housing challenges). Dr. Carlos Lasarte, Dr. Pedro Antonio Munar and Dr. Christoph Schmid were the members of the Examination Board.

Press

La Vanguardia. Lectures of Dr. Sergio Nasarre and Dr. Nuria Lambea in Bilbao

https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/paisvasco/20200130/473220700476/visesa-suma-15488-viviendas-protegidas-construidas-desde-su-creacion-y-alokabide-alcanza-los-14200-pisos-en-alquiler.html

Awards

The Diari of Tarragona He has been awarded for his informative work on mediation

https://www.diaridetarragona.com/tarragona/El-Diari-premiado-por-su-labor-informativa-sobre-la-mediacion-20200119-0019.html

New Project del Observatorio Social de la Caixa

Data science of judicial decisions for evidence-based housing policies in Spain.

The project aims to trace the patterns of legal reasoning inspiring decisions that go on to become cornerstones of jurisprudence, and that may even lead to legislative changes. we will also seek to quantify the desired and undesired consequences of such decisions, and we commit to transfer our results to policymakers and judicial bodies.

https://housing.urv.cat/en/dasiho/

 

European day of mediation

On January 23, Ms. Emma López gave a conference on Mediation at the Colegio de Administradores de Fincas of Tarragona.

Invited speakers in Bilbao

Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre and Dr. Núria Lambea were invited as speakers to the commemorative event of the 20th anniversary of Alokabide and 30th anniversary of Visesa, on January 30th in Bilbao. They talked about “La encrucijada de la vivienda tras catorce años de crisis (The housing crossroads after fourteen years of crisis)” and “Un modelo de gestión de vivienda social en clave europea (A model of social housing management in a European key)” respectively in the commemorative event of the 20th anniversary of Alokabide and 30th anniversary of Visesa, on January 30th in Bilbao.

https://m.europapress.es/euskadi/noticia-visesa-suma-15488-viviendas-protegidas-construidas-creacion-alokabide-alcanza-14200-pisos-alquiler-20200130183001.html

https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4136835/0/visesa-suma-15-488-viviendas-protegidas-construidas-desde-su-creacion-y-alokabide-alcanza-los-14-200-pisos-en-alquiler/

http://www.gentedigital.es/bilbao/noticia/2800546/visesa-suma-15488-viviendas-protegidas-construidas-desde-su-creacion-y-alokabide-alcanza-los-14200-pisos-en-alquiler/

https://www.eldiario.es/norte/euskadi/Visesa-viviendas-protegidas-construidas-Alokabide_0_990401882.html

Doctoral thesis defense

Last January 23, the researcher of the Housing Chair Núria Lambea achieved the international PhD, with an Excellent Cum Laude, with the defence of her doctoral thesis “Propuesta de un modelo de provisión y gestión de vivienda social en clave europea” (Proposal for a social housing management model in a European context). Dr. E. Muñiz, Dr. J. Tejedor and Dr. M. Elsinga were the members of the Examination Board.

8th International Workshop

Next Wednesday February 5, we are organizing the 8th International Workshop, in which Prof. Dr. Christoph U. Schmid, full professor of Civil Law at the University of Bremen (Germany) will talk about “Alleviating Housing Shortage and Intensification through Rent Freeze and Rent Caps? The case of the City of Berlin”. The Workshop will start at 12pm in the Sala de Juntes of the Campus Catalunya. Registration at nuria.lambea@urv.cat and more information in https://housing.urv.cat/portada/congressos/8e-seminari-cientific-internacional/