Entries by Càtedra UNESCO d'Habitatge URV

At the ENHR coordination committee in Athens

Prof. Sergio Nasarre has participated in the biannual meeting of the Coordination Committee of the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR), the largest network of housing researchers in Europe. The meeting took place in Athens on October 26 and 27, 2018. At the meeting, Prof. Nasarre presented the first proposal of new statutes of the […]

Visiting the Dublin’s Science Gallery

The Director of the UNESCO Chair of Housing has been visiting, together with Region of Knowledge, the Science Gallery of Dublin to develop at the local level a knowledge transfer project from the Rovira i Virgili University and the Research Institutes. Prof. Nasarre and Mr. Ferrer have had the opportunity to meet with several persons […]

Publication of the book “A new legal regime of urban leases for Catalonia to facilitate access to housing”

Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar, Dr. Héctor Simón Moreno and Dr. Elga Molina Roig have co-directed the book “Un nou dret d’arrendaments urbans per a Catalunya per a afavorir l’accés a l’habitatge” (Atelier, 2018) (A new legal regime of urban leases for Catalonia to facilitate access to housing), in which other researchers of the Chair […]

Prof. Estela Rivas contributes to the book “Financial and Tax Aspects of Real Estate”

Prof. Estela Rivas has contributed to the book “Financial and Tax Aspects of Real Estate”, led by Prof. Gemma Patón of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (published by Wolters Kluwer). In the chapter entitled “Collaborative economy in the housing sector: participatory real estate financing platforms”, Prof. Rivas analizes real estate crowdfunding.

14th Interdisciplinary Workshop: expropriations, insurance and Human Rights

On the 16th of October, took place the 14th Interdisciplinary Workshop: expropriations, insurance and human rights. Professor Cristina Argelich of the University of Cádiz participated with the presentation “Defects without virtues of the expropriation system of the Autonomous Community: some lessons from England and Wales; Mr. Àlex Mestre, President of the Catalan Council of Chartered […]

TENLAW conference in Malta

Dr. Rosa M. Garcia Teruel, postdoctoral researcher of the Housing Chair, participated at the TENLAW conference held in La Valletta, Malta, on 11 and 12 October. She presented a paper on the challenges of the rental smart contracts. Dr. Kurt Xerri, visiting researcher of the Chair, was in charge of organising the conferece. Maridalia Rodríguez […]

“El Umbral (The Threshold)”, the role-playing game to raise public awareness about homelessness

The UNESCO Housing Chair has produced an entertaining material to raise public awareness about the causes of homelessness and the role of social entities. The role-playing game took place at the Institut Vidal i Barraquer on 17 September 2018, which allowed high school students to put themselves in the place of people at risk. The […]

Training session on urban leases

The UNESCO Housing Chair has organized a training session on urban leases for the Professional Association of Tax Technicians of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands (delegation of Tarragona), on 20 September 2018. Several researchers from the Housing Chair have taken part in the seminar (Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre, Dr. Frederic Adan, Dr. Rosa Maria Garcia […]