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Dr. Gemma Caballé participates in the Pint of Science with the theme “Do you want to access a home in ownership?”. The event takes place on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
More information at: https://pintofscience.es/events/tortosa/
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Dr. Andrés Labella participated in the Conference on “The Right to Housing for People with Disabilities”, organized by the Deanship of the College of Registrars of Catalonia. The event took place on April 21, 2016.
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Dr. Héctor Simón participated in the Day of Europe celebration, which took place at the Facultad de Derecho Universidad Complutense de Madrid to commemorate the “Forty years of Spain in the European integration project”, with a first table on the constitutional impact of Spain’s accession to the European Union, and a second table on the Union’s new initiatives to address the housing problem. The event took place on May 7, 2026.
More information at: https://derecho.ucm.es/jornadas-de-celebracion-del-dia-de-europa
Lecture CONTART
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre delivered a lecture on the current situation of housing at the XI International Convention of Technical Architecture, CONTART, organized by the General Council of Technical Architecture of Spain. The conference took place in Alicante on May 7th and 8th, 2026.
More information at: https://contart.es/contart2026
Housing Studies Association
Dr. Philippa Hughes took part in the Housing Studies Association Annual Conference “Housing Transformed: Climate, Health, and Technology in an Uncertain Future”. The conference took place in Sheffield from 20-22 April 2026.
More information at: https://www.housing-studies-association.org/events/annual-conference-2026-housing-transformed-climate-health-and-technology-in-an-uncertain-future
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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre, Dr. Gemma Caballé and Dr. Mª Paula Rodríguez participated in the 9th Congress of the Real Estate Union, organized by the General Council of COAPIS of Spain. The event took place in Madrid on Thursday, April 16, 2026.
More information at: https://congresounioninmobiliaria.com/
https://digitalsevilla.com/2026/04/20/el-9o-congreso-union-inmobiliaria-consolida-su-exito-en-madrid-como-epicentro-del-analisis-y-futuro-del-sector/
Seminar “Ten Years of Shared and Temporary Catalan Property”
The UNESCO Chair in Housing is organizing the Seminar “Ten Years of Shared and Temporary Catalan Property”. In this seminar, several experts, academics and professionals will analyze two Catalan civil institutions that should be key to promoting access to housing: shared property and temporary property. And they will do so ten years after their inclusion in the Civil Code of Catalonia by Law 19/2015. Access is free but capacity is limited to registered people, both in person and virtually. To register and for more information, send an email with your professional details to housing@urv.cat.
More information at: https://housing.urv.cat/seminari-diez-anos-de-la-propiedad-compartida-y-temporal-catalanas-2/
Hackathon
Professor Sergio Nasarre and Dr. Pablo Ruiz participated in the 2026 Cloud Computing Hackathon, organized by the URV/T-Systems Cloud Computing Chair at Rovira i Virgili University. The hackathon focuses on creating intelligent applications to solve real-world problems faced by citizens, such as access to housing. The event took place on March 20, 2023.
More information at: https://cloudlab.urv.cat/catedracloud/hackato2026/
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Dr. Philippa Hughes and Dr. Núria Lambea are participating in the Conference “Public Housing as a Pillar of the Social State: Emerging Challenges and Innovative Responses”, organized by the Spanish Association of Public Housing and Land Managers (AVS). The Conference took place in Cádiz on March 12th and 13th, 2026.
More information at: https://gestorespublicos.org/
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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre and Dr. Gemma Caballé explained the experience of the UNESCO Chair in Housing in the field of social impact at the “Presentation and work session on the social impact of research at the URV”, which took place on Thursday, March 12, 2026 in the Sala de Vistes of the Campus Catalunya.
During the session, the report “Proposal for a system of indicators to evaluate the social impact of research at the URV” was presented and a space for reflection and joint work was generated between the university community and local agents.
