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Dr. Mª Paula Rodríguez de Liévano has published the monograph “Los Derechos Humanos en la vivienda colaborativa” in the “Derecho de la Vivienda” collection of Editorial Tirant lo Blanch, the result of her doctoral thesis. The work aims at the collaborative housing model, focusing on cohousing communities and their formula of housing cooperatives in transfer of use, as these are the schemes promoted in Spain as housing alternatives in constant increase.

More information at: https://editorial.tirant.com/es/libro/los-derechos-humanos-en-la-vivienda-colaborativa-maria-paula-rodriguez-lievano-9791370101800

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Dr. Héctor Simón has published with Dr. Padraic Kenna the article “Protecting homeloan borrowers in the emerging EU secondary market for non-performing loans” in the Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental law.

The article is available at: https://housing.urv.cat/portada/recerca/working-papers/

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Dr. Gemma Caballé Fabra has published the article “Housing professionals in Europe” in the “Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental law”.

The article is available at: https://housing.urv.cat/portada/recerca/working-papers/

 

Project MyRobot

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A research project promoted by researchers at the URV and coordinated by Dr. Blanca Deusdad makes a robot seal available to elderly people to improve their quality of life and that of their environment. The first day of fieldwork should allow researchers to relate the residents’ reaction when they come into contact with the robot with the preconceived ideas they have about these devices for companionship and personal assistance.

More information at: https://diaridigital.urv.cat/nuka-arriba-residencies/

 

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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar has published the report “The challenges of housing in Europe. Special attention to the evolution of the situation in Spain”, Popular Parliamentary Group in the European Parliament, 2025.

The report is available at: https://sergionasarre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/snasarre-challenges-of-housing-in-europe-2025.pdf

 

Hackathon FP Challenge

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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar and Ms. Marina Pueyo participated in the 3rd edition of the Hackathon FP Challenge Ciutat de Tarragona, an initiative promoted by the Directorate General of Vocational Training of the Generalitat de Catalunya. The event took place on February 25, 2025.

More information at: https://www.vidalibarraquer.net/index.php/noticies/1406-3a-edicio-challenge-fp-tarragona

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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar and Dr. Maria Paula Rodríguez de Liévano have published the article “Horizontal property vs housing cooperatives in transfer of use: the success of a modern classic as inspiration for new ways of organizing life in common” (Revista Crítica de Derecho Inmobiliario, no. 806/2024).

This work analyzes the keys to the success of the Spanish condominium regime for organizing multi-family housing, in comparison with the modest presence of housing cooperatives in transfer of use, despite the insistence on its popularization through some initiatives provided with public resources.

More information at: https://www.revistacritica.es/rcdi/article/view/10496

 

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Dr. Pablo Ruiz Osuna has published the monograph “The legal personality of intelligent automata” in the Aranzadi publishing house, the result of his doctoral thesis. The work deals with what is possibly the great invention of this century: intelligent automata. The research seeks to determine their legal nature (what are they?) and proposes a basic private legal regime for them, as new citizens and agents in legal-economic traffic.

More information at: https://tienda.aranzadilaley.es/la-personalidad-juridica-de-los-automatas-inteligentes?srsltid=AfmBOopot68QhMFEqv_cm4LSmsRSxArhhLS2KHkYi4TJSfXtNnTbndt8

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Dr. Philippa Hugues, who is a research fellow at the UNESCO Chair in Housing thanks to a Marie Curie fellowship, has published the article “Regional intermediary actors and professionalism in community-led housing: implications of the enabler hub network in England” in the prestigious journal “Housing Studies”.

More information at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673037.2024.2439455#abstract

Lectures on housing and legal terminology in English

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Dr. Phillippa Hugues, postdoctoral researcher and Marie Curie fellow, and Ms. Ashjan Alsane, who is developing her thesis at the Chair on artificial intelligence, have delivered two open sessions in the context of the Comparative Law subject of the Law Degree: the first, on the situation of housing in the UK and Spain and, the second, on legal terminology in English. The sessions took place on 19 November 2024.