Webinar
Next November 12 at 6:00 p.m. (Spanish time) will take place the 11th International Workshop “Housing: right, asset and territory”. All the information is in: https://housing.urv.cat/en/webinar-vivienda-derecho-activo-territorio-2/
Publication
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre has published the article “The coronavirus knocks at the door” in the Journal of the Col·legi d’Aparelladors, Arquitectes Tècnics i Enginyers d’Edificació de Tarragona, n. 88, 2020, pp. 7-9.
Postgraduate in Housing Policy
The next academic year, the UNESCO Housing Chair URV completes his training in housing with a new University Postgraduate in Housing Policies, unique in its kind. He joins the postgraduate course in mediation and the course of real estate agents, both approved and going for its 8th edition.
The teaching of the Postgraduate in Housing Policies will be virtual and pre-registration is now open. The program are in: https://housing.urv.cat/portada/docencia/postgrau-en-politiques-dhabitatge/
The Threshold
Dr. Estela Rivas and Dr. Jan Gonzalo participate in the Som-hi Program of Canal Tac 12 TV to explain the Threshold experience. 10/27/2020
It can be seen from minute 40,38 to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFFi99qhGVE&feature=youtu.be
More information about the project at: https://llindar.cat/en/
Press
Controlling the rent of urban housing leases in Catalonia: the risk of excluding those already excluded, by Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar in Hay Derecho- Expansión. 10/29/2020
Seminar “Digital ID in Blockchain”
Recently, Dr. Rosa M. Garcia Teruel, postdoctoral researcher at the UNESCO Housing Chair, jointly with 3 students, created the students’ group “Legal Hackers URV”, dedicated to the study of the intersenction of Law and New Technologies, following the groups that emerged in the US (legalhackers.org) to promote debates on the legal and ethical aspects of new technologies.
Next Wednesday, November 4 at 6:00 p.m. they organize the seminar “The Digital Identity in Blockchain”, inviting Dr. Nacho Alamillo, PhD in Law, lawyer, general director of Astrea, and a member of the European Network and Information Security Steering Group of the European Union.
The access to the virtual seminar is free of charge through the following link: bitly.com/legalhackersurv
Newsletter
The Chair’s Newsletter has been published. You can consult it in : https://mailchi.mp/0ae23f3efabb/newsletter-ctedra-unesco-dhabitatge-febrer-4158310
To receive it periodically by email, you can request it at : https://urv.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=30e073891be94e28dc987d9b2&id=4b8c22b102&fbclid=IwAR2eok0L17Ncu3VxnFyQrAt6NsnDhV79FOFYbSgGP9-dodkcjjKpyXMMFlE
Conferences
Researchers from the UNESCO Housing Chair URV have delivered 400 lectures in 35 countries since its creation in 2013. From Australia and Japan to Mexico and Argentina, passing through most European countries.
Diari de Tarragona
Housing training from Tarragona to Europe, Dra. Gemma Caballé Fabra, Diari de Tarragona, 11/10/2020.
Urban October ONU
The Chair organizes the 10th international Workshop entitled “Collaborative Housing” with the aim of reviewing the collaborative phenomenon applied to housing, its advantages and obstacles as a means of access to housing, especially in the face of the scenario posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. https://housing.urv.cat/en/webinar-la-vivienda-colaborativa/
The speakers are: Darinka Czischke, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture and Built Environment, Delft University of Technology; María Paula Rodríguez, Pre-doctoral Researcher at the UNESCO Chair Housing Chair and Dolors Camats, Director of the Cooperativa Obrera de Viviendas.
The event is part of the activities developed by UN-Habitat to commemorate the Urban October, the World Habitat Day and the World Cities Day. You may find more information in the following link:
https://urbanoctober.unhabitat.org/event/webinar-collaborative-housing
