Presentation of “El Llindar” experience

Radio Vilafranca echoes the presentation of the “El Llindar” experience, an activity designed to raise awareness and reflect on the issue of homelessness, at the Regional Council of Alt Penedès on October 27, 2023. Available at: https:// www.rtvvilafranca.cat/programa/l-informatiu/f/30953-20231102/

More information about “El Llindar” at https://llindar.cat/en

Agenda of the Chair

The Agenda of the Chair num. 28 for the month of Novembrer is now available.

Link to all agendas: https://housing.urv.cat/agenda/

 

Agenda of the Chair

The Agenda of the Chair num. 27 for the months of September and October is now available.

Link to all agendas: https://housing.urv.cat/agenda/

 

Workshop

The Chair organizes the 22nd Interdisciplinary Workshop: “Towards the smart city: technological, sustainable and inclusive”, this Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 12:00h in person.

The seminar will be led by Dr. Isabel de la Iglesia, Professor of the Faculty of Law at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), and aims to analyze the growing technological innovation, the problems that arise after the imbalance produced in the environment, and the increasing social differentiation of all kinds makes us move towards a new model: the smart city, where sustainable development is one of the main objectives, and all for reasons of social justice.

To confirm attendance, please contact: office.housing@urv.cat

New book chapter: Comentarios a la ley catalana 15/2009, de 22 de julio, de mediación

Emma López contributed to the book Comentarios a la ley catalana 15/2009, de 22 de julio, de mediación en el ámbito del derecho privado y concordantes, published by Marcial Pons and directed by Prof. from the University of Barcelona, ​​Isabel Viola Demestre. It is a collective work that analyzes in depth the mediation Law in force in Catalonia.

Housing Chair’s poster

A poster showing our research activities from 2013 to 2017, has been presented at the research exposition celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Faculty of Legal Sciences of the URV.

Research stay at NUI Galway

The UNESCO Housing Chair researcher Dr. Héctor Simón undertook a research stay for six months (from 1 March to 31 August 2018) at the Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy Research of the National University of Ireland, Galway (http://www.nuigalway.ie/chlrp/), supervised by Dr. Padraic Kenna, thanks to a grant awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports within the framework of the “José Castillejo” Call for Young Doctors in 2017. Dr. Simón has analyzed the potential application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in private legal relationships, in particular in the legislation enacted by the European Union in the field of mortgages and consumers.

Research stay at NUI Galway

The UNESCO Housing Chair researcher Núria Lambea undertook a research stay in July and August at the Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy Research of the National University of Ireland Galway (http://www.nuigalway.ie/chlrp/), supervised by Dr. Padraic Kenna, in the context of the development of her PhD thesis on models of management of social housing from a comparative perspective.

Research at the University of Groningen

In August 2018, Dr. Rosa Maria Garcia Teruel was visiting researcher at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), hosted by Prof. Dra. Sofia Ranchordás. This research stay on real estate transactions with blockchain was funded by the COST Action 16121 From Sharing to Caring.