The URV turns the leading research work of the UNESCO Housing Chair into a pioneering educational and recreational project to address all forms of Homelessness.
Indicador de Economía, Primer diario económico de les comarcas de Tarragona, núm. 239, enero 2020, pp. 12-13.
https://www.indicadordeeconomia.com/pdf/IE.pdf
Five innovative Spanish housing solutions recognized at European.
Also in: https://tarragonadigital.com/area-metropolitana/urv-habitatge-social-parlament-europeu-2020
On November 29, 2019, during the follow-up commission, the Chair delivered a commemorative gift to Dr. Encarnació Ricart for her recognition in the creation of the Chair in 2013.
Dr. Jan Gonzalo (co-author of the simulation experience) and Ms. Núria Lambea, researcher of the Housing Chair, were, December 17, at Gaudí High School in Reus to carry out the simulation experience “The Threshold” with the students of the Higher Education Degree (HNC) on Social Integration. Canal Reus TV was also present to witness this gamified activity.
Dr. Sergio Nasarre and Dr. Estela Rivas delivered a copy courtesy of “El Llindar”, a simulation experience to raise awareness about homelessness, to Mrs. Aurora Vinyes Espasa, Social Integration Tutor at the Francesc Vidal i Barraquer Institute, in gratitude for her collaboration in making this experience a reality. More information about the acquisition of “The threshold” experience may be found at https://llindar.cat/en/
https://www.vidalibarraquer.net/index.php/noticies/593-regal-unesco-urv
On December 10, Dr. Jan Gonzalo (co-author of the simulation experience) and Ms. Núria Lambea, researcher of the Housing Chair, had the opportunity to talk about homelessness and “The Threshold” in Tarragona Ràdio, being the latter a gamified activity intended to raise awareness of the homelessness and residential exclusion issues among students over 15 years of age. More information about this gamified experience, as well as on the documentary “The Threshold” is available at https://llindar.cat/en/
On Novembrer 27, Dr. Jan Gonzalo and Dra. Estela Rivas, were in Onda Cero de Tarragona talking about “The Threshold”, a gamified activity to raise awareness of the homelessness and residential exclusion, designed for among students over 15 years of age. More information about this gamified experience “The Threshold” is available at https://llindar.cat/en/
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre participated on December 11 in the presentation of the best 50 housing solutions in Europe, an initiative promoted by the Housing Solutions Platform.
https://www.housing-solutions-platform.org/hsp-knowledge.
https://housing.urv.cat/50-soluciones-al-sinhogarismo-y-a-la-exclusion-residencial/
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre attended, last Friday November 15th, the Ambassadors meeting. There, Dr. Xavier Grau explained the importance of investment in research and its need to be effectively used in the production and social sectors.
The Housing Chair of the URV will be one of the of the Department of Civil Law at the University of Malta in the project entitled ‘Systematising Smart Contracts within Classical Contract Law Theory’. The Department of Civil Law, of which a PhD graduate of the Housing Chair, Kurt Xerri, forms part, has been awarded a Research Excellence Grant of EUR 60k from the Research Grant Committee of the University of Malta, towards the end of conducting research on the legal effects of computer protocols containing partially or fully self-executing, self-enforcing agreements. This will be done over a two-year period from January 2020 to 2021. As a partner, the URV will be involved in all the various stages of the project.
https://www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/news/features/2019/10/universityofmaltaresearchfundawards
