The Chair collaborates with the Conference organized by the Reus City Council “Online Conference: Who has the key to housing in Reus?” next November 18 at 5:00 p.m. through Teams.
All the information is in: https://www.reus.cat/agenda/jornada20201118
Call for papers: kick-off webinar of the group “Housing and New Technologies” – European Network for Housing Research
The kick-off webinar of the working group “Housing and New Technologies of the European Network for Housing Research will take place on 20th January 2021. This virtual seminar, coordinated by Prof. Michel Vols (University of Groningen) and by Dr. Rosa M. Garcia-Teruel (UNESCO Housing Chair, URV), will cover the following topics related to housing and new technologies: real estate crowdfunding, blockchain, big data, data protection and smart homes, IoT, AI and ML techniques, 3d printing, etc. Those researchers interested in presenting their papers may submit an abstract before the 20th November by sending an email to rosamaria.garciat@urv.cat.
The provisional programme and more information may be found at the following link: https://housing.urv.cat/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CfP-Housing-New-Tech.pdf
Dr. Héctor Simón has taken part in the Round Table of the “VII Conference on Cooperativism and Solidarity Economy. The housing cooperative on assigment of use”, organized by the Faculty of Legal Sciences of University Rovira i Virgili, URV Emprèn and Coopcamp, which was held on 12 November 2020. Dr. Simón explained the pros and cons of housing cooperatives on assigment of use and whether they could be an alternative to home ownership and tenancy.
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/
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
On November 3 at 10 am, Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre will participate with the conference “The crossroads of housing in 2020” in the webinar “Post-COVID-19 housing in Spain” organized by the Registradores de España and CEOE.
Link: https://ceoe-es.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gH1M-jlrS_ivUPz7GOgrNQ
Dr. Héctor Simón has delivered the lecture “Property in Civil Law and Common Law”, for the third consecutive year, at the LLM International & Comparative Business Law of the National University of Ireland, Galway. This Master has been considered as the Postgraduate Course of the Year in Law in Ireland in 2019. More information about the Master is available at: https://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/llm-international-comparative-business.html?fbclid=IwAR0WGmv0MaV6T3QM6aIqqVbr4WGEX9zQWOVeH0IgFqYBTnDxjEnYxf_O5Sg
The recording of the webinar on Collaborative Housing from October 15, 2020 is now available: https://housing.urv.cat/webinars-2020-2021/
Next October 26, Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar will speak about The importance of housing in these times of Covid-19; event organized by the Fundación Mutua de Propietarios. Link:
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre will give a virtual conference on the population and housing challenges for 2050 at the Jornades Repensem la Ribera d’Ebre organized by the Consell Comarcal and the Centre d’Estudis de la Ribera d’Ebre on Thursday 22 October at 7pm.
The conference can be followed live through the website of the Consell Comarcal de la Ribera d’Ebre:
http://www.riberaebre.org/2020/10/05/repensem-ribera-debre-jornades-abordar-futur-comarca/
