Dr. Rosa M. Garcia Teruel, postdoctoral researcher of the Housing Chair, participated at the TENLAW conference held in La Valletta, Malta, on 11 and 12 October. She presented a paper on the challenges of the rental smart contracts. Dr. Kurt Xerri, visiting researcher of the Chair, was in charge of organising the conferece. Maridalia Rodríguez and Alessandro Dinisi, both doctoral researchers, also presented their pieces of research.
Prof. Sergio Nasarre has delivered the inaugural lecture of the 44th Urban Planning and Studies course of the IVAP of Eusko Jaurlaritza-Vasc Government, which information may be found at http://www.ivap.euskadi.eus/r61- vedpre04 / es / contenidos / informacion / evetu / es_3811 / cursos_modulares.html. The conference focused on “The crisis of traditional access to housing. The new challenges of collaborative housing.”
The 4th Edition of the Summer Course of the UNESCO Housing Chair of the University Rovira i Virgili took place in the city of Valls, Tarragona (Old Convent of Carmen), last June 15th. Researchers from the Chair, visiting researchers, such as Dr. Padraic Kenna or Dr. Brano Glumac, and representatives from both the Chair’s partners and the Valls City Council, which actively collaborated in its organization, took part in the Course, which dealt with topics related to collaborative housing and the urban environment, such as housing and blockchain, cohousing, condo-hotels and urban regeneration. It was presented the book series on housing (“Derecho de la Vivienda”), published by the prestigious Spanish publisher Tirant lo Blanch in collaboration with the UNESCO Housing Chair. The first two volumes of the series are already available, which deal with housing tenures and reverse mortgages (http://www.tirant.com/editorial/colecciones/derecho-de-la-vivienda).
Dr. Héctor Simón attended the International Conference” New perspectives on acquisitive prescription”, which was held on 10th and 11th May 2018 at the University of Groningen. Dr. Simón presented a paper on the relationship between the different Land Registration systems in Europe and the institution of acquisitive prescription on land. This Conference was organised within the framework of the Group on acquisitive prescription of the Common Core of European Private Law (http: //www.common- core.org).
“Last 23th March 2018, Prof. Sergio Nasarre was invited to speak at the SHAPE workshop ‘Building governance and energy efficiency: mapping the inter-disciplinary challenge’ chaired by Prof. Susan Bright at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford. The workshop covered interesting case studies involving condominiums that have initiative improvements in their energetic efficiency, which were followed by a lively discussion among interdisciplinary academics -lawyers, economists, sociologists and phsycologists- and practitioners”.
On january 27th 2018, we will be celebrating the European day of mediation with the mediator and psychologist Enric Vives, who will present the project ‘Tots som àrbitres’, project that won the research felowship https://www.fullcircleautowash.com/buy-metformin-online-canadian-pharmacy-metformin-over-the-counter-usa/ Auriga Fvsvs 2015 and was chosen as a model by the Tarragonès Sports Council to enhance values within school sports.
The agreement was signed during the 6th Seminar “Empty housing, squatting and community rehabilitation”.
The UNESCO Housing Chair has as a new partner the City Council of Reus, after the Councilor for Social Welfare, Montserrat Vilella, the rector of the URV, Josep Anton Ferré, and the director of the Chair, Sergio Nasarre, have signed the agreement of adhesion in the celebration of this scientific seminar. In this way, the network of institutions that collaborate with the Chair for research and project development is expanded.
The signing of the agreement has taken place in the framework of the 6th Scientific Seminar “Empty homes, squatting and community rehabilitation”, where the projects of rehabilitation of homes by people who have need are being carried out in England by 110 groups organized with the support of a public program. The Pandorahub initiative has also been announced, which aims to convert empty rural properties into attractive places to live and work.
The seminar, which had a first presentation on Monday, September 25, has had three internationally recognized speakers: the professor of Savannah Law School (United States) specialist in real estate law Marc Roark, the professor of Housing Policy of the University from Birmingham and director of the Housing and Community Research Group to IASS David Mullins, and Diana Moret, founder of Pandorahub.
