8th International Workshop

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Next Wednesday February 5, we are organizing the 8th International Workshop, in which Prof. Dr. Christoph U. Schmid, full professor of Civil Law at the University of Bremen (Germany) will talk about “Alleviating Housing Shortage and Intensification through Rent Freeze and Rent Caps? The case of the City of Berlin”. The Workshop will start at 12pm in the Sala de Juntes of the Campus Catalunya. Registration at nuria.lambea@urv.cat and more information in https://housing.urv.cat/portada/congressos/8e-seminari-cientific-internacional/

Lecture at the LLM International & Comparative Business Law, National University of Ireland

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Dr. Héctor Simón has delivered the lecture “Property in Civil Law and Common Law”, for the second 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

European day of mediation, 21th January 2019

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On the occasion of the European day of mediation, the library of the URV at the Catalunya Campus offers some books, journals and films about the topic.

More information here: http://www.urv.cat/ca/vida-campus/serveis/crai/activitats/173/nou-centre-d-interes-al-crai-catalunya-dia-europeu-de-la-mediacio

Mediem

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Dr. Estela Rivas and Mrs. Emma López attended the presentation of the “Mediem” network to Tarragona on December 16, 2019. It is a platform in mediation and collaboration in housing matters promoted by the Housing Agency of Catalonia.

https://www.diarimes.com/es/noticias/tarragona/2019/12/16/llega_tarragona_mediem_primera_plataforma_mediacion_colaboracion_materia_vivienda_74078_1091.html

https://govern.cat/salapremsa/notes-premsa/380157/generalitat-presenta-mediem-primera-plataforma-mediacio-col-laboracio-materia-habitatge

“The Threshold” simulation experience for Social Integration students at the Gaudí High School in Reus

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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.

https://llindar.cat/en/

50 housing solutions in Europe

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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/

Presentat l’informe “50 solucions al sensellarisme i a l’exclusió residencial”

 

Communication to international congress

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Silvana Canales Gutiérrez, PhD in Law student and a member of the UNESCO housing chair, participated as a speaker in the Collaborative International Accommodation Congress held in Almería on November 21 and 22, organized by the University of Almería in collaboration with the University of the Balearic Islands. Her communication called “Protection of the guest as a consumer in the light of the Brussels I bis and Rome I Regulations”, indicated the consumer’s judicial alternatives against abusive clauses in the service contracts signed with platforms such as Airbnb, HomeaAway and Wimdu.

Lecture at the Conference on housing, environment and the elderly

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Dr. Simón delivered the lecture “Housing financial products for the elderly” at the “Aging, housing and environment” conference, organized by the Housing Observatory of Barcelona. The conference took place at the Consorcio Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo Barcelona-Center Ernest Lluch on November 27, 2019. The lecture addressed the main financial products available for the elderly, such as the reverse mortgage, the home reversion or the assignment of the housing for rent purposes.

https://cuimpb.cat/ca/curs/215-envelliment-habitatge-i-entorn

Congress opening

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On November 21 and 22, Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre participated as a keynote speaker in the Congress of collaborative accommodation that was held in Almería, organized by the University of Almeria in collaboration with the University of the Balearic Islands. Prof. Dr. Nasarre was in charge of inaugurating the Congress with a presentation on housing and collaborative economy in which he explained the new perspectives of access to housing in response to the economic crisis, based on the use of new technologies and blockchain as a decentralized system of information verification between peers.

https://www.noticiasdealmeria.com/movil/noticia/159859/almeria/analisis-en-la-ual-sobre-el-marco-legal-del-alojamiento-colaborativo.html

 

ENHR Coordination Committee meeting

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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre participated in the ENHR Coordination Committee meeting that took place last week in Nicosia. Among other things, the venue and development of the ENHR 2020 Conference were discussed (08-11-2019). ENHR is the largest network of expert housing researchers in Europe. https://www.enhr.net