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constanceu.bsky.social
Researcher at LISER (Luxembourg) interested in (shared) housing provision (for young people), hyper-commodified housing products, mixed-use development, live-work pathways, urban governance, institutional frameworks
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Thanks to @nature.com for featuring Stand Up for Science! ☀️🧬🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📣Online Event: #Gender & economic #insecurity 📅 March 3: 15h-17h 🗣️ LISER researcher @douccap.bsky.social will share insights on the intersection of #housing & gender #inequalities 💡Join discussions on gender differences/commonalities w/ experts across various fields. ℹ️ www.uni.lu/en/events/ge...

First proper article in five years, due to life stuff. If you’re interested in work, automation, the future & imagination this may be of interest #geosky doi.org/10.1177/0263...

New job alert! 2-year post-doc in Housing Studies @liser.lu A chance to develop your research agenda and advance the analyses conducted in the Housing Observatory, a multi-annual collaboration with the Luxembourg Housing Ministry. Happy to answer questions! jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur...

🥳📝 New open access paper in #Regional Studies w/ Rodrigo Cardoso & Marcin Dabrowski (TU Delft): doi.org/10.1080/0034... Output of the #ESPON IRiE project (Interregional relations in #Europe) 🙏 Thank you, Rodrigo and Marcin, for the nice collaboration!

Not sure I understand how there can be a student housing boom in midst of general higher education gloom (though packing as many rooms as possible into a building and charging the highest rents for them you can is obviously part of it) www.ft.com/content/8903...

Our Urban Studies article is now open access! 🔓 We introduce ‘gentrification regimes’—using 50 years of property data to reveal how Luxembourg’s housing market shifted from ownership-driven to investor-led, with national fiscal policies fueling buy-to-let gentrification. 📖 tinyurl.com/ycyhd6kk

Last week, the #Housing and #Young People WG of the ENHR met for a workshop in #Luxembourg, with the precious support of @liser-udm.bsky.social Thanks again to the colleagues, speakers, panellists and our Housing Minister for taking part in this inspiring event See you in Paris (ENHR conference)!

Christopher Foye and Hannu Ruonavaara are organizing this year's "Housing, Theory and Society" workshop at ENHR in Paris from 1-4 July 2025. We welcome theoretically-informed papers from across the social science disciplines and beyond. Deadline: March 15. premc.org/enhrgrandpar...

🚀 Kick-off of the Workshop: #Housing young people in the #affordability-crisis context: a European view on family support, market supply & #policy responses. 🎯The event aims draw political attention to the situation of young people in housing markets. 🔎 Programme info: www.liser.lu/event-worksh...

Yikes… forget being human(e), you’re just a risky figure (kind of thing) - read this if you’re wondering how the private rented sector is shaping up www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New job alert! 2-year post-doc on the history of property inequalities (renewable up to 4 years) at LISER, Luxembourg. HIST_PROP, funded by @csllux.bsky.social, will analyse land and property ownership data in Luxembourg (1824-1938). Happy to answer questions! jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur...

This Thursday at the Luxembourg Learning Centre :)

The Grant Cycle **My new book comes out next week, pre-order now: bit.ly/OOYM

The final results of the 2024 FNR CORE Call. 37 projects have been retained for funding, an FNR commitment of 25.9 MEUR. In the biomedical field, two projects pertaining to research relating to the National Cancer Plan are jointly funded by FNR and Fondation Cancer. www.fnr.lu/results-2024...

I have an article in the Guardian today on the loophole pushing Berlin’s housing crisis to new extremes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Even in Berlin! Gripping read by Tim White on the relentless upward pressure on rents www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🏆 Within the framework of its CORE programme, @fnr.lu has funded three LISER projects based on their innovativeness & high scientific quality. ✔️ HypeRent lead by @constanceu.bsky.social ✔️ POLHOUSING lead by Guillaume Bérard ✔️ TechnoD lead by Massimo Morelli 🔎 Learn more: www.liser.lu/CORE-RESULTS

❤️📚 R. M. Rilke, « Lettres à un jeune poète » (Rome, 23 décembre 1903) Trad. M. B. de Launay

@liserinlux.bsky.social and the Housing and Young People ENHR WG invite you to the WS “Housing young people in the affordability-crisis context: a European view on family support, market supply and policy responses” on January, 30 in Lux (Belval). Registration here: www.liser.lu/event-worksh...

Short fellowship for scholars at risk (submission before February 1) to join us in Luxembourg for 2-months. I know this is not very long but it can perhaps some colleagues. Thanks for sharing. www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news... #Academia

A new starter pack for people interested in (research on) Luxembourg; mostly from @uni.lu and @liserinlux.bsky.social Any add-ons are welcome go.bsky.app/TD2FojY

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With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Simone Bertoli, we are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the 3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org

🥂 I am delighted to launch the HypeRent research project in January after the FNR approved it for CORE funding. I will explore 'hyper-commodified housing products' catering to young, international workers and resulting from the professionalisation of STR and shared housing www.fnr.lu/preliminary-...

L’Observatoire de l’habitat, dans sa note n°41, a dressé une typologie des logements locatifs partagés, de courte durée et digitalisés. Un phénomène encore émergent au #Luxembourg, mais qui progresse rapidement.

New special issue on ‘Housing Disruptions’ critically examining the digital transformation of housing and home. Edited by Dallas Rogers, @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social and myself in Digital Geography and Society. Contributions as follows:

L'Observatoire de l'Habitat publie la Note 41 sur l’émergence de logements locatifs avec espaces partagés, mis en location pour de courtes durées via des plateformes en ligne, ainsi que sur les nouveaux acteurs intermédiaires impliqués @liserinlux.bsky.social logement.public.lu/fr/publicati...

On Tuesday, Igor Costarelli (University Milano-Bicocca) gave an insightful talk at @liserinlux.bsky.social on parental housing support, student pathways and the role of housing in deepening regional inequalities of access to Higher-Education Institutions. Thanks, Igor, for your visit!

I also compiled a starter pack on housing academics. The list is probably very incomplete, who should I include? go.bsky.app/GGxnnMk

Check out the new issue of International Journal of Housing Policy (2024-4)! It includes my article with Manuel Aalbers on the rise of wealth-based housing dynamics (existing alongside debt-based ones) www.tandfonline.com/toc/reuj20/c...

New paper (open access) with Amber Howard and Rowan Arundel studying increasing parental co-residence (i.e. living in parental home) across the Netherlands using micro-data. We find increasing social and spatial inequalities, and an interaction between the two onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Un peu de douceur dans ce monde de brutes … youtube.com/watch?v=8SLq...

A great ENHR2024 Delft conference and a successful third edition for our WG #Housing and #Young People. Many thanks to all the contributors and participants for the constructive discussions! We are looking forward to the next edition!