PARTNERS

The EqualHouse project is led and coordinated by the UCD Geary Institute.

The UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy is a centre of excellence for policy-relevant, theoretically- informed, empirically-grounded research.

The Institute supports research in empirical social and behavioural sciences within organised themes and research centres, and brings together researchers to stimulate discussion on theories, methodologies and empirical results. The main disciplines at Geary include: Demography, Economics, Education, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health and Sociology. The Institute complements and extends the core research expertise of UCD Schools and Institutes interwoven with international and national partnerships.

KU Leuven is the co-coordinator of the EqualHouse project; specifically experts from the university’s Urban Studies Institute (LUSI).

It is KU Leuven’s answer to growing calls to study urban questions from an interdisciplinary perspective. This has included developing a profound understanding of the financialisation of the European housing system.

Housing Europe is the European Federation of Public, Cooperative & Social Housing. Since 1988 it’s a network of 45 national & regional federations gathering 43.000 housing providers in 24 countries. Together they manage over 26 million homes, about 11% of existing dwellings in Europe.

The European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless, is the only major European network that focuses exclusively on homelessness at European level and receives financial support from the European Commission for the implementation of its activities. FEANTSA also works closely with other EU institutions, and has consultative status at the Council of Europe and the United Nations. It monitors the scope and nature of homelessness in Europe, and national and local homeless policymaking in Europe in the framework of the European Commission’s strategy on social protection and social inclusion. FEANTSA has over 120 member organisations from 30 countries, including 27 Member States.

A Hungarian research and public policy centre specialises in social issues and regional development, has a wealth of expertise and knowledge in social issues and regional development, which can be invaluable. Dr Márton Czirfusz and Dr Zsuzsanna Pósfai will head up the research in Periféria. Both Dr Pósfai and Dr Czirfusz have been engaged in the field of housing and housing policy for over ten years. Dr Pósfai has experience in the field of housing activism, of housing policy on the scale of local administrations (both in France and Hungary), as well as in academia. In recent years, her research has focused on the mechanisms of investment in the housing market and the over-indebtedness of households. Dr Czirfusz’s research experience is in the fields of labour geography, theoretical questions in economic geography and critical urban studies which are central concerns of WP9.

Tilburg is well-known for its research expertise in the social and behavioural sciences, including sociology, psychology, economics, and law. These disciplines are critical for understanding the complex social, economic, and legal factors that contribute to housing inequalities and homelessness. Dr. Caroline Dewilde will lead WP3. Her research interests concern the dynamics of social stratification, and resulting inequality and poverty, from a comparative perspective. Her most recent work focuses on the intergenerational transmission of poverty, and on housing and welfare policies as a driver of poverty and affluence, social and political outcomes, and housing opportunities of young adults. Dr. Dewilde is a former grantee of ERC Starting Grant HOWCOME, that investigated the interplay between changing housing regimes and trends in social and economic inequalities. She is co-managing editor of Housing Studies.

Chalmers has a strong research focus on urban planning and design, including sustainable urban development, housing policies, and urban regeneration. Professor Holger Wallbaum, lead WP8, is an internationally renowned expert in the field of various kinds of sustainability assessments of buildings, road infrastructure, districts and cities. He has been awarded over €20m in grants in the last 20 years.

HUA constitutes a research institution that makes an exceptional contribution to society in the fields of health science, technology, environment, and sustainable development. Prof. Angeliki Paidakaki specializes in social innovation, egalitarian urban development, bottom-linked governance and affordable housing in post-crisis times in Europe and the USA. Prof. Paidakaki is a former grantee of the Fulbright-Schuman grant for postdoctoral research.

The University of Warsaw has a strong research focus on social sciences, including sociology, psychology, and political science. This expertise will be leveraged to develop a deep understanding of the social, economic, and political factors that contribute to housing inequalities, with special attention to regional differences. The university currently manages and participates in over 200 grants funded by international institutions, including 78 Horizon 2020 grants. Dr. Audycka, who leads the EqualHouse project, is a sociologist and the university’s Director of Interdisciplinary Urban Studies. She has extensive experience in housing policy analysis at both the national and local levels, as well as in academia.

UoG is one of the leading research-intensive universities in the UK, with a strong reputation for conducting research in social sciences, public health, and urban studies. Professor Mark Stephens will lead WP5 and has previously led a number of large-scale policy evaluations, including the Evaluation of English Housing Policy (for the UK Government) and the EU Study on Housing and Exclusion (for the European Commission). He is a coinvestigator in the ESRC UK Centre for Collaborative Housing Evidence (CaCHE), where he undertakes research on the resilience of the housing system in the light of the global financial crisis and COVID-19.

The IUT, a non-governmental and not-for-profit membership organisation for global tenants’ organisations, has 74 member organisations in 51 countries. The IUT guides all our work is the Tenants’ Charter and partners with UN agencies, such as UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and UN Habitat. IUT will be invaluable in the communication, dissemination and exploitations of the project results.

Just Cities is a housing research and policy development consulting firm based in Europe. It conducts and supports independent, expert and evidence-based research – such as the Independent Review of Social Housing Regulation: Options for the Good Growth of Social and Affordable Housing. Just Cities is a Project Partner for the Equal House Consortium concerned with the effective role of policy in just housing outcomes. Field work on the land policy dimension will be led by urban planner and housing systems analyst Dr Julie Lawson, who has conducted and managed research in this field for over 20 years. Julie led the drafting of the report Land Policy for Affordable and Inclusive Housing for the Finnish Academy of Science and #Housing2030 report for the UNECE, UN Habitat and Housing Europe. She is an international housing expert to the Ukraine Recovery Plan and the co-author of the key report Rebuilding a Place to Call Home. Julie is also Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT  as well as Senior Housing Expert for Ukraine’s technical assistance project EU STARTER.