Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+I)

Barcelona Chair of Housing Studies

Promoting innovative and evidence-based public housing policies

Established in: 2021

Director: Josep Maria Montaner Martorell

Headquarters: Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), Campus Diagonal Sud. Av. Diagonal, 649. 08028 Barcelona

Website: https://cbeh.cat

Objective

  • Promotion of innovative and evidence-based public housing policies through training, research, assessment and dissemination.

Impact

  • Research activities:

    - Joint research lines.

    - Promotion of the writing of doctoral theses.

    - Cooperation in securing national and European research projects.

    - Preparation of an annual analysis of the housing situation in Barcelona.

    - Periodic preparation of recommendations based on scientific knowledge resulting from the Chair's activity.
  • Knowledge transfer activities:

  • - Exhibition and dissemination days.

    - Advisory committee of representatives of academia, public administrations and private businesses.

    - Promotion of the production of publications on the Chair's research areas.

    - Design of a scientific blog.

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    • Training activities:

      • - Pre- and postdoctoral research grants.

        - Postgraduate courses and official master's degrees.

        - Prizes for final theses, projects and competitions.