Projects
Policy Research Centre for Housing, participation of HIVA in basic research. KU Leuven
A "housing monitor" for the city of Mechelen (Malines). KU Leuven
Opening of 2 PhD Fellowships FWO Project "Housing for Refugee Inclusion" KU Leuven
Scholarship on urban diversity has emphasized housing’s critical role for the social inclusion and mobility of refugees. However the most common concept and related policy instrument at the nexus of housing and diversity, ‘social mix’, is said to perform poorly in strengthening social inclusion. Moreover, inter-disciplinary frameworks reflecting a multi-dimensional understanding of housing are still lacking. This research project aims to ...
Housing pathways of refugees in the Flemish nebular city KU Leuven
By means of multiannual qualitative research my PhD project investigates refugees housing careers both in the past and future. While previous research on housing careers mainly used to focus on outcomes in migration countries, researchers like Firang (2018) describe the probable influence of homeland housing situations (past) on immigrants’ further housing careers, concerning housing preferences, expectations and aspirations in their ...
Research Policy Centre for Housing, contribution of HIVA to short term research tasks. KU Leuven
The Policy Research Centre for housing is a form of collaboration between the KU Leuven, the University College for Sciences and Arts, the PHL University College, the University of Antwerp and OTB Research Institute of the TUDelft (the Netherlands). Researchers from distinct scientific disciplines gather data concerning Flemish housing market and housing policy and carry out scientific analyses aiming at contributing to a long term vision on ...