📢 Upcoming Seminar at LISER
Join us on 7 July 2026 for an engaging seminar on AI & Housing with @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social.
📍 LISER, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Belval (and online)
🗓️ 7 July 2026, 11:00 – 12:30
🔗 Learn more & register here: www.liser.lu/events/FLARE...
@liser-udm.bsky.social
📢 LISER is currently recruiting 2 Research Associates (Post-doc, f/m) to strengthen its research teams.
🔹 Research Associate in #HealthEconomics
🔹 Research Associate in the field of Participatory Research for #UrbanSustainability
⏳ Don't delay, apply today!
🔗 jobs.liser.lu/search/?crea...
📢 Special issue alert: "Housing young people under late neoliberalism"! 📢
See @constanceu.bsky.social, Igor Costarelli and Oana Druta's introducing piece ⬇️
🤩So happy to see the first output of the HypeRent research project out!
In this OA paper, @douccap.bsky.social and I propose an analytical fmwk to make sense of the development and regulation of co-living and STRA, identified as hyper-commodified housing products.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Grateful to have hosted Nicole Gurran last week in the framework of the #HypeRent project. Nicole kindly accepted to deliver a talk and take part in a meeting with colleagues from the Ministry of Housing during her one-week visit. Looking forward to meeting again in Sydney!
We’ve held our 1st #AntifragiCityForum in Bratislava 🇸🇰!
On 24 Jan, we brought together 40 citizens to discuss how cities can learn, adapt, and grow stronger through disruption.
Learn more on what’s next: antifragicity.eu/citizens-for...
@australo.bsky.social @liser.lu @liser-udm.bsky.social
🌏I am delighted to host Nicole Gurran (University of Sydney) from 19 to 23 Januaru at LISER in the fmwk of the HypeRent project.
👩🏫Nicole Gurran will give a talk on 'platform mediated shared rental markets in Australia' on Wednesday 21. Registration (hybrid event): www.liser.lu/fr/events/RS...
🙏 As 2025 ends, we would like to thank everyone who follows & supports our work. We warmly acknowledge our researchers, whose scientific excellence & dedication are key to producing #research w/ strong #societalimpact — at the heart of LISER’s mission.
🎉✨ See you in the new year — e gudde Rutsch!
🎉 With Igor Costarelli and Oana Druta, we are delighted to share the publication of our introduction to the SI ‘Housing Young People Under Late Neoliberalism’ in Housing, Theory and Society : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🙏Thanks to the authors in this SI, the reviewers, & the editors of HTS
📣 The International Association of Travel Behaviour Research ( #IATBR ) has recently published a newsletter on women in #transportation science.
👏 LISER Researcher Veronique Van Acker is proudly featured in this issue. Check it out for yourself.
🔗 iatbr.weebly.com/nov-2025.html
📣 Call for Papers – The ENHR Housing and Young People WG is pleased to invite contributions to the symposium "Young People and Housing Precarity", 2 – 4 March 2026, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). This will be our annual meeting. Abstracts due 16 January 2026, see CfP: lnkd.in/eky6wM8G
👏 A big thank you to Christopher Turner of the NRI (University of Greenwich) who came to @liser.lu to speak at the RSS Seminar Series.
🗣️ Dr. Turner presented " #FoodEnvironment research – an interdisciplinary journey".
🔗 Learn more about the presentation: www.liser.lu/events/RSSUD...
📣 Kick-off of the International Workshop on #VisualMethodologies
👋Christophe Sohn welcomed attendees to @liser.lu for the 2 day event.
🗣️ Prof. @giorgiaaiello.bsky.social now presents: "(Why) does visual-material criticism matter in (post)digital urban research?"
Info: www.liser.lu/events/inter...
How do we build cities that stay strong when things go wrong?
This is the heart of the #AntifragiCityForums, and we’re inviting residents in 🇬🇷 Greece (Larissa & Thessaloniki) to take part!
⏳Registration deadline: 7 Dec 2025
Learn more 👉 antifragicity.eu/citizens-for...
@liser.lu
With participations from @giorgiaaiello.bsky.social, @viviensommer.bsky.social et al.
📣 International Workshop on #VisualMethodologies
📅Dec. 2-3 at @liser.lu
Strengthen your methodological expertise & foster new competencies in qualitative visual approaches as they offer a powerful means to engage critically w/ contemporary societal issues.
🚨 Register: www.liser.lu/events/inter...
🗞️ LISER in the press!
💡 UDM Researcher @constanceu.bsky.social explains how #co-living works and why its flexibility often comes with higher rents per m². A growing trend that raises real questions about #affordability and regulation.
📰English article: today.rtl.lu/news/luxembo...
📣 Take part in a survey on #telework 💻
Do you work in #Luxembourg, either as a resident or cross-border worker?
🙏 Help us understand how telework shapes where/how people live/work in LU.
🗣️ The online survey is available in EN, FR & DE
🎁 Chance to win a €50 voucher.
👉Register: telecity.liser.lu
📣 Attention Luxembourg residents & cross-border workers!
🚨 Last chance to participate in a survey on the #teleworking landscape in #Luxembourg & Greater-Region.
📅 Deadline is Oct. 26th
🎁 100 participants will be randomly selected to win a €25 Amazon voucher.
ℹ️ winwin4worklife.eu/luxembourg-e...
Delighted to have hosted @desireefields.bsky.social who gave a fascinating talk on fintech, finfluencers & retail investors at @liser.lu.
On the same day, the steering committee of the #HypeRent project had its first meeting (and field trip 🤓)
🙏Thanks everyone for the stimulating discussions!
@desireefields.bsky.social speaking at @liser.lu on platformed finance, investment and what it means for agents and societies.
📣 The next #Hybrid LISER Research Seminar is on Oct. 16 at 11h (CET).
🗣️ @desireefields.bsky.social of @ucbgeography.bsky.social will present "Captive futures: Retail investors and financial subjectivities under platform logic".
⌛ Register by 14/10
ℹ️ www.liser.lu/events//RSSU...
#FinSky #EconSky
⭐WE ARE HIRING! ✨ Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Social Sciences - Ref: 25-35
ℹ️ Learn more: shorturl.at/YrzIh
📧 Work-related questions: Contact Dr. Magdalena GORCZYNSKA-ANGIULLI | magdalena.gorczynska@liser.lu
📧 Administrative matters: Contact Mrs. Vanya KIROVA | recruitment@liser.lu
📃New OA article in European Urban and Regional Studies:
🏦In this paper, I examine the processes enabling shared housing for students and young professionals as a strategic housing segment for the regeneration of post-industrial cities, in flexible institutional frameworks. doi.org/10.1177/0969...
👏 Congrats to Dr. Madalina MEZAROS who successfully defended her PhD thesis "Property, Policy, & Place: #Housing #Inequality & #Gentrification Dynamics in #Luxembourg"
👩🎓 @madalinamez.bsky.social was awarded a #PhD degree in #Geography from @uni.lu
🙏 Kudos to supervisor @douccap.bsky.social & jury!
👋Live from LISER's 'Society in Motion - Science & Tools for Impact' #PolicyLabLISER
🗣️ @douccap.bsky.social leads Panel #4 - Breaking the Deadlock: Evidence & Collaboration for #HousingReform
💡Research, data & cross-sector collaboration can help w/ polarising debates
🔗 www.liser.lu/events/socie...
🚀 Launch of LISER's 'Society in Motion - Science & Tools for Impact', which brings together researchers, policymakers, & practitioners to explore how to turn insight into action.
🙏 It was an honour to hear the welcoming words from Minister Max Hahn #inclusivesociety
🔗 www.liser.lu/events/socie...
On September 23rd, join us at “Society in Motion”
www.liser.lu/events//society-in-motion
Get your Policy Lab Passport on-site, collect stamps as you navigate through our thematic stands to access rigorous evidence that supports better policy making. Complete the journey & become a Policy Explorer
⭐ How can we ensure that policies don’t just look good on paper—but actually work in practice?
youtu.be/zjTd4vbJFj4
Umberto Sconfienza, Research Associate at LISER
Join us for Society in Motion – Science & Tools for Impact:
www.liser.lu/events//soci...
Earlier this week I was honoured to talk about hyper-commodified rental housing in the 2nd plenary on housing futures @IJHP/CaCHE symposium with @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social & @emmabaker.bsky.social (hosted @UniGlasgow) before attending IJHP's editorial board meeting in stunning New Lanark...Grateful