LISER's Department of Urban Development and Mobility

@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

YouTube video by Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) Ensuring that policies don’t just look good on paper—but also work in practice | Umberto Sconfienza

⭐ 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

📢 Upcoming Seminar at LISER
Join us on 16 October 2025 for an engaging seminar with Prof. Dr. Desiree Fields (UC Berkeley).

📍 Location: LISER, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Belval
🗓️ Date & Time: 16 October 2025, 11:00 – 12:30

🔗 Learn more & register here: www.liser.lu/events/RSSUD...

📣 Launch of a survey on the #teleworking landscape in #Luxembourg and the Greater-Region.

ℹ️ The survey takes approx. 20 mins & is available in EN, FR, DE & PT.

⌛ Deadline: 15 Oct. 2025

🎁 As a thank you, 100 participants will be selected to win a €25 voucher.

🔗 winwin4worklife.eu/luxembourg-e...

📅 Save the date: 23.09.25
Join us to explore how science can shape fairer, smarter, and future-ready policies. Together, let’s turn scientific insight into informed and efficient action.

✅ Register to secure your place:
lnkd.in/d-mHHj5A

🚀 Step into the motion – and be part of the transformation.

✍️ Co-authored by Magdalena Górczyńska-Angiulli & Giulia Buscicchio

cc: @douccap.bsky.social @madalinamez.bsky.social @tiago-flores.bsky.social @constanceu.bsky.social

🏘️ Publication: Residents' preferences regarding #housing policy initiatives in #Luxembourg

📖'Note 42' presents an analysis of residents' preferences & acceptance of 3 major #housingpolicy directions based on data from the 2023 survey “Affordable Housing in Luxembourg”.

🔗 www.liser.lu/news/note-42

❓How can research drive impactful policy innovation?
Society in Motion invites you to explore this question together.

🚀 Get ready for an immersive, full-day event on 23 September 2025.

We look forward to welcoming you!

#SaveTheDate #SocietyInMotion #SiMLISER #FutureOfSociety #PolicyInnovation

Tickets : Workshop MOEBIUS : The Transformation of EU Borders in the Era of Artificial Intelligence... Tickets : Workshop MOEBIUS : The Transformation of EU Borders in the Era of Artificial Intelligence... - Billetweb

[workshop] "The Transformation of EU Borders in the Era of AI"
📅 18 Sept. 2025
🕠 14h-17h CET
📍 Online
Niovi Vavoula, Evelien Brouwer, Tamás Molnár, Amanda Musco Eklund, Chris Jones & I.
www.billetweb.fr/workshop-moe...
IUF @icmigrations.bsky.social @ediec-4185.bsky.social

Research Analyst in Social Sciences and Territorial Dynamics (f/m) - Ref: 25-16 Research Analyst in Social Sciences and Territorial Dynamics (f/m) - Ref: 25-16

📢JOB OPENING

🔹LISER is recruiting a Research Analyst in #SocialSciences & Territorial Dynamics

💡The person recruited will work as part of an interdisciplinary team, in particular on the city of #Luxembourg observatory.

⏳ This position will remain open until filled: jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur...

International Journal of Housing Policy Publishes research on housing policy, systems and practice from a social science perspective and seeks to place it in the context of other public policies.

🎁 Bonus: On the topic of housing and the IJHP (International Journal of Housing Policy).

In January 2025, LISER Researcher @constanceu.bsky.social was appointed as the new book review editor! Kudos Constance!

ℹ️ www.tandfonline.com/journals/reu...

3/3

The political economy of housing: the case of Turkey Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 25, No. 3, 2025)

🔎 Discover a NEW book review forum in the summer issue of IJHP

📘 Review by Prof. Zacarés @harveymurenow.bsky.social :
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📘 Review by Prof. Berry:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡 Prof. Demirörs' response: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

2/3

📣 BOOK "The Political Economy of Housing: The Case of Turkey" authored by LISER researcher @sila-demirors.bsky.social

ℹ️ Prof. Demirörs explores the analytical & historical process of how #housing, becomes an instrument of speculative finance to feed itself.

🔗 brill.com/display/titl...

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👋 A big welcome to #Luxembourg Prof. Lees!

🗣️ We are looking forward to your presentation today: "Developing an Anti-Displacement Tool for the City of Louisville"

ℹ️ Event details: www.liser.lu/events//RSSU...

#urbanization #urbanpolicy #gentrification #housing #affordablehousing

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Nicolas Hercelin who successfully defended his PhD thesis "Valuation controversies across lithium-ion battery global production networks".

🎓 He has received a PhD degree in #Geography from @uni.lu

🙏 Kudos to his PhD supervisors & jury members!

proud 🌟 you can read our paper in Urban Studies here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🗺️ BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2025

The 2 day event (June 5/6) @uni.lu brings together #transport researchers from universities & research centres in Benelux but also researchers from abroad w/ an interest in #transport & #mobility in the #Benelux

🔗 Learn more: www.liser.lu/events//BIVE...

Field trip day! 🌆 @constanceu.bsky.social and I took our 1st-year Econ students from @uni.lu to explore “Living & Working in the City” in Differdange, Luxembourg.

(Credits photo: Vincent Lescaut/ @lessentielde.bsky.social)

🚆 BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2025 are back to Luxembourg!

Organised by the UDM department of LISER, the MobiLab Transport Research Group, and the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning at @uni.lu

🔗 Learn more about the conference and how to participate:
www.liser.lu/events//BIVE...

📣 Upcoming Research Seminar: 'Measure for Measure: Assessing What Cities Make Us Capable Of'.

📅 May 20th 11h CET (Hybrid Event)

🗣️ Ivan Blečić (Uni. of Cagliari) will shed light on #urban quality of life: how to measure + what it means to improve it.

🔗 Register here: www.liser.lu/events/RSS_2...

⭐In March and April 2025, Dr Sabine Dörry from LISER joined the @ioer.bsky.social (IOER) as the first fellow of its new Fellowship Programme.

💬 Join the conversation here:

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

ℹ️ Read the full interview by Heike Hensel/IOER Media here:

www.ioer.de/en/press/new...

📣 Discover a great article by @ioer.bsky.social interviewing UDM researcher Dr. Sabine Dörry.

💡 Learn about the IOER Fellowship Programme + how sustainable development is not possible w/out the financial sector.

🗣️ "Financial markets must be more strongly aligned with sustainability goals" -Sabine