Dear All, On the behalf of Dr. Jennifer Duyne Barenstein from ETH Wohnforum at ETH Zurich, I would like to announce the forthcoming day-long international conference “Tackling the Global Housing Challenges: Housing cooperatives’ role in the provision of affordable housing” in Zurich on 06.12.2019. Registration for the conference is now open and can be made at the following link. Registration mandatory by 25th November 2019. This one-day international conference brings together a group of leading experts on cooperative housing. Drawing on their international experiences and insights, it will explore the current role, approaches and strategies of housing cooperatives in a selected number of countries. Speakers and the audience will openly debate the opportunities and challenges of replicating successful practices in different contexts. With the participation of: Dr. Panayotis Antoniadis -Nethood, Zurich, Switzerland Dr. lleana Apostel -Nethood, Zurich, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Darinka Czischke -TU Delft, The Netherlands Dr. Ana Dzokic -Stealth Ltd and MOBA, Beigrade, Serbia Dr. Jennifer Duyne Barenstein -ETH Zurich, Switzerland Cristina Gamboa Masdevall -Lacol SCCL, Barcelona, Spain Prof. Dr. Sukumar Ganapati -Florida International University, USA Dr. Marie Glaser -ETH Zurich, Switzerland Gustavo Daniel Gonzales -FUCVAM - Uruguay Reto Grüninger -Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, Switzerland Dr. J6zsef Hegedüs -Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary Dr. Philipp Klaus -INURA Zurich, Switzerland Reto Klink-WBG Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Richard Lang -University of Linz, Austria Nina Larrea -We Effect, Stockholm, Sweden Hans Rupp -ABZ and WBG Zurich, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid -ETH Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Dimitra Siatitsa -Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, Athens, Greece Dr. Jardar S0rvoll -Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway Jovana Timotijevic -Institute for Urban Studies, Beigrade, Serbia Bea Varnai -Urbamonde, Geneva, Switzerland Andreas Wirz -WBG Zurich, Switzerland _______________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] An urban geography discussion and announcement forum List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/URB-GEOG-FORUM Maintained by: RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group UGRG Home Page: http://www.urban-geography.org.uk