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Ing. Mgr. Martin Lux

Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences

Jilská 1

110 00 Praha 1

Czech Republic

Phone: +420 222 221 655

Fax: +420 222 221 658

Email: martin.lux@soc.cas.cz

Education

2009	Ph.D. Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
2009	Ph.D. Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
1997	MA in Sociology Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
1994	MA in Economics Economic University, Faculty of International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic.

Professional Experience

1996 - 1998	Research Fellow - Socio-Economic Department, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.
1998 - 2000	Researcher - Socio-Economic Department, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.
2000 - 2008	The head of the Socio-Economics of Housing Team.
2009 - until now	The head of the Socio-Economics of Housing Department.

Projects

1998 - 1999	Head of the grant project The transition in Consumer Patterns and Adjustment of Consumer Behaviour to EU Standards. Supported by the Research Support Scheme, Open Society Support Foundation.
2000 - 2003	Head of the grant project Social Aspects of Housing and its Change during the Transition in the Czech Republic in Context with the Adjustement to the EU Standards. Supported by Grant Agency of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (grant no. S7028004).
2000 - 2002	Manager of the international research project Local Government and Housing. Supported by the Local Government Initiative, Open Society Institute, Budapest.
2002 - 2004	Participation in the international project SUREURO NAS (Sustainable Refurbishment Europe). Supported by the European Comission (5^th Frame Programme).
2002 - 2003	Participation in the international project Housing the Poor in Major Urban Centers. Supported by the Open Society Institute, Budapest.
2003 - 2004	Head of the grant project Quasi-Normative Approach to Housing Affordability. Supported by the European Comission, Marie Curie Fellowship, (5^th Frame Programme).
2003 - 2005	Head of the grant project Housing Standards and its Growth Potentials in Comparison with Situation in the EU Countries. Supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (grant no. 403/03/0417).
2005 - 2006	Head of the grant project The Analysis of Housing Policy Measures Aiming to Support Work Flexibility in the Czech Republic. Supported by the Ministry for Regional Developlment of the Czech Republic (grant no. WA-027-05-Z02).
2006 - 2008	Head of the grant project The Housing Market in Prague from the Perspective of Economic Sociology: "Transitive" Factors behind the High Prices of Owner-Occupied Housing. Supported by the Grant agency of the Czech Republic (grant no. 403/06/0915).
2007 - 2011	Head of the grant project "Regional disparities in availability and affordability of housing, their socio-economic consequences and tools directed to increase availability and affordability of housing and decrease the regional disparities". Supported by the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic (grant no. WD-05-07-3).
2009 - 2011	Head of the grant project "Social Inequalities and the Market Risks Following from Housing Consumption. The Real and Desirable Response of State Fiscal and Monetary Policies." Supported by the Grant Agency of the CR (grant no. 403/09/1915).
2009	Main organizer of international European Network for Housing Research Conference 2009 "Changing Housing Markets: Integration and Segmentation".

Membership in societies and boards

2001 - until now	Member of the Association for the Development of the Property Market.
2005 - until now	Member of the Advisory Board of theEuropean Journal of Housing Policy
2006 - until now	Member of the Board for Popularization of Science of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Awarded Prices

2004	Award of Austrian Academy of Sciences and FGW, Erhard Busek Price (2. place).
2006	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Award for young researchers.

Publications

Lux, M. 1997. "Konzervativní myšlení v postmoderní době" (Conservative thinking in the postmodern Age). Sociologický časopis 33: 273-288.

Lux, M. 1998. Konzervatismus a liberalismus a percepce sociálního státu. (Conservatism and liberalism and perception of the welfare state).
Working Papers 4/98. Prague: Isntitute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences.

Lux, M. 1999. "Struktura politických postojů pravicově orientovaných voličů v ČR." (The structure of political attitudes of Czech voters).
Politologický časopis 4: 392-413.

Lux, M. - Burdová, P. 2000. Výdaje na bydlení, sociální bydlení a napětí na trhu s bydlením. (Housing Expenditures, Social Housing and Tensions on Housing Market).
Prague: Josef, Marie a Zdeňka Hlávkovi Foundation.

Lux, M. 2000. The Housing Policy Changes and Housing Expenditures in the Czech Republic. Sociologické texty 1/2000. Prague: Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences.

Lux, M. 2000. "Sociální nájemní bydlení v ČR ve světle komparativního srovnání." (Social rental housing from comparative perspective).
Sociologický časopis 36: 157-181.

Lux, M. 2000. "Changes in consumption of households during 1990-1997."
Czech Sociological Review 8 (2): 211-232.

Lux, M. (ed.) 2001. Social Housing in Europe 2000. Prague: Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences.

Lux, M. 2001. "Social housing in the Czech republic, Poland and Slovakia."
European Journal of Housing Policy 1 (2): 189-209.

Lux, M. 2002. Mikroekonomie bydlení. (Micro-economics of Housing).
Prague: University of Economics.

Lux, M. 2002. Změny ve spotřebních vzorcích českých domácností 1990 - 1999. (Changes in consumption patterns of the Czech households 1990 - 1999).
In: Současná česká společnost. (Contemporary Czech Society). Prague: Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Lux, M. 2002. Finanční dostupnost bydlení v ČR a zemích EU. (Financial Affordability of Housing in the Czech Republic and EU countries).
Prague: Josef, Marie and Zdenka Hlavkovi Foundation.

Lux, M. 2002. Spokojenost českých občanů s bydlením. (Satisfaction with Housing among the Czech population).
Sociological Papers 02:3. Prague: Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Lux, M. et al. 2002: Bydlení - věc veřejná (Housing - Res Publica). Prague: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON).

Lux, M. 2002. Legal Framework. In: Country Profile - Albania. New York, Genéve: UN/ECE.

Lux, M., P. Sunega 2002. "Modelování rovnovážné úrovně nájemného a důsledků aplikace vybraných nástrojů bytové politiky" (Modelling of market rent equilibrium and consequences of housing policy tools' application). Finance a úvěr 53: 31-59.

Lux, M. (ed.) 2002. Housing Policy: An End or A New Beginning. Budapest: LGI - OSI.

Lux, M. 2003. 'Social' Rental Housing in the Czech Republic Now and Tomorrow. Pp. 83-94 in Lowe, S., S. Tsenkova (eds.) Housing Change in East and Central Europe. Integration or Fragmentation? Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited.

Lux, M., P. Sunega, T. Kostelecký, D. Čermák 2003. Standardy bydlení 2002/03. (Housing Standards 2002/03). Prague: Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Lux, M. 2003. "Efficiency and effectiveness of housing policies in the Central and Eastern Europe countries". European Journal of Housing Policy 3 (3): 243-265.

Lux, M. 2003. Quasi-Normative Approach to Housing Affordability. Discussion paper no. 1. Glasgow: University of Glasgow.

Lux, M. 2004. Housing the Poor in the Czech Republic: Prague, Brno and Ostrava.
In: Fearn, J. Too Poor to Move, Too Poor to Stay. Budapest: LGI - OSI.

Sunega, P. & Lux, M. 2004. "Participace nájemníků a sociální aspekty regenerace panelových sídlišť jako jedna z podmínek trvale udržitelného rozvoje." ("Tenant participation and social aspects of regeneration of pre-fab housing estates as a precondition of sustainable development"). Urbanismus a územní rozvoj 3: 5-9.

Lux, M., P. Sunega, T. Kostelecký, D. Čermák, P. Košinár 2004. Standardy bydlení 2003/2004: Bytová politika v ČR: efektivněji a cíleněji. (Housing Standards 2003/2004: Housing policy in the Czech Republic: more efficiently and more effective). Prague: The Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Lux, M. 2005. O spokojenosti českých občanů s užívaným bydlením. (On housing satisfaction among Czech citizens) Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 41 (2): 227-252. (in Czech)

Lux, M., P. Sunega, T. Kostelecký, D. Čermák, J. Montag 2005. Standardy bydlení 2004/2005: Financování bydlení a regenerace sídlišť. (Housing Standards 2004/2005: Financing Housing and Refurbishing Housing Estates). Prague: Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Lux, M. 2005. "Present State of Housing Finance in Countries in Transition." Pp. 3-9 in Müllender, L. (ed.) Housing Finance Systems for Countries in Transition - Principles and Examples. New York, Geneva: UN/ECE.

Lux, M. 2005. "Efficiency and effectiveness of housing policies in the Central and Eastern Europe Countries." WohnbauForschung in Österreich 1/2005: 11 - 13.

Lux, M., P. Sunega 2006. Vývoj finanční dostupnosti nájemního a vlastnického bydlení v průběhu hospodářské transformace v České republice (1991–2003). Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 42 (5): 851-881.

Lux. M., P. Sunega 2006. Jak dobře investovat do bydlení. Prague: SLON. [only in Czech available]

Lux, M. 2006. Gemeinnütziges Wohnen: Eine Herausforderung für Mittel-Ost-Europa. Pp. 77-90 in Lugger, K., W. Amann (eds.). Der soziale Wohnbau in Europa. Österreich als Vorbild. Vienna: IIBV.

Lux, M., P. Sunega, M. Mikeszová, J. Večerník, F. Matyáš 2006. Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 1. díl – teoretický úvod. Prague: Institute of Sociology AS CR. [only in Czech available]

Lux, M., P. Sunega, M. Mikeszová, J. Večerník, F. Matyáš 2006. Analýza opatření bytové politiky směřujících k podpoře flexibility práce v ČR. 2. díl – výsledky empirických šetření. Prague: Institute of Sociology AS CR. [only in Czech available]

Sunega, P., M. Lux 2007. Market-Based Housing Finance Efficiency in the Czech Republic. European journal of Housing Policy 7 (3): 241-273.

Lux, M., P. Sunega 2007. Vliv podmínek bydlení na zamýšlenou migraci české populace za prací. Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 43 (2): 305-332.

Lux, M. 2007. The Quasi-Normative Approach to Housing Affordability: The Case of the Czech Republic. Urban Studies 44 (5/6): 1009-1024.

Lux, M. 2007. Housing System Change on the Way to the EU – Similarities and Differences. ENHR Newsletter 18 (1): 5-6.

Lux, M., P. Sunega 2007. Housing allowances in the Czech Republic in comparative perspective. Pp. 239-264 in Kemp, P. (ed.). Housing Allowances in Comparative Perspective. Bristol: Policy Press.

Lux, M., P. Sunega, M. Mikeszová, T. Kostelecký. 2008. Standardy bydlení 2007/2008. Faktory vysokých cen vlastnického bydlení v Praze. Prague: Institute of Sociology AS CR.

Lux, M., F. Kuda (eds.) 2008. Regionální rozdíly v dostupnosti bydlení v České republice [Regional disparities in housing affordability and availability in the Czech Republic]. Prague: Institute of Sociology AS CR. [only in Czech available]

Lux, M. 2009. Housing policy and housing finance in the Czech Republic during transition. An example of schism between the still-living past and the need of reform. Amsterdam: Delft University Press. 284 p. Official flyer and order form.

Lux, M. 2009. The Czech Republic. Pp. 149-172 in V. Gruis, S. Tsenkova, N. Nieboer. Managament of Privatised Housing. International Policies and Practice. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Mikeszová, M., M. Lux, A. Morisseau. 2009. Potenciální finanční nedostupnost nájemního bydlení po deregulaci nájemného – regionální perspektiva. [The Potential Unaffordability of Rental Housing after Rent Deregulation in a Regional Perspective]Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 45 (2): 315-343. [available only in Czech + abstract in English]

Sunega, P., M. Mikeszová, M. Lux. 2009. Příčiny regionálních nerovností ve finanční dostupnosti bydlení v ČR. [Causes of regional differences in housing affordability in the Czech Republic] E+M. Ekonomie a management 7(2): 55-75. [abstract in English]

Lux, M., T. Kostelecký, M. Mikeszová, P. Sunega. 2009. Vybrané faktory poptávky po bydlení v pozadí vysokých cen bytů v Praze. [Factors behind High House Prices in Prague] Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 45 (5): 967-991. [available only in Czech + abstract in English]

Lux, M., P. Sunega, P. Boelhouwer 2009. The effectiveness of selected housing subsidies in the Czech Republic. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 24 (3): 249-269.

Lux, M., M. Mikeszová. 2009. Mezi-krajské a vnitro-krajské rozdíly v dostupnosti tržního nájemního bydlení. [Inter-regional and intra-regional differences in affordability of market rental housing] Urbanismus a územní rozvoj 12 (4) [in print] [only in Czech available].

Lux, M. 2009. Housing Finance. Pp. 25-34 in Belarus. Country profile on the housing sector. New York, Geneve: United Nations.

Lux, M. 2009. Czech housing policy – „locked-in“ by ideology. Paper for European Network for Housing Research Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 28.6.-1.7.2009.

Sunega, P., M. Lux 2009. The Effect of Housing Conditions on the Intended Labour Migration of the Czech Population. Paper for European Network for Housing Research Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 28.6.-1.7.2009.

Sunega, P., M. Lux 2009. Main factors affecting labour migration in the Czech Republic with the emphasis on housing conditions and regional disparities in housing affordability. Paper for International Sociological Association Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1.9.-4.9.2009.

Other

- articles in newspapers,

- studies for the Ministry for Regional Development,

- scientific reviews.