Successes of the SEB department

Martin Lux has beeen awarded Erhard Busek Prize (2. place)

The prize was awarded for the study Efficiency and effectiveness of housing policies in the Central and Eastern Europe countries. The evaluation of the competitors was made by a board established by the Forschungsgesellschaft für Wohnen, Bauen und Planen. The members of the board were: Josef Klemen (chair of the board), Vera Mayer, Helmut Puchebner, Andreas Sommer, Peter Sommer, Walter Tancsits, Wolfgang Amann. The evaluation criteria were as follows: the scientific value, the implications at the national level, the topicality of the theme, the innovative approach, the theoretical approach, the practical use of the results, the quality of the interpretation. The analytical quality of the Martin Lux's study was highly appreciated, especially regarding the broad approach not restricted only on the description and comparison of housing policies in selected Central and Eastern European countries.

(1,2 MB)	(1,4 MB)

The protocol of the evaluation board (in German).

Martin Lux successfully completed the stay at the University of Glasgow

Martin Lux completed one year Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Glasgow, Department of Urban Studies. The Fellowship was funded by the European Commission and provided Martin with the opportunity to conduct a project The Quasi-Normative Approach to Housing Affordability on rent setting in Czech municipal rented housing and Scottish social rented housing. The main output of the project was a paper Quasi-Normative Approach to Housing Affordability, which is available here . More about the Martin's stay at the University of Glasgow was published in the University newsletter.

Martin Lux successfully defended Ph.D. at Delft University of Technology

17.11.2009 defended Mr. Martin Lux at TU Delft his thesis and was confered a Ph.D. degree. His dissertation was published by the Delft University Press: 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. Below are few pictures from the defence.