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Updated CV's of the department members, section Publications to Download and Successes of the Department.

Excerpt from the book Housing Standards 2007/2008 is now available. more...

Summary and recommendations from the study 'An Analysis of Housing Policy Measures Aimed at Supporting Labour Flexibility in the Czech Republic' are available. more...

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The Socio-economics of Housing Department

The Socio-economics of Housing Department is one of the research teams at the Institute of Sociology of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic.

Department activities:

sociological research on housing: housing expenditures of households, housing carriers, satisfaction with housing, attitudes towards different tenures and different state interventions in the housing market;

international comparisons of housing policies with special attention to the social aspects of housing: social housing systems, housing allowances;

econometric simulations of different European housing allowance models under Czech conditions;

social housing finance.

 

Successes

The head of the Socio-economics of Housing Department Mr. Martin Lux successfully defended Ph.D. at Delft University of Technology. more...

The head of the Socioe-economics of Housing Department Mr. Martin Lux successfully defended Ph.D. at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University.

Socio-ekonomics of Housing Department of theInstitute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in cooperation with other partners organized the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) 2009 Conference. The topic of the conference was "Changing Housing Markets: Integration and Segmentation". Conference was held 28.6.-1.7.2009 at the University of Economics Prague. More information about the conference, including presentations of plenary speakers and participants in workshops is available on www.enhr2009.com.

The head of the Socio-economics of Housing Department, Martin Lux, has been awarded Erhard Busek Prize 2004 (2nd place). more...

Martin Lux has successfully completed a one year Marie Curie Fellowship at the Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow. more...

Latest Publications
Lux M., P. Sunega, M. Mikeszová, T. Kostelecký (2008). Housing Standards 2007/2008: The Factors behind the High Prices of Owner-Occupied Housing in Prague
Last update: 4.1.2010
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