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Ing. Mgr. Martin Lux, Ph.D. Ing. Petr Sunega Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák Mgr. Martina Mikeszová Mgr. Jan Sládek

News

Updated list of publications for 2011 - see Publications to download and CVs of department members.

We prepare hedonic price index for residential properties for Hypotecni banka (one of the leading Czech mortgage bank) - results for 2011 (in Czech).

We prepare hedonic price index for residential properties for Ceska sporitelna (one of the leading Czech mortgage bank) - results for 2011 (in Czech).

Articles in newspapers

Lecture of M. Lux at the international conference "Improving access to housing for Roma: good local practices, funding and legislation", 2. 2. - 4. 2. 2011, Prague: Social housing in transition countries – a need for innovations.

Current Projects

Finished Projects

Conferences

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 (2^nd 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

Kuda, F., M. Lux (eds.) 2010. Housing in regions. Consequences of regional differences in housing availability and affordability
[in Czech]

Impacts of the Economic Crisis on Housing Affordability – the Analysis and Possible State-level Policies
[in Czech]

Regional differences in housing affordability as potential barrier for labour migration – analysis and possible government tools
[in Czech]

Policies increasing housing affordability for people threatened by social exclusion - international perspective and proposals for the Czech Republic
[in Czech]

Contemporary social housing policies targeted on young families as indirect suppport for higher natality
[in Czech]

Housing policy and housing finance in the Czech Republic during transition