Partners
IDRA Barcelona Urban Research Institute
IDRA (Barcelona Urban Research Institute) specialises in the analysis of housing and urban inequalities, combining engaged research, open education and consultancy in collaboration with social movements and transformative institutions. Its work focuses on urban economy, commons and housing, developing practical knowledge to understand the roots of urban inequality and build alternatives.
Within the Housing Wealth Nexus project IDRA leads WP5 on policy assessment and alternatives, and Deliverable D6.1, the plan for dissemination and exploitation, including communication activities.
- Jaime Palomera Zaidel, Director of Housing and the City Area
- Paula Asensio Puig, Intervention and communication technician
- Estefanía Izrael, Researcher and project manager
- Carme Arcarazo i Sempere, Researcher and project technician
University of Amsterdam, Centre for Urban Studies
The Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) brings together research and researchers working on the challenges facing cities across the globe, with the shared goal of creating better cities and working towards a more sustainable future.
The Housing-Wealth-Nexus team at the Centre for Urban Studies have a strong track record in research on housing systems, housing markets, urban development and solving urban issues like sustainability and inequality. The team members are experts in Urban Planning as well as Economics and Finance, Economic Geography and Urban Geography, and will be contributing to work package 3 (Market Actors and their Investment Strategies), 4 (Wealth Inequality), and 5 (Policy Assessment and Alternatives).
- Richard Ronald - Professor of Housing, Society and Space (HWN coordinator)
- Tuna Taşan-Kok - Professor of Urban Governance and Planning
- Jochem de Vries - Associate Professor, Chair of Geography, Planning, and International Development
- Rowan Arundel - Associate Professor in Geographic Information Science
- Cody Hochstenbach - Associate Professor, Director of Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies
- Dominic Teodorescu - Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Andre Legarza - PhD Candidate
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
The Housing-Wealth-Nexus project is coordinated by the Department of Geography at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain). The coordinating team is part of the Research Group on Territorial Analysis and Tourism Studies (GRATET), an interdisciplinary research group established in 1994. The team brings together internationally recognised expertise in housing studies, housing finance, housing market analysis, short-term rentals and Airbnb research, and the broader intersections between urban change, tourism, and territorial transformation.
The coordinating team has extensive expertise in housing studies, including housing financialisation and the political economy of short-term rentals. Their research focuses on the intersections between urban change, tourism, property investment, and territorial transformation, with a strong track record in comparative and policy-oriented research.
- Agustín Cocola-Gant. Serra Hunter Senior Professor and PI of the project
- Antonio Paolo Russo. Professor of the Department of Geography.
- Aaron Gutierrez. Professor and Director of the Department of Geography.
- Daniel Miravet. Lecturer at the Department of Geography
- Xavier Delclòs. Ramon y Cajal Researcher
- Ana Pastor. Postdoctoral Researcher the Department of Geography
- Antoni Domènech. Lecturer at the Department of Geography
- Willian Tavares. PhD Student
CONICET - Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Regionales (CEUR)
The Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CEUR) is an interdisciplinary centre for research, teaching and technical assistance, affiliated with Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). Among other areas of research, the CEUR studies the reconfiguration of urban space in Latin America from a critical and transdisciplinary perspective.
CEUR-CONICET is the Latin American academic node of the Housing Wealth Nexus. Its researchers contribute directly to WP3, WP4 and WP5, bringing the perspective of the global periphery.
- Natalia Lerena-Rongvaux, researcher and team coordinator
- Carolina Gonzalez Redondo, researcher
- María de la Paz Toscani, researcher
- Joseph Palumbo, postdoctoral fellow
- Juan Pablo Venturini, postdoctoral fellow
- Florencia Labiano, postdoctoral fellow
Universidad de La Laguna
ULL is an interdisciplinary research group based at the Universidad de La Laguna in Tenerife, one of the two public academic and research institutions in the Canary Islands. Drawing on qualitative methodologies, political ecology, political economy and gender perspectives, ULL engages with activists and social movements to explore tourism as a major driver of capital accumulation, with the power to transform and reconfigure spaces and places, generating inequality, dispossession and displacement.
Its research focuses on the interconnected dynamics of evictions and the expansion of short-term rentals, as well as on how nature and green discourses are mobilised as new frontiers of accumulation in tourism and housing.
- María José Guerra Palmero, philosopher and researcher
- Pablo Estévez Hernández, anthropologist and researcher
- Laura María Marrero Bassi, lawyer, Phd candidate in philosophy, anthropologist and researcher
- Alejandro Pérez-Olivares, historian and researcher
- Jenny del Pino García Sánchez, journalist and researcher
- David Stendardi, sociologist and political scientist and researcher
- Luis Jerez Darias, geographer and researcher
- Fernando Sabaté Bel, geographer and researcher
- Alejandro Armas Díaz, geographer and researcher
Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia: ACIJ
ACIJ is a civil society organization working to promote human rights, social justice, and the strengthening of democratic institutions in Argentina. Through applied research, knowledge production, legal empowerment, strategic litigation and policy advocacy, ACIJ works to advance equal access to housing and adequate habitat, with a particular focus on processes of socio-spatial segregation and their impact on vulnerable communities and populations.
Within the Housing Wealth Nexus project, ACIJ will draw on its experience generating evidence on housing access and tenure conditions among the tenant population in Buenos Aires. Building on this expertise, ACIJ will actively contribute to WP2 (Training), WP4 (Wealth Inequality), and WP5 (Policy Assessment and Alternatives).
- Florencia Abed Dickson - Coexecutive Director
- Catalina Marino - Right to the City Program Coordinator
- Guillermina Greco- Access to Justice Program Coordinator
- Fernando Bercovich - Senior Researcher and Project Manager
- Ada Daglio - Researcher and lawyer
- Pablo Vitale - External Consultant and Senior Researcher
Digital Economy Lab, University of Warsaw
DELab is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Warsaw exploring how digital technologies transform the economy and society. Bringing together expertise in economics, sociology, law and data science, it combines academic research with engagement with public institutions and other partners. Its research includes the platform economy and the implications of digitalisation for markets, cities and everyday life.
Within the Housing Wealth NExus project, DELab contributes expertise in economics, quantitative analysis and public policy evaluation. Its main role is in WP5, assessing how policies targeting private rental markets and short-term rentals affect housing supply and affordability. The team also provides methodological support for research on housing-related wealth inequalities in WP4 and participates in the consortium’s training and knowledge-exchange activities.
- Kristóf Gyódi - Head of the Digital Transformation of Cities Research Workshop
- Joanna Mazur - Analyst DELab UW
- Michał Szostek - Science Manager
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - School of Spatial Planning & Development
The School of Spatial Planning & Development (SSPD) at AUTH provides education, professional competence and research expertise in areas related to urban and regional planning and spatial development. It invests on interdisciplinarity, has a strong research infrastructure supporting advanced methodological tools and techniques, and maintains collaborations with local authorities and relevant civil society organisations.
Within the Housing Wealth Nexus project, the AUTH team brings together expertise on aspects of urban transformations and housing inequalities from the perspective of urban planning and urban geography. AUTh takes part in most Work Packages bringing insights from the city of Thessaloniki, but mostly contributes to WP4 on Wealth Inequalities, and will locally administer the survey
- Panos Hatziprokopiou, Associate professor, local project management
- Georgia Pozoukidou, Professor,
- Maria Karagianni, Post-doctoral researcher,
- Argyroula Papadimitriou, PhD researcher, communications officer, researcher
- Maria Sassalou, PhD researcher
- Yianis Chinis, PhD researcher
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Territorio. Universidade de Lisboa
IGOT is Portugal's leading geography school and it is part of the University of Lisbon. Its research centre, CEG, produces cutting-edge knowledge in the fields of human and physical geography.
In the framework of the Housing-Wealth Nexus project, IGOT supports the study of housing markets, short-term rentals, gentrification, and socio-spatial transformation.
- Franz Buhr, local coordinador
- Ana Gago, PhD student
- Pedro Ferreira, PhD student
- Sara Larrabure, PhD student
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), through the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) and the Institute of Regional Science (IfR), combines expertise in critical urban and regional studies, urban political economy, housing, sustainability transformations and socio-spatial inequalities, with a focus on social, spatial and climate justice.
KIT leads Work Package 3 (WP3), investigating housing financialization, investment strategies, ownership and rental market transformations, and their impacts on affordability and inequality. Through empirical research in Berlin, it examines how investors, digital platforms, rental markets and state policies reshape urban housing, as well as the role of housing movements and regulation in challenging its commodification and financialization.
- Georgia Alexandri - KIT-ITAS: Senior researcher and WP3 Leader.
- Aysegül Can - KIT-IfR: Postdoctoral Researcher.
- Michael Janoschka - KIT-IfR: Professor and Director of the Institute of Regional Science.
Suburbia estudios urbanos
Suburbia is a non-profit cultural centre and grassroots collective based in Málaga, Spain, dedicated to critical thought, social justice and the right to the city. It brings expertise in touristification, short-term rentals and community engagement, working closely with housing collectives in Andalusia.
Through bottom-up knowledge production and cultural activities, Suburbia promotes collective action and community empowerment, contributing to the project’s research on housing inequalities and urban transformations.
- Kike España - Team Leader
- Sara Jiménez - PhD student on urban planning
Base Pelo Comum - Estratégias, Recursos e Ação de Base Pelo Comum Associação
Base pelo Comum is a Portuguese non-profit association working at the intersection of research, community-based intervention and legal advocacy. Its work centres on the commons, examining the social, economic and territorial processes underlying their collective production and appropriation, as well as contemporary dynamics of commodification and accumulation that drive their erosion, enclosure and dispossession. Within this framework, housing constitutes a central field of research and intervention, particularly in relation to the production and reproduction of social and urban inequalities, property relations, housing rights and the right to the city. Bringing together expertise in sociology, anthropology, political economy, urban studies, economic geography, law and community-based intervention, Base pelo Comum combines research with participatory methodologies and sustained collaboration with communities, universities, research centres, public institutions and social movements.
Within the Housing-Wealth Nexus project, building on previous research on housing and rental conditions in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Base pelo Comum contributes to the development of comparative survey methodologies and to the design of research on housing wealth inequalities. It also brings expertise in participatory and community-based research, particularly in self-built neighbourhoods, and contributes to translating research findings into policy recommendations, legal advocacy and public debate.
- Carlotta Monini, PhD - Researcher in Sociology and Anthropology
- Fátima Pedro - Lawyer specialised in Housing Law and Human Rights
- Rita Silva - PhD Candidate in Political Economy and Urban Studies
- Irene Peano, PhD - Senior Researcher in Anthropology
- Raffaella Lima, PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher in Urban Studies and Economic Geograph
University of the Balearic Islands
Since their formal establishment in 2004 and 2016 respectively, the Research Group on Sustainability and Territory (GIST) and the Research Group on Practical Philosophy (PRAXIS) at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) have conducted various research projects in the fields of human geography and political philosophy. While GIST’s work focuses on urban studies, socio-spatial inequalities, and the financialization of housing, PRAXIS focuses on moral and political philosophy, theories of justice, democracy and citizenship
Within project 101234098 — Housing-Wealth-Nexus — HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01, the UIB team is leading Work Package 4 (WP4 - Wealth Inequality). The aim of this package is to explore the inequality arising between property owners and non-owners using various sources, such as the Land Registry, tax returns, and different surveys. To harmonize the data from the various case studies, a survey will be conducted to specifically identify the progressive impoverishment experienced by tenants alongside the wealth accumulation of property owners. These surveys will be supplemented by in-depth interviews to provide a richer, more nuanced understanding of tenants' lived experiences and link quantitative data with personal realities.
- Sònia Vives-Miró - GIST Lead Researcher and Principal Investigator for the UIB team
- Joaquín Valdivielso - PRAXIS Lead Researcher
- Onofre Rullan - GIST Researcher
- Tomeu Sales - PRAXIS Researcher
- Gabriel Garcies - GIST Technician and Researcher
- Marcos de Armenteras - PRAXIS Researcher
Spin Time Labs Cantiere di Rigenerazione Urbana APS
Spin Time Labs is a housing occupation in Rome that for thirteen years combined the right to housing, community welfare and cultural production, bringing together around 400 people of 27 nationalities. The building was evicted at the end of July 2026, and the community continues its work outside its walls. Spin Time Labs understands urban transformation as a collective practice, built from the everyday experience of those who inhabit the city. Its work is organised around three axes: work, income and training; welfare and housing; culture and education. Together they form a permanent space for experimenting with a model of urban regeneration and community organisation along neo-mutualist and neo-cooperativist lines.
Within the Housing Wealth NExus project, Spin Time Labs coordinates the Rome unit and brings to the Consortium its practical knowledge of community-led housing, mutual aid and resistance to the financialisation of housing, understanding grassroots experience as a source of knowledge and as a basis for political and social impact.
- Beatrice Tabacco - Activist, Researcher and Unit Coordinator
- Chiara Compagno - Activist and Unit Co-coordinator
- Giacomo Ruben Florenzano - Activist and Unit Co-coordinator
- Gianluca Bei-Researcher and Unit Co-coordinator
- Barbara Brollo-Researcher and Local Survey Coordinator
- Ilaria Rossi-Researcher and Local Survey Co-coordinator
- Alessandra Esposito-Researcher and Local Survey Co-coordinator
Boston University Initiative on Cities
The Initiative on Cities (IOC) at Boston University is a global urban research center founded in 2014 that serves as an interdisciplinary hub for urbanists, connecting research and practice and leading place-based experiential learning programs for students. We marshal the talents and resources of wide-ranging disciplines across the university and forge ties to cities locally, nationally, and globally - in pursuit of creating more livable and resilient cities. Additional information may be found at www.bu.edu/ioc.
Within the Housing Wealth Nexus project, the IOC will contribute to Work Plans 3 (Short-Term Rental Study) and 5 (Tenant Housing Survey).
- Loretta Lees, Team Leader
- Makarand Mody, Senior Researcher
- Kristof Gyodi, Visiting Researcher
- Stacy Fox, Senior Personnel
St. Thomas University
St. Thomas University (STU), based in Canada, brings expertise in community engagement, housing research and partnerships with housing organisations, contributing a North American perspective to the project.
Through its experience in sustained collaboration with local communities, STU supports participatory approaches to knowledge co-production and dissemination, fostering international research connections and the development of actionable knowledge.
- Matthew Hayes, Team Leader