In 2016, Formas, the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, was tasked by the Swedish government to review public housing policy. As part of this initiative, ArkDes ThinkTank, Formas and IQ Samhällsbyggnad, the Swedish Centre for Innovation and Quality in the Built Environment, invite you to participate in an afternoon of workshops, panel discussions and mingle.

The event is an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to meet and exchange experiences and find new ways forward for public housing policy. The workshop is aimed at professionals, researchers and people working in the housing sector. There will be three workshops on different themes, and you can choose to register for one.

Programme

Moderator: Pernilla Glaser, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, urban development division

12.00–13.00 Lunch (vegetarian)

13.00–13.30 Welcome, introduction to the afternoon session with Emma Gretzer, Formas, Linda Kummel, ArkDes, Helena Gibson-Ek, IQ Samhällsbyggnad

13.30–14.45
– Workshop 1: The building perspective. How can we build more, at a lower cost, and in new ways?

– Workshop 2: The living perspective. How can we create better living environments for low-income households?

– Workshop 3: The regulatory perspective. How can the housing market be regulated to supply housing for all?

14.45–15.00 Break

15.00–16.00 Panel: Björn Siesjö, the City of Gothenburg; Catharina Thörn, University of Gothenburg; Monica Fundin Pourshahidi, the Swedish Union of Tenants; Olof Andersson, Trianon property company; Tapio Salonen, Malmö University.
Additional panel members may be added to the programme.

16.00–19.00 Mingle in Café Blom

Last registration date has passed.