The Vienna International Summer School on New Social Housing is a prestigious program that brings together researchers, professionals, and activists to analyze innovative research and policy responses to social housing challenges. One of the fifteen spots available worldwide this year was awarded to Iago Martínez, a researcher at IDEGA.
Martínez presented his work, “What governance cannot count: data regimes and the reach of housing policy in Spain,” in which he analyzes the role of data in shifting housing policies and offers theoretical insights into the relationship between data regimes and infrastructures and housing regimes. Throughout the week-long course, participants presented their research, exchanged views with an international panel of experts, and engaged in discussions with fellow researchers. They also took part in workshops and training sessions, met with local authorities and other stakeholders in the Viennese housing system, and visited housing projects ranging from pioneering 1920s developments to the most recent ones.
This summer school is a joint initiative of TU Wien (Research Center for New Social Housing), the University of Vienna (Department of Sociology), and the University of Applied Arts (Department of Social Design). Participants this year came from countries including China, Iran, Tunisia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ethiopia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Italy.
