The Right to Housing (Zagreb)

Event Background

Under the title “City (Un)Defeated. Streams of struggle” the 29th edition of the International Network for Urban Research and Action annual conference will take place in Zagreb, Croatia, from 30th June to 3rd July. INURA 19 will bring together members of its network – consisting of activists and researchers from community and environmental groups, universities, and local administrations, who wish to share experiences and to participate in common research.

Focusing on the topic of transformative cities as one of its thematic priorities, the Green European Foundation aims to support the emergence of trans-local networks and urban spaces as breeding ground for progressive policies, and will be present at the conference to this end.

About the event

Besides being present throughout the conference with an info stand, GEF will host, together with the support of the Institute for Political Ecology, a public panel in the evening of Monday, 1st July, to address one of the most pressing issues among urban activists all over Europe: the right to housing.

In the framework of the transnational project on Cities as Places of Hope in the European Union, challenges around urban housing as well as possible alternative pathways for the future will be addressed with experts and activists from all over Europe.

Speakers

Marko Aksentijević, Roof over one’s head, Belgrade

Philipp Klaus, Kraftwerk 1, Zurich

Petra Rodik, Faculty of humanities and Social sciences, Zagreb

Ulrike Hamman, Kotti&Co, Berlin

Iva Marčetić, Right to the city, Zagreb

Moderator: Tomislav Tomašević, Institute for Political Ecology, Zagreb

For updates on the programme and practicalities, watch this space or check the INURA 19 website.