How is housing researched? How are social transformation and the spatial materialisation of housing connected? Researchers from Germany and abroad will be discussing these key questions from various disciplinary perspectives.

The lecture series kicks off on 22 October by looking at the challenges and perspectives of housing research since the 1980s with a focus on the structures and objectives of the research training group. Joining the discussion in Weimar will be four experts: Prof. Ingrid Breckner, former Professor of »Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie« at the HafenCity University Hamburg, Prof. Monika Grubbauer, Professor of »Geschichte und Theorie der Stadt« at the HafenCity University Hamburg, Prof. Barbara Schönig, research training group spokesperson and Professor of Urban Planning at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, as well as Prof. Sebastian Schipper, Heisenberg Professor of »Geographische Stadtforschung« at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.

The lecture series will be held in German and English and will be available in hybrid form in other lecture halls.

Lecture Series Schedule:

22 October 2024, 6:30 pm
Ingrid Breckner, Monika Grubbauer (Hamburg), Barbara Schönig (Weimar); Sebastian Schipper (Frankfurt/Main)
»Herausforderungen und Perspektiven in der Wohnungsforschung«
Weimar, Marienstraße 13C, Lecture Hall D

19 November 2024, 6:30 pm
Michael Obrist (Vienna)
»Wien und anderswo - Das Ende des Wohnbaus (als Typologie)«
Weimar, Marienstraße 13C, Lecture Hall D

3 December 2024, 6:30 pm
Anne Kockelkorn (Ghent)
»Palast auf Kredit und andere Wohnprodukte. Zur Rolle von Architektur in der Wohnbauforschung vor und nach der neoliberalen Wende«
Frankfurt/Main, PEG-Building, Westend-Nord, Room 1.G135

10 December 2024
Matthias Bernt (Berlin/Erkner)
»Gentrifizierung. Was kann die politische Ökonomie erklären und was nicht?«
Weimar, Marienstraße 13C, Lecture Hall D

14 January 2025
Anne Tietjen (Copenhagen)
»Transformations of Living: Learning from open spaces in European social housing«
Weimar, Marienstraße 13C, Lecture Hall D

28 Januar 2025
Joris Hoekstra (Delft)
»Housing Research in Europe? Societal and methodological challenges«
Weimar, Marienstraße 13C, Lecture Hall D

Background:

The »Gewohnter Wandel. Gesellschaftliche Transformation und räumliche Materialisierung des Wohnens« research training group began their work on 1 October 2024 in Weimar and Frankfurt am Main. The project, which is funded by the German Research Foundation with 7.2 million euros, will enable up to 40 early-career researchers (postdocs and doctoral students) at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main - 25 of whom are directly funded by the DFG - to research the current situation of housing supply in the first phase until 2029. A close relationship between research, practice and transfer on housing issues is to be made possible through exchange and collaboration with cooperation partners. These partners include the »Institut Wohnen und Umwelt Darmstadt«(IWU), the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (UAS), the »Klassik-Stiftung Weimar«, the »Stiftung Baukultur Thüringen«, and the »Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V.« ).