The Institute for Advanced Study at CEU is pleased to invite you to the next lecture in the Institute`s Wednesday Seminar
Csaba Jelinek
Junior Core Fellow at IAS CEU
A missing piece from the puzzle:
Conceptualizing the role of the construction sector in the housing crisis
Wednesday, 21 January, 12:30 p.m.
Nádor u. 13, Room 118 and online
My project at the Institute for Advanced Study examines the overlooked relationship between the construction sector and the unfolding global housing crisis. While unaffordable housing, inadequate housing policies and the increasing power of market actors is often discussed in the scholarship on the housing question, the specific role of the construction industry remains largely peripheral. This talk will attempt to outline the social theory of constructing housing through using Hungary as a primary case study. Hungary stands out from other European countries with its skyrocketing residential housing construction price index. What are the reasons that make construction increasingly expensive? How does this relate to autocratic tendencies in Hungarian politics? What potential interventions or solutions exist? How can this specific case inform a broader theorization of the construction sector globally? While not all these questions will be fully answered, the talk will illuminate new avenues for research that may reshape our understanding of housing politics and the future of housing activism.
Csaba Jelinek is an urban sociologist and a housing policy expert. He is a co-founder and researcher of Periféria Policy and Research Center, an independent think-tank based in Budapest. He is also a board member of the Alliance for Collaborative Real Estate Development. His research explores social and spatial inequalities, as well as the political economy of alternative housing models. His articles have been published in Housing Studies, Environment and Planning A, Journal of Urban History and Radical Housing Journal.
RSVP Agnes Bendik at bendikag@ceu.edu