During a one-month secondment in Porto, PhD student Rikke Borg Sundstrup (Aalborg University) explored how the city addresses affordable housing through regeneration projects, public-private partnerships, and preservation of historic housing. Visits and discussions with Domus Social offered new insights into housing policy and the challenges shared across European cities.
A brief overview of the Serbian and Portuguese reality. On the urban transformations of cities and their relationship with housing policies, housing provision, the importance and relevance of public housing, and the urban regeneration process.
From 2nd to 16th October 2024, Aleksandar Jevtic and Ivana Momic from the Serbian association of Urban Planners (SUPA) conducted secondments in Germany as part of the DASH project. The plan was to meet with urban planners, spatial planners and experts in various fields to discuss planning systems in Germany, in order to undertake a comparative study of the planning systems of Germany, Portugal, Denmark and Serbia, with a focus on social housing.
During a 10-day secondment (6 days in Lisbon and 4 days in Porto), Prof. Claus Bech-Danielsen from Aalborg University explored architecture, urban renewal and housing areas in Portugal. Study trips and meetings at the University of Lisbon and at Domus Social in Porto provided an interesting way to compare housing policy, social housing, transformation and architectural development in Portugal and Denmark.
A brief autumn visit to our new Portuguese partners offered rich insights into integrated social housing practices in Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia—highlighting how both companies combine planning, management, and care to tackle affordability, community resilience, and urban regeneration.
Vulnerable groups of forced migrants continue to face vast challenges in accessing housing in Berlin and Potsdam. Nina Amelung, ICS-Universidade de Lisboa, visited Inwole e.V., DASH partner, in Potsdam and explored migrants’ long and diverse paths to safe and permanent housing.
Exploring Danish housing practices to gain practical insights for improving social housing in Porto—and, through international and multisectoral common efforts, seek ways to hack systemic, planetary housing inequality. Secondment was conducted by Elsa Marques, Joana Monteiro, Olga Feio and Sara Neves.
A team of 22 DASH team members from eight partner institutions from Denmark, Portugal, and Germany conducted secondments in Serbia, from April to December 2024.
GAIURB’s DASH team – Carla Pires, Sofia Morais, Ana Azevedo, and Joana Azevedo – during two weeks in November and December 2024, conducted its secondment to Denmark, focusing on Copenhagen's innovative housing strategies. This immersive experience provided a deep insight into Denmark's progressive approach to housing policies and urban planning.
In September, Dejan Doljak, from the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, visited Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Ricardo and João, from the local municipal housing company, Gaiurb, showed him some of the work done by Gaiurb in different neighborhoods there.
