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Are you concerned about the global conflicts and natural disasters, and interested to learn more about career opportunities in international humanitarian aid, and explore a possible career path in this domain? Join us for an open exchange event with reconstruction experts!

Prof. Maria Conen was appointed as a full professor of Architecture & Housing at ETH Zurich in 2022 and serves on the Board of Directors at ETH Wohnforum. In her inaugural lecture, Prof. Maria Conen emphasizes the significance of 'Spaces & Cycles'. We look forward to this significant moment and wish Prof. Maria Conen every success!

We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Duyne Barenstein, Director of the ETH Wohnforum, will be participating in the Symposium "The Future of Housing Standards" in London 19 March 2024.

Book launch on September 15 at ZAZ Bellerive. The qualitative study, set in the Swiss Mittelland, provides multi-layered insights into the reality of life of displaced tenants. The focus is on the perspectives of those affected and how they deal with the (imminent) loss of housing.

On Friday, 25 August 2023, the conference "Bright environments: Daylight in Sustainable Building Design Conference" will take place at the Institute for Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg.

Dr. Sibylle Wälty from the ETH Wohnforum -ETH CASE will give an input presentation on 16 June 2023 in Bern as part of the 2nd Intercantonal Legislative Conference Continuing Education Seminar.

The final discussion of the event series "Wohnen im Wandel" with Leonie Pock from ETH Wohnforum - ETH CASE and Drehscheibe Altstetten/Grünau will take place at GZ-Loogarten in Zurich-Altstetten on Thursday, 1 June 2023.

Dr. Sibylle Wälty from the ETH Wohnforum -ETH CASE will participate in a panel discussion on 29 August 2023 in Bern as part of the 3rd National Mobility Conference.

Panel discussion next Wednesday, 10 May 2023 19:30h with representatives from social anthropology (Jennifer Duyne Barenstein ETH Wohnforum - ETH CASE & Sabrina Stallone), architecture (Claudia Sinatra), and urban activism.

On Sunday, 7 May 2023, Jennifer Duyne Barenstein from ETH Wohnforum-ETH CASE, Antonia Steger from Mieten-Marta and neighbourhood workers from GZ Loogarten will discuss the increasing densification in the neighbourhood and its effects on residents.

Abstracts for the "Inside / Out" Daylight in Sustainable Urban Design conference on 11 March 2023 can be submitted by 31 December 2022.

The ETH Wohnforum will hold the NSL Colloquium on the topic of "Urban Densification and Displacement" on 9 February 2023. 

Due to current developments in connection with the coronavirus, we have decided to postpone the event planned for 27 March 2020 by one year to 19 March 2021.