Chair in Dignified and Sustainable Housing

The Chair in Dignified and Sustainable Housing of the UPF Barcelona School of Management was born from the joint will between the UPF-BSM and the Fundación Metropolitan House to study the real estate sector in order to adapt it to today, with regulations that become benefits for citizens and companies, and subsequently transfer reflections to the main interest groups.

To meet the objectives defined in the framework of the Chair, various research, training, awareness-raising, and knowledge transfer activities will be carried out in different areas, with the main objective being to generate educational, scientific, and informative knowledge in the real estate sector.

The Chair has the following objectives:

• Generate and develop knowledge about housing policies from economic, fiscal and financial, social and management perspectives, aimed at improving the quality of life of citizens, preserving the environment, and improving the efficiency and sustainability of the real estate sector. 
• Develop activities for the transfer of knowledge and dissemination of general knowledge, from the organization of seminars and conferences, publication of informative articles, or preparation of case studies, among others.
• Develop activities related to the education and training of professionals in the real estate sector, based on the creation of training programs, internships in real estate companies, etc.

• The UPF-BSM Chair of Decent and Sustainable Housing Presents New Trends in the Housing Cooperative Sector (video)
  [28/10/24]
  The event session was based on the study “Housing Cooperatives: New Trends in Creation, Management, and Financing” presented by its authors, Ramón Bastida, Director of the Chair of Decent and Sustainable Housing, and Professor Maridalia Rodríguez.
• Transforming the future of the real estate sector to ensure sustainability
  [04/03/2024]
  The UPF-BSM Chair in Decent and Sustainable Housing, in collaboration with the Metropolitan House Foundation, presents the results of the study entitled "Sustainable Balanced Scorecard for the Housing Sector"
• Video of the event "The positive impact of sustainability information on the real estate sector"
  [28/02/2024]
  Event where the results of the study "Sustainable scorecard for the real estate sector" were presented and which was followed by a round table with experts from the sector.
• The UPF-BSM organizes the first ‘Prize for the Best Master’s Thesis on Decent and Sustainable Housing’ with the Metropolitan House Foundation
  [23/06/2023]
  (Go to Awards bases)
• Rehabilitation of buildings reduces the risk of social exclusion: the UPF-BSM organizes sustainable housing conferences 
  [28/01/22]

• Cooperativas de vivienda: nuevas tendencias en creación, gestión y financiación (Spanish document). Ramon Bastida and Maridalia Rodríguez (July 2024)
• Cuadro de Mando Integral Sostenible para el sector inmobiliario. Ramon Bastida and Pablo Verdugo (2024)
• Study N. 20. Mutipartner-to-rent: Nuevo modelo de financiación para la vivienda en alquiler. Ramon Bastida, Nina Magomedova, Josep Lluís Pellicer, et al.
• El valor social de Bellvitge 2030 Green: Retorn social d’un projecte de rehabilitació d’edificis. Erola Palau, Ramon Bastida (2022)
• Mesurar l’impacte social i mediambiental de la renovació del parc d’edificis d’habitatges urbans. Utopia o realitat?. Ramon Bastida and Erola Palau (2022)
• Report on the 1st Conference of the Chair in Dignified and Sustainable Housing: "A NEW GREEN DEAL FOR URBAN HOUSING".
• UPF-BSM Collection of Studies - No. 12. La mesura de l’impacte social i mediambiental en la rehabilitació d’habitatge urbà. Estat de l'art i casos d'estudi. Ramon Bastida, Erola Palau. 

Ramon Bastida
Director of the Chair in Dignified and Sustainable Housing
ramon.bastida@bsm.upf.edu
+34 935422821