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June 30 to July 3 2026, the ENHR Conference in Oslo will gather researchers, policymakers, and housing professionals to explore how changing housing systems shape and are shaped by social stratification, urban development, and economic transformation. What is the role of homeownership in a period marked by housing affordability crises, rising wealth gaps, and demographic change? Once seen as a pathway to security and social mobility, homeownership now also reinforces inequality and segregation in many cities. How do these dynamics occur, and how are housing systems adapting to demographic and economic change? Will policymakers manage to address these challenges?

We will tackle economic, social, and political dimensions of housing through interdisciplinary presentations, workshops, and dialogues. Submit your paper for a workshop session, and expand the conversation on housing, ownership, and inequality. What is the meaning of property and belonging in the 21st century city? 

Confirmed plenary speakers: David Manley, Emma Baker, Jardar Søroll, Kristin Aarland, Lindsay Flynn, Maarten van Ham, Ola Grytten, Oana Druta, Matthew Baldwin, Nils Hertig, Richard Ronald, Rikke Skovgaard Nielsen, Simone Tulumello, Sonia Alves and Terje Wessel

Organised and hosted by The European Network for Housing Research and Norwegian Social Research, Oslo Metropolitan University