Thank you so much ✨ would’ve loved to have you here with us!

and for all the German speakers out there, here is the full version of the newspaper article: www.wort.lu/politik/wie-...

🏢 We visited the Gravity project (a large-scale urban regeneration project) & talked about affordable housing, co-living, mixed use & social mix. Thanks to the City of Differdange, Yann Duprel, Charles Berrang & housing alderman Jerry Hartung for the warm welcome!

♥️ So so grateful for this opportunity. Once more many thanks to my Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences at the @uni.lu, @liser.lu and of course @fnr.lu.

🟣 Join the Boston Area Research Initiative conference, the perfect space for researchers, policy makers, non-profits, and community members to meet (at a community college no less).

🔵 Sit in on an undergraduate lecture on homelessness in the US - eye-opening and heart-breaking at once;

🟢 Attend a thought-provoking lecture on The Gender Order of Neoliberalism by Cinzia D. Solari at the Department of Sociology (once a sociologist, always a sociologist...);

🟡 Present my PhD research and connect with new people;

🟠 Be hosted by the amazing @lorettaclees.bsky.social in Boston at the @buoncities.bsky.social, in their beautiful brownstone;

@douccap.bsky.social @lorettaclees.bsky.social @liser-udm.bsky.social @liser.lu @fnr.lu @urbanstudiesonline.com
#Gentrification #Housing #Policy #Luxembourg #OpenAccess

The second tour of presidential elections is our last hope before heading for darkness. That and hoping that in the next coalition won’t be any extremist parties.

USR (literally, Union Save Romania) backs the center-right presidential candidate #ElenaLasconi. While her positions aren’t perfect, the choice is clear when it’s a matter of EU vs. Russia.

Now, since these parties didn’t surpass the 5% threshold for seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, their votes will be redistributed - ultimately empowering the extreme right instead of USR.

Corrupt historical parties dominate #1 and #3, while the most pro-EU, stability-oriented option comes in at #4. Ironically, many small parties spun off from USR (the 4th party), pulling away voters and further dividing the pro-EU camp.