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International Conference “Dwelling in Transition: Reimagining Affordable and Social Housing across Scales and Systems.”
  • 13 Jul
  • 2025

International Conference “Dwelling in Transition: Reimagining Affordable and Social Housing across Scales and Systems.”

In the context of the global housing crisis, the challenges of affordable and social housing go far beyond cost and construction speed. They also encompass spatial quality, social equity, governance mechanisms, and environmental impact. This July, the Institute of Smart City and Management – University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH-ISCM), in collaboration with partners from South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand, will host the International Conference “Dwelling in Transition: Reimagining Affordable and Social Housing across Scales and Systems.”

The conference will bring together experts from various disciplines to explore and evaluate the many dimensions of housing - from design and policy-making to financing and sustainability—toward more responsive and inclusive housing models for today’s world.

Main Topics:

  1. Margins: Grey Areas and Emergent Practices
  2. Materials and Methods: Constructing Affordability
  3. Instruments: Policy, Finance, and Governance

Key Information:

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Notification of Acceptance: July 5, 2025
  • Conference Date: July 13, 2025

Please submit your proposal in PDF format to iscm@ueh.edu.vn and haihln@ueh.edu.vn with the following information:

  1. Title (max. 100 characters)
  2. Subtitle (max. 150 characters)
  3. Author information (full name, affiliation, email)
  4. Short bio (max. 300 characters)
  5. Keywords (up to 3)
  6. Abstract (2,000 characters, including spaces)
  7. One representative image (preferably created by the author)
  8. Three references

This conference is part of the Housing Future research series. Submitted papers will have the opportunity to be selected for publication in a book with an ISBN issued by UEH Press.