What are the desired outcomes of I3X-16?

The I3X aims to strengthen resilient housing systems by reinforcing identity and sense of belonging within communitioes and neighbourhoods. Through comparative research, participatory approaches, citizen science, creative methods, and policy co-creation, the initiative seeks to develop transferable knowledge and innovative solutions that support restoration and regeneration of local living environments.

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The initiative will generate evidence-based recommendations for housing policy and neighbourhood development, while promoting inclusive participation and empowering local communities to address challenges such as overtourism, displacement, studentification, social fragmentation, and environmental pressures. 

R&I stages & skills and capabilities (across disciplines) would be beneficial for I3X-6?

Current activities build on ongoing research and projects in digital social innovation, housing transformations, citizen science, sustainability, urban governance, neighbourhood regeneration, and housing policy innovation.

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Secondees could contribute to:

• Comparative analysis of housing and neighbourhood case studies

• Community engagement and participatory research activities

• Citizen science methodologies and data collection

• Development of place-based housing policy recommendations

• Impact assessment frameworks for identity and belonging

• Creative and arts-based methods for community participation

• Co-design workshops with local stakeholders

• Knowledge exchange across European housing contexts

• Development of regenerative and restorative neighborhood strategies

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This cross-disciplinary I3X welcomes contributions from diverse academic and practice-based expertise related to community engagement in housing or related focus areas.

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Skills and Capabilities across Disciplines:

• Housing studies and housing policy

• Urban and human geography

• Sustainability, resilience, restoration and regeneration

• Community engagement and participatory governance

• Citizen science methodologies

• Digital social innovation

• GIS and spatial analysis

• Public administration and governance

• Business and innovation studies

• Social inclusion and community development

• Creative and arts-based participatory approaches

• Impact assessment and policy evaluation

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Examples of Challenges that need to be addressed for I3X-16?

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• Integrating innovative, creative, and art-based approaches with more traditional scientific approaches for community engagement;

• Developing new impact indicator systems and intervention evaluation standards for difficult-to-quantify long-term processes such as identity-building and sense of belonging; as well as developing policy instruments that would balance efficiency needs with greater sensitivity towards socio-cultural processes related to housing;

• Developing new comparative evidence of functional, aesthetic and inclusive spaces (indoor/outdoor as well as private/public) that function as catalysts to support a positive identification with the neighborhood/community and cultivate a sense of belonging;

• Practices that support meaningful and equitable inclusion of marginalized and/or vulnerable groups.

I3X-16 Alignment to R3 - Resilience, Restoration, Regeneration​​

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