Three, five-day international summer schools have been planned to take place in Nicosia(November 2021), Valencia (July 2022) and Reading (July 2023) as part of the RE-DWELL project.The last of these summer schools, organized by the University of Reading (UREAD), has beencarried out in Reading, from July 3- 7th, 2023. This report focuses on the results of this summerschool.The theme of the summer school, “Innovations in Affordable and Sustainable Housing,” wasthus addressed from multiple perspectives through presentations from invited speakers fromprofessional practice, and academia. The programme of activities of the Reading summer school aimed at fostering the exchange ofknowledge across early-stage researchers (ESRs), supervisors and non-academic organisations,on addressing the challenges and opportunities of the design process in meeting needs foraffordable and sustainable housing. It is noteworthy that this meeting has a strong presence ofpartner organisations, with five participating in the event—two from the UK and three fromother countries. The programme included workshops to support the development of ESR’s research throughtraining activities related to two ongoing structured courses: RMT3 “Transferring researchfindings to community stakeholders” and TS3 “Communication and dissemination; Engagementand impact”. Following the blended-learning approach the activities of the courses beganonline, to be continued in-person during the event. In addition to the activities at the University of Reading, there were lectures held in London atthe premises of Clarion Housing Association, a partner organisation, and at Pollard ThomasEdwards architectural office, a firm conducting research on affordable housing. Additionally,there was a site visit to a new "build-to-rent" housing development in Reading town centre.
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