The COVID19 pandemic has impacted on our lived experience of housing and home in ways that will surely have profound and lasting effects. A crisis unprecedented in its economic, social and demographic impact, the prospect of it coming to an end, and the thought of a post-pandemic world that is different, maybe better than before, is a powerful call to action. The possibility, necessity and appeal of positioning housing at the centre of that recovery is compelling. Provoked by a series of reflections on the repositioning of home and the more-than-financial costs of housing, this debate will focus on the imagination, policies and practices required to transform the inclusivity, sustainability and wellbeing of neighbourhoods and communities. The panel will reflect on how our values of home relate to a new moral economy of housing capable of reconciling the social and economic impact of our housing market system and delivering this housing transformation.

• 14:00 Opening address
  Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Hazel Chu
• 14:10 Keynote speaker
  Professor Susan Smith, University of Cambridge is a social and economic geographer interested in the interdisciplinary world of housing studies. She has been particularly concerned with the interplay and impacts of housing, mortgage and financial markets, and with the role of housing in shaping economic inequality in the long run.
• 14:45 Respondent
  Professor Manuel Aalbers, KU Leuven, the University of Leuven
• 15:00 Panellists
  Professor Mary Murphy, Maynooth University
  Associate Professor Declan Redmond, University College Dublin
• Chair
  Professor Kenneth Gibb, University of Glasgow
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The event will be recorded but audience members will not be visible in the recording.

This event is sponsored by Dublin City Council.