Event calendar

The series of webinars in 2025 continues with a second webinar highlighting housing careers of our topic group leaders and other senior people. People who can inspire early career staff within the EFL community to go for the extra mile and give a meaningfull turn to their career. At this edition Ben Pluijmers, Chairman of EFL and Steve Loveland, topic group leader Age Friendly Living, will speak. Hosted by the ECN leaders Huniya Akbar (Places fro People), Lucie Lescude (Paris Habitat) and Denisa Lück (Ritterwald). Please click HERE for the link to the webinar.

Systems thinking can be a powerful tool to understand complex problems, such as the housing crisis. When used in participatory settings, it can help articulate the interconnected challenges faced by different actors, including the impact of the interventions designed in response and the mental models and narratives that underpin them (e.g. what ‘sustainable’, ‘healthy’ or ‘affordable’ housing means).

In this seminar, Dr Anna Pagani will provide an overview of recent research engaging stakeholders in the English housing sector. Her presentation will show how, through workshops and interviews, systems thinking can help challenge received wisdom and foster dialogue on the issues, targets and interventions needed to provide housing for all within planetary boundaries.

This session will introduce you to META Group, a long-established European innovation consultancy and new EFL project partner. META Group specializes in. Advising on effective innovation policy across Europe, Turning research into real-world impact (knowledge valorisation), Facilitating access to risk capital for innovation-driven ventures. Antonello Fiorucci, Project Manager ar META Group, will speak at the webinar.