letztes Instituts- Kolloquium im Semester

***english below***

Liebes Institut,
wir freuen uns, Sie und euch am den Montag, 14. Juli zu unserem letzten Instituts-Kolloquium im Sommersemester einladen zu können.
Diesmal wird Clara Hertz über:
Student Housing as an Emerging Asset Class: A View from Germany
sprechen (s. abstract unten).

Wie immer startet das Ganze um 16:15 in Raum 740
eine Flüsterübersetzung auf Deutsch wird angeboten
und danach gibt es kleine Snacks und kalte Getränke.

Wir hoffen, noch einmal viele aus dem Institut begrüßen zu können.
Das Vorbereitungsteam.

Dear Institute,
We are pleased to invite you to our last institute colloquium of the summer semester on Monday, 14 July.
This time Clara Hertz will talk about:
Student Housing as an Emerging Asset Class: A View from Germany
(see abstract below).

As always, the whole thing starts at 16:15 in room 740
a whispered translation into German will be provided
and afterwards there will be snacks and cold drinks.

We hope to be able to welcome many people from the institute once again.
The preparation team.

Abstract:

Amid rising living costs and growing housing precarity among students, profit-oriented purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), has emerged in many university cities, turning student housing into an alternative asset class. Based on semi-structured interviews and document analysis, this research investigates the growth of PBSA in Germany, unpacking its networks, business models, spatial strategies and narrative framings. Adopting a relational-comparative approach, the study examines the political-economic conditions that enable and sustain this niche asset class and its broader implications for the socio-spatial relations of student housing, urban governance and higher education.