I’ve contributed a short text on Airbnb in Vienna to the current issue of the journal Mieterecho, journal of the tenant association Berlin. The text is co-authored with my colleagues Leonhard Plank and Roman Seidl. It briefly sketches our research project on Airbnb in Vienna, specifically focusing on the business model for real estate investors […]
I’ve contributed to a short text entitled “Tourism in the digital city: The business behind Airbnb”. It is about how Airbnb is increasingly becoming a lucrative investment and a new means for investors to extract profit from tourism. The text was co-authored with Roman Seidl and Leonhard Plank and draws on our recent research on Airbnb […]
Every day seven households are evicted in Vienna. Public debates about this issue are, however, scarce. Georg Pöchhacker has produced a fascinating radio feature about the reasons, practice and consequences of evictions in Vienna. I was very happy I could contribute a bit through an interview based on research I did together with Mara Verlic […]
What is the state of Airbnb in Wien? Radio derivé has invited me together with my colleague Roman Seidl to talk about our research project. I’m reposting the broadcasting description below (in German). The show is available for streaming here: https://cba.fro.at/369785 Wherebnb? Zur Situation von Airbnb in Wien Ein Radio dérive Studiogespräch mit Justin Kadi und […]
There’s growing public debate about affordable housing in Austria. Available empirical research on the issue, however, is scarce. The real estate platform Immobilienscout24.at has published a short report, which was also widely covered in the media. It provides current numbers, but has methodological problems. I’ve written a short post about it on the blog http://www.urbanizm.net. […]
Last week our institute organized a symposium on the challenge of providing affordable housing in cities at the TU Wien, together with Urban Forum and Österreichische Städtebund. The event was a big success, with more than 150 people attending. The newspaper Wiener Zeitung published an article about the event here: https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/wien/stadtleben/950473_Eine-Ressource-fuer-die-Elite.html The program can be […]
Die Tageszeitung Heute hat in ihrer Printausgabe vom 12.2.2018 den Artikel „Uni-Experte warnt vor Ghettos am Stadtrand“ veröffentlicht. Der Artikel ist an mehreren Stellen faktisch falsch und zitiert Dr. Justin Kadi mit Aussagen, die dieser nie getätigt hat. Der Artikel spricht etwa von einer neuen Studie der Technischen Universität Wien zum Thema soziale Durchmischung. So eine Studie […]
I wrote a short piece on the reform plans for housing policy of Austria’s new coalition government. A comparison of the coalition agreement with the most recent press materials of the association of the real estate industry (Verband der Immobilienwirtschaft) shows how successful the industry did their lobbying. Many of their demands are included in […]
I gave an interview on Austrian TV about growing socio-spatial inequalities in Vienna. It’s available online (until 14 February): http://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Wien-heute/70018/Wien-heute/13964493/Soziale-Durchmischung-als-Herausforderung/14235860
I was honored to contribute a talk to a seminar on the ‘right to the city’ at the University of Vienna, Department of Political Science last Friday. I gave a short presentation on the growing housing problems in Vienna, situating them in a discussion about the specific institutional context of Vienna’s housing market. We had […]
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