18th European Research Conference on Homelessness
12th-13th of September, 2024
Budapest, Hungary
VENUE: Central European University, Budapest
The call for abstracts is now closed
About the Conference
FEANTSA’s European Observatory on Homelessness, the Metropolitan Research Institute, and BMSZKI are pleased to announce the 18th European Research Conference on Homelessness in Budapest, Hungary on September 12th and 13th, 2024. This is Europe’s leading research conference on homelessness and will explore recent evidence on the broad theme of homelessness and housing exclusion from across Europe and elsewhere. We particularly encourage submissions for our special stream on data collection methods and ongoing national, regional and local level counts. Early career researchers are also invited to present their research activities.
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Keynote speakers
Bálint Misetics, Hungary, is a social policy expert whose work integrates research, advocacy, policy, and fieldwork. He is currently working for the Municipality of Budapest as the Senior Advisor to the Mayor on Housing and Social Policy, and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Municipal Foundation for Social Policy. He was the author of the Municipality’s new strategy on homelessness which attempts to reframe homelessness as a housing problem.
Ruth Owen, Belgium, is Deputy Director at FEANTSA (European Federation of National Associations Working with the Homeless), where she had worked since 2011. She is an expert on homelessness and public policies to address it, notably in European contexts. She has a special interest in housing policy. Prior to working on homelessness, Ruth studied geography and worked as a teacher in London.
John Sylvestre, Canada, is a Full Professor in the School of Psychology and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, at the University of Ottawa. His interests lie in the study and evaluation of community mental health programs, with a particular interest in homelessness and poverty. His recent work focuses on community development and social change strategies in social housing.
Dorottya Szikra, HU Dorottya Szikra is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest, and Visiting Professor at the Department of Gender Studies, CEU Vienna. She is also associated with CEU Democracy Institute. Her main research field is welfare state and family policy development in Central and Eastern Europe. Between 2016 and 2020 she acted as the co-chair of the European Social Policy Analysis Network (ESPAnet).Since 2021 she has served as a member of the EC commissioned High-Level Group on the future of social protection and of the welfare state in the EU.
Planned Schedule
The conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 12th - 13th, 2024, starting at 13:00 on Thursday and closing at 17:00 on Friday, followed by a drinks reception. Optional field visits will be planned for Thursday morning. The conference dinner will be held on Thursday evening.
Venue and Fees
The sessions of the Conference will be held at the facilities of the Central European University in Budapest. The conference fee is 200 EURO (incl. meals and coffee breaks during the conference, including dinner). Presenters and PhD students pay a reduced fee of 100 EURO. Please sign up for the conference dinner and the special accommodation package (on a first come first served basis) upon registration from July 8th, 2024. A detailed cancellation policy will be announced on the registration page.
Programme
Field visits in Budapest - 11th September, 13h00-16h00
BMSZKI - Trauma-informed gynaecological service for homeless women (Symposium)
Field visits in Budapest - 12th September
BMSZKI - Szabolcs street hostel and health center
BMSZKI - No Slum community housing project
Oltalom Charity Service – Low threshold complex and John Wesley Theological College
From Street to Home association project visit
Main Programme - 12th September
Plenary Session I (Room: Auditorium)
Chair: Volker Busch-Geertsema, DE
Dorottya Szikra, HU: Illiberal Welfare States in the making (TBC)
Bálint Misetics, HU: Understanding Homelessness: Housing and Capital
Seminar Session One:
Seminar 1: Data Collection Methodologies I (Room: TBD)
Chair: Lars Benjaminsen, DK
Philipp Schnell, AT: Strategies for Measuring Homelessness in a Federally Organized State – the Case of Austria
Evelien Demaerschalk, Nana Mertens, Koen Hermans, BE: Integrating a Street Count and Extensive Service-based Homelessness Count
Seminar 2: Fidelity of Housing First (Room: TBD)
Chair: Volker Busch-Geertsema, DE
Ashley Ward, Samara Jones, Stephen Gaetz, CA: Validation of a Brief Fidelity Self-Assessment Tool for Housing First (HF) Interventions for Youth: Pilot Testing
Riikka Perälä, Saija Turunen, FI: Adapting Housing First. Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives on Adaptations to the Housing First Model in Four European countries
Seminar 3: Understanding and Addressing LGBTQI+ Homelessness (Room: TBD)
Chair: Freek Spinnewijn, BE
Ana Dresler and Mauro Striano, BE: Housing Exclusion among Sex Workers in Brussels. Quantitative and Qualitative Data Concerning Trans* people and Men Having Sexual Relations with Other Men in Exchange of Money or Services in Brussels
Claudia Steckelberg, DE: LGBTIQ+ and Homelessness in Germany - Queer Perspectives, Experiences and Needs
Seminar 4: Representations and Perceptions (Room: TBD)
Chair: Masa Filipovic Hrast, SI
Magdalena Mostowska and Ewelina Biczyńska, PL: The Public Memorialization of Homeless Deaths
Simone Helleren, UK: Stigma and the Front-line Worker: How Our Homelessness Systems Reproduce and Challenge Stigma
Seminar 5: Women’s Homelessness I (Room: TBD)
Chair: Kjell Larsson, SE
Dora Welker, HU: Shared Domestic Abuse Refuge in the Age of Housing First
Timo Weishaupt, DE: Female, Homeless, without a Safety Net? A Critical Perspective on How the Welfare State Protects Homeless Women
Seminar 6: Housing Instability and Evictions (Room: TBD)
Chair: Nóra Teller, HU
Bart Put, Emma Hens, & Inge Pasteels, BE: Lacunae in the Prevention of Evictions in the Flemish Private Rental Market: The Perspective of Social Service Providers
Miroslava Hlinčíková, SK: Families without Stable Homes in Continuous Change. How Does the Welfare State Approach Families During Uncertain Times in Slovakia?
Focus session (Room: Auditorium): “Talk with us, not about us”
Participation of people with lived experience of homelessness in housing activism and homeless services in 21th century Hungary
Gyula Balog (HU), Katalin Gyöngyösi (HU), and discussion with colleagues with lived experience of the Hungarian “City is for All” housing advocacy group
Main Programme - 13th September
Seminar Session Two
Seminar 7: Data Collection Methodologies II (Room: TBD)
Chair and discussant: Lars Benjaminsen, DK
Laure-lise Robben and Koen Hermans, BE: Homelessness Duration and Recurrence in Belgium: An Exploratory Cluster Analysis of Administrative Data
Veera Niemi and Elisabetta Leni, FI: Unlocking Insights on Homelessness Through Integrated Administrative Data: A Methodological Framework for Researchers in EU Countries
Seminar 8: Implementation of Housing First (Room: TBD)
Chair: Volker Busch-Geertsema, DE
Caterina Cortese and Filippo Sbrana, IT: Housing First in Rome: a Community Project Experience
Lisete Cordeiro and Ana Maria Oliveira, PT: Implementation of Housing First in Portugal: contributions to the community integration of homeless people
Seminar 9: Migration and Homelessness I (Room: TBD)
Chair: Mike Allen, IE
Zoé Canal-Brunet, Jacques Pisarik, FR: Barriers to Housing for People in Emergency Accommodation in and around Paris: The Role of Administrative Status
Ashwin Parulkar and Daniel C. Farrell, USA: Integrating Migrant Refugees in New York City into Society amid National and Local Policy Challenges
Seminar 10: Health and Homelessness (Room: TBD)
Chair: Nicholas Pleace, UK
István Sziklai and Kata Miklós, HU: "System Deficits in Everyday Life" - On the Situation of People Living in Homelessness and with Psychiatric Illness and Mental Disorder in Budapest, and their Support Systems
John Cowman, IE: Counting Housing Needs among Individuals with Mental Health Difficulties in a Mental Health Inpatient unit in Dublin
Dee O'Connell, Theo Jackson, UK: Barometer of Homelessness and Inclusion Health
Seminar 11: Women’s Homelessness II (Room: TBD)
Chair: Masa Filipovic Hrast, SI
Freya Marshall Payne, UK: Homelessness in Women’s Life Histories: Lessons about Cultural Silences, Trauma and Support from the Testimonies of Women with Lived Experience
Heather Williams, UK: Inverting Normative Ideas of ‘Home’: Multiple Exclusion Homelessness (MEH) Women’s Safe Spaces
Seminar 12: Challenges of Designing Research Methods (Room: TBD)
Chair: Nóra Teller, HU
Daniel Hoey and Laurie O’Donnell, IE: The Value of the PAHRCA Methodology in Engaging People with Experience of Homelessness in a Long-term Research Project
Zsolt Temesváry, CH: Data Collection Dilemmas Among Hard-to-Reach Homeless People: The Case of Eastern European Homeless Roma in Switzerland
Seminar Session Three
Seminar 13: Data Collection Methodologies III (Room: TBD)
Chair: Lars Benjaminsen, DK
Nana Mertens, Evelien Demaerschalk, Koen Hermans, BE: Second Round of Point-in-Time Homelessness Counts in Belgium
Pauline Portefaix, FR: Data Collection Methods on Homelessness in France: A Comparative Analysis Between Two Different Methodologies
Seminar 14: Housing Systems and Homelessness (Room: TBD)
Chair: Nóra Teller, HU
Emma Hens, Bart Put & Inge Pasteels, BE: The Role of Landlords’ Experiences in the (In)accessibility of the Private Rental Market for Vulnerable Tenants
Marie Cecile Kotyk, CA: Seeing in Colour: A Framework to Address Anti-Black Racism in Housing and Homelessness
Jan Weckwerth, DE: Precarious Housing as a Gateway into and out of Homelessness
Seminar 15: Migration and Homelessness II (Room: TBD)
Chair: Eoin O’Sullivan, IE
Raluca Cosmina Budian, Susanna Salvador, Ignasi Marti Lanuza, ES: Understanding Migrant Homelessness: Pathways Approach and Barriers to Housing Access in Spain
Keire Murphy and Amy Stapleton, IE: Access to Autonomous Housing for Beneficiaries of International Protection in Ireland
Bruno Meeus and Elisabeth Mareels, NL/BE: Homelessness, precarious citizenship, and practices of ‘forced inhabitation’ in Cureghem, Brussels
Seminar 16: Service Design (Room: TBD)
Chair: Mike Allen, IE
Valeria Ruiz and Alicia García Rodríguez-Marín, ES: The Early Care Approach. An Assessment of Deinstitutionalisation of Homelessness
Branagh O’Shaughnessy and Paula Mayock, IE: Recovery from Homelessness and Substance Use Disorder: A Qualitative Examination
Seminar 17: Youth Homelessness I (Room: TBD)
Chair: Masa Filipovic Hrast, SI
Eszter Somogyi, Nóra Katona, Vera Horváth, HU: What Were the Outcomes of the Housing Led Programs for Young Homeless People in Hungary?
Nia Ffion Rees, UK: "It started at home": A Critical Examination of Family Mediation as an Intervention to Prevent Youth Homelessness
Seminar 18: Reflections on Housing First (Room: TBD)
Chair: Freek Spinnewijn, BE
Ides Nicaise, Eveline Teppers, Luigi Leonori, BE: Person First: Towards Person-Centered and Integrated Services for Homeless People with Mental Health Issues
Nicholas Pleace, Joanne Bretherton and Deborah Quilgars, UK: The Lived Experience of Housing First: Qualitative Research in the UK
Seminar Session Four
Seminar 19: Definitions of Home & Homelessness (Room: TBD)
Chair: Nicholas Pleace, UK
Martin Wagener, Nicolas De Moor, Noémie Emmanuel, BE: Between Alternative Living-Models and Housing Precariousness in Rural Wallonia – Questioning Frameworks of Homelessness
Julia Wygnańska and Małgorzata Kostrzyńska, PL: Definition of a home by people experiencing homelessness in Poland
Seminar 20: Housing Transitions (Room: TBD)
Chair: Eoin O’Sullivan, IE
Krista Kosonen, FI: Transition from Supported Housing Unit to Scattered Site Housing
Clíodhna Bairéad, IE: Irish Housing Dynamics: Insights from a 6-Year Time Series Analysis of Social Housing Assessment Records and Housing Assistance Payment Tenancies
Seminar 21: Structural Challenges and Homelessness Strategies (Room: TBD)
Chair: Freek Spinnewijn, BE
Shmulik Szeintuch, IL: Homelessness strategies in European Union Member States: The state of play in 2024
Eszter Somogyi, Nóra Teller, Balázs Váradi and Veronika Vass-Vigh, HU: Barriers to Moving to a Housing-Led System in Central and Eastern Europe
Franca Viganò, IT: Representations of Homelessness in Social and Health Planning in Italy. Implications at the Local, Regional and National levels: the cases of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna
Seminar 22: Welfare Arrangements and Homelessness (Room: TBD)
Chair: Volker Busch-Geertsema, DE
Soshiro Yamada, Matthew D. Marr, Yusuke Kakita, Gakuto Kawamura and Hiroshi Goto, JP: The Sustainability of a Stable Life after Leaving Homelessness in Japan
Gregg Colburn, US: Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
Seminar 23: Youth Homelessness II (Room: TBD)
Chair: Melanie Redman, CA (TBC)
Naomi Thulien and Mardi Daley, CA: Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.0: A Pilot Rent Subsidy and Identity Capital Intervention for Youth Exiting Homelessness in Canada
Jörg Dittmann, Cyril Boonmann, Nils Jenkel and Delfine D'Huart, CH: Fragile housing of vulnerable people. On the connection between homelessness and care leaving
Seminar 24: Dimensions of Homelessness (Room: TBD)
Chair: Masa Filipovic Hrast, SI
Beth Stone, Emily Wertans, UK: Disability and homelessness, An identity or a label? A critical analysis of terminology in the UK
Sarah Cooke, Rachel O'Connor, Lydia Hutchings, Chris Fox, UK: Evidencing the Impact of Strengths based Working on Long term outcomes
Plenary Session II (Room: AUDITORIUM)
Chair: Volker Busch-Geertsema, DE
John Sylvestre, CA: Expert Perspectives on the Evolution of Housing First
Ruth Owen, BE: TBA
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