News & Events: Lunch Lecture: May Lunch Lecture: The Dynamics of Real Estate in Switzerland (14 May 2025)
The last Lunch Lecture of the four-part series takes place on 14 May 2025: Thierry Theurillat (HES-SO) will discuss the dynamics of real estate in Switzerland. This lecture was initially scheduled for December 2024 and had to be postponed to this semester.
By Responsible City Team on Thu, Feb 27, 2025
This presentation extends the debate regarding the variegated forms of financialization. On the one end, financialization has been a key concept to address the investments of large property investors and their impacts on urban development such as the capture of urban rent, gentrification or crowding out issues. On the other end, financialization concerns only a part of urban production in large cities as well in lower-tier cities and rural regions. Property development out of large cities remains under-addressed by scholars. Simultaneously, real estate and housing dynamics have been also increasingly dependent on the mobility of people, both as residents and consumers. This implies that housing and real estate are drivers of regional development by attracting people. By using the case of Switzerland, this presentation contributes to a renewed understanding of housing and real estate dynamics within different places by linking them with local dominant activities and various financing circuits.
The event will take place online on 14 May from 12:30 to 13:30 and can be attended via this Zoom link. More information on the Lunch Lecture series can be obtained from the flyer below.