Urban innovations and the future of responsibility
With a focus on policies and practices, SP7 seeks to translate insights from SP 1-6 into public debate and concrete urban policies.
To this end, the subproject examines historical developments of responsibility regimes in Switzerland as well as contemporary transformations such as digitalization. The subproject’s goal is to study and improve processes of housing availability and ecological sustainability to create inclusive and sustainable paths for urban development.
To realize the subproject, our research first examines the historical roots of Swiss housing policies since the 1950s. A precise understanding of the history of housing enables to grasp the specificity of Switzerland’s housing market, regional variations, and actor formations shaping discourses and practices over time. Building on this, we critically examine digitalization, its impacts on practices and policies in the housing sector. Finally, we aim to synthesize findings that emerge from the collaborative research project and our ongoing conversations with partners and practitioners to ask: where does responsible innovation originate and how can we co-create responsible innovations for the urban futures we envision?
