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Metropolitan Research Institute

Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest

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Innovative research and public policy recommendations

Metropolitan Research Institute (MRI) is an internationally and nationally recognized scientific think-tank, founded in 1989 and based in Budapest. Its work is dedicated to housing, social problems and urban development.

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News

Iván Tosics participated in the “Kyiv Investment Forum” in Brussels

2022-12-08

Session on the role of economic strength of cities in creating social (in)equality in the urban young population – UPLIFT project Synthesis Report results

2022-11-02

MRI organising storytelling workshops with local young people and local experts on housing, employment and education in Pécs

2022-07-15

Urban Reports on Pécs (HU), Łódź (PL), and Bratislava (SK) written by our colleagues are now available together with 10 others from different urban regions of Europe

2022-03-28

URBACT Action Planning Networks RiConnect, Space4People and Thriving Streets are launching a city policy learning platform on the topics of mobility and public space – organized by Iván Tosics

2021-11-26

Metropolitan Research Institute at the Europe Housing Forum 2021

2021-11-22

Economic and social aspects of housing

• Examination of housing affordability, utility and mortgage arrears and housing poverty.

• Elaborating local and central housing policy concepts.

• Elaboration of the models of Social Rental Agency and Rental Cooperatives.

• Financial and social conditions of energy efficient building renovations.

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Urban development with an integrated approach

• Participation in the coordination of the knowledge exchange network of European Cities (URBACT).

• Elaboration of Integrated Municipal/Local/ Urban Development Plans

• Elaboration of feasibility studies for urban social rehabilitations.

• Research and elaboration of innovative solutions for urban development and management

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Poverty and exclusion



• Analysing social exclusion and conflicts, elaboration of policy proposals.

• Analysing Roma integration problems, developing related policy proposals.

• Participation at the scientific work of FEANTSA, the only European NGO focusing exclusively on the fight against homelessness. We also do research in the national context of homelessness, housing poverty and the welfare system.

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HomeLab

Coordination of pilot programs combining housing and employment in Central-Europe.
(HomeLab project, financed by the EASI program of DG Employment.)

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