FEANTSA’s European Observatory on Homelessness, the Metropolitan Research Institute Budapest and Shelter Foundation Budapest are pleased to announce the 13th Annual European Research Conference on Homelessness in Budapest, on Friday 21 Spetember 2018, entitled Social and Economic Integration of Homeless People. The purpose of this research conference is to explore evidence on levels of and opportunities for social and economic integration of homeless people in Europe and elsewhere.
The conference invites presentations on policies and practices in relation to social integration and labour market participation of homeless people across Europe. Similarly to previous years, the conference will also include open sessions on the broad theme of ‘homelessness and housing exclusion’ from across Europe and elsewhere. Early career researchers are also invited to present their research activities.
Keynote speakers
Dr. Péter Győri is chairman of Shelter Foundation, Budapest and a lecturer at the Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences and Budapest University of Jewish Studies, Hungary. His main research and publication topics are nongovernmental social and housing organizations, social housing policy, housing policy history, homelessness, the evolution of homelessness in Hungary, local authority management, and household-economy of poor families. He is also founder of the February 3rd Working Group, which has been organizing homeless counts in Hungary since 1998. He is retired deputy director of the Policy Department of the Budapest Methodological Centre of Social Policy (BMSZKI), the homeless service provider of the City of Budapest. He has played a key role in the development of homeless provision in Hungary.
Dr. Tim Aubry is a Full Professor in the School of Psychology and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is currently holder of the Faculty of Social Sciences Research Chair in Community Mental Health and Homelessness. Over the course of his career, Dr. Aubry has collaborated on research projects with community organizations and government, contributing to the development of effective social programs and policies. He was a Member of the National Research Team and the Co-Lead of the Moncton site in At Home / Chez Soi Demonstration Project of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. In 2012, he received the Contribution to Evaluation in Canada award from the Canadian Evaluation Society. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association). Dr. Aubry teaches graduate courses at the University of Ottawa in community psychology and program evaluation.
Submission Details
Please submit an abstract in English (max. 300 words) by March 15, 2018. Successful conference submissions will be notified by the end of April 2018. Final PowerPoint presentations will be due by August 20, 2018.
Submissions and further enquiries should be directed to teller@mri.hu.
The Conference will be held at the Central European University, Budapest. Presenters and PhD students pay a reduced fee.