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New Publication on Regulatory Preferences and Housing Densification
Michael Wicki, Fiona Kauer, Katrin Hofer, and David Kaufmann have published a new article in the Journal of Urban Affairs titled Nuancing NIMBYism: How regulatory preferences shape public acceptance of housing densification.
Niraly Mangal joins SPUR as a visiting PhD
Niraly Mangal joins the SPUR Team from the Singapore-ETH Centre as a visiting doctoral researcher. Her research primarily focuses on the intersection of public acceptance and planning frameworks for insect-based food waste recycling in high density urban environments of Singapore.
Dr. Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge joins the SPUR team
Dr. Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge will join SPUR as a Visiting Professor from April to June 2025 collaborating with Dr. David Kaufmann on a comparative study, entitled “Equitable Housing Resilience to Extreme Heat in Orlando and Zurich”, an interdisciplinary research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Yizhao Du joins SPUR as a visiting PhD
Yizhao Du joins the SPUR Team from the Delft University of Technology as a visiting doctoral researcher. His research primarily addresses the complexities of mega-regional governance while highlighting the importance of smaller urban entities conceptualized as secondary cities.
Dr. Sarah Schilliger joins the SPUR team
Dr. Sarah Schilliger joins the SPUR team as a senior researcher in the project ‘Urban Essential Workers’ (NRP-80 of Swiss National Science Foundation) where she investigates the working realities and politics of regulation in the sectors of cleaning, urban transport, childcare and food retailing.