ASSURE - Adaptation of Urban Space through Sustainable Regeneration

RISE Lund University/LTH, Malmö University and Uppsala University, Campus Gotland has been granted funds to run the practice-based graduate school ASSURE - Adaptation of urban Space through Sustainable Regeneration. The graduate school support ten doctoral projects that, in close cooperation with the construction and real estate industry, will develop practical knowledge about sustainable renovation and transformation of properties, neighborhoods and areas.

Four of the PhD students will be employed at RISE: one with a focus on circular material flows who is enrolled at LTH, one with a focus on building stock analysis who is enrolled at Malmö University, one with a focus on energy poverty and one with a focus on how to develop and maintain safe neighborhoods. All three will be enrolled at Malmö University   RISE will also be responsible for the contacts with the partner network and arrange two annual conferences on sustainable renovation and transformation between 2023 – 2027.

A network of partners is affiliated with ASSURE. The network includes four property companies: Framtidskoncernen, Stena Fastigheter, Vasakronan and HSB Malmö, Krook & Tjäder Architects and Structor Project Management Malmö AB. Two governmental authorities also participate in the network: the Housing Authority and the Swedish National Antiquities Authority. The network also includes the Eurac Research Institute for Renewable Energy as an international partner.

Two broad regional networks for the construction and real estate industry: Center for Management in the construction sector at Chalmers and Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship at Malmö University are also connected to the research school. The networks will contribute with research questions and concrete challenges that can be linked to the doctoral students' thesis projects.