The fifth and latest Polanyi Paper, authored by Kristin Bürbaumer, Alexander Eigner, Stefan Schütz, and Julia Wurm from Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU Linz), delves into the central themes and theories presented at last year's conference, "Transformative Change in the Contested Fields of Care and Housing in Europe."
From December 4 to 6, 2023, the international conference was hosted by the research project DOC-team 114: The Contested Provisioning of Care and Housing, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster at Johannes Kepler University Linz. This project is supported by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Johannes Kepler University Linz, and WU Vienna. The conference was organized in collaboration with the International Karl Polanyi Society, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, the Competence Centre for Infrastructure Economics, Public Services, and Social Provisioning, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, and Sorgenetz, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, an association promoting a societal care culture.
The event focused on two fundamental aspects of human life—care and housing. Both have been severely impacted by decades of neoliberalization, characterized by privatization, commodification, financialization, and marketization, leading to profound crises. Recently, these areas have garnered growing attention from transdisciplinary international research, establishing themselves as key fields for further inquiry.
