Call for papers for the #HSA2026 Conference is now open!
The Housing Studies Association has opened submissions for the 2026 conference.
We are delighted to open our call for papers for our 2026 Annual Conference titled: Housing Transformed: Climate, Health, and Technology in an Uncertain Future.
Housing is at the heart of some of the most pressing challenges of our time. As we navigate an era of rapid change, climate transitions, public health crises, and the rise of AI and data-driven decision-making are reshaping housing policy, practice, and the lived experience of households. How can housing systems adapt and evolve to ensure resilience, sustainability, and justice in an uncertain future?
The #HSA2026 Conference will bring together academics, policymakers, and practitioners from across disciplines to explore how housing is transforming – and how we should respond. This event is a unique opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research, challenge dominant narratives, and collaborate across sectors to shape the future of housing.
We warmly welcome contributions from UK-based and international researchers (within and outside of academia, from all disciplinary backgrounds and at all stages of their careers), policymakers and practitioners, campaigners, activists, and communities and contributions that consider both single country and comparative cases.We would particularly welcome offers of jointly-authored papers which establish a dialogue between practice and academia. The conference will further explore broader housing and place research, theoretical developments and policy developments.
At the Housing Studies Association, we are proud of our welcoming and friendly atmosphere at the conference, and we strongly encourage the submission of papers related to housing-related research, practice, and education, irrespective of their direct alignment with the conference theme, fostering a diverse and inclusive discourse on housing studies.
Our conference offers an opportunity to engage in broader discussions including (but not limited to):
- Housing and climate transitions,
- The relationship between our housing and neighbourhoods and our physical and psychological health,
- Housing finance and economics,
- Quasi-households and alternative housing consumption bundles
- Intersectional inequalities in access to safe and secure housing,
- The approaches to conceptualising ‘home’,
- The management and governance of housing providers,
- Urban change and dynamics in housing systems,
- Fuel poverty,
- The design and quality of residential buildings,
- Harm and housing,
- Emergency services and our communities; risk, safety, prevention and response,
- Leadership, Management, Organisational Change and Culture,
- Housing, migration, and communities,
- Global and cross-sectional responses to housing crises,
- Housing activism and politics,
- Housing displacement and gentrification,
- Technology, AI, and Data in Housing,
- Political and economic uncertainty,
- Homelessness, housing and welfare policy, and,
- Other topics relating to housing-related research, education, and practice.
The Housing Studies Association 2026 Annual Conference, the premier forum for the presentation of advances and research in housing theory and practice, will be returning as a hybrid conference.
With face-to-face sessions in Sheffield between the 20th and 22nd April 2026, and online sessions between 1st and 5th June 2026
We look forward to seeing you in Sheffield in April 2026.
Tom Simcock, Lynne McMoride, and Mahmoud Alsaeed
Housing Studies Association 2026 Conference Organisers
#HSA2026
The deadline for the submission of papers is the 28th November 2025.
Find out more information about the HSA 2026 Annual Conference here.
Find out more about submitting your paper to the 2026 Annual Conference here.
