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Here are some more pictures of our DCs sharing their work with a broader audience at the ERES Conference in Vienna!

In these photos you see:
- DC 13 Bayo Windapo
- DC 12 Heli Song
- DC 1 Ali Khan
- DC 10 Aishuak Kerimzhanova
- DC 4 Mingyang Yu

Here are some snapshots of our DCs sharing their work with a broader audience at the ERES Conference in Vienna!

In these pictures you see:
- DC 11 Rabab Raydan
- DC 9 Seung Won Eo
- DC 3 Bianca Chiusi
- DC 2 Muhammad Arif Abdurrahman
- DC 5 Marina Montemuro Varela

At the beginning of July, the QuiVal team had the pleasure of attending the European Real Estate Society (ERES) Conference in Vienna.

Over several inspiring days, our Doctoral Candidates each had the opportunity to present insights from their research, exchange ideas with fellow researchers and engage in valuable discussions with the international real estate research community.

The conference was a great opportunity to connect with collaborators, meet new people, and gain fresh perspectives that will continue to shape our work within QuiVal.

Thank you to the ERES organizers and everyone who made the conference such a rewarding experience.

📸 Here’s a look back at some of our favorite moments from Vienna. Stay tuned as more photos and highlights from our Doctoral Candidates research presentations will be shared soon!

From 8 to 10 July 2026, the Department of Architecture (DiARC) at the University of Naples Federico II will host the QuiVal Summer School: three days dedicated to research, innovation and international dialogue on the topic of evaluation for sustainable urban development.

📚 The programme opens with a lecture by Giuseppe Munda (Joint Research Centre – European Commission), entitled ‘Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation: Innovation and Perspectives’, focusing on multi-criteria evaluation and its role in addressing the challenges of sustainability and urban transformation.

Throughout the Summer School, the programme will feature:
lectures by international scholars and experts;
the playSOCRATES workshop on multi-criteria analysis;
stakeholder engagement and equity analysis; and sessions for discussion and the presentation of results.

An important opportunity for researchers, PhD students and professionals interested in the topics of evaluation, planning and urban regeneration.

💻 Digital Expansion of Valuation

The fifth and final theme, Digital Expansion of Valuation, explores how digital technologies are transforming real estate valuation and market analysis. Bringing together expertise in digitalization, smart buildings, smart cities, urban engineering, and big data, this theme investigates how digital tools can improve the way we understand and manage the built environment.

The researchers within this theme:

📌 DC13 – Bayo Windapo – New Digital Tools for Real Estate Valuation
📌 DC10 – Aishuak Kerimzhanova – The Impact of Digitalization on Real Estate Market Dynamics

Together, these projects explore how digital technologies and data-driven methods can transform real estate valuation and market dynamics, contributing to smarter, more resilient, and future-proof real estate systems. 🌍📈

📊 Analogue Expansion of Valuation

After introducing our doctoral candidates individually, we are now highlighting the five core research themes of QuiVal.

The fourth theme, Analogue Expansion of Valuation, explores how value can be assessed beyond traditional real estate metrics. Bringing together expertise in real estate, valuation, economics, statistics and emerging industrial value chains, this theme investigates how changing business models and new perspectives on value can reshape the way we understand and evaluate the built environment.

The researchers within this theme:

📌 DC12 - Heli Song - New Ways to Assess Value in Real Estate
📌 DC2 - Muhammad Arif Abdurrahman - Implication of ‘As a Service’ in Buildings to Value

Together, these 2 projects develop new valuation frameworks and examining the impact of service-based business models in the built environment, their research contributes to a more comprehensive, adaptive, and future-oriented understanding of value.

Value of the Building That Is Mobile🏗️

The third theme explores how materials, components and building stocks can retain and transfer value throughout multiple life cycles. Bringing together expertise in industrial ecology, valuation, digitalisation, and sustainable design, this theme investigates how the built environment can become a dynamic reservoir of resources within a circular economy.

The researchers within this theme:

📌 DC6 - Zinan Lin - Multi-layer Building Stocks Characterisation and Circular Economy Potential
📌 DC7 - Hong Chen - Multi-level Material Cycles and Market Dynamics
📌 DC8 - Antonia Klipp - Building Stock Characterisation and Circularity Aspects as Factors in Material Output Valuation

Together, these projects explore how materials and buildings can be understood, tracked, and valued across multiple use cycles. By collecting knowledge on building stock characterisation, material flow dynamics, and the valuation of recovered resources, their research contributes to creating a more circular, efficient and adaptable built environment. ♻️🏙️

Value of the Building That Is Mobile🏗️

The third theme explores how materials, components and building stocks can retain and transfer value throughout multiple life cycles. Bringing together expertise in industrial ecology, valuation, digitalisation, and sustainable design, this theme investigates how the built environment can become a dynamic reservoir of resources within a circular economy.

The researchers within this theme:

📌 DC6 - Zinan Lin - Multi-layer Building Stocks Characterisation and Circular Economy Potential
📌 DC7 - Hong Chen - Multi-level Material Cycles and Market Dynamics
📌 DC8 - Antonia Klipp - Building Stock Characterisation and Circularity Aspects as Factors in Material Output Valuation

Together, these projects explore how materials and buildings can be understood, tracked and valued across multiple use cycles. By collecting knowledge on our building stock characterisation, material flow dynamics, and the valuation of recovered resources, their research contributes to creating a more circular, efficient and adaptable built environment. ♻️🏙️