Research

Call for entries for the 2025 IGA Research Prize Academic research papers and publications in the field of Cooperative Studies with a particular focus on the Alpine region are eligible for the 2025 Research Prize awarded by the International Institute for Cooperative Forum in the Alpine Region (I...

The new competition for the Friedwart Bruckhaus Awards 2025/2026 has been announced on behalf of Managing Director Barbara Frenz and the jury. The theme is "Undesirable developments in the housing market – between market and government failure?" Prizes will be awarded for academic and journalistic w...

What can be done about the significant increase in rents on the tight housing markets in Germany? One way is to better support housing cooperatives. The analysis of surveys among housing cooperatives and the 2011 and 2022 census show that although housing cooperatives are also significantly affected...