December 2023
Doctoral defence


On December 20th Céline Zimmer successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, supervised by Prof. Florian Hertweck, Prof. Markus Miessen and Prof. Andreas Garkisch (Bauhaus-University Weimar). Members of the jury were Prof. Christian Schulz (chair), Prof. Tanja Herdt (OST Rapperswil), Dr. Claudia Hitaj (Minsitère de l’Environement) and Catherine Jost (Ministère du Logement).
In the research she examines the agency of the third housing sector in Luxembourg as an alternative to the highly commodified private sector and the poorly represented public sector. Due to the high quality and relevance of the work, the examination board proposed to select her dissertation, "Ein dritter Wohnungssektor für Luxembourg – Emanzipation von Markt und Staat in der Wohnversorgung", for the Excellent Thesis Award (DSHSS).