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Ruralise - Revitalising Rural Communities

Objective

Ruralise will shed light on one of Europe’s most complex challenges: affordable, sustainable, and resilient housing in rural areas. Across Europe, rural communities face depopulation, ageing demographics, vacant or derelict housing, rising secondary home pressures, and structural exclusion of vulnerable groups, while holding untapped regenerative potential, combining social, cultural, and ecological assets for inclusive transitions. The project’s ambition is to strengthen rural housing affordability, accessibility, and resilience through six pilots (Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Norway, Ireland, and Italy) and the creation of a Ruralise Studio: a combined Knowledge Hub and Decision-Making Environment that will consolidate data, participatory insights, and tested solutions into accessible tools for policymakers, municipalities, housing providers, and citizens. Methodologically, Ruralise integrates multi-scalar quantitative analysis of real estate, rental markets, and socio-demographic change with participatory and co-design processes rooted in Participatory Action Research, Asset-Based Community Development, Extreme Citizen Science, and SSH frameworks. Outputs will include cross-national housing typologies, vulnerability maps, co-created roadmaps, and policy/design toolkits, directly aligned with EU frameworks such as the Rural Pact, Renovation Wave, Affordable Housing Initiative, and Social Climate Fund, and fed into the Ruralise Studio. By project end, Ruralise will deliver: (i) A better evidence base for rural housing markets; (ii) Validated strategies and governance models improving housing affordability and access; and (iii) Feasible, replicable solutions for NZEB, climate-resilient, and inclusive rural villages.

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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL6-2025-02

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INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY STICHTING
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€ 521 250,00
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