The Chair was created by the University’s Governing Council on the 11th of July 2013. The Chair’s objective is to establish a stable platform for research, teaching and the transfer of knowledge on housing from an inter-disciplinary and international point of view. It is the first UNESCO Housing Chair in the world.

The aim of the Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy at the University of Galway is to contribute to the development of housing law, rights and policy through conferences, lectures, training, advocacy, publications and specialist research support.

Whilst being committed to both preserving and dissemi­nating knowledge which is a legacy of past generations, the University of Silesia also actively contributes to the cultural heritage of society through the pursuit of art and creative rese­arch, the interpretation of contemporary reality and the analysis of the evolution of values which shape the immediate envi­ronment.