Home exchange for mobile academics and researchers
Sabbatical, research stay or visiting professorship: swap your home with another academic for the length of your stay.
Academic mobility deserves better than risky sublets
Researchers, faculty and visiting professors string together multi-month stays abroad: sabbaticals, host labs, teaching semesters. Each time, the same struggle: finding reliable housing in an unfamiliar city while leaving their own home empty. Long-Exchange connects these profiles to swap homes, university to university.
Housing a research stay is an obstacle course
Medium-term furnished sublets are scarce, expensive and risky from a distance. University housing is saturated and rarely suited to a family. Meanwhile, your home sits empty for your whole stay abroad, with no one to enjoy or watch over it.
An exchange between mobile academics
Long-Exchange brings together academics and researchers heading off on long-term mobility. You list your home, find a counterpart coming to your city or offering theirs, and swap for the length of your stay. You deal with peers: the same culture of seriousness, the same multi-month horizon, the same mobility constraints.
How it works
List your home
Enter your city, your research-stay dates and your home. The bilingual description is generated automatically.
Find a counterpart
Spot academics coming to your host city or offering a home where you are heading.
Exchange with peace of mind
Set the dates, sign the exchange agreement. A one-time 99 € payment unlocks matching, no subscription.
Why researchers choose Long-Exchange
- Your home is occupied and watched over during your stay abroad
- You are housed in your host city without a risky sublet
- Exchanges matched to a semester, sabbatical or full research stay
- Between academic peers: reliable, serious counterparts
- One-time 99 € payment, lifetime access, no subscription
Frequently asked questions
Is it suitable for a multi-month research stay?
Yes, that is exactly what Long-Exchange is for. Our exchanges are built for the long term: a semester, a sabbatical year or a full research stay, unlike vacation home exchange.
Can I exchange internationally?
Yes. Academics offer their home in several countries (France, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Canada…). You filter by city and country to find an exchange aligned with your host lab.
Is it suitable for a researcher with a family?
Absolutely. Because it is an exchange between homeowners' properties, you find real family homes, far better suited than a university studio or a long-stay hotel room.
How much does the service cost?
A one-time 99 € payment gives lifetime access to matching, with no subscription or commission on the exchange.
Heading off on academic mobility? List your home
Join the researchers and academics who exchange their home rather than leave it empty.