Urban planning and housing
My current research within the scope of this research direction principally explores the limits and possibilities of what I tentatively designate as “moderately heterodox” initiatives spearheaded by cities and municipalities to challenge the hegemonic dominance of market-oriented approaches to urban planning and development.
Previously, I have contributed to the development of a mixed-methods approach for analysing and measuring housing displacement. I have also done some work on the use of carbon accounting in urban planning, as well as planning history and the mobility of planning theory.
Transport and mobility
My second research direction focuses on the political economy of transport infrastructures, particularly public transport.
In my dissertation, which explored the deeply racialised struggles over public transport in Atlanta (Georgia, USA), I sought to shed new light on how political and economic processes on different scales intersect to shape the planning and development of these important infrastructures, particularly with regards to their capacity to provide urban residents access to basic mobility options.
I have also explored the implications of the marketisation of public transport in Sweden for both the planning, financing, and development of these infrastructures as well as the working conditions of those who operate them.
A key interest of mine in this regard pertains to the relationship between mobility and freedom, and how the potential to be mobile is conceptualised in scholarship on transport accessibility and transport justice. A forthcoming paper in Mobility Humanities contributes to these discussions.
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