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Overview
I am a human geographer with academic interests centered on themes of mobility and how mobility intersects with sustainability, everyday lives and technologies.I explore questions pertaining to how complex infrastructures of mobility, mobile communication and networked connections are interacting with- and reshaping contemporary urban environments.My analytical starting point is grounded in everyday practices, as I address questions of urban dynamics and socio-economic processes.
My most recent work explores how Airbnb host performances are restructuring existing perceptions of economic, cultural and private categories and how such performances are challenging existing urban landscapes and local legislations and are creating new modes of mobility.
I am curently working to expand my research portfolio in the direction on how ethics and sustainability is negotiated in relation to mobility choices. Specifically I find the notion of ’Flyskam’ ( flying shame) intriguing, as representing a new mode of negotiation on the environmental impacts of travel habits and seeking out alternatives to flying.
I have additionally conducted research into areas of urban planning, urban life and mobility.
Keywords:
Mobilities
Collaborative Economies
Tourism
Airbnb
Publication
2023
- Christensen, M. D. 2023. Doing digital discipline: how Airbnb hosts engage with the digital platform. Mobilities 18(1), pp. 70-85. (10.1080/17450101.2022.2060756)
2022
- Christensen, M. 2022. Performing a peer-to-peer economy: how Airbnb hosts navigate socio-institutional frameworks. In: Minoia, P. and Jokela, S. eds. Platform-Mediated Tourism: Social Justice and Urban Governance before and during Covid-19. Routledge, pp. 16-32.
- Christensen, M. 2022. Peer-to-peer hospitality, gentrification and local entanglements.. In: Stoffelen, A. and Ioannides, D. eds. Handbook of Tourism Impacts: Social and Environmental Perspectives. Edward Elgar, pp. 88-102., (10.4337/9781800377684.00016)
- Christensen, M. D. 2022. Performing a peer-to-peer economy: how Airbnb hosts navigate socio-institutional frameworks. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 30(5), pp. 966-982. (10.1080/09669582.2020.1849231)
2017
- Koefoed, L., Christensen, M. D. and Simonsen, K. 2017. Mobile encounters: bus 5A as a cross-cultural meeting place. Mobilities 12(5), pp. 726-739. (10.1080/17450101.2016.1181487)
2015
- Larsen, J. and Christensen, M. D. 2015. The unstable lives of bicycles: the 'unbecoming'of design objects. Environment and Planning A 47(4), pp. 922-938. (10.1068/a140282p)
Articles
- Christensen, M. D. 2023. Doing digital discipline: how Airbnb hosts engage with the digital platform. Mobilities 18(1), pp. 70-85. (10.1080/17450101.2022.2060756)
- Christensen, M. D. 2022. Performing a peer-to-peer economy: how Airbnb hosts navigate socio-institutional frameworks. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 30(5), pp. 966-982. (10.1080/09669582.2020.1849231)
- Koefoed, L., Christensen, M. D. and Simonsen, K. 2017. Mobile encounters: bus 5A as a cross-cultural meeting place. Mobilities 12(5), pp. 726-739. (10.1080/17450101.2016.1181487)
- Larsen, J. and Christensen, M. D. 2015. The unstable lives of bicycles: the 'unbecoming'of design objects. Environment and Planning A 47(4), pp. 922-938. (10.1068/a140282p)
Book sections
- Christensen, M. 2022. Performing a peer-to-peer economy: how Airbnb hosts navigate socio-institutional frameworks. In: Minoia, P. and Jokela, S. eds. Platform-Mediated Tourism: Social Justice and Urban Governance before and during Covid-19. Routledge, pp. 16-32.
- Christensen, M. 2022. Peer-to-peer hospitality, gentrification and local entanglements.. In: Stoffelen, A. and Ioannides, D. eds. Handbook of Tourism Impacts: Social and Environmental Perspectives. Edward Elgar, pp. 88-102., (10.4337/9781800377684.00016)
Research
Christensen, Mathilde Dissing. (2022). “Doing Digital Discipline : How Airbnb Hosts Engage with the Digital Platform Doing Digital Discipline : How Airbnb Hosts Engage with the Digital Platform.” Mobilities 0 (0): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2022.2060756.
Christensen, Mathilde Dissing.(2022) “Peer-to-peer hospitality, gentrification and local entanglements” Book chapter accepted for publication in Handbook of Tourism Impacts and Impact Assessment Edited by Arie Stoffelen and Dimitri Ioannides. Edward Elgar Research Handbooks on Impact Assessment series.
Christensen, Mathilde Dissing. (2022) "Performing a peer-to-peer economy: how Airbnb hosts navigate socio-institutional frameworks.” in Minoia, Paola and Jokela; Salle “Platform-mediated tourism: Social Justice and Urban Governance before and during Covid-19” Routledge
Christensen, M. D. (2020). Performing a peer-to-peer economy: how Airbnb hosts navigate socio-institutional frameworks. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 0(0), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1849231
Christensen, M. D., & Koefoed, L. (2020). Mobile encounters and meeting places in motion. In C. Lassen & L. H. Laursen (Eds.), Mobilizing Place Management (pp. 27–48). London & New York: Routledge.
Koefoed, L., Christensen, M. D., & Simonsen, K. (2017). Mobile encounters: bus 5A as a cross-cultural meeting place. Mobilities, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2016.1181487
Meged, J. W., & Christensen, M. D. (2017). Working within the Collaborative Tourist Economy: The complex crafting of work and meaning. In D. Dredge & S. Gyimóth (Eds.), Collaborative Economy and Tourism Perspectives, Politics, Policies and Prospects. Springer. Larsen, J., & Christensen, M. D. (2015). The unstable lives of bicycles: the “unbecoming” of design objects. Environment and Planning A, 47(4), 922–938. https://doi.org/10.1068/a140282p
Teaching
As a student you will encounter me in different roles, different module and at different stages of your education.
I am a module leader for 'Foundations of Social Science Research, introducing Philosophy of Science for Master and Ph.D. students at the School of Social Science. I additionally contribute at the course in Human Geogrpahy through courses in Qualitative Methods, Urban Geography, Geographical Imaginations and Liveable Cities. Finally I am engaged in supervising dissertations for both geography and planning students.
Biography
2019
Ph.D. from the program of Society, Space and Technology, Roskilde University and
Ph.D. Program of Communication, Culture & Media, Drexel University
2012
Cand Soc.(MA) in Geography and Communication, Roskilde University
2009
BSc (BA) in Communication and Geography, Roskilde University