Malene Freudendal-Pedersen is professor of urban planning at Aalborg University and has an interdisciplinary background linking sociology, geography, urban planning and the sociology of technology. Her research has been strongly inspired by the mobilities turn.
Previously, her work has primarily focused on investigating everyday life praxes of mobilities. Furthermore, she is the author of the book 'Mobility in Daily life â between Freedom and Unfreedom' in which she focuses on the importance of comprehending the interrelations between praxis, technologies and societies. Currently, her focus is on understanding the interrelation between spatial and digital mobilities and its impacts on everyday life communities, societies and cities. For many years she has been co-organizing the International Cosmobilities Network linking mobilities researcher's in Europe and beyond. She is the co-founder and co-editor of the Routledge journal Applied Mobilities as well as the co-founder and Co-editor of the Book-series 'Networked Urban Mobilities' also at Routledge.
Malene Freudendal-Pedersen completed both her bachelor's degree in social science, master's degree in technology and social science and PhD in social science at Roskilde University, which she completed in 2007.
Currently, she is working as a professor in urban planning at Aalborg University.
2018 â (Ongoing): Partner, Jean Monnet Network â Cooperative, Connected Automated Mobility: EU and Australasian Innovations (CCAMEU) Funded by EU Erasmus+. WP leader for Smart and Livable Cities.
2015âÂÂ2016: Project leader âÂÂGerman-Danish Mobility Research CollaborationâÂÂ. Funded by ministry for Innovation and Research, Denmark.
2013âÂÂ2015: Project leader âÂÂMobilities Futures and the CityâÂÂ. Funded by The Mobile Lives Forum (SNCF), Paris, France
2012âÂÂ2014: Researcher, âÂÂUrban Cycle MobilitiesâÂÂ. Funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research
2014âÂÂ2015: Head of Planning Studies, Roskilde University
2009âÂÂ2011: Researcher, âÂÂScandria â The Scandinavian-Adriatic Corridor for Innovation and GrowthâÂÂ. Financed by EU, Framework 7
2003âÂÂ2007: PhD research, âÂÂStructural Stories in Everyday lifeâÂÂ. Funded by The Danish State Railways and Roskilde University
2016: Research Fellowship, HafenCity University Hamburg
2014: Distinguished visiting researcher, University of British Columbia
2005: Professor P.H. Bendtsen's Traffic Research Award
2004: Visiting Fellowship, The Graduate Center of the University of New York (CUNY)
Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene & Sven Kesselring (2017) Exploring Networked Urban Mobilities â Theories, Concepts, Ideas â Volume 1. New York and London: Routledge
Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene et al. (2017) Experiencing Networked Urban Mobilities â Practices, Flows, Methods â Volume 2. New York and London: Routledge
Malene Freudendal-Pedersen, John Andersen, Lasse Kofoed and Jonas Larsen (2012) Byen i Bevægelse: Mobilitet, Politik, Performativitet. Frederiksberg: Roskilde Universitetsforlag.
Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene (2009) Mobility in daily life - between freedom and unfreedom. Farnham: Ashgate.
Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene, Sven Kesselring & Eriketti Servou (2019) What is Smart for the Future City â Mobilities and Automation. In Sustainability MDPI 11(221) 1âÂÂ21
Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene & Sven Kesselring (2018) Sharing Mobilities. Some propaedeutic considerations. In Applied Mobilities 3(1) 1-7
Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene. et al. (2017) Interactive Environmental Planning â Creating Utopias and Storylines within a Mobilities Planning project. In Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60(6) 941âÂÂ958
Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene & Sven Kesselring (2016) Mobilities, Futures and the city: Repositioning discourses, Changing Perspectives, Rethinking Policies. In Mobilities 11(4) 573âÂÂ584
Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene, Sven Kesselring & Kevin Hannam (2016) Applied Mobilities, Transitions and Opportunities. In Applied Mobilities 1(1) 1-9