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Mette Mechlenborg has more than ten years of experience in housing and build environment. As a researcher Mette Mechlenborg has a profound knowledge on homemaking, hominess and housing in a cross interdisciplinary research field from several positions at Southern University of Denmark, School of Design and Copenhagen University. She has a deep interest in theories on space,place, placeattachment and placemaking, especially Lefebvre. Her Ph.D. A Walk Around the Weber Grill is about the Danish suburban house in culture and collective memory, and was later published in internationally. Additionally to her research career, Mette Mechlenborg has a great practical experience, first of all from her position as chief of research at BARK consultancy (2012-2016). Mette Mechlenborg has more than 45 publications on housing, home and everyday life, including three books and numous peer reviewed articles. She has been enrolled in several networks, for example Centre for Housing and Welfare /Center for Housing Research 2006-2012, and is a well experienced lecturer.

Education/Academic qualification

Culture studies, Ph.D, Syddansk Univeristet

15 Sep 2006 → 10 Feb 2012

Modern Culture, Master

1998 → 2002

Literature, Bachelor, University of Southern Denmark

1994 → 1998

External positions

Chief reseaarcher, BARK (fhv. Dansk Bygningsarv)

1 Mar 2012 → 31 Mar 2016

Advisory, Hausenberg

1 Jan 2012 → 1 Mar 2012

Project coordinator, Center for Kulturanalyse, Etnologi/Copenhagen University

1 Feb 2006 → 1 Sep 2006

Coordinator, later on coach, Artlab Kursussted for professionelle kunstnere

1 Sep 2004 → 15 Feb 2012

Communication and strstegic advisor, Mette Mechlenborg

10 Aug 2004 → 28 Feb 2012

Head of projects, Have PR & kommunikation

1 May 2002 → 31 Aug 2004

Keywords

Welfare State

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Projects 2016 2028

2 Finished
5 Active

Følgeevaluering af danske ghettoomdannelser for Landsbyggefonden

Mechlenborg, M., Bech-Danielsen, C. & Stender, M.

01/01/2019 → 31/12/2028

Project: Consultancy

Community Drive: TEACHING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO TRANSFORM CITIES THROUGH COMMUNITY AND DATA-DRIVEN METHODS

Mechlenborg, M., Magnussen, R., Pedersen, D. B., Stjernfelt, F., Larsen, B., Misfeldt, M., Ejsing-Duun, S., Hanghøj, T., Andersen, H. T., Christensen, T. H., E. Mogensen, P. & Pedersen, J. M.

01/05/2018 → 30/04/2021

Project: Research

Evaluering af Landsbyggefondens boligsociale indsatser finansieret af 2015-2018-midlerne

Nielsen, R. S., Mechlenborg, M., Hansen, A. R., Jepsen, M. B. & Engberg, L. A.

01/01/2018 → 30/09/2022

Project: Other

Evaluering af forsøg med modulsystemer i tomme bygninger

Bertelsen, N. H., Bech-Danielsen, C., de Place Hansen, E. J., Haugbølle, K., Stender, M., Mechlenborg, M. & Rasmussen, T. V.

01/01/2017 → 31/12/2019

Project: Research

PV owners' motivation and behaviour as prosumers

Hansen, A. R., Gram-Hanssen, K., Christensen, T. H., Mechlenborg, M. & Jacobsen, M. H.

05/12/2016 → 29/02/2020

Project: Research

Research Output 1996 2019

Aging population in Danish single-family houses: Energy efficiency and other challenges illustrated by the “Single-family housing atlas” and home research

Mechlenborg, M. & Jensen, J. O., 22 Jan 2019, (Submitted).

Research output: Contribution to conference without publisher/journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research

Architectural Transformation of Disadvantaged Housing Areas: Editors' note

Mechlenborg, M., Bech-Danielsen, C. & Stender, M., 20 Mar 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Nordic Journal of Architectural Research .

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

Reintegrating ghettos into society: Lessons learned from the Danish ghetto strategy

Mechlenborg, M., 20 Mar 2019, In : Nordic Journal of Architectural Research .

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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housing

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Denmark

The lost city: A historical literature review on children’s geographies in the pursuit for the missing perceived space

Mechlenborg, M. & Jepsen, M. B., 29 Jan 2019, (Submitted) In : Children's Geographies.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review

Added value. Collaboration on mitigating climate change in coastal towns by community driven processes. Hot topic for Marina Knowledge Sharing Platform for Federating Responsible Research and Innovation Communities

Mechlenborg, M. & Hansen, J. R., 2 Feb 2018, 18 p. (Marina Knowledge Sharing Platform for Federating Responsible Research and Innovation Communities, Vol. ISSI-3-2015-Knowledge Sharing Platform).

Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research