Malene Freudendal-Pedersen

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Name:            Malene Freudendal-Pedersen
Born:              010771 -
Marital status: Married, two children


Education
2007               Ph.D in Social Sciences
2005               Course in project supervision, University Pedagogy, RU
2002               Cand.Techn.Soc.


Employment History
2009 -             Post.doc. ENSPAC, RU
2008 - 2009     Knowledge Analyst, Sustainable Cities, Danish Architecture Centre
2007 - 2008     Coordinator for international students, ENSPAC, RU
2004               Maternity leave
2003 - 2007     Ph.D student, ENSPAC, RU
2002 - 2003     Research Assistant, EU project: ICT learning and training, Geography, KU
1999 - 2002     Project assistant Danish Cyclists Federation

Research honors
2005               Professor P.H. Bendtsen's Traffic Research Award Referee
2010               Scientific comity Comsmobilities conference 'Cultures of mobilities'
2009.2010       Peer evaluation, Traffic Days in Aalborg
2009               Referee, mobilities
2008               Referee, Planning Theory
2005               Referee, Geographical Annals B

Research scholar
2004               Environmental Psykology, City University New York Graduate Center (Fall semester)


Participation in research councils and committees
2009 -             Councilor and member of the transport group CONSITO
2009 -             Technical Steering Committee member IBU project Region Zealand
2008 -             Task Force Cosmobilities Network
2008 -             Program Committee Traffic Days in Aalborg
2007 -             Mobility Consultant for architectural firm Entatis on Carlsberg                            2007 -             Mobility Consultant for architectural firm Witraz
2005 -             Participation in European research network Cosmobilities
2004 -             Participation in research collaboration 'Centre for urban studies'
2003 -             Participates in FLUX - Centre for Transport, RU

Selected conferences
2010               'Cycling as sustainable mobility' Association (AAG), Washington
2009               Workshop "Traffic planning and urban design' Aalborg traffic days
2009               'Sustainable mobility and urban space' Aalborg traffic days 
2009               'Cycling in the sustainable city', IFHP World Congress Berlin
2009               'In-between in mobilities', AAG,Las Vegas
2008               Chair and discussant, Cosmomobilities Conference, Munich
2008               Workshop organiser 'Strategies for future mobility research' Holbæk
2007               'Mobility, motility and freedom' Cosmobilities Workshop, Basel
2007               Organizer and speaker 'Exploring mobilities in the interface between everyday life and policy / planning ", NGM, Bergen University
2006               Organiser 'Challenges for the philosophy of science and methods of critical mobility research', Trondheim
2006               Poster Presentation 'Future workshops in mobility research', AAG, Chicago
2006               'Communities in mobility' Sociology Congress RU
2005               Organizer, moderator and speaker "Critical mobility research 'Traffic Days AAU
2005               Organizer, moderator and speaker "Critical mobility research', NGM, Lund University

Selected educational activities
2010               Guest lecture 'Everyday life and sustainable urban development, KU-LIFE
2009 -             Comparative field course in Berlin, Plan, City and Process, RU
2009 -             The Sustainable community, Sambas, RU
2009               Sustainable mobility, School of Architecture Copenhagen
2009,              City, sustainability and innovation, TekSam, RU
2009               Method Course, Samba, RU
2008 -             Mobility Plan, Plan, City and Process, TekSam, Geography, RUC
2007               Methodology and research course for thesis students
2007 -             Guest Lecture CTT, DTU. 'Sociological mobility research'
2006               Methodology Introduction international students TekSam, RU
2005               Science and research topic for thesis
2005,              2006 Manual of International and Danish groups
2003, 2005      Course: Qualitative methods
2004, 2005      Course: 'Sociology of mobility'


Institutional activities
2007 -2009      Working group on new RU education, City, Plan and Process
2005-2006       Ph.D. representative in the Steering Group of TekSam
2005               Co-organizer of the PhD course in qualitative methods RU
2005               Organiser of seminar and future workshop for FLUX, Centre for Transport


Selected external presentations
2009               How do we create a sustainable capital, Copenhagen Municipality
2009               Uh-did you say sustainability, Odense sustainability couinsil                             2009               Sustainable Cities and behavior, School of Architecture Copenhagen
2009               Infrastructure and Sustainable Cities, developer Society
2008               Sustainable mobility in the cities of tomorrow, Building Culture Denmark
2008               Sustainable Cities and bicycling, Bicycle Conference Odense
2007               Mobility and urban spaces, Entatis, Carlsberg
2007               Mobility and behavior, Danish Building Economists
2007               How do we transport network, Sustainable Traffic
2007               Between freedom and unfreedom, Rail Authority
2007               Climate Change and Lifestyle, Green Families, Kolding
2007               Freedom and in-betweens Movia
2006               Mobility in the city, Radical Liberal Party's green think tank
2006               Mobility and environment, IDA's energy year
2006               Transport behaviour, Technology Council                                                       2006               Structural stories of mobility, Jyder against Redundant Motorways


Selected media appearances
2010               08:03:10 TV2 Lorry 'The consequence of increase in fare'
2010               15:01:10 Surveyormagazine.com 'Cycling's great for the Danes'
2009               10:11:09 Politiken, 'Cheap tickets is not enough'
2009               26/10/2009 Chronos, 'freedom and unfreedom in daily life Mobility'
2009               22:10:09 rebate DR1, 'Environmentally friendly commuting'
2009               01/27/2009 P1 Horizon, 'The car's impact on industrial development'
2008               07:11:08 Connect, 'Commutings impact on everyday life
2008               07/29/2008 P4 morning, 'Spaces in mobility'
2008               01/25/2008 Information, 'The car out rules public transport'
2007               17/07/2007 Policy, 'The car takes our freedom away'
2007               06/27/2007 P1 kl.10.03-11.30 'Krause hour'
2007               19:05:07 Politiken interview 'We are running into a vicious spiral'
2007               07:02:07 TV2 Lorry at. 19:30 on parks and ride
2006               03:12:06 pm DR1. 19:30 'Life on rails' on commuting
2006               08/31/2006 P1 and P4 ‘Road toll in Copenhagen
2005               10/27/2005 Article on 'Myths in traffic "in JP Copenhagen
2005               10.2005 Article 'this is how we choose to travel "in Transport Forum, Stockholm


Publications

Scientific publications (peer reviewed marked with *)
(Forthcoming) * Transport Behavior and transport policy - a mutual dependency in
   Economics and Politics
(2010) In: Hartmann-Petersen, K & Drewes, L. 'Mixing Methods in the Search for
   Mobile Complexity 'in Murray, L & Fincham, B (eds): Mobile Methodologies,
   Palgrave Macmillan.
(2009) Mobility in daily life - between freedom and unfreedom. Farnham: Ashgate
(2007) In: Hartmann-Petersen, K. and Drewes Nielsen, L., mobility optics at the
    modern life in Jensen, A. et.al. (Eds) Planning theory and practice: a multidisciplinary perspective. (P. 398-415) Samfundslitteratur, Roskilde
(2007) Between Freedom and lack of freedom - structural narratives of mobility
    everyday life. PhD dissertation at the Department of Environmental, Social and
    Spatial Change, RUC
(2007) * Mobility, Motility and Freedom - the structural story as analytical tool for
     Understanding the Interconnection. Swiss journal of sociology. 33 / 1 pp.27-43
(2006) * In: Hartmann-Petersen, K., Communities as a starting point? Reflective
     mobility and human security in mobility research. Nordic Samhällsgeografisk
     Magazine No. 41/42
 (2005) Structural Stories, Mobility and (Un) freedom. In Thomsen, Thyra Uth et al:
     Social Perspectives on Mobility. Hampshire: Ashgate.
(2001) In: Hartmann-Petersen, K. and Roslind K. Mobility in everyday life - do we
    talk enough about it. In Nielsen, L.D. & Oldrup, H.H. (Eds) Mobility. Copenhagen, Transport Council.
 (2000) In: Hartmann-Petersen, K. and Roslind K. Mobility in everyday life - we talk enough about it. Traffic Days at Aalborg University, Supplement Report. Transportation Council
 
Other Publications
(2010) In: Hess, AE From cities to villages, www.RecodeMagazine.com
(2010) In: Hess, AE Sustainability in the land of opportunity,
   www.RecodeMagazine.com
(2009) Rethink - Re-conquering the city lived, www.rethinkclimate.org
(2009) Sustainability, architect Vol 111 No 6 pp 24-25
(2009) Mobility and city spaces. The city's spaces 1.5 Juul / Frost Architects pp 28 32
(2008) Mobility in the good life. Miljøsk 2008/49 pp 16-17, Copenhagen
(2007) Everybody is entitled to a car. Global Ecology 2007/04 pp.18-19, Copenhagen
(2007) Everyday Life transport options - the goal is 'the good life'. Danish vejtidsskrift
    2007/08 pp 40-41. Farsø, Danish Amstvejingeniørforening
(2002) In: Pedersen, J.E. Everyday Cycling in Rural Development. Copenhagen, Danish Cycling Federation
(2000) In: Crow, T. More people on bike - Inspiration for better bicycle traffic in Denmark. Copenhagen, Danish Cyclists Federation

Research areas:

My research focuses on mobilities in late modern everyday life. With a point of departure in transport research I examine why and how we choose specific modes of transport in everyday life and the meaning and significance this has for lived life. The research is theoretically based in late modern everyday life with focus on central concepts such as time, space, place, communities, freedom, risks and ambivalences primarily from sociological and geographical perspectives.  I also put a lot of emphasis on discussions of methods and theory of science.