Elizabeth Toft Kristjansen

My ph.d.-project concerns democracy and co-creation in the Danish non-profit housing sector. 

The Danish non-profit housing sector has a unique organization, social focus and resident democracy. Right now the sector is, as other international, national and local governments, experiencing increased complexity in problem solving, declining democratic participation and a growing distance between citizens and their political representatives.

My ph.d.-project focuses on, how the non-profit housing sector has introduced new forms of collaboration to contribute to the problem solving. The new forms of collaboration also pose new demands for both the political leaders and the administration, which is also studied in the project.