Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research
Primary Research Area
My research focuses on people's practices with material culture, particularly the way cultural ideals shape the transition from one type of technology to another. I have a particular interest in architecture, home culture, and atmosphere.
My PhD from University College London, UCL, focused on the Bedouin in Jordan, while further studies have been a comparative study of uses of light in Jordan and Denmark
Current research
My current research concerns the experience and design of lighting in urban spaces, as director of the Velux project Living with Nordic Lighting
Previous research concentrated on the transition from incandescent light to energy saving light bulbs in Denmark and Jordan. Particularly focusing on its reception and use in orchestrating spaces of hospitality and cosyness. The research addresses concepts such as atmosphere, materiality, technology and ethics.
Previously I have also focused on cultural heritage among the Bedouin in Jordan
Areas
- Light
- Materiality
- Technology
- Atmosphere & Sensory studies
- Urban studies, architecture, home culture
- Cultural heritage, UNESCO
- Anthropology
Phd supervision:
- Jeremy Frank-Payne (PhD student)
- Eva Johanne Mailund Jensen (Industrial-Phd)
- Jason Falkenburg, University of Oslo (co-supervisor), completed
- Stine Louring Nielsen, Aalborg University (Co-supervisor)
- Rasmus Tyge Haarløv, ITU (co-supervisor)
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Curriculum
2019 International Visiting scholar, Emerging Technologies, Monash University
2018 - 2021 Project leader: Velux project Living with Nordic Lighting
2017-2018 Chairman of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters - The Young Academy
2017 - International Visiting Fellow, Department of Sociology. London School of Economics, May
2016 - International Visiting Scholar, Demand Centre, Lancaster University, March-May
2014 Associate Professor, Roskilde University
2014 Vice head of Danish censor corps for anthropology
2013-2018 Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters - The Young Academy
2010 Assistant Professor, Institute for Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
2009 Deputy Director Qatar Islamic Arhcaceology and Heritage Project, University of Copenhagen
2006-2009 Ph.D. student Material culture, University College London, Department of Anthropology
2005-2006 Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Social Anthropology, University College London, Department of Anthropology. 1st year of PhD
2004-2005 Master of Arts (MA) in Material & Visual culture, University College London, Department of Anthropology
2003-2004 Teacher in archaeology, Carsten Niebuhr Institute, University of Copenhagen
2001-2003 Cand. Mag. (MA) Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Copenhagen
2001-2003 Higher Business Diploma (HD) part 1, Copenhagen Business School
1998-2001 Bachelor Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Copenhagen
Publication network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Research Output
Dans la lumière des foyers bédouins
Bille, M., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Anthropologie et Societes. 44, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Émile Durkheim: Social sammenhæng og kollektiv opbrusen
Bille, M. & Schwabe, S., 2020, Klassiske og moderne antropologiske tænkere. Hastrup, K. (ed.). København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 59-82Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Introduction: Humanities in the World
Engberg-Pedersen, A., Bille, M. & Gram-Skjoldager, K., 2020, Humanities in the World. Engberg-Pedersen, A. (ed.). U Press, p. 7-23Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Postfænomenologi
Olesen, F., Bille, M. & Riis, S., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Introduktion til STS. Science, Technology, society. 2. udgave.. Danholt, P. & Gad, C. (eds.). København: Hans Reitzels ForlagResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
'Always like never before': Learning from the lumitopia of Tivoli Gardens
Edensor, T. & Bille, M., 2019, In : Social & Cultural Geography. 20, 7, p. 938-959Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Projects
- 4 Active
Living with Nordic Lighting
Bille, M., Pinder, D., Schwabe, S., Stenslund, A., Payne-Frank, J. H., Hauge, B. & Lerche Klaaborg, I.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research
Activities
Aestheticizing Surveillance: Urban Lighting and Ambient Power
Mikkel Bille (Speaker), & Siri Schwabe (Speaker)
19 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Ambiances. International Journal of Sensory Environment, Architecture and Urban Space (Journal)
Federico De Matteis (Editor), , Mikkel Bille (Editor), , Tonino Griffero (Editor), & Andrea Jelic (Editor)
2019
Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Editor of unfinished research anthology/collection › Research
Illuminating homely atmospheres
Mikkel Bille (Keynote)
7 Feb 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
We are all ignorant
Mikkel Bille (Keynote)
29 Nov 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Taylor Francis Group, Routledge (Publisher)
Mikkel Bille (Editor)
2018
Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
Press / Media
Ny bog skal tydeliggøre humanioras værdi
09/12/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Deadline: Færre penge til humaniora, men er det en god idé?
21/11/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media