Celine Motzfeldt Loades

Celine Motzfeldt Loades is a researcher at Oslo Metropolitan University's Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), specializing in Housing, Location and Regional Research. She holds a PhD and MA in Social Anthropology from the University of Oslo, and a BA in Social Anthropology and Communication Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London.

• Teaches Political Anthropology, Ethnographic Methods, and Environment-focused courses at UiO and University of Dubrovnik
• Active in urban ecology advocacy as leader of Oslo and Akershus Urban Ecology Working Group
• Key research areas: urban sustainability, heritage conflict resolution, and socio-environmental dynamics

Her work examines intersections between socio-cultural, environmental, and spatial conditions in urban transitions. Current projects include Mysen area analysis and the SMACREG initiative on smaller urban regions.

Publications focus on Dubrovnik's UNESCO heritage conflicts and Oslo's urban ecology, featured in outlets like Berghahn Books and Journal of Urban Culture Research. She contributed to the Horizon 2020-funded FUSILLI project on urban food systems.

Professional roles include editorial board member of the Journal of Urban Culture Research and network organizer for Urban Culture Plaza. Her ethnographic fieldwork spans Dubrovnik (Croatia) and Orvieto (Italy).