David Pinder

David Pinder is a Professor in the Department of People and Technology at Roskilde University, Denmark. His work bridges urban studies, geography, planning, and critical theory, focusing on how urban spaces are socially produced, contested, and reimagined. A key theme involves revitalizing the concept of utopia within urbanism, particularly through twentieth-century modernist and avant-garde movements. His research engages with the Situationists, psychogeography, radical cartographies, and sound art, while exploring ephemeral/nomadic urbanism and mobile/temporary architectures.

• PhD supervision: 20 PhD students to completion
• Teaching: Nordic Urban Planning Studies, Geography, Planning Studies, Spatial Designs and Society

Current projects include Nordic Liveable Cities, Spatial Justice, and Living with Nordic Lighting. His upcoming book examines the politics and poetics of urban walking.

His publications and collaborations span interdisciplinary methodologies, with a focus on artistic interventions, urban atmospheres, and alternative spatial practices. Recent outputs address walking as a critical urban practice, reimagination of planning through embodied movement, and the theoretical implications of temporary urban structures.