Maja de Neergaard

Associate Professor Maja de Neergaard is affiliated with Roskilde University's Department of People and Technology under the Mobility, Space, Place and Urban Studies (MOSPUS) unit. Her work focuses on urban sustainability, smart city technologies, and human-environment interactions. She explores how digital technologies reshape urban environments, particularly in housing and infrastructure automation.

Her research integrates critical urban theory with post-phenomenological approaches, examining socio-material practices in dwelling and urban migration. Key projects include BALTICBEAT (clean energy transitions) and COMET LAB (community energy transitions). She has participated in high-profile events like the Imagine Citiverse conference (2025) and contributed to media discussions on urban planning challenges.

Recent publications analyze pilot project failures in smart city initiatives and the social impacts of housing digitalization. She co-leads the COMET LAB and collaborates internationally on digital placemaking and energy transition projects.