Platform Economy: Spatial Conflicts over Airbnb between Global Marketization and Territorial (C07*)

• Subject Area: Empirical Social Research
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 290045248

The new subproject investigates spatial conflicts linked to the digital marketplace of Airbnb along the spatial figures of place, network space and territorial space. Comparing the cities of Berlin (Germany), Cape Town (South Africa) and San Francisco (USA), tensions and interrelationships between the spatial figures and the specific regime of the digital platform economy are analyzed. Extensive data analysis and case studies will provide important insights into Airbnb as one exemplary case for the refiguration of spaces in the context of platform economies.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1265: Re-Figuration of Spaces
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Berlin
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Stefan Kirchner