Together with Antonia Schneider and Roman Seidl, both TU Wien, I’ve published a short paper how COVID-19 impacts on Airbnb and what this means for housing markets. It appeared in the journal Critical Housing Analysis. Our starting point was that Airbnb has been argued to have major impacts on housing markets prior to COVID. If […]
Die kurzfristige Vermietung von Wohnraum als Ferienunterkunft boomt. Eine der weltweit größten Vermietungsplattformen ist Airbnb. Seit der Gründung im Jahr 2008 ist die Zahl der über den Online-Dienst vermittelten Angebote in vielen Städten rasant expandiert. Heute verwaltet Airbnb nach eigenen Angaben bereits rund 3 Millionen Unterkünfte in 65.000 Städten weltweit und erreicht mehr als 200 […]
I am happy to announce that the paper below is now published open-access in the journal Tourism Geographies. It is a collaborative paper written together with Leonhard Plank and Roman Seidl from TU Wien. You can find the link to the full paper under the abstract below. The paper is a follow-up to our earlier […]
Last week, I was invited to Berlin to meet with a research team from TU Darmstadt and TU Berlin that works on the impact of urban tourism on housing quality in four neighborhoods in Berlin. The team consists of Prof. Sybille Frank, Prof. Kristin Wellner, Dipl-Soz. Anna Raschke, Dipl. Volkswirt Claus Müller and Stefan Brandt, MA. […]
I’ve contributed a short text on Airbnb in Vienna to the current issue of the journal Mieterecho, journal of the tenant association Berlin. The text is co-authored with my colleagues Leonhard Plank and Roman Seidl. It briefly sketches our research project on Airbnb in Vienna, specifically focusing on the business model for real estate investors […]
I’ve contributed to a short text entitled “Tourism in the digital city: The business behind Airbnb”. It is about how Airbnb is increasingly becoming a lucrative investment and a new means for investors to extract profit from tourism. The text was co-authored with Roman Seidl and Leonhard Plank and draws on our recent research on Airbnb […]
What is the state of Airbnb in Wien? Radio derivé has invited me together with my colleague Roman Seidl to talk about our research project. I’m reposting the broadcasting description below (in German). The show is available for streaming here: https://cba.fro.at/369785 Wherebnb? Zur Situation von Airbnb in Wien Ein Radio dérive Studiogespräch mit Justin Kadi und […]
Together with my colleagues Roman Seidl and Leonhard Plank I have wrote a short piece on Airbnb in Vienna. It appeared in the montly journal “Wirtschaftspolitik Standpunkte” of the Austrian Chamber of Labor. We show how Airbnb in Vienna is not so much about “home-sharing”, as it is about commercial real estate development. The piece […]
I spent the last two days at an inspiring workshop on Airbnb in European cities. It was organized by Christian Smigiel and Angela Hof at the University of Salzburg, Geography Department. I went there together with my colleagues Roman Seidl and Leonhard Plank (TU Wien) to present our research on Airbnb in Vienna (wherebnb.in/wien). The […]
On December 1st, I’ll be on a panel discussion about the upcoming book “Tourism and Gentrification in Contemporary Metropolises. International Perspectives”. The book was edited by Maria Gravari-Barbas (University Paris 1) & Sandra Guinand (University of Vienna). I’m looking forward to discussing the book together with the editors and Bas van Heur (Vrije Universiteit Brussels). […]
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