Maja Momić is a PhD student at the research and teaching programme Urban Design at the HafenCity University Hamburg and a Pro Exzellenzia scholarship holder. She graduated in Architecture from the University IUAV of Venice with a Master’s thesis on collective housing. She worked as a project and research assistant on the interdisciplinary project University of Neighbourhoods (HCU Hamburg/IBA Hamburg/ Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik) and as an external lecturer at the research and teaching programme (HCU Hamburg). Her research interests concern the interrelation between dwelling practices and social transformation processes.