Martin Emanuel
Researcher at Department of Economic History; Uppsala STS
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
I am a historian of technology (PhD 2013, Royal Institute of Technology) doing research also in the transdisciplinary fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and mobility studies.
Biography
Currently I am a Postdoc fellow at STS Uppsala with the project "Cycles of Cycling: Practices and Socio-Technical Transitions in Urban Mobility" funded by the Swedish Research Council.
Since 2016, I am Vice President of T2M (International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility)
Research
Common for much of my research is an interest in power, governance and justice, and the role of technology and in particular infrastructures in this regard—as well as the potential for resistance and rebellion from users towards “the system.” In terms of empirical focus it is clearly on urban, mobility, and environmental history, always with an eye at contemporary pressing issues. Particularly I take an interest in the entanglement of urban mobility, urban environments, and overall urban development, and how their co-production can transition from unsustainable and unfair to just and sustainable.

Publications
Selection of publications
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Cycling Cities: The European Experience: Hundred Years of Policy and Practice
Foundation for the History of Technology and Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, 2016
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Monuments of Unsustainability: Planning, Path Dependence, and Cycling in Stockholm
Part of Cycling and Recycling: Histories of Sustainable Practices, Berghahn Books, 2015
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Principer i klinch: Öresundsbron och cykelorganisationerna
Part of Med varm hand, p. 23-51, KTH, Avd. för historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö, KTH, 2015
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 335-338, 2015
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Malmö stad, 2014
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Part of Gränsløs: Tidskrift för Öresundsregionens historia, kultur och samhälsliv, p. 120-136, 2014
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Cyklandets berg- och dalbana i Stockholm
Part of Stockholm på väg, p. 158-167, Balkong, 2013
Recent publications
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Introduction: historical perspectives on pedestrians and the city
Part of Urban History, p. 204-210, 2021
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Controlling walking in Stockholm during the inter-war period
Part of Urban History, p. 248-265, 2021
- DOI for Controlling walking in Stockholm during the inter-war period
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Part of Mobilising Design, p. 103-116, Routledge, 2017
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Seeking adventure and authenticity: Swedish bicycle touring in Europe during the interwar period
Part of Journal of Tourism History, p. 44-69, 2017
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Part of Transfers, 2017
All publications
Articles in journal
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Introduction: historical perspectives on pedestrians and the city
Part of Urban History, p. 204-210, 2021
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Controlling walking in Stockholm during the inter-war period
Part of Urban History, p. 248-265, 2021
- DOI for Controlling walking in Stockholm during the inter-war period
- Download full text (pdf) of Controlling walking in Stockholm during the inter-war period
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Seeking adventure and authenticity: Swedish bicycle touring in Europe during the interwar period
Part of Journal of Tourism History, p. 44-69, 2017
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Part of Gränsløs: Tidskrift för Öresundsregionens historia, kultur och samhälsliv, p. 120-136, 2014
Books
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Malmö stad, 2014
Chapters in book
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Part of Mobilising Design, p. 103-116, Routledge, 2017
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Malmö: A Center of Cycling Innovation
Part of Cycling Cities: The European Experience, p. 137-147, Foundation for the History of Technology, 2016
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Hannover: Sidelining the Bicyclist
Part of Cycling Cities: The European Experience, p. 113-123, Foundation for the History of Technology, 2016
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Eindhoven: Engineering a Path for Bikes?
Part of Cycling Cities: The European Experience, p. 53-63, Foundation for the History of Technology, 2016
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Manchester: Cycling at a Standstill
Part of Cycling Cities: The European Experience, p. 101-111, Foundation for the History of Technology, 2016
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Stockholm: Where Public Transit Eclipses Cycling
Part of Cycling Cities: The European Experience, p. 149-159, Foundation for the History of Technology, 2016
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Copenhagen: Branding the Cycling City
Part of Cycling Cities: The European Experience, p. 77-87, Foundation for the History of Technology, 2016
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Monuments of Unsustainability: Planning, Path Dependence, and Cycling in Stockholm
Part of Cycling and Recycling: Histories of Sustainable Practices, Berghahn Books, 2015
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Principer i klinch: Öresundsbron och cykelorganisationerna
Part of Med varm hand, p. 23-51, KTH, Avd. för historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö, KTH, 2015
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Cyklandets berg- och dalbana i Stockholm
Part of Stockholm på väg, p. 158-167, Balkong, 2013
Collections (editor)
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Cycling Cities: The European Experience: Hundred Years of Policy and Practice
Foundation for the History of Technology and Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, 2016
Other
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Part of Transfers, 2017
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Review of: Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road
Part of Transfers, p. 154-156, 2017
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 335-338, 2015