Urban researcher and curator Karin Christof examines questions of housing and the distribution of land and property in the city, as well as self-initiated neighbourhood projects that contribute to communal living and co-working spaces. Having trained as an architect and artist in Vienna, Amsterdam and London, she has worked in visual arts and architecture since 2000. In 2024, Christof completed her PhD, which focused on the role of citizen professionals in cooperative and participatory housing and co-working projects. In these projects, citizens act as intermediaries between civic initiatives, market parties, and governmental actors.

As co-founder of the consultancy practice DwellingMatters, she provides advice on community-led urban development and self-managed community spaces for neighbourhoods. Christof collaborates with organisations such as BAK Basecamp for Tactical Imaginaries, Amsterdam Alternative, and the Faculty of Cultural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam.