CV

Education and Employment:

Independent Researcher, 2023 – current (affiliated with top e.V)
Doctoral Studies, School of Architecture | National Technical University of Athens. 2017-2023.
Yoga Alliance Certified 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, 2022-2023.
Co-founder | AHHA Studio. 2018-2021.
Architectural Graduate | Jasmax. 2014-2016.  
Architectural Graduate | Brave Architects. 2013-2014.
Tutor, Year 3 Design Studio, Bachelor of Architecture | The University of Auckland. 2013.
Tutor, Year 1 Media, Bachelor of Architecture | The University of Auckland. 2013.
Master of Architecture | The University of Auckland. 2012-2013.
Architectural Designer | Fulton Ross Team Architects. 2010-2012.
Bachelor of Architectural Studies | Ara Institute of Canterbury. 2008-2010.

Social Practice and Experimental Pedagogy:

Choreographies of Commoning: Somatic Practices and Speculative World-ings. Institutio Media, SODAS 2123, Vilnius. 2024.
Common Sense | Common Space: (E)merging (Data) Sensing Bodies. Theatrum Mundi, Paris. 2024.
Somatic Space. >top Projektraum, Berlin. 2023.
Urban Movement Choir. Tempelhoffer Feld, Berlin, 2023.
Community Economies Workshop (with Katharina Moebus). Floating University, Berlin. 2020.
Schule des Postkapitalismus | School of Postcapitalism (Common(s)Lab). >top Projektraum, Berlin. 2019-2020.
(In)visible Care: An Immersive Catering Performance (with Katharina Moebus). The New Bridge Project, New Castle. 2019.
Wunschproduktion (Common Grounds). Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin. 2018-2019.
Der Boden unter unseren Füßen | The Ground Beneath Our Feet (Common(s)Lab). >top Projektraum, Berlin. 2019.
DIT Holzbauworkshop (Common(s)Lab). Nette Ecke, Berlin. 2019.
Würfel dérive (Common(s)Lab). Nette Ecke, Berlin. 2019.
Speculative Real Estate | Speculative Fiction (With Michelle Teran, Marco Clausen, and Ligia Milagres). Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin. 2018.
Common Constructions (Common(s)Lab). >top Projektraum, Berlin. 2018.
Commons Reading Group (Common(s)Lab). >top Projektraum, Berlin. 2018-2020.
Schenkmarkt (Common(s)Lab). >top Projektraum, Berlin. 2018-2020.
DIT Salvaged Material Workshops (Common(s)Lab). >top Projektraum, Berlin. 2018-2019.

Performances and Interventions:

Silent Disco: Eine virtuelle Partyekstase in Anblick des Todes (performer). VR Film, 2023.
Acid Bodies: Disagreement Room (performer). Uferstudios, Berlin. 2022.
“A Garden Is…” – A Ritual (performance and reading). Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin. 2019.
(In)visible Care: An Immersive Catering Performance (with Katharina Moebus). The New Bridge Project, New Castle. 2019.
Common Constructions (intervention, Common(s)Lab). Schillerkiez, Berlin. 2018.

Publications:

Edited Publications:
Harrison, M. (2024). Choreographies of Commoning. Nomi: Agents of Alternatives.
Akbil, Axinte, Can, De Carli, Harrison, Méndez de Andés, Moebus, Moore, and Petrescu (2022). Urban Commons Handbook. Barcelona: dpr-barcelona.
Moebus, K. and Harrison, M. (2021). Common(s)Lab Zine: 3 Years of (Un)Learning. Berlin: Agents of Alternatives.

Chapters in Books:
Harrison, M. (2025). Common Sense, Common Space. In J. Bingham-Hall. Staging Ground: Infrastructures, Performance, and Bodies in Movement. London, Paris: Theatrum Mundi; Barcelona: dpr-barcelona.
Harrison, M. and Milagres, L (2020). Dauerhaft statt Zwischennutzung. In M. Herbst and M. Teran. Licht Luft Scheiße: Perspectives on Ecology and Modernity, Vol. 2 Growing from the Ruins of Modernity. Hamburg: Adocs.
Harrison, M. and Katrini, E. (2019). Commoning and Transition: In: L. Tsafoulia, S. Wines, and S. Ong, eds. Transient Spaces. New York: The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture,  The City College of New York.

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications:
Harrison, M. (2021). The (In)justice of the Urban Commons [La justice/l’injustice des communs urbains]. Justice spatiale | Spatial Justice, no 16.
Harrison, M. (2020). The (Market-) State of the ‘Public’: Reappropriating the Urban as Common(s). The Urban Transcripts Journal.
Harrison, M. (2019). The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Commoning In, Against, and Beyond Urban Accumulation. Upping the Anti 21, pp. 83-99.

Conference Proceedings:
Moebus, K. and Harrison, M. (2019). Caring for the Common and Caring in Common: Towards an Expanded Spatial Practice. Paper presented at NORDES conference “Who Cares?” in Helsinki, June 2019.

Literary Publications:
The Right to the City: Against and Beyond, published on The Pantograph Punch, November 2017.
Hollow Homes and Speculated Spaces, published on The Pantograph Punch, November 2016.

Talks and Presentations:

Urban Commons Handbook Presentation. Floating University, Berlin. 2024
New Municipalism, Democratic Public Ownership and the Politics of the Commons Seminar. UAB, Barcelona. 2023.
>top Presents!. >top Projektraum, Berlin. 2023.
Nordic Design Research Society (NORDES) Conference. Aalto University, Helsinki. 2019.
Community Economies Practice Exchange. Alpine Community Economies Laboratory, Vallagarina. 2019.
Questioning the Creative City Symposium. New Castle. 2019.
Urban Struggles Unconference. NTUA, Athens. 2018.
Reclaim the City Practice Exchange.  Kulturlabor Trial & Error, Berlin. 2018.
European Commons Assembly. Media Lab Prado, Madrid. 2017.

Grants, Awards, and Residencies:

Residency. Institutio Media, SODAS2123, Vilnius. June 2024. Supported by the COST-funded project: Toolkit of Care (TOC), CA21102
Residency. Staging Ground, Theatrum Mundi, Paris. May 2024. Supported by the LINA fellowship program
William Chick Doctoral Scholarship in Architecture. 2017-2021. The University of Auckland.
Finalist and grant recipient (AHHA Studio, project team). Collett’s Corner Design Competition. 2018.
Finalist. AAA Unbuilt Architecture Awards, Auckland Architecture Association. 2013.
Distinguished Master’s Thesis Selection. The University of Auckland. 2013.
Regional Award – Public Architecture (Fulton Ross Team Architects, project team). New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA). 2012.
Warren and Mahoney Excellence Award. Ara Institute of Technology. 2010.
Dean’s List. Lambuth University. 2007.