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Person

Alexander Weisler

Urban researcher on platform-mediated housing and gentrification through the sharing economy.

Why this matters

Weisler documents how digital intermediaries export rent pressure—local costs rise while accountability stays diffuse.

Focus in observatory

Works

article

Airbnb and the Rent Gap: Gentrification Through the Sharing Economy.

Wachsmuth, David, and Alexander Weisler. "Airbnb and the Rent Gap: Gentrification Through the Sharing Economy." *Environment and Planning A* 50, no. 6 (2018): 1147–1170.

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