Education

20-06-1970 Higher General Examination Program from the Gymnasium of Fredericia

31-08-1975 Master of Science in Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark

14-12-1982 Candidatus Philosophia in cultural sociology from the University of Copenhagen

10-05-1985 Magister Artium in cultural sociology from the University of Copenhagen

21-08-1987 Ph.D. in Education from the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies

Recent and current employment

1980-1984 Assistant Lecturer at Roskilde University and the University of Copenhagen

1981-1984: Assistant Professor at the Adult Education Centre of Roskilde County

1984-1989: Research Fellow at Royal Danish School for Educational Studies funded by the universityr and the Danish Research Council

1989-1993: Associate Professor at the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies

1993-1996: Associate Professor and Director of Studies in Sociology at the University of Copenhagen

1996-2000: Centre Director at the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies

2000-2011: Associate Professor at the Danish School of Education

2011-2022: Associate Professor at Aarhus University

2022-nu: Associate Professor Emeritus at Aarhus University

Scientific focus areas

Learning in different phases of life and in different environments

Innovation of educational practice with a particular focus on teachers’ professional development and practice

International relations

1990-1994: UNESCO Expert Group on Science and Technology Education

2010-now: International Federation for Information Processing, Work Group 3.3

2011-now: UNESCO’s International Summit on ICT in Education (EduSummit)