About the School
Katja Brøgger
Research Program Director, PhD, Associate Professor
Danish School of Education - Education Studies, Emdrup
Tuborgvej 164
building B, 213
2400 København NV
Denmark
Phone: +4593508478
Mobile: +4593508478
Katja Brøgger is Associate Professor in education policy and governance at the Department of Education Science.
Katja is currently main supervisor for three PhD students; Lucas Cone, Ester Zangrandi and Rasmus Harsbo and a postdoctoral researcher; Hannah Moscovitz.
Sapere Aude and Inge Lehmann grant
In 2020 Katja received a Sapere Aude and an Inge Lehmann grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to conduct a large-scale international research project on neo-nationalism. The project explores how neo-nationalism has affected national and European higher education policy. The project centers on universities and compares how neo-nationalism has affected higher education policy in Poland, France, Denmark and the UK. It also examines recent actions taken by the EU to counter neo-nationalist trends in Europe.
Learn more about the project 'Asserting the Nation' here: https://dff.dk/en/grants/copy_of_research-leaders-2020/researchleader-20 and on the project website
The research program Policy Futures
Katja is research program director of Policy Futures. The research program explores the double challenge that is confronting current European education policy: 1)how the transnational turn in education policy is reshaping current and future concepts and governing of education, 2)how this transnational order is undermined by the rise of re-nationalizations, nationalisms and populisms.
The program supports the Bachelor's and Master's degree program in Education Science through research and teaching on education policy, governance and administration.
Katja also supervises doctoral students working with education reforms, higher education governance, universities, public-private partnerships, privatization and neo-nationalism.
Learn more about the Research Program Policy Futures: http://edu.au.dk/en/research/research-programmes/policy-futures/
Committees, advisory boards and consortia
Katja is member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Education Policy and member of the Editorial Board of Globalisation, Societies and Education. She is a member of the PhD Committee ARTS, Aarhus University, a member of The European Consortium of Political Research, the Comparative and International Education Society, Society for Research into Higher Education, and The Consortium of Higher Education Researchers.
Scholarly interests
Education policy and governance
Universities/higher education
EU and the European Higher Education Area
Inter/national higher education reform
The rise of neo-nationalism in Europe and European higher education
Privatization and market-making in higher education
Quality assurance/accreditation/accountability policies
Policy instruments
Policy borrowing and lending
New materialism
Classes Taught
PhD courses
Education administration and governance (MA)
Advanced education administration and governance (MA)
Education in a comparative social science perspective (BA)
The politics of knowledge and education (BA)
Education, economy and the labour market (BA, elective module)
Sustainability in teaching, organization and democracy (BA, elective module)
Research areas
- Education, teaching and philosophy > Pedagogy and education > Politics and economics of education
- Education, teaching and philosophy > Pedagogy and education > Education policy
- Society and Politics > International Affairs > The EU and Europe The Bologna and post Bologna process
- Man and Cultures > Culture and Society > Globalisation The globalising of Higher Education
- Society and Politics > State, Region and Municipality > The state
- Education, teaching and philosophy > Political and Economic Philosophy and History of Ideas > Neoliberalisms
- Education, teaching and philosophy > Metaphysics and Ontology > Critique of metaphysics Poststructuralism Performativity theory New materialism
- In preparation
Critique and self-examination in European higher education research: higher education between international alliances and the rise of neo-nationalism
Brøgger, K., 2022, (In preparation) A New Repertoire for the Critique of Contemporary Education. Gorur, R., Landri, P. & Normand, R. (eds.). 20 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
- Accepted/In press
An International Institution Embedded in the Nation-State: moving beyond the “either/or” paradigm of the globalization and (re) nationalization of the modern university
Brøgger, K. & Moscovitz, H., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Global Perspectives. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Submitted
Danish university governance and reforms since the millennium: The self-governing university between state and institutions, the national and the global
Brøgger, K., Degn, L. & Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S., 2022, (Submitted) In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. Special Issue, 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Submitted
The Crafting of a European Education Space and Europeanization - The role of the EU and the OECD
Brøgger, K. & Ydesen, C., 2022, (Submitted) From Pro-European to European Education: Institutions, Actors and Policies. Paoli, S. & Ruppen, R. (eds.). Routledge, 25 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
- Submitted
Translating Quality Criteria in University Accreditation
Degn, L., Madsen, M. & Brøgger, K., 2022, (Submitted) In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change. SI, 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Post-Cold War Governance Arrangements in Europe: The University between European Integration and Rising Nationalisms
Brøgger, K., 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Globalisation, Societies and Education. Special issue, 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Pandemic Acceleration: Covid-19 and the emergency digitalization of European education
Cone, L., Brøgger, K., Berghmans, M., Decuypere, M., Förschler, A., Grimaldi, E., Hartong, S., Hillman, T., Ideland, M., Landri, P., Player-Koro, C., Rensfeldt, A. B., Rönnberg, L., van de Oudeweetering, K. & Vanermen, L., 1 Sep 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Educational Research Journal - EERJ. p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
An affirmative-diffractive re-reading of the policy instrumentation approach through agential realism and the accreditation instrument
Brøgger, K. & Madsen, M., 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Education Policy. p. 1-18Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
COVID-19 and its effects: On the risk of social inequality through digitalization and the loss of trust in three European education systems
Bormann, I., Brøgger, K., Lazarová, B. & Pol, M. P., Sep 2021, In: European Educational Research Journal. 20, 5, p. 610–635 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Published
Kvalitet, relevans og effektivitet på universiteterne - om statslig styring af selvejende universiteter gennem magtfulde policy-instrumenter
Brøgger, K. & Madsen, M., 2021, In: Dansk Pædagogisk Tidsskrift. 3, 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Published
A specter is haunting European higher education: the specter of neo-nationalism
Brøgger, K., 2021, Higher Education Hauntologies: Living with Ghosts for a Justice-to-come. Bozalek, V., Zembylas, M., Motala, S. & Hölscher, D. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 63-75Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Soft privatisation: mapping an emerging field of European education governance
Cone, L. & Brøgger, K., Feb 2020, In: Globalisation, Societies and Education. 18, 4, p. 374-390 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Asserting the Nation: Comparative studies on the rise of neo-nationalism in higher education. The case of continental Europe
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF)
01/07/2021 → 30/06/2025
Project: Research
Asserting the Nation: Comparative studies on the rise of neo-nationalism in higher education. The case of the United Kingdom and Brexit
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF)
01/07/2021 → 30/06/2025
Project: Research
PhD course on the "New Geopolitics of Higher Education"
Katja Brøgger (Organizer) & Hannah Moscovitz (Organizer)
8 Jun 2022 → 10 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
Appointed external examiner for Education Science (External organisation)
Katja Brøgger (Member)
2022 → 2026Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
The Policy Futures International Webinar Series. Tom Popkewitz on Desires, Calculations, and Making Kinds of People. Discussants: Kristiina Brunila and Luis Miguel Carvalho
Katja Brøgger (Organizer)
10 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
The Policy Futures International Webinar Series. Sam Sellar on Synthetic governance. Discussants: Radhika Gorur and Steven Lewis
Katja Brøgger (Organizer)
24 Feb 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Education Policy (External organisation)
Katja Brøgger (Member)
Jan 2022 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
The Policy Futures International Webinar Series. Project launch of the Asserting the Nation project: Webinar 2. Neo-nationalism and universities in a geopolitical perspective
Katja Brøgger (Organizer)
10 Nov 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Presentation/introduction: A Post-Cold War zone of contestation in Europe; the university, the nation state, and international polities.
Katja Brøgger (Invited speaker) & Hannah Moscovitz (Invited speaker)
10 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
The Policy Futures International Webinar Series. Project launch of the Asserting the Nation project: Webinar 1. (Neo-)nationalism, anti-liberal ideas and a conflicting EU
Katja Brøgger (Organizer)
29 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Presentation/introduction: Anti-liberal visions of democracy, conflicts of sovereignty, nationalisms and populisms in Europe
Katja Brøgger (Invited speaker)
29 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Re-nationalizing Europe? On Post-Cold War governance arrangements in European higher education and the rise of neo-nationalism
Katja Brøgger (Invited speaker)
14 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Post-Cold-War governance arrangements in Europe. Bypassing or asserting the nation in higher education policy?
Katja Brøgger (Invited speaker)
29 Sep 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Globalisation, Societies and Education (External organisation)
Katja Brøgger (Member)
Jan 2021 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
Sapere Aude Research Leader grant and Inge Lehmann grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark (DKK 10.493.000 in total). Project: Asserting the Nation: Comparative studies on the rise of neo-nationalism in higher education. PI: Katja Brøgger
Katja Brøgger (Participant)
2020 → 2024Activity: Other activity types › Other
Akademikerbladet - interview: 29 reformer på 20 år: Universiteterne mangler en reformpause. Artikel af Laura Skelgaard Paulsen
08/04/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Akademikerbladet - interview: 8 største reformer de seneste 10 år: Så meget har universiteterne ændret sig. Artikel af Laura Skelgaard Paulsen
08/04/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Omnibus - interview: Lektor i uddannelsespolitik om foreslået ændring af kandidatuddannelser: Tiden kalder på dybere kundskaber, ikke mindre. Artikel af Louis Beck Petersen
08/04/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Information - kommentar: Nyt reformforslag om universiteterne skal gøre os rigere, men effekterne er langtfra sikre. Artikel af Laura Friis Wang og Lise Richter
07/04/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Information - kommentar: Eksperter: Reformkommissionens forslag er en styrkelse af universiteterne, men forslagene er også kontroversielle. Artikel af Laura Friis Wang og Lise Richter
06/04/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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