Research

Katja is research program director of Policy Futures, Chair of the EU project OPEN COST Action CA22121: Rising nationalisms, shifting geopolitics and the future of European higher education and research openness (OPEN). Katja is also the PI of two large-scale international research projects projects funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark (a Sapere Aude research leadership grant and an Inge Lehmann grant). The projects explore how geopolitical shifts and the rise of new nationalisms affect European universities. 

Committees, advisory boards and consortia: Katja is appointed Vice-Chair and member of the Research Commitee ARTS, Aarhus University, elected member of the PhD Committee ARTS, Aarhus University, member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Education Policy and member of the Editorial Board of Globalisation, Societies and Education. She is Associate of the Centre for Higher Education Transformations (CHET), University of Bristol, 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. From 2023-2024 Katja was also member of the Advisory Board for the “Universities and the Future of Europe” project (UniFE) under The European University Association (EUA).

Profile

Katja Brøgger is Associate Professor (tenure track) in education policy and governance at the Department of Education Science. She is in tenure track for full Professor at Aarhus University. Katja's research area covers geopolitical, European and national conditions for universities in Europe.  

Katja is currently main supervisor for PhD student Rasmus Harsbo. Previous main supervision: postdoctoral researcher Hannah Moscovitz (2022-2024), PhD student Ester Zangrandi (completed 2025), Lucas Cone (completed 2023). Previous co-supervision: Em Bagg, Miriam Madsen, and Thomas Binderup.

In 2024, Katja Brøgger was a visiting shcolar at Teachers College Columbia University, New York, International and Comparative Education (For more information: Columbia University) and selected Visiting Senior Fellow at Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University. For more information: Tampere University’s webpage.

Teaching

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)