Professor at Dept.of Society and Globalization

Research fields:

Care and the governance of care; the role of the state

Equality, gender, ethnicity, recognition and justice

Sociology of Professions and the development of welfare state professions

Discourse Theory and analysis

Academic Degrees:

1990                            MA in Political Theory with distinction at the Dept. of Government (Essex)

1991                            Exam. Art from the Dept. of Philosophy (Århus)

1993                            Cand. Scient. Pol. From Dept of Political Science (Århus)

2000                            Ph.D. from Dept. of Political Science (Århus)

Positions held:

2011-             Professor in Welfare, care and gender

2004- 2011    Associate Professor at the Dept. of Social Sciences (Roskilde)

2001-2004     Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Social Sciences (Roskilde)

2000              Consultant in “Forbundet af Offentligt Ansatte” (”Trade Union of Public Employees”)

1999-2000     Lecturer at Danmarks Sygeplejerskehøjskole (Århus)

1998              Research assistant and lecturer at Dept. of Political Science and Cekvina (Århus)

1994-1998     Ph. D. student at the Dept. of Political Science (Århus)

Appointments

2008-              Member of ’Styregruppen for satsingen Nasjonale forskerskoler’ (The Research Council of Norway)

2008-             Chairperson of the national group on Gender research (appointed by Danish Universities)

Leadership positions

2009- 2012   Chairperson of the Resesearch School: Welfare state and Diversity (Aalborg, Roskilde, SDU)

2006-2009     Director of the ResearchSchool: Welfare State and Diversity (Aalborg, Roskilde and SDU)

2003-2008     Research Director of the research group: Glocal Welfare (formerly ‘Welfare, Civil society and Globalisation’)

Ph. D students supervision

Jesper Frederiksen (supervisor) 2012-

Merete Monrad (co-supervisor) 2010-2012

Pernille Tufte (supervisor) 2009-

Lise Dam Rasmussen (supervisor) 2009-2011

Diana Højlund Madsen (supervisor) 2006-2010

Marlene Spanger (supervisor) 2008-2011

Sidsel Grosen (second supervisor) 2006-2009