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Simon Laumann Jørgensen holds a BA, MA and PhD in Philosophy (Aarhus University, Denmark) and is Associate Professor of Political Theory at the Department of Politics and Society, Aalborg University, Denmark.
During his BA studies, he spent a year studying comparative literature at the University of Copenhagen. During his MA, he spent a year as an Erasmus student at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
As part of his doctoral studies, he was a one-year Visiting Fellow with Professor Nancy Fraser at the New School for Social Research (and took courses with Professor Fred Neuhouser at Columbia University). Later, he held a three-month DAAD fellowship at the Goethe University in Frankfurt , Germany, with Professor Axel Honneth.
He now has 20 years of experience in problem-oriented research in social philosophy and political theory, with a special focus on recognition, democracy, and critical theory.
He was PI of the project The Borders of Democracy on the justifications of exclusions from democracy, which was funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark with approx. 450,000 USD (2018-2023).
PhD Supervision
MA William Sjöstedt defended his dissertation “Should Democracy Become Intergenerational? On the Inclusion of Youth and Future Generations in the Anthropocene” on October 9, 2023. Members of the committee were Professor Ludvig Beckman (Stockholm University), Professor Christian Rostbøll (University of Copenhagen), and Professor Antje Gimmler (Aalborg University).
Keywords
- Politics and Administration
- Citizenship
- Democracy and education
- Recognition
- welfare state and multiculturalism
- Philosophy
- Freedom, equality and solidarity
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Collaborations from the last five years
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The Borders of Democracy
Jørgensen, S. L. & Sjöstedt, W. C. O. E.
Independent Research Fund Denmark | Interdisciplinary
01/10/2018 → 31/07/2023
Project: Research
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Anerkendelse i demokratiet: Hvordan bør vi tænke om populisme?
Jørgensen, S. L., 7 Mar 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
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Climate Change and the Democratic Recognition of Children: Podcast with William Sjöstedt and Simon Laumann Jørgensen
Jørgensen, S. L., 3 Feb 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
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Martha C. Nussbaum on the Vulnerability of Equality
Jørgensen, S. L., 20 Apr 2024Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
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Recognition in Leadership under Budget Pressure
Jørgensen, S. L., 4 Feb 2024Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
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The Broken Bridges of Kindergarten Management: A Recognition Theory Approach to Dilemmas and Opportunities in Public Leadership
Jørgensen, S. L., 4 Feb 2024Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
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Activities
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Discussion with Christian F. Rostbøll about his new book Democratic Respect. Populism, Resentment, and the Struggle for Recognition
Simon Laumann Jørgensen (Participant)
10 Oct 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Comments on Christian F. Rostbøll's: Democratic Respect. Populism, Resentment, and the Struggle for Recognition
Simon Laumann Jørgensen (Lecturer)
10 Oct 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Store sociologer: Axel Honneth
Simon Laumann Jørgensen (Lecturer)
4 Oct 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Store sociologer: Axel Honneth
Simon Laumann Jørgensen (Lecturer)
2 Oct 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Værdighedens skrøbelighed og respektens sårbarhed
Simon Laumann Jørgensen (Lecturer)
19 Sept 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
Press/Media
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Lær at forstå demokratiets mange paradokser
23/09/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Fordi vi kan? Om legitimiteten af demokratisk eksklusion
09/05/2018
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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