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Kim Toft Hansen researches Danish and Nordic television and film within an international context. He maintains a prolific interest in media production with special interests in the production of Danish television series. He is an expert in the field of Nordic Noir and the Scandinavian variations of the crime genre. These fields of research bridge a relationship between cultural policies and business policies as well as a notable interest in the production of place through mediated representations.
His production research has introduced location studies as a new method within media production research, branching off into tourism studies and ethnographic and political interests into place and space. His profound interest in place-making also embraces special attention towards peripheral media production and municipal utilization of especially local television production for an international audience. The centre-periphery relationship between urban and rural settings feeds directly into his expertise in the crime genre.
His recent ventures has taken the above-mentioned perspectives into the Nordic streaming wars in online television and SVoD distribution. These perspectives tie together the practical interest in local and international television production with new viewing patterns and global conglomerates’ interest in local production, including special policy interests in relation to the relationships between local, national, regional and international media policies and funding practices, e.g. the AVMSD and the Creative Europe programme.
He has partaken in a range of profiled research projects, including recently What makes Danish TV drama series travel? (DFF 2014-18) and DETECt – Detecting Trancultural Identity in European Popular Crime Narratives (H2020 2018-21). In the last-mentioned, he led a work package on Creative Industries, conducting production research into literature, film and television. This has also involved the maintenance of a charitable stakeholder network with close collaboration with TV 2 Denmark and Miso Film, a few among a range of stakeholder contacts with great importance for his work.
The through-line of his research revolves around local and international media production, streaming services, municipal business model through media production exposure, settings and locations in television and film, media peripherality, and the increasingly close relationship between business and cultural policies. When he finds the courage, he likes to play around with media production himself, and a new-found joy has been fiddling with video essays.
He teaches media and cultural studies at different departments at Aalborg University, most importantly at the programme for Scandinavian studies. He teaches and supervises all levels, including PhD research into local media production and creative industries. He is on the study board of Scandinavian studies, maintains the role as an employability supervisor for the students’ career board at The Institute of Culture and Learning. In this way, he connects his research field and teaching responsibilities to his interests within creative industries.
Keywords
- Media Research
- Nordic TV drama
- Places and locations
- Nordic noir
- Scandinavian independent film
- Early film theory
- Production studies
- Regional media production
- Period drama
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DETECt: Detecting Transcultural Identity in European Popular Crime Narratives
Hansen, K. T., Gemzøe, L. S., Landorff, L., Saunders, R. A. & Chow, P. S.
01/04/2018 → 31/10/2021
Project: Research
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What Makes Danish TV Drama Travel? (FKK-project)
Research project FKK, 2014-2018 What Makes Danish TV Drama Travel? http://danishtvdrama.au.dk
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research
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AK: Academic Quarter
Christensen, J. R., Hansen, K. T., Bager, A. S. & Frimann, S.
03/08/2009 → …
Project: Research
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Peripheral Locations in European TV Crime Series
Hansen, K. T. & Re, V.
01/10/2021 → 22/12/2022
Project: Research
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Media business: employment, education, research
Hansen, K. T., Jacobsen, L. B. & Kristensen, L. T.
01/02/2017 → 29/06/2018
Project: Research
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Research output
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Locating Nordic Noir: From Beck to The Bridge
Hansen, K. T. & Waade, A. M., Oct 2017, Palgrave Macmillan. 306 p. ( Palgrave European Film and Media Studies).Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Production design: Fra proces til udtryk
Aggerholm, N., Wille, J. I. & Hansen, K. T., Aug 2020, Samfundslitteratur. 176 p.Translated title of the contribution :Production Design Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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European Television Crime Drama and Beyond
Hansen, K. T. (ed.), Peacock, S. (ed.) & Turnbull, S. (ed.), 2018, Palgrave Macmillan. 294 p. (Palgrave European Film and Media Studies).Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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1864: tv-serien, historien, kritikken
Hansen, K. T. (ed.), 15 Feb 2016, Aalborg Universitetsforlag. 417 p. (Interdisciplinære kulturstudier).Translated title of the contribution :1864: TV series, history, critique Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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Film - realisme, genrer og kontekst
Hansen, K. T., 2023, (Submitted) Medieanalyse. 2. ed. SamfundslitteraturResearch output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Årets forfatter ved Aalborg Universitetsforlag
Hansen, Kim Toft (Recipient), 9 Nov 2012
Prize: Other prizes
Activities
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Berghahn Books (Publisher)
Kim Toft Hansen (Peer reviewer)
Jan 2023 → …Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Krimi, populærkultur og transkulturel identitet / Europæisk marginalitet og periferi i tv-krimien
Kim Toft Hansen (Lecturer)
3 Nov 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lecturers
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Department of Culture and Learning (Organisational unit)
Kim Toft Hansen (Chairperson)
1 Sep 2022 → …Activity: Memberships › Membership of committees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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Assessment commitee for Associate Professor of Online Video Cultures at the Department of Media and Journalism Studies
Kim Toft Hansen (Consultant)
12 Aug 2022Activity: Public/private sector consultancy and other employment › Consultancy
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Editorial consultant
Kim Toft Hansen (Consultant)
1 Jul 2022 → …Activity: Public/private sector consultancy and other employment › Consultancy
Press / Media
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True crime: Hvorfor er vi så vilde med mord?
02/09/2022 → 02/09/2022
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Han har sat et usandsynligt stort aftryk på dansk film
04/04/2022 → 05/04/2022
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Politikerne vil forbyde cigaretter for fremtidige generationer, men i film og på tv er cigaretten stadig tændt
16/03/2022 → 18/03/2022
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Film og tv-serier bryder tidsrammerne
11/03/2022 → 15/03/2022
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Aalborg-kvindes forsvinden rammer både vores frygt og omsorg
10/02/2022 → 11/02/2022
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Impacts
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Film og tv-produktion i Nordjylland – hvordan snakker det private og offentlige sammen?
Jørgen Riber Christensen (Participant), Kim Toft Hansen (Participant), Thomas Mosebo Simonsen (Participant) & Louise Tønnes Kristensen (Participant)
Impact: Economic impact
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Vækst og innovation i nordjysk medieproduktion
Jørgen Riber Christensen (Participant) & Kim Toft Hansen (Participant)
Impact: Economic impact