Research profile

I joined the Centre for Education Policy Research in the Department for Culture and Learning at Aalborg University in February 2020 following completion of my doctoral research at the University of Nottingham, UK. I initially worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the Sapere Aude international comparative research project 'Education Access under the Reign of Testing and Inclusion' (PI Christian Ydesen) funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark. During this period, I was responsible for the Denmark and England cases.

In February 2021, I was promoted to assistant professor. Since then, I have been involved in two EU-funded research projects in collaboration with the European Trade Union Committee for Education and Professor Howard Stevenson at the University of Nottingham: 'Towards a Framework of Action on the Attractiveness of the Teaching Profession through Effective Social Dialogue in Education' and 'Getting stronger together: trade union renewal in education'.

My principal research interests include teacher professionalism, teachers' work, teachers' professional learning and development, teacher trade unions, social dialogue, education policy, education governance, comparative education, European education systems, narrative inquiry, and discourse analysis.

I speak English (first language), French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Danish.

Teaching profile

I teach or have taught on the following undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes:

Undergraduate study programmes

Bachelors in Organisational Learning (Bachelor i Organisatorisk Læring)

Semester 2 Module: Scientific Theory and Qualitative Methods (Videnskabsteori og kvalitative metoder)

• The Qualitative Interview (Det kvalitative interview)
• Focus Groups (Fokusgrupper)
• Documentary Research and Text Analysis (Dokumentforskning og tekstanalyse)
• Critical Theory and Discourse Analysis (Kritisk teori og diskursanalyse)
• Research design: theory, methodology and method (Undersøgelsesdesign: teori, metodologi og metode)

(Module coordinator, Spring 2022, 2023, 2024)

Semester 5 Module: Learning and Organisation from a Global Perspective (Læring og organisation i globalt perspektiv)

• Theories of Globalisation (Globaliseringsteorier)
• International Organisations' Role and Meaning in the Creation of a Global Education Space (Internationale organisationers rolle og betydning i skabelsen af et globalt uddannelsesrum)

(Module coordinator, Autumn 2021)

Postgraduate study programmes

Masters in Learning and Change Processes (Kandidat i Læring og Forandringsprocesser)

Semester 7 Module: Knowledge of Learning and Change Processes (Viden om læring og forandringsprocesser)

Unit: Methodology and Processes (Metodologi og processer)

• From Scientific Theory to Research Design (Fra videnskabsteori til undersøgelsesdesign)
• Qualitative Approaches and Methods (Kvalitative tilgange og metoder)
• Comparative Research Design (Komparativ undersøgelsesdesign)

Semester 8 Module: Education, Pedagogy and Didactics (Uddannelse, pædagogik og didaktik)

• Global Agendas - National Education Systems - Local Practices (Globale agendaer, nationale uddannelsessystemer - locale praxisser). Workshop with Professor Mette Buchardt and Professor Christian Ydesen.

Semester 8 Module: Learning and Change in Organisations (Læring og foranding i organisationer)

• Organisational Learning and the Learning Organisation (Organisatorisk læring og lærende organisation)
• Diversity and Diversity Leadership in Organisations (Mangfoldighed og mangfoldigheldsledelse i organisationer)
• Opponent Seminar (Opponentseminar)

(Module coordinator, Spring 2024)

Masters in Learning Processes (Master i Læreprocesser)

• Sociology of Professions and Professionalism (Sociologi af professioner og professionalisme)

I have been a PBL (problem-based learning) individual and group supervisor, examiner and internal moderator on the following postgraduate and undergraduate programmes:

Supervisor/examiner (Vejleder/eksaminator)

Masters in Learning and Change Processes (Kandidat i Læring og Forandringsprocesser)

• Semester 10 Dissertation (Kandidatspeciale) - Spring 2022, 2023, 2024
• Semester 9 Learning and Change in Practice (Læring og forandring i praksis) - Autumn 2021, 2022, 2023
• Semester 8 Learning and Change in Organisations (Læring og forandring i organisationer) - Spring 2022, 2023, 2024
• Semester 8 Education, Pedagogy and Didactics (Uddannelse, pedagogik og didaktik) - Spring 2022, 2023, 2024
• Semester 8 Learning in Intercultural Contexts (Læring i interkulturelle kontekster) - Spring 2024
• Semester 7 Knowledge of Learning and Change Processes (Viden om læring og forandringsprocesser) - Autumn 2021, 2022, 2023

Bachelors in Organisational Learning (Bachelor i Organisatorisk Læring)

• Semester 3 Learning and collaboration in and amongst organisations (Læring og samarbejde i og blandt organisationer) - Autumn 2022
• Semester 1 Organisation and society (Organisation og samfund) - Autumn 2023

Internal moderator (Intern censor)

Masters in Learning and Change Processes (Kandidat i Læring og Forandringsprocesser)

• Semester 9 Learning and Change in Practice (Læring og forandring i praksis) - Autumn 2021, 2022, 2023
• Semester 8 Learning in Intercultural Contexts (Læring i interkulturelle kontekster) - Spring 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Semester 7 Knowledge of Learning and Change Processes (Viden om læring og forandringsprocesser) - Autumn 2021, 2023

Bachelors in Organisational Learning (Bachelor i Organisatorisk Læring)

• Semester 5 Learning and Organisation from a Global Perspective  (Læring og organisation i et globalt perspektiv) - Autumn 2020, 2021
• Semester 2 Scientific Theory and Qualitative Methods (Videnskabsteori og kvalitative metoder) - Spring 2022, 2023, 2024
• Semester 1 Organisation and Society (Organisation og samfund) - Autumn 2023

I completed the university pedagogy course for assistant professors (Adjunktpædagogikum), a nationally recognised programme for teaching in higher education, in Spring 2022. 

In addition, I am a qualified secondary school teacher of modern foreign languages (French, German and Spanish) in England and Sweden. With ten years' experience as a teacher and middle leader, I have worked in state comprehensive schools in England and for-profit and not-for-profit free schools in Sweden.