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Dr. Kim Jørgensen is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Roskilde University, and Oslo Metropolitan University, with more than two decades of experience in health sciences, nursing research, mental health, and higher education. His academic work is centered on user perspectives, recovery-oriented practice, cross-sectoral collaboration, and communication in complex healthcare systems. With a background that spans clinical practice, research leadership, and extensive teaching experience, he contributes to advancing knowledge, innovation, and pedagogical development within nursing and health services research.

Kim holds a PhD from Roskilde University, where his dissertation examined the conditions that shape patient involvement and recovery in psychiatric contexts. His research continues to explore how organisational structures, professional cultures, and communication practices influence the experiences and outcomes of service users in both mental health and somatic healthcare. He has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed research articles, over 20 professional papers, and 15 books or book chapters, and he currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Nordic Nursing Research, shaping the development of nursing scholarship across the Nordic region.

His research portfolio includes qualitative studies, critical discourse analyses, mixed-methods designs, and intervention research carried out through close collaborations with hospitals, municipalities, NGOs, and international partners. Recent and ongoing projects include resilience-building interventions for children living with parental mental illness or substance use disorders, cooperative inquiry into the needs of cancer patients with mental health challenges, and studies on recovery-oriented collaboration across sectors. He has successfully attracted external funding from national foundations and participates in advisory boards that influence research and practice development within Danish healthcare.

Kim’s academic identity is equally rooted in teaching and pedagogy. He has completed comprehensive university pedagogical training and has taught extensively at bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD levels at SDU, RUC, Aarhus University, OsloMet, and University Colleges. His teaching philosophy is grounded in social constructivism: learning as a dialogical, collaborative, and identity-forming process. He designs learning environments where students engage critically with theory, connect it to clinical and real-world practice, and develop strong academic identities. Kim has been responsible for course leadership in qualitative methods, organization and coordination in healthcare, recovery-oriented practice, ethics and law, clinical project work, and user involvement.

As a supervisor and mentor, he has guided numerous master’s theses, clinical projects, and PhD students, and he has played a key role in mentoring early-career academics toward lecturer and associate professor qualifications. His academic leadership extends into assessment and quality assurance, where he serves as examiner, censor, and external evaluator across Danish universities.

Through his combined roles as researcher, educator, editor, and supervisor, Kim is committed to strengthening the integration of research and practice, promoting user involvement, and advancing recovery-oriented and relational perspectives in healthcare. His work seeks to create meaningful connections between patients, professionals, organisations, and society — and to support educational programs that equip future healthcare professionals to navigate and transform complex health systems.