CV

• April 2023-March 2026: Associatie Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Center for Border Region Studies. Coordinator Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action Borders Shaping Perceptions of European Societies B-SHAPES
• Sept 2022: Head of Research Cluster Danish-German Minority Issues, European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg, Germany
• Sept.-Dec. 2013 Visiting researcher at University of Victoria, BC, Canada, Centre for Global Studies
• Sept. 2005 Lektor i samtidshistorie
• Jan. 2004 Institut for Grænseregionsforskning fusioneres med Syddansk Universitet
• Sept. 2002: Ph.D. fra Syddansk Universitet
• Sept. 2001: Adjunkt i samtidshistorie IFG
• Jan.-juni 2001: Projektmedarbejder ved Institut for Grænseregionsforskning (IFG) i Interreg-projektet Historisk atlas Slesvig-Holsten 1867-2001
• 1997-2000: Forskningsstipendiat ved Studieafdelingen ved Dansk Centralbibliotek for Sydslesvig
• Sept.-dec. 1996: Projektmedarbejder ved Schleswig-holsteinisches Institut für Friedenswissenschaften, Kiel
• 1993-1996: Studierejseleder Studiosus-Studienreisen, München
• Juni 1995: M.A. i historie, statskundskab og nordisk filologi, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel
• 1994 Praktikant ved Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI
• 1989-1995 Studier i historie, statskundskab og nordisk filologi ved Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel og Københavns Universitet
• 1987-1989 Civilarbejdstjeneste i Hamburg
• September 1987: Betriebswirt, Wirtschaftsakademie Hamburg
• 1984-1987 Teoretiske og praktiske studier i erhvervsøkonomi, Wirtschaftsakademie Hamburg og Deutsche BP
• 1970-1984: Skolegang i Hamburg, Fort Defiance (USA)
• 19.7.1964: Født i Hamburg

Forskningsinteresser

Større forskningsprojekter

Borders Shaping Perceptions of European Societies (B-SHAPES) is a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action analyzing and assessing how borders still are a key factor of how we understand societies. Nine European universities, one research institute, a national museum, a foundation, a political association, a consultancy and an art collective have come together for three years. In cooperation with Europeans living in border regions, we will examine the role of borders under three lenses: Euroscepticism in border regions, minorities in border regions, and border landscapes as heritage. The special border region focus promises new insights on how borders shape perceptions of societies, but also how the story of borders can be narrated differently than from a purely national perspective.

Borders in Globalization: a collaborative research project led by University of Victoria, BC, Canada, funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council involving 23 universities and 35 non-academic partners worldwide (1st Grant Period 2013-2020, 2nd Grand Period 2021-2027). The project will exchange global expertise, organize debates and analyse current developments in border policies and their impact on economics, culture, security, governance and environmental issues.

ENTAN – the European Non-Territorial Autonomy Network is a COST Action aimed at examining the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA), from both a comparative and comprehensive perspective. ENTAN particularly focuses on NTA arrangements for reducing inter-ethnic tensions within a state and on the accommodation of the needs of different communities while preventing calls to separate statehood. The Action tackles recent developments in the theories and practices of cultural diversity; minority rights (including linguistic and educational rights); state functions and sovereignty; conflict resolution through policy arrangements; policy making and inclusiveness; self-governance and autonomy. The main objective is to investigate the existing NTA mechanisms and policies and to develop new modalities for the accommodation of differences in the context of growing challenges stemming from globalisation, regionalisation and European supranational integration. Along with issues related to the culture and education of diverse groups within a nation state, and legal arrangements for the recognition and practice of separate identities, the Action focuses on political strategies and policies that have the potential to increase the autonomy of stateless nations and to empower cultural, ethnic and religious communities. The network is built upon agreed research activities, which include interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary group work, the training and empowerment of young researchers, academic conferences and publications, and the dissemination of results to policy makers, civil society organisations and communities (2018-2023).

Unfamiliarity as signs of European times: Scrutinizing historical representations of othernessand contemporary daily practices in border regions.

- in cooperation with Radboud University of Nijmegen, University of Utrecht, University of Maastricht, Free University Brussels, University of Eastern Finland, University of Lodz, co-funded by the European Science Foundation

Da Folket blev spurgt - en komparativ undersøgelse af folkeafstemningerne efter Første Verdenskrig i kontekst af region, nation, grænse og identitet (støttet af Kulturarvstyrelsen)

Forskningsområder
Samtidshistorie

Grænseregioner i Europa
Grænseoverskridende samarbejde
Konsulent-virksomhed om regionalt grænseoverskridende samarbejde
Nationale mindretal
Dansk-tysk historie
Grænselandshistorie

Regionalisme
transporthistorie

Forskningsinteresser

Research Cluster Global Challenges to Rule-based Order