Research Interests

Professor of STEM Education and Science Communication.

I am Director of the Centre for Research in Science Education and Communication (FNUG - Forskningscenter for Naturvidenskabelig Uddannelse og Formidling), where education and communication scholars collaborate with mathematicians, physicists, chemists, biologists and other scientists to create inspiring and formative educational experiences - remodeling science education for engagement. Read about our transdisciplinary center.

My research explores spatial designs as ambient media of communication; how are built and natural environments overlaid by information and communication designs to mediate learning, knowledge, and understanding? As research-creation, my work embraces curation in transdisciplinary knowledge production. Combining research and creative practice, I select and organize ideas from various fields to generate new insights and understandings.

I am the Principal Investigator on the LabSTEM+ project (Novo Nordisk Foundation, DKK 5m / USD 750K, 2023-2025) and the Longitudinal NAFA Knowledge Ecology project (Center for Excellence in Science Education, DKK 4m / USD 600K, 2023-2026), and Co-PI on the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for University Science Education (USE) (DKK 125 m / USD 17.7 m, 2025-2029) and the STEPS Interreg Project EU, DKK 13.2 m DKK / USD 1.86 m, 2025-2027).  

I am the founding Director of FNUG research center, section leader of Learning Experience Design at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and chair of the SDU research programme in Science and Mathematics Education and Communication, where I supervise 6 PhD students. I am also part of the leadership of CUHRE - Elite Centre for Understanding Human Relationships with the Environment, a member of the Danish Academy of Natural Science's executive research committee, on the advisory board of FabLab Spinderihallerne, and member of the scientific committee for UNESCO Global Geopark The South Fyn Archipelago. In less than five years, my team and I have secured SDU over DKK 40m / USD 5.65m  in external funding, demonstrating our strong commitment to innovating STEM education.

My research, education and leadership activities are interventions against silo thinking. I thrive in open knowledge sharing communities, and every day, I do my best to nudge academia in that direction by creating collaborative learning environments.

Beyond academia, I consult globally on building creative learning communities.