Personal profile
Research Interests
My primary research area is screenplay development for film and television fiction and media production.
2025–2026: In my one-year postdoctoral project, I am examining how screenwriters can contribute to the sustainable transition of the Danish film and TV series industry. My focus includes 'Sustainable Storytelling,' also known as 'Green Storytelling.'
2021–2024: In my PhD dissertation, The World-Building of Screenwriters, I investigated how Danish screenwriters of TV fiction create fictional worlds, also known as diegetic worlds, which have the potential to extend across other media platforms through transmedia. The dissertation contributes two main points. First, it introduces a new scaffolding typology that consolidates various theoretical concepts about scaffolding in creative processes. Second, it expands the philosopher Donald Schön’s concepts of ‘seeing-as’ and ‘doing-as’ to encompass script development. By extending these concepts, my research has contributed to an understanding of how past experiences and visual tools can structure and frame a creative process such as script development, including the creation of fictional worlds.
Keywords
- Multimediality/Cross-mediality
- Analysis of the Media as an Institution
- Reception Analysis/Reception Research
- Film Analysis
- Film Production
- Film Theory
- Short Feature Films
- Narrativity/Storytelling
- Popular Culture
- Public Service
- TV Fiction
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Et badehotel som arena: Front- og backstage-rum i tv-serien Badehotellet
Pilegaard, N. H. S., Jan 2025, Populær serialitet i en dansk arena: fra platforme til medskabelse. Philipsen, H.H.-K. & Bøtner Hansen, H. (eds.). Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag, p. 131-141 (University of Southern Denmark Media Studies; No. 3).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Manuskriptforfatteres verdensskabelse: En praksisbaseret undersøgelse af TV 2-julekalenderproduktionen Valdes Jul
Pilegaard, N. H. S., 4. Jun 2025, Syddansk Universitet. Det Humanistiske Fakultet. 519 p.Research output: Thesis › Ph.D. thesis
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Research as a navigating tool
Pilegaard, N. H. S., Jun 2025, Navigating imaginary worlds: wayfinding and subcreation. Wolf, M. J. P. (ed.). Taylor & Francis, p. 255-273Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Økonomiske vilkår for danske tv-serier
Pilegaard, N. H. S. & Møller T. Andersen, M., Jan 2025, Populær serialitet i en dansk arena: fra platforme til medskabelse. Philipsen, H.H.-K. & Bøtner Hansen, H. (eds.). Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag, p. 73-93Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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A method off the beaten track: refining creative writing process through practice-led research
Pilegaard, N. H. S. & Philipsen, H., Mar 2023, In: Qualitative Studies. 8, 1, p. 162-193Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Activities
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Medlem af Det Grønne Forskernetværk
Pilegaard, N. H. S. (Participant)
Sept 2023 → …Activity: Other activities › Other
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Oplæg på NordMedia Conference 2023
Pilegaard, N. H. S. (Guest lecturer)
17. Aug 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Jurymedlem til prisuddelingen AAUgusta 2023 - Årets videoessay
Pilegaard, N. H. S. (Participant)
17. Mar 2023Activity: Other activities › Other
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Oplæg om ph.d.-projekt i forskningsgruppen Litteratur, Medier og Samfund (LMS) på Aalborg Universitet.
Pilegaard, N. H. S. (Guest lecturer)
15. Mar 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Gæsteforelæsning om streamings indvirkning på dansk manuskriptudvikling
Pilegaard, N. H. S. (Guest lecturer)
14. Mar 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
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Social bæredygtighed bag og foran kameraet
Pilegaard, N. H. S. (Project manager) & Jayaraj, A. (Project participant)
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research
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sGreenplay: Sustainable sGreenplay
Pilegaard, N. H. S. (Project participant), Philipsen, H. (Project manager), Chiarandini, M. (Project participant), Cruz-Filipe, L. (Project participant), Iversen, S. M. (Project participant) & Tosca, S. (Project participant)
01/12/2022 → 01/12/2023
Project: Research
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WRN: Worldbuilding Research Network
Pilegaard, N. H. S. (Project participant) & Philipsen, H. (Project participant)
14/10/2022 → …
Project: Research
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StoryMatching
Philipsen, H. (Project participant) & Pilegaard, N. H. S. (Project participant)
01/09/2019 → …
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Om mediernes rolle i utryghed blandt unge kvinder
21/11/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Teaching & Supervision
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Manuskriptudvikling til serielle formater
Philipsen, H. & Pilegaard, N. H. S. 01/01/2021 → 01/07/2021
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Digitale medier og læring
Philipsen, H. & Pilegaard, N. H. S. 01/01/2021 → 01/07/2021
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Karrieremodul
Pilegaard, N. H. S. 01/09/2020 → 01/01/2021
Course: Teaching and supervision › Supervision
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Manuskriptudvikling til serielle formater
Philipsen, H. & Pilegaard, N. H. S. 01/01/2020 → 01/07/2020
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Research og Udvikling
Philipsen, H. & Pilegaard, N. H. S. 01/09/2019 → …
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching