Søren Sindberg Jensen

Research areas

I conduct research in didactics and pedagogy in the context of primary and secondary education.

In my research, I am particularly concerned with children and young people's perspectives on themes such as transnationality, migration, climate crisis and belonging in relation to identity, power relations and inequality. Also, I investigate pedagogy of nation, dialogic teaching and the development of didactics of various subjects, including religious education.

Methodologically, I primarily work with qualitative methods, including document analysis, interviews, observation, video data and ethnographically inspired fieldwork, as well as art-based and other participatory research methods.

Research programmes, centres, networks and projects

I am member a of the research program Subjects, Schools and Professions and the research program Education, Didactics and Buildung. And I am researcher at Center for Basic Education Research and at the Center for Upper Secondary and Vocational Education Research.

In addition, I participate in the research projects Philosophy in School (2017-) and Ukrainian children in Danish schools (2022-), as well as the Nordforsk-funded research network The Nordic languages ​​as second languages (2024-2025) and in the Migration Network at SDU (2025).

Currrent interests

I am PI for the EU Horizon-funded project, EXPECT_Art (2024-2026), where we are concerned with children's cultural literacy in a decolonial and community-based perspective in relation to art in and beyond the school. The project has approximately 40 participants from 8 research institutions and 6 art and cultural institutions from Denmark, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Hungary.

In addition, I participate in the DFF project Eco-Engagement & Eco-Literacy, where we investigate young people's perspectives on sustainability through philosophical dialogues.