CV

Education
Studied Sociology, criminology and Romance languages at Universität des Saarlandes (Diplom Soziologe, 1992), Universitá di Bari and Universidad de Barcelona

PhD in Social and Political Sciences (1998) from the European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy

Habilitation (2005) from Humboldt Universitaet Berlin, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

Occupation

European Commission, Brussels stage (1996)

Researcher: Muenchner Projektgruppe fuer Sozialforschung, Munich (1997-1998)

Senior Researcher: Humboldt Universitaet Berlin, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (1998-2004)

Professor: ARENA, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (2005-2011)

Adjunct Professor: ARENA, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (2011-present)

Study Grants obtained

1988-1989: 10 months ERASMUS grant for studying at University of Bari/Italy

1990-1991: 10 months grant within the Master programme “Critical Criminology” (studied at University of Barcelona)

1993: Grant of the Instituto Camoes for a 6 weeks research stay at University of Lisbon

1993-1995: DAAD grant for pursuing a PhD at the European University Institute, Florence

1995-1996: PhD grant of the European University Institute, Florence

1996-1997: 12 months research grant of the Kulturwisenschaftliches Institut Essen

1997: 6 months research grant of the University of Aarlborg/Denmark (declined)

2001-2003: Habilitation grant of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Past and current research activities

9/1997-8/1999 : “Regieren jenseits öffentlicher Legitimation. Zur Transformation von Öffentlichkeit in der EU“ within the DFG-framework programme „EU-Governance“ (Prof. Beate Kohler-Koch, Mannheim) (two years grant by the DFG)

9/1999-8/2000 : „Von der Herausbildung europäischer Elitenöffentlichkeit zur Europäisierung nationaler Öffentlichkeit. Bedingungen und Wirkungen einer Expansion von Öffentlichkeit in Europa“ (Prof. Klaus Eder) within the DFG-framework programme „EU-Governance“ (Prof. Beate Kohler-Koch, Mannheim) (one year grant by the DFG)

9/2001-8/2003: „Die Strukturierung öffentlicher Kommunikation in der EU“. Coordinating research activities at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (two years grant by the DFG)

4/ 2003-12/2005: „Organised Civil Society in Europe“ (University Trento/Italy and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Two years grant by the EU FP5)

9/2005-12/2008: “Building the EU’s social constituency: exploring the dynamics of public claims-making and collective representation in Europe and assessing the implications for the EU’s legitimacy” (3 years grant by the DFG in coordination with an ESF programme including partner institutions in UK, Germany, Spain and Norway).

09/2004-08/2008: Member of the EU FP6 Network Project CONNEX

1/2007-12/2011: Coordination of the WP “Public Sphere and Civil Society”, EU-FP6 Project RECON: Reconstituting Democracy in Europe (2007-2012)

since 9/2007:   Coordination of the working area “The cognitive-cultural dimension of the transformation of political order”. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council (2007-2017)

9/2008-8/2010: EUROPOLIS  a deliberative polity making project (two years grant by the EU FP7)

2013-2018: Principal Investigator and coordinator of WP 3: Complex Diversity: the Social and Cultural Interpretations of Changing European and Global Order of the  transfaculty cooperation project EUROCHALLENGE, supported by the UCPH Excellence Programme for Interdisciplinary Research

2015-2018: TransSol: European paths to transnational solidarity at times of crisis: Conditions, forms, role-models and policy responses (Horizon 2020 Research Grant

2017-2020: Member of the Cost Action COST Action 16111 Ethnic Minorities and Migrants Survey Data (ETHMIGSURVEYDATA)

2017-2020: Member of PLATO: Post Crisis Legitimacy oft he European Union. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) financed by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme.

2019-2022: EU3D: EU Differentiation, Dominance and Democracy (Horizon 2020 Research Grant).

2018-2022: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Jean Monnet Network OpenEUDebate (http://openeudebate.eu/?page_id=356)

2019-2022: Partner of the Erasmus+ co-funded Jean Monnet Networ:Post-Truth Politics, Nationalism and the (De)Legitimation of European Integration (Coordinator: University of Iceland)

2020-2024: EnTrust: Enlightened trust: An examination of trust and distrust in governance – conditions, effects and remedies (Horizon 2020 Research Grant).

2020-2024: ValCon: Value Conflicts in a Differentiated Europe: The Impact of Digital Media on Value Polarisation in Europe (Research grant funded by the Volkswagen Foundation)

Knowledge of Languages

German (mother tongue)

English, French, Italian, Spanish (good oral and written comprehension)

Portuguese, Catalan, Dutch (sufficient oral and good reading comprehension)

Dansk (improving)

Norsk (forgetting)

Kort præsentation

Hans-Jörg Trenz er professor i moderne Europa-studier ved EURECO med ansvarsområder både inden for CEMES (Centre for Modern European Studies) og Institut for Medier, Erkendelse og Formidling (MEF). Han har en baggrund inden for medier og kommunikation, politisk sociologi og sociologien om europæisk integration med tidligere stillinger i Norge, Tyskland og Italien. Hans-Jörg Trenz tilbyder regelmæssigt kurser om europæiske medier og offentlighed, kollektive europæiske identiteter og europæisk demokrati og demokratisering. Han kan kontaktes med henblik på undervisning og vejledning om ethvert relateret emne (på engelsk).

Aktuel forskning

For aktuelle akademiske aktiviteter i Europastudier ved CEMES, Center for Modern European Studies, se http://cemes.ku.dk/

For aktuelle akademiske aktiviteter i Europastudier ved EURECO, Københavns Universitet, se www.eurochallenge.ku.dk/

Undersøg min webprofil for nuværende forskningsaktiviteter på www.eurochallenge.ku.dk/, www.arena.uio.no og www.reconproject.eu

Se også transsol.eu for Transsol, europæiske veje til transnational solidaritet i krisetider og de relaterede forskningsaktiviteter (Horizon 2020 stipendium)

Primære forskningsområder: politisk kommunikation, komparative mediestudier, journalistik og nyhedsgenerering, den offentlige sfære, medier og demokrati.

Undervisning:  journalistik, medieinstitutioner og organisationer, mediesociologi, komparative mediestudier, politisk kommunikation, transkulturel komunikation.