Rebecca Adler-Nissen er Professor i international politik ved Institut for Statskundskab samt Director of Strategic Partnerships ved Copenhagen Centre for Social Data Science (SODAS) ved Københavns Universitet.

Hun forsker i international politik, diplomati, digitale teknologier og EU. Teoretisk fokus på international politisk sociologi, the practice turn, stigma, normer samt antropologiske og datavidenskabelige metoder i international politik.

Rebecca Adler-Nissen leder forskningsgruppen Digital Suverænitet, støttet af VELUX-fonden. Hun er tidligere leder af det ERC-financierede forskningsprojekt DIPLOFACE, co-PI af HOPE-projektet og leder af forskningsgruppen Digital Disinformation, de sidste to er støttet af Carlsbergfondet. Hun er  modtager af en række priser bl.a. Distinguished Scholar in Diplomatic Studies, EliteForsk prisen, Nils Klim-prisen og Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Sølvmedalje. Hun er medlem af bl.a. Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab og European Council for Foreign Relations.

Hun har været visiting scholar ved Centre for International Security Studies (University of Sydney), Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (McGill University/Université de Montréal) og European University Institute og arbejdet i Udenrigsministeriet med bl.a. forberedelser til det danske EU-formandskab og Det Europæiske Råds møder.

Træffetid: torsdage kl. 11.30-12.30

Supervision of PhD students

Current: Anna Helene Kvist Møller, Nicklas Johansen, Matilde Bro Hansen.

Completed: Alexei Tsinovoi (2018), Michael Bossetta (2019), Mareike Hartmann (2019) Yevgeniy Golovchenko (2020), Øyvind Svendsen (2020),  Larissa Versloot (2022)

Research related activities

• Member of the Danish Government's Expert Group on Tech Giants
• Member of the Danish Intelligence Oversight Board
• Member of the board of the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
• Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2017)
• Council Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) 
• Member of The Young Academy, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2012-2017)
• Secretary-Treasurer of the International Political Sociology Section of the ISA
• Member of the steering committee of Center of European Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (http://www.cep.polsci.ku.dk/)
• Board member of NISA (Nordic International Studies Association) 
• Board member of ECSA (Denmark) (http://www.ecsa.dk/web/)

• Professor, Dep of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (2016-)
• Visiting Fellow, CISS, University of Sydney (2015)
• Associate Professor, Dep of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (2013-2016)
• Visiting Scholar, CIPSS, McGill University, Montreal (2012)
• Head of Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (2010-2011)
• PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (2009)
• Research Analyst, Danish Institute for International Studies (2008)
• Visiting Researcher, European University Institute, Florence (2007)
• Project Manager, DI, Confederation of Danish Industry (2005)
• Msc, Department of Political Science, Uni of Copenhagen (2005)
• Cycle de diplome, Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences-Po), Paris (2002-2003)
• BA, Department of Political Science, Uni of Copenhagen (2002)