Britta Eyrich Jessen

PhD in didactics of mathematics, Cand. scient i matematik og fysik

  • Jagtvej 155A

    2200 København N

Personal profile

Primary fields of research

In my research I work with:

  • The Anthropological Theory of the Didactics
  • Mathematical modelling and application
  • Data science education
  • Professional Development and Lesson Study
  • Inquiry Based Mathematics Education as Study and Research Paths
  • Constriants and Conditions for teaching mathematics (ecological analyses)
  • Theory of Didactic Situations
  • Upper secondary mathematics education

Teaching

University teaching:

2026: PhD course on 'The Anthropological Theory of Didactics in mathematics & data science education' - course responsibility, lectures and paper supervision

2023: PhD course on 'An introduction to the Anthropological Theory of the Didactics' - lectures and paper supervision.

2022 - : The mathematical modelling sciences - master course in STEM educaiton, lectures, exercises, course responsible

2022: PhD course on 'Writing to get published in STEM-education research' - lectures, exercises, paper supervision.

2021: PhD course on Research on STEM teacher knowledge - hold lecture

2019: PhD course on Content Analysis in Mathematics and Science Education - Course responsible and held lecture

2019- : Introduction to University Pedagogy (IUP) - Exercises and lectures

2015- : Advanced course on Didactics of mathematics  (DidMatV)- co-taught, held lectures, exercise classes and supervised exam projects 

2012- : Introduction to Science Education (DidG) - teaching the mathematicians, held lectures, course responsible (2016 & 2022)

PhD projects (supervise, co-supervise), Master theses (supervise, co-supervised),  bachelor projekts (supervise)

Other teaching

Course responsible for "MatPro - mathemeatics education through problemsolving and modelling". In-service course offered in collaboration with the Novo Nordisk foundation to upper secondary mathematics teachers (2025). 

Course responsible for "Matematics in change - get stated with the reform" (MiF). In- service course offered in collaboration with the association of upper secondary mathematics teachers (2017-2019).

Head of (2023 - ) (member 2019-2022) the mathematics group in Practicum for Upper Secondary Teachers (Gymnasiepædagogikum) and teaches didactics of mathematics to first year in-service teachers in mathematics (2019 - ).

CV

Associate Professor in didactics of mathematics, University of Copenhagen 2024 -

Tenure track Assistant Professor in didactics of mathematics, University of Copenhagen, 2019-2024

Post doc in didactics of mathematics, University of Copenhagen 2017-2019

PhD student in didactics of mathematics, University of Copenhagen, 2012-2017

Upper secondary teacher in mathematics and physics, Frederiksborg Gymnasium og HF, 2009-2015

Master of Science in mathematics, University of Copenhagen, 2009

Studenter assistent, project coordinator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship projekts, Ministry of Education, 2007-2008

Short presentation

Projects I have been involved with: 

2025-2029:  PI in the research project DASME - Data Science in Mathematics Education (funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation) https://www.ind.ku.dk/english/projects/dasme/  

2024-2026 PI for the MathNet - Network on Lesson Study for Upper Secondary Mathematics under the research program for science and mathematics education in upper seondary school 

2024: Project member in KTUM - Knowledge for Teaching Upper secondary Mathematics (4EU+ seed). 

2020-2023: Project member in TIME (Erasmus+ funded developmental project). https://time-project.eu/

2019-2023:  PI in the research project SIGMA (funded by the Lundbeck Foundation). https://www.ind.ku.dk/projekter/sigma/

2017-2019 : Project member in MERIA (Erasmus+ funded developmental project). https://meria-project.eu/ 

2017: Project coordinator, ABaCus (collaboration with Tibalo Aps, funded by Ministry of Education, foundation for developent of digital learning ressources, resources for lower secondary mathematics).

2015-2017: Project coordinator in The MathBridge project (Funded by the A.P Møller foundation). http://www.ind.ku.dk/publikationer/inds_skriftserie/nr.-492017-matematikbroen/

2015 Project coordinator of the status and evaluation report on upper secondary mathematics education in Denmark. The report was funded by the Ministry of Education. http://www.ind.ku.dk/publikationer/inds_skriftserie/2015-42/

2014: Assisting researcher in a project funded by the Ministry of education on transition issues. http://www.ind.ku.dk/publikationer/inds_skriftserie/2014-37/

Other Engagments

2024- : IND representative in the Study Board for Mathematics & Computer Science at the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 

2020- : Expert on upper secondary mathematics, National center for the development of mathematics education, NCUM. https://matematikdidaktik.dk/om-ncum/ 

2019-2024 :Editor of Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, NOMAD. http://ncm.gu.se/nomad 

Education/Academic qualification

University Pedagogy, Practicum, University of Copenhagen

Aug 2019Aug 2020

Award Date: 20 Aug 2020

Didactics of mathematics, PhD, Study and Research Paths at Upper Secondary Education - a praxeological and explorative study, Department of Science Education

1 Jan 201231 Dec 2016

Award Date: 6 Mar 2017

Msc, Mathematics, Speciale: Didaktik på tværs af matematik og historie, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Award Date: 9 Jun 2009

Bsc, Mathematics & Physics

Award Date: 30 Jun 2006

Research Management, CBS Executive Fonden

Aug 2025Dec 2025

PhD supervision course , University of Copenhagen

Aug 2025Nov 2025

Practicum for upper secondary school, Practicum, University of Southern Denmark

Aug 2009Jun 2011

External positions

Adjunkt, Frederiksborg Gymnasium og HF

20092015

Student Assistent, Undervisningsministeriet (Ministeriet for Børn og Undervisning)

20072008

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