Primary fields of research

Lene Hansen primary research interests are International Relations Theory and Security Studies with a particular emphasis on poststructuralism, feminism and constructivism. Her book Security as Practice: Discourse Analysis and the Bosnian War (Routledge, 2006) lays out a poststructuralist theory about the relationship between identity and foreign policy. Security as Practice also provides explicit methodological guidelines for how to apply discourse analysis to international relations. Lene's interest in the concept of security and the history and sociology of Security Studies led to The Evolution of International Security Studies(Cambridge University Press, 2009) co-authored with Professor Barry Buzan. Lene has also worked on gender and security, cyber security, the Danish debate on the European Union, and the Muhammad Cartoon Crisis.

Teaching

Lene Hansen is the director of "Images and International Security", a large research project funding by The Danish Council of Independent Research (Grant ID: DFF - 1327 - 00056B). The project runs from 2014 and till the end of 2017. It starts from the assumption that images are crucial for what become security problems. Images can engender international crises, they may harm countries' reputation and can generate public support for foreign policies. More information about the project is available at www.images.ku.dk

Office Hours: Monday 13.00 - 14.00

Teaching

Lene Hansen teaches and supervises within the fields of Security Studies and International Relations Theory particularly emphasizing poststructuralism, feminism and constructivism. She is particularly interested in supervising Masters and Ph.D. projects that include a visual component.

Introductory remarks on publicationslist

Har i 2009 blandt andet udgivet bogen The Evolution of International Security Studies, medforfatter Barry Buzan, på forlaget Cambridge University Press, samt artiklen 'Digital Disaster, Cyber Security, and the Copenhagen School', medforfatter Helen Nissenbaum, i tidsskriftet International Studies Quarterly (nr. 4, side 1155-1175.

CV

 

Education

Ph.D. (Political Science) University of Copenhagen, 1998

M.A. (Political Science) University of Copenhagen, 1994

B.A. (Political Science) University of Copenhagen, 1992

 

Employment

2009- Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

2000-2009 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

1997-2000 Research Fellow, the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI)

 

Research management

2013-2017 Project director, “Images and International Security”

2008-2011 Director of the Copenhagen Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen

2005-2011 Director of the Ph.D. program, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

 

Fellowships, Grants, Awards

2013: Grant for research project on “Images and International Security”, The Danish Council for Independent Research, Social Science (7.4 million Danish Kroner)

2011: The Elite Research Prize of The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

2009: 1 Mobility PhD grant, The Danish Council for Independent Research, Social Science (2.2 million Danish Kroner)

2009: 3 Mobility PhD grants, 2009, The Danish Council for Independent Research, Humanities (6.6 million Danish kroner)

2004: Grant from the Danish Social Science Research Council to spent six months at New York University

2001: Social Science Research Council Summer Research Fellowship in Information Technology, International Cooperation and Global Security, UC Berkeley

 

Boards and Committees

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden, Review Panel 1 (Economics, Law, Statistics among others), 2013-

The Danish Council for Independent Research, Social Sciences, 2013-

Committee for the selection of the 2013, BISA Susan Strange Book Prize

Centre for Advanced International Theory, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex, Advisory Board, 2012-

Committee for the selection of the editors of Review of International Studies, 2009-

Steering Committee, Centre for Advanced Security Theory (CAST), 2008-

The Steering Group of The Standing Group of International Relations, European Consortium for Political Research

(ECPR), ex officio member, 2008-2013

KUFUR (The Advisory Committee on Ph.D. education, University of Copenhagen), 2008-2011

The Reference Group for the Management Development Program at the University of Copenhagen, 2008-2012

The Board of The Danish Political Science Research School, 2007-2011

The Reference Group for The Coordination of Gender Research at the University of Copenhagen, 2006-2010

 

Editorial experience

International Theory, Editorial Board, 2015-

International Studies Quarterly, Editorial Board, 2014-

European Journal of International Relations, Editorial Committee, 2014-

European Journal of International Relations, Editor, 2008-2013

Review of International Studies, Editorial Board, 2011-

Routledge Series on Interpretative Methods, International Advisory Board, 2009-

Internasjonal Politikk, Editorial Board, 2007-

Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Editorial Board Member, 2008-

Security Dialogue, Editorial Board Member, 2001-

Journal of International Relations and Development, International Advisory Board Member, 2004-

Cooperation and Conflict: Nordic Journal of International Studies, Editorial Board Member, 1999- 2001

Short presentation

Office Hours: Monday 13.00 - 14.00