Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content
Nana Wesley Hansen

Nana Wesley Hansen

Deputy Head of Centre, FAOS

  • Øster Farimagsgade 5

    1353 København K

Personal profile

Short presentation

Nana Wesley Hansen is associate professor and vice director at the Employment Relations Research Centre (FAOS) at the Department of Sociology.

Her primary research area is negotiation, collective bargaining and cooperation in the private and public sector. Currently, she is researching the connection between negotiations and external on- and offline communication.

Concurrently, Nana Wesley Hansen also conducts analysis on highly skilled foreign workers coming to Denmark. She is Co-PI on the project SkillsINCORP - redefining incorporation of high-skilled professionals funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark (Oct 2022 to Sept 2025). 

Supervision of Postdocs

Completed: Miguel Morillas (2025)

Completed: Mark Friis Hau (2024)

CV

2017-current: Associate Professor, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.

2013-2017: Assistant Professor, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
2010-2013: PhD Fellow, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
2008-2010: Research Assistant, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
2007-2008: Consultant, The Danish Association of Junior Hospital Doctors (Yngre Læger).
2005-2007: Lecturer, Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS).
2005-2006: Intern/consultant, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).

 

Education

2004: MA in Political Science, University of Copenhagen.
2013: PhD in Sociology, University of Copenhagen

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Local bargaining
  • Negotiation
  • Cooperation at workplace level
  • Collective agreement
  • Labour migrants

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or