Nini Praetorius

Professor (Emerita), Dr.Phil. et Ma.Theol., Professor (Emerita), Dr.Phil, MA. Theol., MA. Theol.

  • Øster Farimagsgade 2A

    1353 København K

    Denmark

Personal profile

CV

  • 1969 Magister of Psychology, Univ. of Copenhagen
  • 1969 - 71 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Univ. of Copenhagen
  • 1971-74 Research Fellow, Univ. of Copenhagen
  • 1974 - 89 Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Univ. of Copenhagen
  • 1976-1979 Senior Research Fellow, Univ. of Copenhagen
  • 1979 Guest professor, Department of Philosophy at Stony Brook, Univ. of New York, U.S.A.
  • 1980 Co-founder and Editor of the Journal "Psyke&Logos". Published with support from University of Copenhagen.
  • 1981 Guest professor, Department of Theory and History of Science, Boston Univ. U.S.A.
  • 1981 Invited speaker at the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science. N. Praetorius, Fundamental Principles for a Theory of Consciousness.
  • 1981 Dr.phil, Univ. of Copenhagen
  • 1981 Affiliated Researcher at Research Center Risø, Department of Electronics and Information technology . Until 2006.
  • 1983. Nordic Council Senior Researcher at OECD Halden Reactor Project, Norway.
  • 1983 - 86 Member of the board of the Faculty of the Humanities, Univ. of Copenhagen
  • 1985 Co-founder of the first interdisciplinary education and studies of the interplay between cognitive psychology and computer science. In collaboration with Institute of Computer Sciences (Diku)
  • 1986-90 Member of the Supreme Governing Board (Consistorium) of Univ. of Copenhagen
  • 1988-1991, ESRC Senior Researcher, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK
  • 1989 Docent Professor, Dept. Psychol., Univ. of Copenhagen
  • 1999-2004, Member of the Danish Research Council for the Humanities
  • 2002 Member of the Danish Governing Board for The Center of Excellence, "Center for Subjectivity Research", led by Dan Zahavi.
  • 2005. Conference "Towards a Science of Consciousness. Methodological and Conceptual issues ". Organizer Dan Zaharvi, Nini Praetorius m.fl.
  • 2006 - Senior Researcher, Dept. Psychol., Univ. of Copenhagen, Emeritus professor
  • 2006-10 Member of the review panel of the Eurocores Programme "Consciousness in a Natural and Cultural Context", European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France.
  • 2010 - Member of the Review Panel of the Eurocores Programme "EuroUnderstanding", European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France.
  • 2013 - Interdisciplinary research project, "A new Approach to Studies of the Self". Published in a special double issue of Journal of Consciousness Studies, vol 23, No 1-2, 2016
  • 2017 - Member of the Community of Experts, European Science Foundation
  • 2022   Master of Theology, Univ. Copenhagen

Short presentation

Primary fields of research

  • Investigations and solutions of Epistemological Problems in the Foundations of Psychology
  • Theories of Mind, Cognition and Language
  • Theories of Perception
  • Theories of the Self
  • Theories of Intersubjectivity
  • Member of the Community of Experts, European Science Foundation (from 2017)