Sabrina Vitting-Seerup

Sabrina Vitting-Seerup

PhD in Modern Culture, Masters in Modern Culture and Communication

  • Jagtvej 155A

    2200 København N.

    Denmark

  • Source: Scopus
20172024

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Short presentation

Sabrina Vitting-Seerup is Assistant Professor in Science Communication at the University of Copenhagen. She works on questions related to inclusion and sustainability - which are more interconnected than one might think. Sabrina currently research aesthetic formats that can evolve into new ways of sharing and disseminating knowledge about and as sustainability.

Sabrina is a part of the Science Communication research group and teaches a variety of courses on science communication. Her dissertation centered on the inclusion efforts of Danish cultural institutions, and the Danish museums continue to play a significant role in her research.

In addition to her academic career, Sabrina runs her own company, Ren Snak. Through Ren Snak, Sabrina communicates both her own research and teaches others to make their 'knowledge-heavy' communication sharper and more inclusive.

Primary fields of research

  • Science Communication
  • Science Education
  • Sustainability Communication
  • UN's Sustainable Development Goals
  • Aestethical formats as communication
  • Trans- and Interdisciplinarity
  • Cultural institutions: Communication, curation and inclusive initiatives
  • Cultural representations in art and culture
  • Identity theory and processes connected to gender, ethnicity, sexuality and racialization
  • Popular culture: Comics, pop music, TV series, etc.
  • Othering processes

Teaching

  • Science Communication
  • Science Education
  • Diversity and inclusion processes
  • UN's Sustainable Development Goals
  • Communication in and around cultural institutions
  • Cultural policy - focusing on cultural institutions
  • Representation of minorized individuals and communities
  • Othering processes ("The other", "The stranger")
  • European and North American Comics

CV

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2023 –                     Assistant Professor
Department of Science Education, affiliated with the research group on Science Communication.

2021 – 2023          Post.doc
Department of Science Education, affiliated with the research group on Science Communication.

2020 – 2021          External Lekturer
Department of Science Education

2016 –                     Independent Science Communicator Expert
Founder of Ren Snak. See www.rensnak.dk for more (in Danish).

2016 – 2019          PhD Fellow
Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, affiliated with the research group on postmigration

2014 – 2016        Speaker and Writer
I started working freelance, but have since 2016 had my own company: Ren Snak

Knowledge of languages

Danish and English: Fluent in text and speech
Swedish, Norwegian and German: Can read and understand basics
French, Latin and Old Greek: Limited reading skills

Education/Academic qualification

Cultural Studies, PhD, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies

Award Date: 4 Jun 2021

Modern Culture and Communications, MA, University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 7 May 2013

Comparative Literature, BA, University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 31 Jul 2010

External positions

Speaker and Writer, Ren Snak

Nov 2016 → …

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Humanities

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