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Professor emeritus, Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland

Teaching

Office hours by appointment.

Teachings

• The politics of maritime security in the Arctic
• Greenland at the Crossroads: Climate Change, Asian Interests in the Arctic and developments in Greenland
• New threats in the Arctic: Climate change and security risk management of increasing maritime activity in the Arctic
• Nation-building and state-formation in the Arctic and Greenland
• Security and foreign policy in the Arctic and beyound

Supervision:

• Climate change and society in Greenland: Asian interests in the Arctic, security and governance, Arctic Council, relations between Greenland and Denmark
• Theories and processes of democratisation: Europe, Scandinavia, Greenland and the Arctic 
• Political theory, conceptual history and conceptual change
• Political development, state formation, nation building and modernization

Current research

• Developments in Greenland and the Arctic: Climate Change, Asian Interests, Governance, Foreign Policy and Securit. History of Parliamentary Democracy in Greenland. Governance relations between Greenland and Denmark and the concept of 'the unity of the realm'
• Politics of Sutainability in the Arctic (POSUSA)
• Maritime Preparedness and International Partnership in the High North (MARPART)
• Capacity-building and best practices for environmental monitoring in the Arctic (CAPARDUS)

Networks

• Arctic Politics Research Group
• Greenland Perspective: Nation building and state formation
• UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Safety and Security

Positions

• 2018- Professor with special responsibilities, Department of Social Sciences, University of Greenland
• 2016- Affilate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Greenland
• 2013- Associate Professor,  Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
• 2010-2013 Vice Rector, University of Greenland
• 2005-2010 Director, Centre for Baltic Sea Region Studies, University of Copenhagen
• 2003-2004 Guest Professor, Baltic Sea School, Department of Northern European Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
• 2002-2005 Director, Centre for Baltic Studies, Øresund University
• 1997-1999 Director of Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (part time)
• 1997-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

Knowledge of languages