September 2026
Academic Degrees
2005 Docent in IMER (International Migration and Ethnic Relations), Malmö University Committee: Ulf Hannerz; Orvar Löfgren
1992 Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. Supervisor: Kirsten Hastrup Exam committee: Kirsten Hastrup; Allan F. Burns
1985 Magister’s Degree in Ethnography, University of Copenhagen. Supervisors: Michael Harbsmeier; Bror Westman
Employment and Academic Affiliations
2019–2026 Member, NOISE – Network for Independent Scholars in Education
2021 Invited Visiting Fellow, University of Jyväskylä (Sept–Nov)
2020 Invited Visiting Fellow, University of Jyväskylä (Sept–Nov)
2020 Temporary Associate Professor, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University (Mar–Aug)
2016–2019 Associate Professor, Aalborg University
2011–2016 Professor, mso, Aalborg University
2010–2011 Associate Professor, Aalborg University
2009–2010 Visiting Professor (invited), Institute for the Study of Global Issues, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
2009–2011 Visiting Fellow (invited), CISMOR, Doshisha University, Kyoto
2009–2011 Associate Professor and Affiliate, CIRA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2009–2012 Member, CISMOR, Doshisha University
2007–2012 Affiliated Member, MIM, Malmö University
2009 Part-time Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
2006–2008 Associate Professor in Social Anthropology, Malmö University
2004–2007 Head of Peace and Conflict Studies; from 2006. Head of Anthropology, IMER, Malmö University
2003–2006 Associate Professor (temporary), Malmö University, IMER
2002–2003 Lecturer (Ekstern lektor), Minority Studies, University of Copenhagen
2002–2003 Senior Researcher, The Board for Ethnic Equality, Copenhagen
1999–2001 Lecturer (Universitetslektor), University of Oslo
1998–1999 Lecturer (Lektorvikar), University of Copenhagen
1996–1999 Research Fellowship, Danish Social Science Research Council; Ministry of Integration & EU “Year Against Racism”
1992–1995 Research Fellowship (Senior stipendiat), University of Copenhagen
1995–1996 Initiator and Co-leader, Nordic comparative study on temporary refugee residence and repatriation
1988–1991 Fellowship, University of Copenhagen
Research Visits (Selected)
2018 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (4 months)
2015 Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences / CEU, Budapest (invited)
2009–2010 Okinawa, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Nagasaki
2008 Visiting Scholar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2005 Research visits in Japan (Hiroshima, Kyoto, Tokyo; funded by Malmö University)
2001 Research visits in USA (Virginia; UNC Chapel Hill; Indiana; Berkeley; funded by University of Oslo)
2000 Research visits in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala (funded by University of Oslo)
1998 Research visits in USA (UNC Chapel Hill; Appalachia State; Indiana; Northwestern; Harvard; funded by Structuring Diversity project)
Editorial Boards and Professional Service
2018–present Editorial Board, Nordic Journal of Social Research
2018–present Consultant, EU-Commission
Evaluator, FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal)
2015–2019 Board Member, Nordic Migration Research
2015–2016 Evaluator, EURIAS Fellowship Programme
2018–2019 Member, Handletanken MOVE, Danner, Copenhagen
2017 Evaluator, Swedish Research Council (HS-Racism panel)
2000–2003 Consultant, UDI, Oslo
2000–2002 Editorial Board, Journal of Latin American Anthropology
1995–1999 Author, Danish National Encyclopedia
1991–1997 Editor, Folk – Journal of the Danish Ethnographic Society
2009–2025 Evaluator for national research councils in Europe and USA
Review of Manuscripts for Professional Journals
American Anthropologist; American Ethnologist; Anthropology Today; Arts and Communication; Asiascape: Digital Asia; Behavioral Science; Cambridge Review of International Affairs; Child and Youth Services; Children; Cultural Anthropology; Culture and Psychology; Current Anthropology; Ethnic and Racial Studies; Ethnos; Ethos; European Journal of Cultural Studies; European Sociological Review; Frontiers in Psychology; Genealogy; Geoforum; Global Media and Communication; Identities; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; International Journal of Press/Politics; Intersections; Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics; Jordens Folk; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Journal of European Public Policy; Journal of International Migration and Integration; Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict; Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology; Journal of Nordic Migration Research; Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute; Journal of Sociology; Journalism and Media; Kvinder, Køn og Forskning; Language and Intercultural Communication; Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies; Latin American Research Review; Migraciones; Nation and Nationalism; Nordic Journal of Social Science; Nordicom; Nordlit; Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift; Norsk Medietidsskrift; Politics, Religion and Ideology; Religions; Social Identities; Social Sciences; Societies; Tidsskriftet Antropologi; Research in Economic Anthropology; ScholarONE Publishers; Social Anthropology; Social Media and Society; Society and Conflict; Studies in Social Justice; Tidsskriftet antropologi.
Review of Manuscripts for Academic Publishers
Berghahn Books; Cambridge University Press; Palgrave; Helsinki University Press; Routledge; Sage Publications; School of American Research Press; University of Nebraska Press.