Carsten Selch Jensen

Carsten Selch Jensen serves as Dean at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, holding the academic rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Church History since 2005. His leadership roles include Head of Department (2006-2015), Head of Studies, and Vice Dean prior to becoming Dean in 2021.

His research spans

• Medieval Church History
• Baltic Region Crusades
• Church and War dynamics
• Reformation-era religious life
• Medieval poverty systems

with particular expertise in Henry of Livonia's chronicle and Nordic crusading movements.

Publication analysis reveals consistent focus on Baltic religious conflicts, with 73 research outputs including monographs on holy war theology and crusade rituals. His 2024-2025 works demonstrate deepening specialization in Sword Brothers' military orders and Danish crusade narratives.

Jensen actively contributes to academic discourse through lectures on Scandinavian crusade research and contemporary political-religious implications of historical crusading concepts.