Lærke Marie Lyndelse

Lærke Marie Lyndelse is a Research Fellow at Roskilde University's Department of People and Technology, affiliated with the Center for Everyday Life of Families in the Welfare State. Her work explores the intersection of parenthood, early childhood education, and institutional policy frameworks.

• Contributing to UN SDGs: Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, Sustainable Cities and Communities
• Active in Nordic research networks on childhood studies since 2007

Research Focus: Investigates parents' daily collaboration with daycare staff, emphasizing how parental responsibilities and understandings evolve through institutional interactions. Her ethnographic studies examine:

• Discourse analysis of contemporary parenthood
• Subjection processes in welfare contexts
• Educational interventions in family settings
• Power dynamics in care arrangements
• Policy impacts on domestic life
• Everyday negotiation of parental roles

Academic Background: Holds a Cand. scient. soc. degree in Family Counseling from Roskilde University. Her research connects with critical psychology and social intervention theories.

Recent Activities: Participated in welfare policy workshops (2024), and contributes to academic publications analyzing:

• Shared care responsibility frameworks
• Parent-professional communication patterns
• Paradigm shifts in daycare pedagogy
• Policy-driven changes in family practices