Nina Christensen

Nina Christensen is a Professor at Aarhus University's School of Communication and Culture, Department of Comparative Literature and Rhetoric. She heads the Center for Children's Literature and Media and teaches in the Master's in Children's Literature and Media (Danish) and the Erasmus Mundus Children's Literature, Media and Cultural Entrepreneurship program.

• Research Focus: Depictions of Greenland-Denmark relations in Danish children's picturebooks (1930-1960), transnational media interactions, and historical reading cultures.
• Supervision: PhD projects on racism in Danish children's classics, Russian picturebooks, queer fantasy, and more.
• Leadership Roles: Co-editor of Children's Literature Culture and Cognition, advisory board member for journals, vice-chairman of The Cross Media School for Children’s Fiction.

Key Projects (2001-2019): Nordic children's literature, 18th-19th century reading culture, transnational book studies, and media interactions. Her research bridges literary history, intermediality, and contemporary childhood rights.

• Scientific Awards: Editorial and advisory leadership in international children's literature scholarship.