Alena Thiel is an Associate Professor at the Centre of African Studies within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. Her research examines digital technologies' impact on state formation and knowledge systems across Africa, with primary field sites in Ghana, Senegal, Botswana, and Kenya. Her core research areas include: State knowledge systems (biometric ID, census histories, DHIS2 health records) Digital governance (addressing systems, payment solutions, disaster risk datafication) African/feminist AI development and implementation Anthropology of the state through Science and Technology Studies (STS) frameworks Recent publications (2024-2025) reveal concentrated analysis of health data infrastructures in Ghana, trust dynamics in Africa's global networks, and critical sociological examinations of digital identification. Her work consistently bridges anthropological theory with practical governance challenges in African contexts. As an active member of the Centre of African Studies, she maintains interdisciplinary collaborations across multiple African countries and European institutions, with particular emphasis on Ghanaian research partnerships and editorial leadership for Africa Spectrum journal.
Zoran Cenev holds a Tenure Track Assistant Professor position within the Mechatronics and Dynamics section of the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering at the School of Engineering, Aarhus University. His primary institutional affiliation is with AU Engineering, and contact details include email zoran.cenev@mpe.au.dk and telephone +45 20 64 75 44, with office location Aarhus N, 5128-140. Research interests focus on interdisciplinary applications of magnetic and robotic systems: Robotic micromanipulation via electromagnetic needles Ferrofluid-based biofabrication for skeletal muscle engineering Laser-induced photothermal droplet control Theoretical modeling of particle dynamics at fluid interfaces Surface engineering for underwater metallic stability Nanostructure formation through ion bombardment His recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a dominant trend in adapting ferrofluids for biomedical automation, particularly 3D bioprinting of magnetically responsive tissues and droplet manipulation on engineered surfaces. This work bridges mechanical engineering with regenerative medicine, emphasizing practical implementations of theoretical models for microscale precision. Scientific awards are not documented in the provided information. As a faculty member, Dr. Cenev likely mentors graduate students and pursues research grants, though specific advisees or funding details are absent. Departmental laboratories and workshops support his experimental work in mechatronics, with emphasis on magnetic manipulation systems and surface characterization.
Claus Thustrup Kreiner is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI) at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics. He also serves as Area Director of Public Economics in the CESifo network and was co-editor of the Journal of Public Economics from 2014 to 2020. Kreiner has held various leadership positions including Director of the Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU) since 2005 and Director of the Center of Excellence WEST from 2011-2013. Education: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1998 Visiting Ph.D. student, University of York, 1996 M.Sc. in Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1994 B.Sc. in Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1991 Claus Thustrup Kreiner's research primarily focuses on Public Economics , with secondary specializations in Labor Economics, Household Finance, Applied Microeconometrics, and Experimental Economics. His work examines inequality in income, wealth and health, optimal redistribution policy, and behavioral responses to public policy. Kreiner has conducted significant research using Danish administrative data to analyze tax compliance, labor supply responses, and inequality dynamics. His research often involves collaborations with institutions like Columbia University, London School of Economics, and UC Berkeley. His recent publications reveal a strong focus on inequality across multiple dimensions (income, wealth, health, life expectancy), tax policy design and compliance, labor market responses to policy changes, and the intersection of behavioral economics with public policy. Kreiner frequently employs high-frequency administrative data from Denmark to provide empirical evidence on how individuals and households respond to economic policies and shocks. Scientific Awards and Recognition: Appointed Knight of The Order of Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II (2018) The Invisible Hand Award from the Society of Social Economics (2006, 2001) Best Teacher Award from the Study Board of Economics at University of Copenhagen (2002) Research Fellow at Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London (2009-) Kreiner has supervised numerous students primarily in Public Economics and has received multiple research grants including from the Danish Social Science Research Council (2003, 2006, 2009), International Growth Center (2009), and Danish National Research Foundation (1998-2003). He has served on important policy bodies including as co-chair of the Danish Economic Council (2010-2014) and member of the Danish Tax Commission (2008-2009). As Director of CEBI (Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality), Kreiner leads a major research center funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. He also directs the Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU) and has been instrumental in establishing research collaborations through networks like CESifo. His work bridges academic research and policy application, as evidenced by his practical policy experience with government commissions.
Kunihiko Kaneko is a Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, with a distinguished career in theoretical biophysics and complex systems. He received his PhD and MSc in Physics from the University of Tokyo, and has held leadership roles at the Universal Biology Institute and Center for Complex Systems Biology. PhD Physics, 1984 - University of Tokyo MSc Physics, 1981 - University of Tokyo His research spans five primary areas: Universal Biology, Evolutionary Constraints, Ecosystem Dynamics, Neural Cognition, and Universal Anthropology. He has published extensively on multi-level consistency principles, dimensional reduction in biological systems, and reciprocity between robustness and plasticity across scales. Recent publications show strong focus on microbial ecosystems (2025), evolutionary game theory (2025), neural modular architectures (2024), and dimensional reduction in cellular systems (2024). His work bridges physics and biology through dynamical systems theory applied to diverse phenomena from protocells to human societies.
Stine Krøijer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on political anthropology, nature-culture relations, cosmology, time, multispecies ethnography, anarchism, autonomy, and indigenous peoples, with regional expertise in the Amazon and Scandinavia. She is actively involved in major research projects such as 'Lokale Landvindinger' (2021–2025) and 'Fire and Political Alterity in Amazonia' (2023–), funded by the Velux Foundation and the Danish Research Council, respectively. Her educational background includes a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Copenhagen, awarded in 2011. Prior to her academic career, she worked with Oxfam_IBIS on forest, climate, and indigenous rights issues in the Amazon basin from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2014. Stine Krøijer’s research explores the political agency of non-human entities like trees, the performative aspects of climate activism, and the temporalities of radical politics. Her work bridges anthropology with environmental studies, political theory, and indigenous epistemologies. She investigates how radical environmental change—such as deforestation, peatland restoration, and forest fires—reshapes political subjectivities and social futures. Her recent publications reflect a strong trend in climate politics, environmental activism, and the ontological status of nature. Themes include the agency of trees, dystopian imaginaries in environmental movements, and the co-creation of landscapes in Denmark. Her research combines ethnographic depth with theoretical innovation, particularly in understanding how ecological crises generate new forms of political alterity. Member, Expert Council on Nature National Parks, Ministry of Environment, Denmark Coordinator, Green Solution Centre, University of Copenhagen Editor, Tidsskriftet Antropologi She teaches courses on climate, nature, environment, global flows, project design, and fieldwork methods. Her advisory and grant activities are centered on externally funded research projects focusing on climate change, indigenous rights, and environmental transformation. She is also involved in public engagement through lectures and exhibitions such as 'Amazon Trails' and 'Climate/Kettle: Aesthetics of Resistance'. Stine Krøijer leads and participates in research groups focused on nature, environment, and climate. She collaborates with interdisciplinary teams across Denmark and Latin America, particularly in the Amazon region. Her work is embedded in both academic and policy-oriented networks, contributing to the Green Solution Centre and national environmental councils.
Atreyee Sen is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen , Faculty of Social Sciences, a position she assumed on 1 February 2025 after serving as Associate Professor since 2015. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from SOAS, University of London (2003), and previously held academic roles at the University of Sussex and the University of Manchester. BA in Sociology, University of Calcutta (1994) MA in Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University (1996) PhD in Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London (2003) Her research centers on urban South Asia , particularly India, with a focus on gender, violence, political mobilization, and subaltern communities . She investigates how marginalized groups—such as women in Mumbai slums, Muslim youth in Hyderabad, and former Maoist guerrillas in Calcutta—navigate and resist structural violence through political activism and cultural production. Her ethnographic work explores themes of prisons, moral policing, custodial disappearances, and urban poverty , challenging reductive narratives about the 'poor' and 'violent' in non-Western contexts. The recent articles in her publication record reveal a sustained engagement with political violence, urban precarity, and resistance . Her work spans ethnographic studies of child vigilantes, anti-Romeo squads, and informal economies in Indian cities, often highlighting the intersection of gender, state power, and everyday survival . She employs comparative frameworks, such as between Chicago and Mumbai, to broaden anthropological theory. Her research is deeply interdisciplinary, drawing from political science, sociology, and gender studies. Sutasoma Award for Outstanding Research Towards a PhD (2002) NirmalChunder Basu Ray Memorial Award, University of Calcutta (1994) Atreyee Sen has been actively involved in public scholarship through media engagements, including interviews and documentaries with BBC Radio 4 on topics such as the Delhi rape case, women vigilantes, and Indian elections. She has also led major research projects, including an ERC Advanced Grant on global political anger and a project on cashless economies and urban debt. She is currently writing a monograph titled ‘Morgue tags and body bags’ -- Ethno-histories, custodial death/disappearances and state torture in urban India . She has served in leadership roles in international academic bodies, including the Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA) and the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA). While no formal lab or team is specified, her collaborative research outputs and network suggest active engagement with global academic communities. She has not indicated any future work beyond her current monograph and ongoing projects.
Alex Arenas is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain. He is also an External Faculty member at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna and Chief of Complex Systems Science at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA. His research spans complex systems, network science, computational epidemiology, and multilayer dynamics, with applications in public health, neuroscience, and social systems. Research Interests: His work focuses on the physics of multilayer networked systems, particularly the interplay between structure and function in complex networks. Key areas include synchronization, epidemic modeling, network medicine, the physics of the microbiome, and higher-order interactions in spreading processes. He investigates dynamic transitions using functional multilayer frameworks and develops models for real-world systems like urban mobility and misinformation diffusion. The recent articles highlight a strong trend in computational epidemiology, especially post-COVID modeling of vaccination strategies, rebound dynamics, and wastewater surveillance. There is also significant work on synchronization in oscillator networks, chimera states, and higher-order network effects, reflecting a deep engagement with nonlinear dynamics and theoretical network science. Applications span medicine, urban planning, and social systems. Scientific Awards: Fellow, American Physical Society (2018) Fellow, Network Science Society (2020) ICREA Academia (2011, 2017, 2022) Narcís Monturiol Medal (2022) Web Science Trust Test of Time Award (2024) Complex Systems Society Senior Award (2024) Advising and Grants: Arenas has supervised numerous PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, though specific names are not listed. He has been Principal Investigator on 47 research projects, including EU FP7 projects, a James S. McDonnell Foundation grant, and Horizon Europe's CREXDATA project. He has served as an editor for Physical Review E , Journal of Complex Networks , and Network Neuroscience , and has reviewed for major funding agencies including ERC, MINECO, and international bodies. Labs and Teams: He leads the Alephsys Lab at URV, which develops tools like Radatools for network analysis and community detection. His team focuses on interdisciplinary modeling of real-world complex systems using data-driven and theoretical approaches.
Zhiru Sun is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, affiliated with the Department of Design, Media and Educational Science. Their research focuses on the intersection of education, humanities, and data science, with expertise in Learning Analytics (LA), Digital Humanities (DH), and AI applications in education and humanities. Sun holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology from The Ohio State University (2011–2015), alongside advanced degrees in Applied Statistics and Cultural Foundations of Technology. Key research interests include student motivation and performance analysis, historical data mining in DH, and human-centered AI in education. They have received notable awards such as the Outstanding Proposal Award (2021) and the Loadman Outstanding Dissertation Award (2016). Sun leads projects like 'Empowering Humanities Education with Deep Learning' and 'Flipped Classroom Design for Self-Regulation.' Their work spans collaborative learning algorithms, flipped classroom efficacy, and generative AI policy analysis in education. Educations: Ph.D. in Educational Technology, M.Sc. in Applied Statistics, and M.Sc. in Cultural Foundations (all from The Ohio State University) Key Projects: FREI: The Danish Family Revolution, DH Visualization Tools Teaching: Courses include Digital Humanities, Data Science, and Web-mediated Communication Recent publications address learner empowerment in online environments, negotiation skills in collaborative games, and group formation algorithms for optimal learning outcomes.
Philip Bille is a Professor and Head of the Algorithms, Logic and Graphs section at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), College of Engineering. His research centers on the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, particularly for string processing, compressed data, and data structures. His research interests lie at the intersection of theoretical computer science and practical applications. He focuses on algorithms , data structures , string indexing , pattern matching , and compressed computation . His work enables efficient querying and processing of large-scale, repetitive data, with applications in bioinformatics, intrusion detection, and green computing. The recent publications reflect a strong trend in developing space-efficient and fast algorithms for modern computational challenges. Key themes include compressed data structures , sliding window indexing , finite automata compression , and energy-aware matrix operations . These works demonstrate expertise in balancing theoretical rigor with practical performance. Philip Bille actively supervises multiple PhD students and leads several research projects. He contributes to advancing sustainable computing aligned with UN SDGs. His work integrates algorithmic theory with real-world efficiency. Supervises PhD projects on hierarchical compression, adaptive computation, and vector processor algorithms. Involved in research on green computing, compressed formats, and efficient data models. He is affiliated with the Algorithms, Logic and Graphs group at DTU, a hub for theoretical and applied algorithmic research. The team explores fundamental problems in data representation and processing, pushing the boundaries of what is computationally feasible in terms of time and space.
Shuang Ma Andersen is a Full Professor at the Department of Green Technology (IGT) and SDU Chemical Engineering, specializing in electrocatalysis, fuel cell technologies, and sustainable resource recovery. Her research focuses on oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts, membrane electrode assemblies, and innovative synthesis methods for iridium/platinum-based systems.
Emil Søbjerg Falster is a researcher at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Aalborg University. His work focuses on disability studies, austerity policies, and special needs within Danish societal contexts. Institutional Affiliation: Aalborg University Department: Sociology and Social Work Academic Rank: Researcher Research Interests: Falster explores critical perspectives on disability, including the impacts of austerity on vulnerable groups, the concept of 'special needs,' and disability identity formation. His work intersects with themes of governmentality, crip-solidarity, and inclusive societal design. Publications: Recent articles address topics like the normalization of disability in Denmark, critical reflections on special needs, and austerity's effects on living conditions. His research often employs qualitative interviews and interdisciplinary collaborations. Collaborations: Works with Bevica Fonden and collaborates with scholars like Dan Goodley and Jos Boys. His projects align with UN Sustainable Development Goals and Danish social policy frameworks.
Peter Vang Hendriksen is a Professor and Head of Section at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Research (1993) from the same institution, focusing on nano-sized particles and particulate systems. His research emphasizes solid-state electrochemistry, solid oxide fuel cells, and electrolysis technologies, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to clean energy. He supervises multiple PhD projects on advanced materials for energy conversion and storage systems. He has authored over 416 publications and actively contributes to conferences and editorial work, including co-editing the Fuel Cells journal (2020-2021). His work addresses challenges in high-temperature materials durability, electrolysis efficiency, and green ammonia production. He has pioneered advancements in oxide compound stability and interconnect materials for solid oxide cells. Current projects include eco-friendly solid oxide electrolysis cell fabrication and novel ammonia synthesis routes. He collaborates internationally on materials characterization and techno-economic assessments of renewable energy systems.
Jørgen Møller is a Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, specializing in international relations, state formation, democracy and democratization, history and politics, and qualitative methodology. His research examines long-term historical processes in Europe, including the development of the international system and the interplay between religious institutions and state-building. Education: PhD in Political Science (2007, European University Institute), MSc (2003, Aarhus University), BSc (2001, Aarhus University). Research Projects: Conflict and Democratization (2015–2020), DEDERE: Democratic Deepening and Regression (2013–2016), and The Catholic Origins of the Rise of Europe (2019). Publications: Focus on state formation, historical political economy, and methodological rigor, with peer-reviewed articles in journals like American Journal of Political Science and Journal of Historical Political Economy .
Miriam Bak McKenna is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University, Denmark. She is affiliated with the Global Political Sociology Centre , the Centre for Gender, Power and Diversity , and the Centre for Statecraft and International Order . Her work bridges socio-legal studies, decolonial theory, and feminist political economy. Education: PhD in International Law, University of Copenhagen (2015) Masters of Law (cand.jur), University of Copenhagen BA in Art History and LLB in Law, University of Western Australia Research Interests: History and theory of international law, with a focus on decolonization and self-determination Gender inequality, feminist materialism, and social reproduction theory Legal architecture and spatial politics of international institutions Global political economy and postcolonial critique Her monograph Reckoning with Empire: Self-Determination in International Law (2023) examines how self-determination concepts shape global transformations. Current projects include Legal Sightseeing , exploring architectural spaces of international law. Teaching: Courses include International Law for Social Sciences, Legal Methods, and Gender Studies modules. Professional Experience: Former lecturer/postdoc at Lund University Visiting fellowships at Cambridge University and University of Toronto Consultant for UNODC, Danish Institute of Human Rights, and others Research Contributions: Over 36 publications across law journals, edited volumes, and media commentary. Recent work addresses UNESCO’s architectural symbolism, Nordic legal internationalism, and gendered labor in transnational contexts. Advising & Grants: Four parental leave periods since 2015/16; no explicit grants mentioned. Active editorial roles for Feminist Legal Studies . Labs/Teams: Co-leads Legal Sightseeing , a transnational research project on legal architecture and spatial politics.
Troels Fage Hedegaard is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University's Department of Politics and Society, within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. He is affiliated with the CCWS - Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies, Green Societies, and MIX - Center for Displacement, Migration and Integration. His research focuses on social policy, welfare state dynamics, climate change policies, immigration, and public opinion formation. Hedegaard has led and participated in multiple projects including the 'Green Societies' seed project and the 'FLOW' initiative examining migrant impacts on welfare states. His work explores topics such as degrowth policies, immigrant assimilation, carbon tax acceptability, and migrant welfare state attitudes through surveys and comparative analyses. Notable contributions include studies on Danish public opinion toward nuclear energy and climate migrants, as well as experimental research on migrant selection criteria. Hedegaard has authored over 40 publications and contributed to datasets like the MIFARE Study. He has presented at conferences such as ESPAnet and engaged in media outreach discussing climate policy and migration-related topics. His research often bridges micro-level individual attitudes with macro-level policy feedback mechanisms, particularly within Nordic welfare state contexts.
