Annette Rasmussen

Annette Rasmussen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Learning at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Aalborg University, Denmark. She holds a PhD in Educational Sociology and is affiliated with the Collaborative Organizational Learning (CO-LEARN) research group. Her work spans a wide range of topics within educational sociology and history.

Her research interests center on educational sociology and history, with specific expertise in gender and education (particularly home economics), citizenship education, talent and excellence policies, governance in Nordic upper secondary education, adult education, and ethnographic research methods. Her work often employs qualitative and historical analysis to explore issues of equity, inclusion, and power in educational systems.

The trends in her recent publications indicate a strong focus on the historical development of home economics education in Denmark and Scandinavia, especially its role in shaping women's citizenship, employment, and social status in the 20th century. She also conducts significant comparative research on educational governance, policy, and the experiences of newly arrived students in the Nordic region. Her methodological approach is predominantly qualitative, often utilizing ethnographic and narrative sources.

• PhD in Educational Sociology

Annette Rasmussen has been actively involved in numerous research projects and has supervised PhD students. Her work on PhD careers, talent policies, and educational governance demonstrates her engagement with contemporary challenges in higher and secondary education.

She is a prolific scholar, contributing to key journals such as Studies in Higher Education, Adult Education Quarterly, Language and Intercultural Communication, and Nordic Journal of Educational History, as well as publishing with major academic presses like Springer, Routledge, and Palgrave Macmillan.