Lærke Cecilie Anbert

Lærke Cecilie Anbert is a Research Fellow at the Danish School of Education, University of Copenhagen, specializing in Educational Anthropology. She holds dual M.Sc. degrees in Anthropology (University of Copenhagen) and Gender Studies (London School of Economics). Her research focuses on student activism, epistemic justice, and the intersections of knowledge legitimacy with social movements, particularly at the University of California, Berkeley. Funded by the Danish Independent Research Fund, her work examines new student movements through comparative ethnographies.

• Affiliations: Danish School of Education (Primary), Emdrup Department
• Education: M.Sc. Anthropology (U Copenhagen), M.Sc. Gender Studies (LSE)

Her research explores how students navigate politically polarized university environments, with emphases on nationalism, racialization, and gender. Notable projects include fieldwork on military remembrance practices in the UK and post-Katrina New Orleans community rebuilding. Awards include the Fulbright Scholarship and multiple Danish funding grants.

• Awards: Fulbright Scholarship, William Demant Fonden, Torben og Alice Frimodts fond

Teaching includes roles as external lecturer at U Copenhagen’s Department of Anthropology. Current projects include the 6-year 'Fighting for e/quality' initiative analyzing student movements globally.