Mari Holen

Mari Holen is a Professor at Roskilde University's Department of Humanities and Technology, affiliated with the Research Group for Health and Society and the Center for Gender, Power and Diversity. Her research focuses on health inequality, institutional practices, and patient empowerment in somatic and psychiatric healthcare. She leads the Health Promotion and Health Strategies research group and supervises PhD students.

• PhD in Inclusion and Equality (2011), Roskilde University

Holen's work examines how healthcare institutions reinforce or reduce inequality through diagnosis categorization, recovery policies, and patient-professional interactions. She employs qualitative methodologies to analyze clinical practices and social conditions in healthcare systems.

Her recent publications address home nursing professionalism, hazing in healthcare, and patient-led research. She contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and education through cross-institutional collaborations like the Psychosocial Problems and Society network.

• Best Abstract Award (2017)
• PhD Cup 2012

Holen serves as chair of BFI subject group 58 (nursing) and coordinates research projects with institutions like Steno Diabetes Center Sjælland. Her expertise bridges health sociology, gender analysis, and welfare state studies.