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Sarah Kirkegaard Jensen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her work focuses on educational psychology, particularly the dynamics of inequality in interactions between welfare institutions and children and families. She is actively engaged in research projects on Pedagogical Psychological Services (PPR) and child protection, and contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goal on Quality Education.
Research Interests: Her research explores patterns of inequality in schools, daycare centers, PPR, psychiatry, and social services. She investigates how children from diverse social and cultural backgrounds experience and interpret inequality in everyday institutional settings. Her methodological approach is qualitative, using participant observation and interviews to understand situated practices. Key themes include social class, coercion in psychiatry, patient voices, and the call for a 'practice turn' in educational psychology.
Publications Trends: Her recent and forthcoming publications highlight a strong thematic consistency in examining inequality, institutional practices, and the lived experiences of marginalized groups. Her work spans educational psychology and the history of psychiatry, showing interdisciplinary reach. She frequently collaborates with scholars like Thomas Szulevicz, reflecting a collaborative research network focused on situated and practice-oriented psychology.
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Advising and Grants: Sarah Kirkegaard Jensen supervises bachelor and master’s projects in Educational Psychology. She is involved in multiple externally funded research projects, including A Practice-Oriented PPR (funded by TrygFonden) and Participation and Situated Inequality in Children's Institutions (funded by Fremfærd Børn). She also contributes to the BEST: In the Best Interests of the Child? project on child protection. These projects involve collaboration with researchers across disciplines and institutions, indicating active grant engagement and research leadership as a co-investigator.
Labs and Teams: She is part of the Educational Psychology Research Group and the Situated Psychology research environment at Aalborg University. These teams focus on qualitative, practice-based research in educational and psychological contexts, emphasizing real-world impact and institutional change.
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