Steen Baagøe Nielsen

Steen Baagøe Nielsen is an Associate Professor at Roskilde University's Department of People and Technology. His work focuses on intersections between gender, labor markets, family dynamics, and welfare systems. He holds an MA and PhD, with extensive research in institutional ethnography applied to welfare state analysis. He participates in numerous interdisciplinary projects addressing care work crises, gender equality in education, and professional identity formation in pedagogical fields. Key affiliations include the Centre for Arbejdslivsforskning, Centre for Arctic Studies, and Danish Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education.

Research interests span organizational resistance strategies in childcare institutions, male participation in care professions, and policy impacts on family-work balance. He has advised government bodies like the Ministry of Education and co-authored policy reports on gender mainstreaming in early childhood education. His work bridges academic analysis with practical interventions, emphasizing participatory methodologies and critical policy evaluation.

Recent activities include organizing workshops on institutional ethnography, contributing to media debates on nursing shortages and childcare policies, and collaborating internationally on Nordic welfare state sustainability. Projects like the Men in Nursing Education study highlight his commitment to gender integration in traditionally female-dominated fields.