Torben Spanget Christensen

Torben Spanget Christensen is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark's Department of Design, Media and Educational Science, with additional affiliations to the SDU Climate Cluster and SDU SCC Elite Center CUHRE. He holds a PhD in Teaching Evaluation (2005) and a Cand.mag. in Social Science and Geography from Aarhus University (1982).

His research spans:

• Social science didactics and interdisciplinary education
• Ethnographic writing research and note-taking pedagogy
• Curriculum development and teaching evaluation
• Educational transitions (e.g., secondary to upper-secondary)

Recent publications focus on didactic theory development, subject-specific pedagogy, and interdisciplinary curriculum design in Nordic contexts.

He contributes to major research projects including:

• Elite Centre CUHRE (climate education research)
• QUISST (social science teaching quality)
• Reform 2017 (Danish upper-secondary education restructuring)