Uffe Kjærgaard Hansen

Uffe Kjærgaard Hansen serves as an External Associate Professor in the Department of People and Technology at Roskilde University, Denmark. Holding an MSc in Social Sciences and a PhD, his academic work bridges social sciences and technology through interdisciplinary research on digital competence frameworks and organizational dynamics.

Education:

• MSc in Social Sciences
• PhD

Research Focus: Hansen investigates how social systems theory and design thinking co-construct digital competencies for future challenges. His work examines trust/accountability tensions in organizational intermediaries and advances problem-oriented project methodologies in education, emphasizing engaged scholarship with practitioners.

Publication Trends: Recent outputs (2018-2022) consistently address digital competence modeling and problem-based learning. The 2022 trust/accountability study and 2019-2021 digital competence frameworks demonstrate theoretical rigor, while 2018-2019 educational toolbooks translate research into practical academic applications.

Research Projects:

• Management in Greenland (Ongoing since December 2018): Analyzing leadership structures in Greenlandic contexts with Rasmussen, Olsen, and Hovgaard.
• Digital Pathways to Growth - competencies (2018-2021): Developing organizational digital competence frameworks in partnership with Neisig.