Publications

Danish version

CV

2009 - 2010 - Special Adviser for the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Co-teamleader for Commercialisation of Research at Center for Innovation Policy.

2007 - 2010 - Moderator for Nordic Network for Technology Transfer Group at Manchester University's matchmake-site for investors, universities, science parks, companies and patent agents: www.theknowledgevine.net

2007 - 2009 - Commissioned as independent member of different EU Commission expert groups to analyse and survey knowledge transfer in EU27. Conducted in collaboration with public research institutions, European organisations and Member States.

2005 - 2009 Secretary General for the National Network for Technology Transfer in Denmark. The network has all Danish universities, university hospitals and national laboratories as members. Visit homepage: www.techtrans.dk, www.patentbors.dk. Report 2007

2005 - 'Rapporteur', reflector and co-writer on the report on the international UNICEF conference"UNICEF National Commitee Volunteers: Perspectives, Practices and Potential". Rome, Italy.

2004 - Working for CERN Openlab, Geneva, Schwitzerland.

2001 - 2010 Secretary General for the Science café's in Denmark. Joint ventures with The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the French Embassy, British Council etc.

News: Consortia partner at EUs 7th Framework Programme on activities in the Eastern and Central Europe as well as in Africa and for developing internet tools for science café use.

2000 - 2001 - Project leader at Center for Cultural Political Studies, leading the evaluation on The Cultural Ministry's Development Fond.

1999 - 2001 - External lecturer at the institute for Comparative Litterature and Modern Culture at Copenhagen University.

1998 - 1999 - Secretariat director and researcher at Nordic Cultural Institute.

Appointed to boards, councils and expert groups:

2008-2009 - Appointed by the EU Commission as independent member and rapporteur to the "Knowledge Transfer Forum Expert Group".

2007-2008 - Appointed by the EU Commission as independent member and rapporteur to the "Knowledge Transfer Metrics Expert Group", dealing with monitoring of commercialization of research results in Europe.

2008 - Appointed member of the Editorial Consultant board for www.science.dk

2007-2008 - Chairman of the Steering group for Nordic Network for Technology Transfer http://www.techtrans.dk/nttn. Report

2006-2009 Member of the Board of Directors for ProTon Europe. The biggest pan-European network of Knowledge Transfer linked to Public Research Organisations and Universities. List of Board Members. Portrait of Board of Directors, Vienna 2006. Personal portrait for the Board of Directors, Vienna 2006.

2006-2008 - Nominated as member of Editorial Consultant Board of International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems. ISSN 1729-8806: www.ars-journal.com

2002 - 2003 - Appointed member of the council for the Research School in Media, Communication and Journalism.

2002 - 2003 - Associated member of the research group under the FREJA programme: Cyborgs and cyberspace Between Narration and sociotechnical Reality.

2001 - 2010 - Chairman of the Board of for the Danish Café Scientifique movement. Initiater of the Copenhagen School . Genius Award from the Danish science journalist organisation 2004, Nominated by the EU-Commision 2007. Article in Weekend Avisen 28/11-03, or the Resumé. Brochure from the Ministry of Science on science mediation.

External Examiner:

IT University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen University

Denmarks Design School

Distinctions:

2007 - Receive Svend Bergsøe Foundation's Mediation Award 2006 on behalf of the Science Café. For outstanding and innovative mediation of science. Read the motivation. Read press announcement. Article in MA Magazine.

2007- Nominated as the only Danish project by the EU commision, during EU's 50 years anniversary, for the Descartes Prize on behalf of the Science Café in Copenhagen for "excellence in science communication". Nominee. Danish Press Announcement. Portrait in MA magazine (internet version). Article in the newspaper Dato.

2004 - Receive the Genius Award from the Danish science journalist organisation on behalf of the Science Café. Given for outstanding and innovative mediation of science.

2004 - Nominated for the Mediation Award 2004 by the IT University. Donated by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

2003 - Grant for outstanding contribution the year 2002 to the Department of Digital Aesthetics and Communication, IT-University of Copenhagen.

1999 - 2. prize in the publisher Gad's and the newspaper Berlingske Tidende's competition on dissemination of complex subjects to a broader audience.

Film/Television/Press:

1995- 2010 Participating in radio- og TV debates and feature programs as expert on human, technology and future:

Among others: National Radio science program "Optimized Man" May 29 2008 at Denmars Radio Program 1, TV Channel 2 February 21 on European science dissimination award. Denmars Radio program Agenda february 2005 on Man-Machine with the american technology philosopher Don Ihde and in DR's TV program Deadline 2. sektion april 2005 together with the science journalist Lone Frank from Weekendavisen. "Report from the future" on national television. "The Perfect Human being" DR2 2/6-2003, DR1 8/6-2003. Links to Denmarks Radio's homepage for the program. Link, sub link 1, sub link 2, sub link 3, sub link 4.

As well as dozens of interviews to national newspapers. Latest in the national newspaper Berlingske Tidende November 21 2008 page 12/13: "From Idea to green training bike", and the national newspaper Information May 29, 2008 sek. 2 page 6/7: "Faster, Higher, Stronger...and Smarter Through Smart Drugs". Nordjyske June 29, 2008: Viagra for hjernen.

Education:

2004 - Ph.D. at IT-University, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2002 - Visiting Fellow at the UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.

1998 - Master'degree in Film & Media Science and Modern Culture from Copenhagen University.

1996/97 - Studies at Albert Ludwigs Universität in Freiburg, Germany.