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Dr. Gert Balling:

gertballing@privat.dk: (+45) 6066 7809 ___________________________________________________

Positions:

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

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 on the science communication for the celebration of the 50 year anniversary.

2001 - 2004 Ph.d.-student at the IT University and UCLA.

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.

 

Teaching:

1999 - 2001 Part time teacher with full academic status at Institute for Modern Culture and Culture Mediation, University of Copenhagen. Teaching and tutoring at BA and MAlevel.

2003/2004 Ph.d. student at the IT University, department of Digital Aesthetics and Communication. Teaching and tutoring at BA and MA level and developed Ph.D Seminar.

 

External examiner:

2000 IT University, department of Digital Aesthetics and Communication.

2002 Institute for Modern Culture and Culture Mediation, University of Copenhagen.

2009 The Danish Design School (Officially appointed)

 

Boards, councils etc.:

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

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

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.

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

2007 - 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

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

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.

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- Chair for the Science cafés in Denmark Videnskabscaféerne i Danmark, founder of the Copenhagenschool. Receiving Danish Science Journalists' GENIUS AWARD 2004, nominated by the EU Commisionen for the Descartes award 2007. Article in the newspaper WeekendAvisen 28/11-03, eller Resumé.

 

Research dissimination:

2001 - Chair of the Danish Science Cafés. 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.

1995 - 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.

 

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.

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

 

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.

 

 

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