Biography

PhD, mag.art. et cand.mag. in anthropology and planning
Selected positions
2023- Owner, KGH Productions, Nuuk, Greenland.
2022- Freelance at Lex.dk. Subject manager (Fagansvarlig) for 'Grønland 1800-1979'.
2022- Guest lecture. The Arctic Infrastructure and Society. Arctic DTU Campus, Sisimiut, Greenland.
2018-2022 Head of Division, Interior Devision, Government of Greenland.
2016-2018 Acting head of Division, National Economic Planning Division, Government of Greenland.
2015-2018 Project manager, National Spatial Planning Project, Government of Greenland.
2014-2016 Independent PhD student, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Aalborg, Denmark.
2013-2014 Head of Institute, Ilimmarfik Institute, Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland.
2011-2012 Deputy director and senior research fellow, Nordregio, Stockholm, Sweden.
2006-2011 Head of Division, National Spatial Planning Division, Government of Greenland.
2006 Visiting teacher in Greenlandic, SPRI, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
2004-2006 Associate professor, developing e-learning, Greenland Language Centre, Greenland.
1999-2004 Director, Sisimiut Museum, Greenland.
1998-1999 Research assistant, North Atlantic Regional Studies, Roskilde University, Greenland.
1996-1998 Head of Groenlandica, The National Library of Greenland, Greenland.
1993-1996 Research librarian, Groenlandica, The National Library of Greenland, Greenland.
1992-1993 Research Council Scholar, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
1991-1992 University Scholar, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

Selected educations
2017 Research dissemination. Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland, Greenland.
2014-2016 PhD. Department of Development and Planning, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University, Denmark.
2007-2009 Academy Profession (AP) Degree in Management (Ledelse). Århus Købmandsskole, Greenland.
2004-2006 Academy Profession (AP) Degree in Pedagogy (Pædagogikum). GEL, Greenland.
1994-1996 Academy Profession (AP) Degree as Research Librarian (Forskningsbibliotekar D.B.). Danmarks Biblioteksskole, Denmark.
1987-1992 Mag.art. (magisterkonferens, "Extented MA") in Anthropology. University of Aarhus, Denmark.
1984-1987 BA (bifag) in Greenlandic Language and culture. University of Aarhus, Denmark.
1984-1987 BA (bifag) in Anthropology. University of Aarhus, Denmark.
1977-1980 Mathematics-biology Gymnasium. Vestjysk Gymnasium Tarm, Denmark.

Latest update: July 30, 2023