Profile

Since the mid-1990s, my research interests have focused on two areas: Research and innovation strategies in industrial sectors and technology foresight. Currently, my research interests focus on:

• Understanding and development of processes for joint research and innovation strategies for industrial sectors. In particular, I am interested in stakeholder inclusion and priority-setting in STI.
• Technology foresight, in particular methods for stakeholder inclusion.

I have been involved in numerous research and advisory projects in Danish, Nordic, European and international contexts. Together with colleagues and partners, I have carried out technology foresight and research projects on technologies such as wind turbines, fuel cells, hydrogen energy, sensor technology, nanotechnology, and robotics & cognition and on industrial sectors such as agri-food, facilities management and science & technology parks. Besides this, I have supervised several doctoral students and taught foresight at international courses and seminars for both public sector officials and academic audiences.

During most of my academic career, I have been engaged in the management and administration of research groups. From 1999 to 2010, I headed a group focused on technology foresight, and from 2012 to 2021, I was head of the division for Technology and Innovation Management. From 2016 to 2019, I served as deputy head of DTU’s Department of Management Engineering. Currently, I am head of the PhD school of DTU’s Department of Technology, Management, and Economics, as well as study leader for the BSc program in Data Science and Management.