Background
Originally trained as a political theorist with a PhD (2021) from University of Copenhagen, but now working as an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist, I combine theoretical inquiry with in-depth ethnographic fieldwork across several interconnected research themes.
Theme I: Climate politics & just transition
One strand of my research asks how the benefits, burdens, and recognition at stake in climate politics are distributed unevenly across society 鈥� and what a just climate transformation would require in practice. This work looks closely at how justice claims are made, contested, and often narrowed in the process of translating them into policy, drawing on case studies of Danish and Nordic climate governance.
Theme II: Democratic innovations & citizen participation
A second strand of my research explores how recent democratic innovations, such as climate citizens鈥� assemblies and new green movements, reshape contemporary democracies. A key aim is to understand when and how new participatory formats lead to genuine citizen empowerment and hold potentials for long-term political transformations and systemic change.
Theme III: New materialism & more-than-human politics
A third strand of my research draws on new materialist and more-than-human political theory to ask who and what counts as a political subject under conditions of ecological crisis. This includes exploring how nature 鈥� nonhuman animals or ecosystems 鈥� might be represented within legal, civic, and deliberative institutions, moving beyond a purely anthropocentric model of democracy.
Across these different strands of research, a core question remains: How can democratic institutions and practices be reshaped to meet the demands of the climate and ecological crisis, without abandoning a commitment to collective and inclusive decision-making?
Engagement with policy and practice
In addition to my academic research, I am active in public and policy debates on climate politics and have collaborated closely with government actors, NGOs, and social movements working on democratic innovations and transformative governance. I also write bi-monthly column pieces on climate politics for the national Danish news outlet Altinget and have co-founded the Green Network for Researchers, which connects more than 350 researchers across scienitific disciplines.
