Department of

Educational sociology

About the department

The department is one of four departments at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University and is built on the Master's degree programme in Educational sociology.

The reserchers are part of a number of research units.

Programme

The description of the programme is only available in Danish.

Master's degree programme in

Educational sociology

Publications

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Jensen, M., Hansen, F., Nurbayev, F., Abdrashitova, G., Esenbekova, E. & Takhumova, O. (2025). Green roofs and rain gardens at packhouses to reduce runoff in Emilia- Romagna. E3S Web of Conferences, 670, Article 05011. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202567005011

Reimer, D., Olsen, A., Sortkær, B. & Thomsen, R. (2025). Numbers and Narratives: The Effect of a Combined Information and Role Model Intervention in Reducing Inequalities in Access to Higher Education in Denmark. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737251385527

Nygaard, P. S. & Coninck-Smith, N. D. (2024). Crossing Borders: Women and Higher Learning in a Nordic Perspective, 1860–1960. Nordic Journal of Educational History, 11(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.36368/njedh.v11i2.1055

Coninck-Smith, N. D. (2024). Female Friendship in the World of Higher Learning: The Entangled Lives of Grethe Hjort/Greta Hort (1903–1967) and Julie Moscheles (1892–1956). Nordic Journal of Educational History, 11(2), 127-148. https://doi.org/10.36368/njedh.v11i2.1062

Coninck-Smith, N. D. (2025). Kongelig leg, legetøj og legerum 1968-1978. In Børn som ingen andre: Træk af den kongelige barndoms historie (pp. 235-254). Aarhus Universitetsforlag.

Coninck-Smith, N. D., Whyte, W. & Horne, J. (Eds.) (2025). A Cultural History of Higher Learning. Bloomsbury.

Holm Hastrup, A. & Fristrup, T. (2025). I skolelivet bliver vi til sammen. Dansk Sociologi, 36(1), 61-72.

Fristrup, T. (2025). Redaktørens forord: Såvel ældre handicappede som handicappede ældre – et sociologisk blik på den danske aldring-handicap-neksus. Dansk Sociologi, 36(2), 5-11.

Fristrup, T. (2025). ”Plejehjem i eget hjem” som heterotopi og ableistisk foranstaltning. Dansk Sociologi, 36(2), 95-105.

Fristrup, T. (2025). Præcisionsableisme i det aldersintegrerede samfund. Dansk Sociologi, 36(2), 33-56.

Kristiansen, E., Fristrup, T., Sonne, L., Broch, T. B. & Massao, P. B. (2025). Shaping Racialised Media Representations in Norwegian Sports: An Anti-racial Self-understanding Embedded in Nordic Exceptionalism and Hegemonic Colour-blindness. In T. Fristrup & L. Sonne (Eds.), Internationalisation at Home : Critical Frameworks for Inclusive Global Learning (pp. 313-342). Novus forlag. https://omp.novus.no/index.php/novus/catalog/book/41

Fristrup, T. (2025). The Global Market of Disability Recognition: Examining the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program’s International Expansion. In T. Fristrup & L. Sonne (Eds.), Internationalisation at Home : Critical Frameworks for Inclusive Global Learning (pp. 193-227). Article 8 Novus forlag. https://omp.novus.no/index.php/novus/catalog/book/41

Fristrup, T. (2025). Ablenationalism and the Ablenationalist Politics of Disability in Neoliberal Societies: Cripping Empowermentality Embedded in Therapeutic Citizenship. In T. Fristrup & L. Sonne (Eds.), Internationalisation at Home : Critical Frameworks for Inclusive Global Learning (pp. 169-192). Article 7 Novus forlag. https://omp.novus.no/index.php/novus/catalog/book/41

Fristrup, T. (2025). The Politics of Ableism: Investigating Ableist-intersections in Disabled People’s Lives Through Internalised Processes of Discrimination. In T. Fristrup & L. Sonne (Eds.), Internationalisation at Home : Critical Frameworks for Inclusive Global Learning (pp. 129-168). Article 6 Novus forlag. https://omp.novus.no/index.php/novus/catalog/book/41

Fristrup, T. & Sonne, L. (Eds.) (2025). Internationalisation at Home: Critical Frameworks for Inclusive Global Learning. Novus forlag. https://omp.novus.no/index.php/novus/catalog/book/41

Kjeldsen, C. C., Kristensen, R. M., Christensen, J. H. & de la Villa Gonzalez, C. (2025). Matematik og natur/teknologi i 4. klasse: Hovedresultater fra TIMSS-undersøgelsen 2023. Aarhus Universitet.

Jensen, N. R. (2025). Rusmidler og psykofarmika: Indsigter og redskaber til vigtige samtaler. Tidsskrift for Socialpædagogik, 28(2), 109-109.

Jensen, N. R. (2025). Traumeforståelse: Fra kaos til samhørighed, kontrol og mening. Tidsskrift for Socialpædagogik, 28(2), 108-108.

Jensen, N. R. (2025). Biopolitik og det sociale. Tidsskrift for Socialpædagogik, 28(2), 99-107.

Christensen, A. A., Christensen, J. H., Kjeldsen, C. C., Kristensen, R. M. & Lavy, S. (2025). Læreres Jobtilfredshed i Danmark - Positive Tendenser. Dansk efterskrift til IEA Compass: Briefs in Education No. 27. . In Lærereres jobtilfredshed: International evidens om sammenhænge med læreres arbejdsmængde, skoleledelse og elevadfærd (pp. 8-10). The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). https://dpu.au.dk/fileadmin/NCS/Publikationer/IEA_Compass_27_dnk_Final.pdf

Bjerre, J. (2025). The inner stage: resituating Hochschild’s surface/deep binary from action to interaction. Theory and Society, 54(6), 999-1019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-025-09656-w

Bjerre, J. (2025). Forsker: Tiden kalder på original tænkning – men universitetspolitikken hæmmer den. Altinget. https://www.altinget.dk/forskning/artikel/forsker-tiden-kalder-paa-original-taenkning-men-universitetet-haemmer-den

Bjerre, J. (2025). Når Messerschmidt vil lukke RUC, er det ikke et isoleret angreb på ét universitet, men et nyt kapitel i hans kulturkamp mod humaniora. Altinget. https://www.altinget.dk/forskning/artikel/naar-messerschmidt-vil-lukke-ruc-er-det-ikke-et-isoleret-angreb-paa-et-universitet-men-et-nyt-kapitel-i-hans-kulturkamp-mod-humaniora

Bruun, J., Huang, L. & Hoskins, B. (2025). Editorial introduction to the issue ‘Fostering democratic citizenship in the Nordic and Baltic countries’. Journal of Social Science Education, 24(3), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.11576/jsse-8279

Jensen, N. R. (2025). The Danish Case: past and present. In A. A. Pentini & F. Olivieri (Eds.), The Pedagogue in Europe (pp. 81-96). Roma Tre-Press. https://romatrepress.uniroma3.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vol-27-ALUFFI_WEB-1-2.pdf

Bundsgaard, J., Bindslev, S. G., Caeli, E. N., Grønhøj, E. O. & Rasmussen, E. (2024). Danske elevers teknologiforståelse og skærmbrug: hovedresultater. DPU, Aarhus Universitet. https://projekter.au.dk/fileadmin/projekter/ICILS/2023/ICILS_2023_-_Hovedresultater_-_A4.pdf

Høyen, M. (2025). De merkantile uddannelser: en hybrid tradition mellem erhvervsuddannelser, arbejdsmarkedsuddannelser og videregående uddannelser. Uddannelseshistorie: årbog fra Selskabet for dansk Skolehistorie, 2025, 97-127.

Høyen, M. (2025). Can i be a universal academic and stay loyal to my cultural roots? A Danish researcher reflects on the choices this entails. Adult Education Discourses, (26). https://doi.org/10.61824/dma.vi26.779

Brodersen, M. E. (2025). Mellem Teams-skærmen og spiluniverser: Digitale tidsoplevelser i en syvendeklasse . Dansk Pædagogisk Tidsskrift, 2025(5), 94-110.

Jensen, N. R. (2025). Educational inequality in a Nordic welfare state - "normal" conditions, anomalies or paradoxes? In Inequality, Education, and Social Exclusion in the Welfare State: Pedagogical Responses from the Nordic Countries (pp. 15-35). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003491408-2

Fristrup, T. (2025). Cripping the architecture of academic ableism: Advancing a critical reconceptualisation of Universal Design in Danish higher education beyond accommodation and checklistification. In Inequality, Education, and Social Exclusion in the Welfare State: Pedagogical Responses from the Nordic Countries (pp. 175-196). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003491408-10

Fristrup, T. (2025). The Transformative Potential of Artful Ageing. Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 5(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal5010010

Risbank-Jensen, K. (2025). Constructing "the Other": Disabled families' encounters with disablist violence in the Danish social welfare system. In Inequality, Education, and Social Exclusion in the Welfare State: Pedagogical Responses from the Nordic Countries (pp. 197-216). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003491408-11

Kjeldsen, C. C. & Perović, I. (2025). Impact of Home Environmental Support on Reading Achievement. In IEA Research for Education (pp. 133-150). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88002-5_6

Fallesen, P., Passaretta, G. & Jensen, S. S. (2025). Union dissolution and children's educational achievement: Separating effects of school and non-school environments. European Sociological Review, 41(5), 737-754. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf026

Jensen, N. R. (2025). Fackkräftemangel und De-professionalisierung in der Sozialen Arbeit: Analysen, Bearbeitungswisen und Handlingsstrategien. European Journal of Social Work, 28(6), 1390-1391. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2025.2507931

Jensen, N. R. (2025). Decolonising Social Work in Finland: Racialisation and Practices of Care. European Journal of Social Work, 28(6), 1388-1390. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2025.2507929

Smith, E. (2022). Drengene på bageste række. Weekendavisen. https://www.weekendavisen.dk/samfund/drengene-paa-bageste-raekke?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAjrrZQqJG9vNUnwboXfBYFyGgZRVtDxIU8gsPB2XApjniVXizWnzOvqAhVsrdY%3D&gaa_ts=68d50cf3&gaa_sig=bZHV61RKvgb4YG891FypAdxhTzzbydoVsLJb-kMA5vznxPq1D_lwfTwUgfs8LOuE33-7HbGo7bTq8H2vKk6wTA%3D%3D

Smith, E. (2025, Sept 24). Mød de studerende hvor de er: Adaptiv undervisning gennem løbende feedback. AU Educate. https://educate.au.dk/praksiseksempler/moed-de-studerende-hvor-de-er-adaptiv-undervisning-gennem-loebende-feedback#c768027

Hansen, C. S. (2025). The social pedagogies of urban marginality. In K. E. Petersen & N. R. Jensen (Eds.), Inequality, Education, and Social Exclusion in the Welfare State: Pedagogical Responses from the Nordic Countries (pp. 217-236). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003491408-12

Lieberkind, J. (2024). The Politicization of Everyday Life. Abstract from ESA 2024 16th Conference, Porto, Portugal.

Lieberkind, J. (2024). Polarization, Emotions and Political Engagement. Abstract from Nordic Youth Studies Symposium NYRIS 2024, Tampere, Finland.

Jensen, S. S., Ralund, S. & Weiss, F. (2024). The higher education choices of children of immigrants and children of natives in Denmark. Abstract from European Consortium on Sociological Research Meeting 2025, Barcelona, Spain.

Ralund, S., Jensen, S. S. & Weiss, F. (2025). Gender and ethnicity differences in the effect of blind grading – an analysis of policy reforms in Denmark. Abstract from Spring Meeting of the ISA Research Committee 28 "Social Stratification and Mobility" 2025, Milan, Italy.

Ralund, S. & Weiss, F. (2025). The University Sector Has Become More Application-Oriented: Evidence from Course Descriptions Using Text Analysis for the case of Denmark. Abstract from European Conference on Educational Research 2025, Belgrade, Serbia.

Grønhøj, E. O., Smith, E. & Bundsgaard, J. (2025). Why do so few girls aspire for a technology career? The role of social influence, motivational factors, and stereotypes. Social Psychology of Education, 28(1), Article 152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-025-10084-y

Bjerre, J. (2025). Videnskab og værdier flyder sammen, når eksperter udtaler sig i ulvedebatten. Altinget. https://www.altinget.dk/forskning/artikel/lektor-videnskab-og-vaerdier-flyder-ofte-sammen-naar-eksperter-udtaler-sig-i-ulvedebatten

Jensen, N. R. (2025). Educational equality in a Nordic welfare state: "Normal" conditions, anomalies or paradoxes? In K. E. Petersen & N. R. Jensen (Eds.), Inequality, education and social exclusion in the welfare state: Pedagogical responses from the Nordic countries (pp. 15-35). Routledge.

Jensen, N. R. (2025). Schamdynamiken in der stationären Betreuung Jugendlicher: Eine Etnographie der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe sowie der Behindertenhilfe. European Journal of Social Work, 28(5), 1180-1181. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2025.2507925

Jensen, N. R. (2025). Human rights in this age of uncertainty: Social work approaches and practices from southeast Europe. European Journal of Social Work, 28(5), 1176-1177. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2025.2500400

Displaying results 1 to 50 out of 1308

Name	Job title	Email	Phone	Building
Bindslev, Sofie Gry	Administrator/Journalist	sobi@edu.au.dk	+4593522857	B, 331
Bjerre, Jørn	Associate Professor	jbje@edu.au.dk	+4551443762	1483, 548
Brodersen, Malene Engsig	PhD Student	mabr@edu.au.dk	+4528902570	1483
Bruun, Jens	Associate Professor	jebr@edu.au.dk	+4587163848	B, 338
Christensen, Anders Astrup	Assistant Professor	anch@edu.au.dk	+4520876956	1483, 625
Coninck-Smith, Ning de	Professor	ning@edu.au.dk	+4530539404	B, 345
Danneskiold-Samsøe, Ida	Assistant Professor	ids@edu.au.dk		B, 348
de la Villa Gonzalez, Cristina	Research Staff Member	cgo@edu.au.dk	+4528992231	B, 333
Fristrup, Tine	Associate Professor	tifr@edu.au.dk	+4587163601	B, 356
Grønhøj, Elisabeth Omand	PhD Student	elgr@edu.au.dk	+4587151178
Hansen, Christian Sandbjerg	Associate Professor	csh@edu.au.dk		B, 340
Højgaard Christensen, Jacob	Associate Professor	jach@edu.au.dk	+4593521715	1483, 622
Høyen, Marianne	Associate Professor	hoyen@edu.au.dk	+4561181729	B, 347
Hyldahl, Sofie	Student Worker	sohy@edu.au.dk
Jensen, Lenette Møller	Member of Administrative Staff	leje@edu.au.dk	+4529874373
Jensen, Niels Rosendal	Associate Professor	nrj@edu.au.dk	+4587163709	B, 351
Jensen, Simon Skovgaard	Assistant Professor	ssj@edu.au.dk		1483, 621
Johansen, Kamilla	Administrator	kaahjo@edu.au.dk		B, 333
Kjær, Bjørg	Associate Professor	bjorg@edu.au.dk	+4593521496	B, 346
Kjeldsen, Christian Christrup	Associate Professor	kjeldsen@edu.au.dk	+4551370188	1483, 620
Kristensen, Rune Müller	Associate Professor	ruvk@edu.au.dk	+4561669793	B, 337
Larson, Anne	Associate Professor	anne@edu.au.dk	+4593508159	B, 352
Laug, Ida	PhD Fellow	idla@edu.au.dk		B, 354
Lavy, Shiri	Postdoc	shiri@edu.au.dk		1483, 623
Lieberkind, Jonas	Associate Professor	lieberkind@edu.au.dk	+4593522687	B, 336
Lohse, August	Postdoc	aulo@edu.au.dk		B, 348
Michel-Schertges, Dirk	Associate Professor	dimi@edu.au.dk	+4593521802	B, 350
Mønster Christensen, Anna-Bjørg	Research Assistant	abmoe@edu.au.dk	+4587151505	1483, 623
Nagbøl, Søren Peter	Associate Professor Emeritus/Emerita	sona@edu.au.dk
Nygaard, Pernille Svare	Postdoc	pesv@edu.au.dk		B, 349
Petersen, Kamilla Ane	PhD Fellow	kampe@edu.au.dk		B, 349
Qvortrup, Lars	Professor Emeritus	lq@edu.au.dk	+4527844005
Ralund, Snorre	Postdoc	snorreralund@edu.au.dk	+4587151145	1483
Rasmussen, Simone Rams	PhD Fellow	sira@edu.au.dk	+4587151138	B, 354
Reimer, David	Professor	dare@edu.au.dk	+4561261479	1483
Risbank Jensen, Katrine	PhD Fellow	karj@edu.au.dk	+4587151182	B
Smith, Emil	Assistant Professor	esmith@edu.au.dk	+4520958535	1483, 621
Weiss, Felix	Associate Professor	fewe@edu.au.dk	+4593508920	1483, 624

Contact

Head of department

Rune Müller Kristensen

Associate Professor

M ruvk@edu.au.dk
H B, 337
P +4561669793
P +4561669793

Department administrator

Lasse Eiler Hansen

Member of Administrative Staff

M leh@edu.au.dk
H A, 216c
P +4520703924
P +4520703924

Revised 26.03.2026

Lisbeth Hartmann