Department of
Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, and General Education

About the department

The department is one of four departments at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University and is built around the Master's degree programmes in Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies - danish, - mathematics, - material culture and - music education; ICT-based educational design; General education; and Educational philosophy. The department's researchers are part of a number of research units.

Programmes

The descriptions of the programmes are only available in Danish.

Masters's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Danish)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Math)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Material culture)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Music education)

Master's degree programme in

General education

Master's degree programme in

ICT-based educational design

Master's degree programme in

Philosophy of Education

Research units

Publications

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Ugilt, R. (2016). Безмерность Гегеля. Stasis, 4(2), 210-231. http://stasisjournal.net/images/stasis_2016_2/stasis_2_2016_site.pdf

Bremholm, J. & Kabel, K. (2022). Young students' early writing development in a primary school context. Abstract from ARLE conference: Transformations in L1 education. Current Challenges and Future Possibilities, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Gerster Johansen, S. (2023). Young Learners Experiencing the World through Data Modeling. In G. Burrill, L. D. O. Souza & E. Reston (Eds.), Research on Students’ Interactions with Data in Teaching Statistics Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29459-4_12

Bremholm, J. & Kabel, K. (2024). Young children’s textual worlds: Topics and emergent genres in students’ early writing. Abstract from ARLE IFTE conference (14th ARLE conference) (online), Melbourne, Australia. https://arle.conference-system.com/reports/abstract?id=3068

Olsen, A.-M. E. (2022). Ynde og sportens magi. Baggrund. https://baggrund.com/2022/08/21/ynde-og-sportens-magi/

Olsen, A.-M. E. (2022). Ynde og sportens magi. Baggrund.

Kabel, K. (2021). Year 8 students’ interpretations of short stories in the Danish L1 literature classroom: Distinct ways of writing and knowing. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 27, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.17239/L1ESLL-2021.21.02.09

Huggler, J., (Trans.) (2021). W. v. Humboldt "Teorien om menneskets dannelse. Et fragment". In L. Cone (Ed.), Pædagogikkens fundamenter: 25 tekster om opdragelse og undervisning (pp. 64-70). Hans Reitzels Forlag.

Heger, S. (2023). Writing Matters - child writers in the ecologies of childhood. Paper presented at 26th Biennal IRSCL Congress , Santa Barbara, California, United States.

Kabel, K. & Bremholm, J. (2022). Writing Instruction and Writing Research in Denmark. Composition Studies, 49(3), 150-154. https://compstudiesjournal.com/current-issue-fall-2021-49-3/

Bruun, P. S. (2023). ”Worlds become in sound” a study in the phenomenology of music creation, being and pedagogic processes of Bildung. [PhD thesis, Aarhus University]. Aarhus Universitet.

Søndergaard, B. D., Hansen, S., Scharup, J., Lindenskov, L. B. & Justesen, F. (2025). Working in a problem-based manner with mathematics and crafts gives meaning to mathematics at Danish vocational schools. In J. Chen, L. Smith, Y. B. Abouarabi, K. Wolff, Z. Simpson & A. Guerra (Eds.), Anchoring conversations (IRSPBL 2025) (pp. 654-661). Aalborg University Open Publishing. https://doi.org/10.54337/irspbl-2025

Schilhab, T. (2015). Words as cultivators of others minds. Frontiers in Psychology, (6). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01690

Jøker Bjerre, H., Hansen, B. B., Ugilt, R., Porsgaard, K. & Thykjær, S. (2016). Woohoo. Dagbladet Information.

Schilhab, T. & Esbensen, G. L. (2025). Wild animals connect us with nature: About awe, eco-pedagogy and natureconnectedness. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, Article 1523831. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1523831

Scholl, D., Völschow, Y., Anders, D., Küth, S., Warrelmann, J.-N., Kleinknecht, M., Prilop, C. N. & Weber, K. E. (2022). Wie kann die professionelle Refexion von angehenden Lehrer*innen digital gefördert werden? Chancen und Grenzen neuer Tools in der Lehrer*innenbildung. In Reflexion und Reflexivität in Unterricht, Schule und Lehrer:innenbildung (pp. 185-203). Julius Klinkhardt. https://doi.org/10.25656/01:25410

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

Petersen, K. B. (2023). Why do (long-serving) teachers stay in high-risk schools? Abstract. Abstract from ISfTE 2023 - Bhutan, Paro, Bhutan.

Petersen, K. B. (2022). Why do (experienced) teachers stay in their profession?. Abstract from NERA Conference Reykjavik, 2022, Reykjavik, Iceland. https://menntavisindastofnun.hi.is/sites/menntavisindastofnun.hi.is/files/2022-06/Abstract_book_NERA_2022_3.pdf

Petersen, K. B. (2024). Why does a teacher remain at a high-risk school? Reflections on ethics and teaching quality in a culturally diverse and socioeconomically disadvantaged school in Denmark. In L. E. D. Knudsen, M. Wiberg, K. B. Petersen & L. Haastrup (Eds.), Teacher Ethics and Teaching Quality in Scandinavian Schools : New Reflections, Future Challenges, and Global Impacts (pp. 143-160). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003407775-12

Nielsen, C. F. & Hartz, E. (2018). Why be just? the problem of motivation in Hegel and Rawls. Ratio Juris, 31(3), 326-345. https://doi.org/10.1111/raju.12219

Jankvist, U. T. & Geraniou, E. (2021). “Whiteboxing” the content of a formal mathematical text in a dynamic geometry environment. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 7(2), 222-246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40751-021-00088-6

Østergaard, M. K. & Jankvist, U. T. (2022). When researcher and teacher talk past each other: an IR analysis. In J. Hodgen, E. Geraniou, G. Bolondi & F. Ferretti (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twelfth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME12) (pp. 4173-4180). ERME and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. http://erme.site/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Proceedings_CERME12.pdf

Østergaard, M. K. (2022). When beliefs about oneself hinder the development of beliefs about mathematics as a discipline. In Bringing Nordic mathematics education into the future (pp. 273) http://matematikdidaktik.org/wp-content/uploads/1672/22/17_NORMA_20_proceedings.pdf

Bach, C. C. & Bikner-Ahsbahs, A. (2022). When a digital tool guides mathematical communication. In U. T. Jankvist, R. Elicer, A. Clark-Wilson, H.-G. Weigand & M. Thomsen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT 15): Making and Strengthening “Connections and Connectivity” for Teaching Mathematics with Technology (pp. 224-231). Danish School of Education, Aarhus University. https://doi.org/10.7146/aul.452

Jankvist, U. T., Aguilar, M. S., Misfeldt, M. & Koichu, B. (2021). What to replicate? Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education, 1(2), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1163/26670127-01010015

Wieser, C. (2019). What teachers do to develop expertise: A personal knowledge perspective. Paper presented at The Danish School of Education Spring Symposium , Aarhus, Denmark.

Fougt, S., Bremholm, J. & Buch, B. (2020). What learning materials reveal about Danish L1 as a school subject. Background, methods and results from a collaborative mixed methods study on learning materials in Danish L1 education. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 20(20), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.17239/L1ESLL-2020.20.02.04

Harnisch, H. & Montgomery, E. (2017). "What kept me going": a qualitative study of avoidant responses to war-related adversity and perpetration of violence by former forcibly recruited children and youth in the Acholi region of northern Uganda. Social Science & Medicine, 188(September), 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.07.007

Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. (2021). What is the meaning of societal impact? A discussion of the future sustainability of the PhD . 1-4. Paper presented at (Re)connecting, (Re)building: Higher Education in Transformative Times.

Knudsen, L. E. D. (2017). What is Open School?. 1. Abstract from Seminar Series, Vancouver, Canada.

Skov, S. (2022). What is Impact? Humanities PhD Supervisors Negotiating the Imperative of Impact in Danish Doctoral Education. Abstract from Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) 2022: Mobilities in Higher Education.

Hyldgaard, K. (2021). What is called thinking? – According to Heidegger and psychoanalysis. Lamella – Tidsskrift for teoretisk psykoanalyse, 5(6), 144-159.

Prytz, J., Ahl, L. M. & Jankvist, U. T. (2022). What is a successful implementation in mathematics education? On sustainable innovations and the role of textbooks. In J. Hodgen, E. Geraniou, G. Bolondi & F. Ferretti (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twelfth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME12) (pp. 4189-4196). ERME and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. http://erme.site/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Proceedings_CERME12.pdf

Jankvist, U. T., Misfeldt, M. & Aguilar, M. S. (2019). What happens when CAS-procedures are objectified? the case of "solve" and "desolve". Educational Studies in Mathematics, 101(1), 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-019-09888-5

Misfeldt, M., Jankvist, U. T., Aguilar, M. S. & Koichu, B. (2023). What happens after implementation? ‘Post-implementation’ as framing of implementation research in mathematics education. Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education, 3(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1163/26670127-02012025

Falk, J., Kannabiran, G. & Hansen, N. B. (2021). What do hackathons do? Understanding participation in hackathons through program theory analysis. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-6). Article 147 Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445198

Blomhøj, M. & Brown, M. (1998). What criteria should be used to evaluate results of research in mathematics education? report from working group 5, ICMI study conference in Washington DC, May 1994. In A. Sierpinska & J. Kilpatrick (Eds.), Matehamtics education as a research domain: a search for identity Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Nørgård, R. T. (2022). What comes after the ruin? Designing for the arrival of preferable futures for the university. In S. S. E. Bengtsen & R. E. Gildersleeve (Eds.), Transformation of the University: Hopeful Futures for Higher Education (pp. 156-174). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Transformation-of-the-University-Hopeful-Futures-for-Higher-Education/Bengtsen-Gildersleeve/p/book/9780367610265

Hyldgaard, K. (2017). What causes education? anxiety and the object a. In A. Bech Jørgensen, J. Juel Justesen, N. Bech, N. Nykrog & R. Bro Clemmensen (Eds.), What is education?: an anthology on education (pp. 187-208). Problema. http://www.whatiseducation.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/What-is-education.pdf

Hyldgaard, K. (2020). What causes education? In T. Strand (Ed.), Rethinking ethical-political education (pp. 251-261). Springer.

Mansour, N. & Martin, M. H. (2020). What can danish multicultural children’s literature and african american children’s literature learn from each other? Literary histories in dialogue. Barnboken, 43, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.14811/clr.v43i0.503

Nørgård, R. T. (2022). Well-being through educational development for playfulness. 2. Abstract from ICED 2022 - International Consortium for Educational Development, Aarhus, Denmark. https://medialib.cmcdn.dk/medialibrary/80234312-1C55-406C-86A7-410099EB2739/F000F556-B4B4-EC11-84B2-00155D0B0901.pdf

Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S., Leth Andersen, H., Szulevicz, T., Nørgård, R. T., Bearman, M., Ajjawi, R. & Pedersen, L. T. (2022). Wellbeing in higher education: From behavioural control to community building. Abstract from ICED 2022 - International Consortium for Educational Development, Aarhus, Denmark. https://medialib.cmcdn.dk/medialibrary/80234312-1C55-406C-86A7-410099EB2739/EAF8CD82-1FCA-EC11-84B2-00155D0B0901.pdf

Petersen, K. B. (2017). Welcome to Denmark: from the convenor. In K. B. Petersen & L. L. Helm (Eds.), Book of abstracts: International Society of Teacher Education, 37th Annual Seminar, April 24-April 28, Danish School of Education. Book & E-print version (pp. 5-7). DPU, Aarhus Universitet.

Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2015). War in Contemporary Danish Children's Literature. Paper presented at The 22nd biennial congress of IRSCL, Worcester, United Kingdom.

Wallace, J. & Knudsen, L. E. D. (2023). Walking towards a method for multi-sited drawing. In J. Roldan, R. M. Viadel, M. Mosavarzadeh, K. Morimoto & R. L. Irwin (Eds.), Visual Methods, A/r/tography and Walking (pp. 144-159). Tirant Lo Blanch.

Rosendal Bang, L. (2018). Voksne kan også være bange: for bøger. Politiken, Sektion 2, 6.

Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2020). Vogelkopløvhyttefuglens kurmageri: Poesipædagogik. Børns interesse for fugl, fisk og sprog stimuleres i to eksklusive billedbøger med figurdigte, ordkløveri og nonsensvers. Weekendavisen, Bøger, 14. https://www.weekendavisen.dk/2020-38/boeger/vogelkoploevhyttefuglens-kurmageri

Knudsen, L. E. D., Jensen, M. E. & Shakoor, L. R. (2017). "Vi vil gerne den der autenticitet ...". Unge Pædagoger, (4), 47-57.

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Name	Job title	Email	Phone	Building
Beck, Niels Kristian	Assistant Lecturer	nbeck@edu.au.dk		1483, 651
Berndsen, Mette	PhD Fellow	metteberndsen@edu.au.dk	+4587151129	A, 307c
Blomhøj, Morten	Professor	blomhoej@edu.au.dk	+4521560754	A, 309c
Boie, Mette Alma Kjærsholm	Part-time Lecturer	mebo@edu.au.dk	+4525566626
Bols Slåttvik, Anja	PhD Student	absl@edu.au.dk	+4587151174	1483
Bundgaard, Mette Amalie Fischer	PhD Student	mafb@edu.au.dk	+4587151134
Bundsgaard, Jeppe	Professor	jebu@edu.au.dk	+4531192607	A, 307f
Bussenius, Laura Østergaard	PhD Student	labu@edu.au.dk	+4587151158	1483
Caeli, Elisa Nadire	Postdoc	elisa@edu.au.dk	+4593508366	A, 301d
Caviglia, Francesco	Associate Professor	caviglia@edu.au.dk	+4541663378	1483, 652
Dalsgaard, Christian	Associate Professor	cdalsgaard@edu.au.dk	+4521664955	1483, 648
Daugaard, Line Møller	Associate Professor	linemd@edu.au.dk	+4551490979	1483, 649
de Thurah, Thomas Fabricius Cranil	PhD Student	thth@edu.au.dk	+4587151142	A, 303a
Ejersbo, Lisser Rye	Emeritus	lre@edu.au.dk	+4561342694	A, 105
Eliasson, Stine	Research Fellow	stel@edu.au.dk	+4587152112	A, 311c
Eriksen, Camilla Nordstrøm	PhD Fellow	cano@edu.au.dk
Færch, Julie Vangsøe	PhD Student	jvaf@edu.au.dk		A, 311c
Fougt, Simon Skov	Associate Professor	sifo@edu.au.dk	+4593521980	A, 301c
Gerster Johansen, Stine	PhD Student	sgj@edu.au.dk		A, 311c
Haastrup, Lisbeth	Associate Professor	liha@edu.au.dk		A, 307c
Hauer, Kristiane	Part-time Lecturer	hauer@edu.au.dk		A, 303a
Heger, Stine	Research Assistant	stine.heger@edu.au.dk	+4525580656	A, 303a
Heiden, Thomas	Part-time Lecturer	trhe1@edu.au.dk		A, 303a
Hejsel, Tina	PhD Student	th@edu.au.dk	+4587151159	1483
Højgaard, Tomas	Associate Professor	tomas@edu.au.dk	+4520567003	A, 309a
Holflod, Kim	Postdoc	kimh@edu.au.dk	+4587151195	1483
Hudlebusch, Tina	Special Consultant	tihu@edu.au.dk	+4523382444	A, 311a
Jankvist, Uffe Thomas	Professor	utj@edu.au.dk	+4587162941	A, 301b
Kabel, Kristine	Associate Professor	kabel@edu.au.dk	+4593521760	A, 307d
Knudsen, Lars Emmerik Damgaard	Associate Professor	lada@edu.au.dk	+4530226763	A, 307b
Laraignou, Anders Simmelkiær	PhD Student	ansl@edu.au.dk
Larsen, Line Kjærgaard	Research Assistant	lkl@edu.au.dk	+4587152334
Lauridsen, Anja Rousing	PhD Student	arla@edu.au.dk	+4587151206
Laursen, Helle Pia	Associate Professor	heen@edu.au.dk	+4587163874	A, 307f
Lindenskov, Lena	Emeritus	lenali@edu.au.dk	+4526306681	A, 105
Lindhardt, Eva	PhD Student	evli@edu.au.dk	+4587151132
Megerlig, Kenneth R. Madsen	PhD Fellow	megerlig@edu.au.dk		A, 311c
Nørgård, Rikke Toft	Associate Professor	rtoft@edu.au.dk	+4520466756	1483, 650
Olsen, Lise	PhD Student	lo@edu.au.dk		A, 311c
Østergaard, Maria Kirstine	Postdoc	mko@edu.au.dk	+4587151162	A, 301d
Pedersen, Alex Young	Part-time Lecturer	ayp@cas.au.dk	+4587152038
Pedersen, Cecilie Svane	Research Assistant	csp@edu.au.dk		A, 303a
Percy-Smith, Victoria Sofie	PhD Fellow	vps@edu.au.dk	+4587151201	A, 307b
Plummer, Christelle	PhD Student	c.plummer@edu.au.dk
Ravn, Malis	PhD Fellow	mrav@edu.au.dk	+4553835456	A, 303a
Rørbech, Helle	Associate Professor	hero@edu.au.dk	+4593521225	A, 305a
Schilhab, Theresa	Associate Professor	tsc@edu.au.dk	+4587163612	A, 307c
Sørensen, Kristin Meulengracht	Part-time Lecturer	krim@edu.au.dk		1483
Stausbøll, Nana Emilie Krogh	PhD Student	nans@edu.au.dk		1483, 627
Stovgaard, Mikkel	Associate Professor	stovgaard@edu.au.dk	+4587163827	A, 307e
Thestrup, Klaus	Associate Professor	kthestrup@edu.au.dk	+4521551302	1483, 654

Contact

Head of department

Helle Rørbech

Associate Professor

M hero@edu.au.dk
H A, 305a
P +4593521225
P +4593521225

Department administrator

Revised 13.02.2024

Lisbeth Hartmann

Danish School of Education

Department of
Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, and General Education

About the department

Programmes

Masters's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Danish)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Math)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Material culture)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Music education)

Master's degree programme in

General education

Master's degree programme in

ICT-based educational design

Master's degree programme in

Philosophy of Education

Research units

Educating for Viable Futures

EMBodied EDucation (EMBED)

Philosophy of education

Publications

Staff

Contact

Head of department

Helle Rørbech

Department administrator

Department of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, and General Education

About the department

Programmes

Masters's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Danish)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Math)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Material culture)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Music education)

Master's degree programme in

General education

Master's degree programme in

ICT-based educational design

Master's degree programme in

Philosophy of Education

Research units

Educating for Viable Futures

EMBodied EDucation (EMBED)

Philosophy of education

Publications

Staff

Contact

Head of department

Helle Rørbech

Department administrator

Department of
Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, and General Education