Key Qualifications
Research in the relationship between human rights and religion; human rights and Jewish, Christian and Muslim values; in particular the focus area for the research in this field is where religious traditions collide or seem to be in conflict with modern human rights; this applies for instance vis-à-vis women’s rights and the position of women according to norms found within the monotheistic religious traditions; the relationship between religious freedom and other rights; religious freedom and Islam; the history of human rights; culture and human rights; the universality of human rights. Wide-ranging experience of interdisciplinary research cooperation with scholars from other disciplines, in particular law. Extensive teaching experience.

Extensive experience with management and research management in capacity of Research Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights since 2007-2012.

Main Research Interests
Human rights in history; religions and human rights.

Professional Experience

2012 -	Senior researcher, Danish Intitute for Human Rights, Denmark
2010 -	Member of Board of Director, EIUC, European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation
2009 -	Vice-chair of the Board of Humanity in Action
2002 -	National E.MA director, The European Master Degree, EIUC, European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation
2007 - 2012	Research Director, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
2003 - 2009	Member of E.MA Executive Committee
1998 - 2007	Senior research fellow, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
1995 - 1997	Carlsberg research fellow, Danish Centre for Human Rights, Denmark
1991 - 1993	S.A. Cook Bye Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, UK
1991	Carlsberg research fellow, Faculty of Divinity, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
1987 - 1989	Research fellow and Ph.D. student, University of Odense, Denmark