CV

Profile

  • Born in Assens, DENMARK, the 31st of January 1975, married to Anne-Mette (2003), one son, Rasmus (born 2006).

Research interests

  • Persuasive design, persuasive technology, blogging, social networking, social software, web 2.0, surveillance studies, philosophy of technology, philosophy of science, computer ethics, trusted computing, values in design, human-computer interaction, interaction design, science technology society studies (STS), artificial intelligence (AI), electronic patient records (EPR).

Employment

  • 2008-, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark.
  • 2005-2008, Ph.D. Candidate at the HCI Research School (Human Centered Informatics Postgraduate Research School), Aalborg University in Denmark.

Academic degrees

  • 2008, Ph.D. in Information Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark.
  • 2003, MA in Philosophy, University of Southern Denmark.
  • 1999, BA in Philosophy, University of Odense, Denmark.

Course work

  • 2006, Web 2.0 and Social Software (from the HCI Research School), 1 ECTS.
  • 2006, Basic Course for University Teachers (from PUC), 2 ECTS.
  • 2006, IT between Representation and Intervention (from BRICS), 5 ECTS.
  • 2006, Formal Ontology and Ontology Learning (from the HCI Research School), 3 ECTS.
  • 2005, Philosophy of Science (from PHIS), 8 ECTS.
  • 2005, Computer Ethics (from the HCI Research School), 4 ECTS.
  • 2005, Methodology (from the HCI Research School), 3 ECTS.
  • 2004, Posthumanity and Technology (from ITU), 4 ECTS.
  • 2002, Bodies in Technology (from Aarhus Univeristy, Denmark), 4 ECTS.

International experience

  • 2006 (August), Paris, FRANCE. Academic work.
  • 2006 (March), New York City, USA. Research visit at New York University.
  • 2004 (June-October), Paris, FRANCE. Four months scholarship housing to do academic work.
  • 1999-2000, Paris, FRANCE. ERASMUS-student at Université Paris 8.
  • 1991-1992, Manistique, Michigan, USA. Rotary exchange student.

Professional affiliations

University service

Teaching and supervising experience

  • 2008, Fall. Head of semester (“ankerlærer”). BAIT, 3. semester.
  • 2008, Fall. Lectures (12. & 19. september) on ethics and surveillance for Human Centered Informatics, 3. semester.
  • 2008, Fall. Lecture (23. october) on ethics and philosophy of science for Human Centered Informatics, 1. semester
  • 2008, Fall. Lecture (10. november) on phenomenology for Communication, 7./9. semester.
  • 2008, Fall. Lecture series on artificial intelligence and cyborg theory for Human Centered Informatics, 5. semester.
  • 2008, Fall. Supervisor, for one elite student in Persuasive Design, 9. semester.
  • 2008, Fall. Supervisor, for 15 studens, Human Centered Informatics, 3. semester.
  • 2008, Spring (February 8). Teaching “Design ethics” for elite students in Persuasive Design and Temporality, 8./10. semester and students in Human Centered Informatics, 6. semester.
  • 2007, Fall. Supervisor and examiner on student projects (5 students), 3. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2007, Fall. Teaching Artificial Intelligence, 5. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2007, January. External examiner on student project, 9. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2006, Fall. Supervisor and examiner on student project, 9. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2006, Fall. Supervisor and examiner on student project, 7. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2006, Fall. Supervisor and examiner on student projects (6 students), 3. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2006, Fall. Teaching Computer Ethics, 5. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2006, Fall. Teaching Computer Ethics, 3. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2005, Fall. Supervisor and examiner on student projects (9 students), 3. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2005, Fall. Co-teaching Computer Ethics, 3. semester, Humanistic Informatics, Aalborg University.
  • 2005, Spring & Fall. Supervisor and examiner on master’s thesis (“The Newspaper as a Billboard”).

Presentations

Conference presentations

  • 2007, October 17-21, Vancouver, CANADA. AOIR 8.0. Title: “Surveillance as Social Play”.
  • 2007, October 11-13, Montreal, CANADA. 4S Annual meeting. Title: “Placing Myself on the Map: Social Networking as Participatory Surveillance”.
  • 2007, July 12-14, San Diego, USA. CEPE 2007, Seventh International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry. Title: “House 2.0: Towards an Ethics for Surveillance in Intelligent Living and Working Environments”.
  • 2006, November 21-24, Aalborg DENMARK. Rhetoric in Society 2006. Title: “‘From Moral Panic to Political Decisiveness: Discourses and Rhetoric on Youth and Technology” (with Thomas Ryberg & Malene Charlotte Larsen).
  • 2006, August 23-26, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND. EASST 2006. Title: “Surveillance in searching: A study into ethical aspects of an emergent search culture”.
  • 2006, June 22-24, Trondhein, NORWAY. E-CAP 2006. Title: “Ethics and technology design”.
  • 2006, April 5-6, Sheffield, UK. Crime, Justice and Surveillance. Title: “Surveillance Pleasures: Existentialism and Ethics as Represented in Cinematic Art”.
  • 2005, September 15-16, Haninge, SWEDEN. The Virtual – a room without borders? Title: “The Body-graph: Reading the Body as an Absolute Signature”.
  • 2005, August 19, Aalborg University, DENMARK. The Danish Research Network in Computer Ethics. Title: “The Body-graph: Reading the Body as an Absolute Signature”.
  • 2005, July 17-19, University of Twente, Enschede, THE NETHERLANDS. CEPE 2005, Sixth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry. Title: “The Postmodern Panopticon: Surveillance and Privacy in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing”.
  • 2005, May 12-14, Queen’s University, Ontario, CANADA. Theorizing Surveillance: The Panopticon and Beyond. Title: “The Ethical Approach to New Surveillance”.
  • 2005, March 9, Information Science, SDU Kolding, DENMARK. The Danish Research Network in Computer Ethics. Danish title: “Elektroniske patientjournaler: design og etik”.

Other talks

  • 2008, September 3-5, Bielefeld (Center for Interdisciplinary Research), GERMANY. The Use of Implants in Ethical Surveillance Infrastructures: Towards a Transdisciplinary Ontology (invited). Title: “Participatory Surveillance and the Body”.
  • 2008, June 30, Aalborg University, DENMARK. Ph.D. oral defense. Title: “In the Eyes of the Beholder: Introducing participation and ethics to surveillance”.
  • 2008, March 27, Aarhus University, DENMARK. Workshop on surveillance. Title: “Surveillance, technology and ethics”.
  • 2007, October 3, Aalborg University, DENMARK. HCI Research School Wednesday Seminars. Title: “Surveillance as Social Play”.
  • 2007, May 30, Danish Board of Technology, Copenhagen, DENMARK. PRISE – Privacy and security. Title: “Security technologies and the protection of privacy”.
  • 2006, September 27, Aalborg University, DENMARK. HCI Research School Wednesday Seminars. Title: “Surveillance in searching: A study into ethical aspects of an emergent search culture”.
  • 2006, March 21, New York University, USA. Lunch Seminar. Title: “Digital Surveillance and Computer Ethics”.
  • 2006, March 1, Aalborg University, DENMARK. HCI Research School Wednesday Seminars. Title: “Designing Surveillance”.
  • 2004, Februrary 19, The Steno Institute, Aarhus University, DENMARK. Danish title: “Teknikkens tidsalder – filosofiens vending mod teknologien?“.

Grants

Other activities

Publications

See VBN, Aalborg University.