Ann-Dorte Christensen is a Danish professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Aalborg University.

Education

In 1982 Christensen graduated as

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social science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ...

at Aalborg University. Subsequently, Christensen worked as a postgraduate fellow on the project "The new social movements of the 60s and 70s" at the Department of Education and Socialization at Aalborg University. In 1990, Christensen received her PhD in

from Aalborg University.

Career

Christensen was the national coordinator for

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field ...

from 1988 to 1992. In 1992, she was hired as assistant professor of political sociology at Aalborg University. Since 1996 she continued as an

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. Since 2008, Christensen has been employed as professor of the sociology of gender at the Department of Sociology and Social work at Aalborg University. Christensen's research mainly touches on areas such as

gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures u ...

masculinity Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some behaviors con ...

ethnicity An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

radicalization Radicalization (or radicalisation) is the process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly views in opposition to a political, social, or religious status quo. The ideas of society at large shape the outcomes of radicalizat ...

and everyday life. For a number of years, she has worked with analysis of life stories as an input to understanding

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. Christensen has been in charge of a number of research projects. These include the MARS project on masculinity, accidents at work and safety, intersectionality and local community, as well as the INTERLOC project on gender, social class and identity. Christensen has been a senior researcher on a comprehensive Danish study on power in the project "Change in Gender power. Power and democratization processes in Denmark". The project was made together with Anette Borchorst and Birte Siim and was conducted in association with the research program GEP, Gender, Empowerment and Politics. Christensen is a member of the Award Committee at the Spar Nord Fund, co-editor of ''NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies'', a board member at Viborg Katedralskole and at Aalborg University, and a member of the Program Board for Gender Research at the Division of Science in the Research Council of Norway and of the Equality Council:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Christensen, Ann-Dorte 1954 births Living people Aalborg University alumni Academic staff of Aalborg University Danish sociologists Danish women sociologists Danish women social scientists Gender studies academics