Research and development areas

My main research interests are two-fold: Applied Psychometrics, particularly development, adaptation and translation of psychological measurement scales for use in Higher Education Psychology and Health-related Psychology. Main topics are related to both areas; self-efficacy, motivation, opportunities for learning, field practice during higher education, psychological barriers for learning statistics, student well-being, perceived stress and perceived lack of control. I'm also involved in a number of studies related to psychotraumatology and I do methodological work as well. 

I started the PsychMeasure collaborative research unit, while at the University of Southern Denmark, and in 2016 founded the Danish Measurement Network (DM), where a group of researchers with a common background and measurement interest met four times a year.  

I'm is a member of the Editorial Board of Quantitative Psychology and Measurement for Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, and has previously been Subject Editor (Psychometrics and Higher Education) at the Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. I'm also a member of a number of research and teaching interest groups including: the Psychometric Society, the European Rasch Research and Teaching Group (ERRTG), an International Rasch discussion group (the Matilda Bay Club), European Association for Research in Teaching and Learning (EARLI), the International Study Association for Teachers and Teaching (ISATT).    

Competences

International research visits

Visiting Researcher, The Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) and the Indigenous Oral Health Unit (IOHU), University of Adelaide, South Australia (2019).  

Visiting Researcher, the Educational Measurement and Assessment Hub, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales (2018)

Visiting Researcher, Pearson Psychometric Lab, The Graduate School of Education, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA. (2008, 2016, 2018) 

Visiting Research Associate, the School of Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia (2004)

Other formal qualifications

Requalified nationally as Associate Professor (University College) due to new law (2020)

Qualified as a supervisor within other disciplines, the Danish Psychological Association (2011)

Qualified as PhD supervisor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen (2011)

Qualified as Master Thesis Supervisor, Copenhagen Business School (2010)

Pedagogically qualified for Associate Professor (university) through Assistant Professor Program in teaching and pedagogical competence. Copenhagen Business School (2008)

Qualified as Associate Professor at the teachers college level [Lektorkvalificeret]  Blaagaard Seminarium (2002)