Research and development areas

Psychometrics (development, adaptation, translation and validation of measurement scales, tests and questionnaires), particularly related to educational psychology and including

• Rasch and IRT models
• longitudinal measurement
• Methods for analysis of ordinal and nominal (survey and test) data
• Mixed methods
• Qualitative methods

Educational Psychology, including

• Learning in professions education (teacher, psychology, nursing, early childhood education and care)
• Field practice in higher education
• Teaching to teach and learning to practice
• Individual differences related to education/educational psychology/well-being and their relation to outcomes
• Group phenomenon as they relate to individual characteristics and differences

Mental health/well-being as it relates to educational Psychology:

• Child and adolescent well-being
• Self-efficacy in relation to learning and teaching in higher education
• Mental health and well-being in higher education

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)