Current research
My current project is the RCN Young Researcher Talent project ResBod: Resisting Bodies: The Politics and Practices of the Immune System. The project consists of close empirical studies of vaccine development, comparative immunology and immune therapy and draws upon resources from science and technology studies, human geography, human-animal studies, and medical anthropology. A key contribution of the project is knowledge about the working practices in the life sciences in innovative fields that are expected to respond to the grand challenges of human and animal health and the bioeconomy. In collaboration with Kristin Asdal (TIK) and Silje Morsman, I currently explore how scientists from medicine and biology collaborate to understand comparative immunology in codfish and humans and the knowledge, politics and practices that emerge from these collaborations. Supervised by myself and professor Gail Davies (University of Exeter), ResBod PhD candidate Hanne Castberg Tresselt (TIK) explores new vaccine technologies, model organisms, and how immunologists manage biological and social resistances in experimental work and science communication. I collaborate with postdoctoral fellow Mie Seest Dam (Copenhagen University) on the multispecies practices of cancer immune therapy.
Academic interests
I have a background in social anthropology and cultural and environmental studies, and a PhD in Science and technology studies (STS) and Ethics. The overarching interest reflected in my work is how science and politics work upon, modify, care for, come to know, value, and regulate the relationships with nonhumans and our natural environments, and how practices and regimes change over time and vary across contexts and situations.
Teaching and supervision
I have extensive experience in teaching at the M.A. and PhD level. I have supervised MA students on the topics of human-animal controversies in farming, professional development, biosecurity and care practices, care in science, telecare and its various social and political implications, innovations in care, the role of social media in society and politics, digital modes of governing public health, and technical innovations in public transport.