Dr. Benedikte Brincker

Biography

Benedikte Brincker is a Professor of Political Historical Sociology at the University of Copenhagen. She obtained her MSc and Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and has a BSc from the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. Her research focuses on state-nation relations, nationalism, and governance, with a special emphasis on the Arctic region and Greenland's natural resources, governance, and mining industry. Currently, she leads the research project 'Experiences Perceptions Climate Change: View Generation (EPIC),' funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, investigating Greenlandic pupils’ understanding of climate change within educational contexts. Her teaching spans multiple courses, including Organisation Politics and Classical Sociological Theory at both the University of Copenhagen and the University of Greenland. Over her career, she has supervised numerous Ph.D. and master's theses, demonstrating her commitment to academia and research excellence. Additionally, Brincker has participated in various conferences and lectures, contributing to public discourse on Greenlandic affairs and broader sociological themes.

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