Academic degrees
2002- 2005 PhD in Cognitive Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Aarhus University, Denmark. Thesis title: “Creative Cognition: Analogy & Incubation”
1998-2002 Master of Science (Psychology), Dept. of Psychology, Aarhus University, Denmark. Thesis title: “The Creative Process and Reality”.
Positions
- 2022- Professor of Design Research, Dept. of Marketing, Copenhagen Business School
- 2020-2023 Deputy Head of Department, Dept. of Marketing, CBS
- 2016-2022 Professor (MSO), Dept. of Marketing, Copenhagen Business School
- 2009-2016 Associate Professor, Dept. of Marketing, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- 2006-2008 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Marketing, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- 2002-2005 PhD in Cognitive Psychology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Awards
Design Studies Award (2009 and 2013). Awarded by the Design Research Society for best annual paper published in Design Studies, the top-ranked scientific journal focusing on design. The award is given for contribution to the development of the field of design research, originality of research or scholarship, and breadth of relevance. It is the first time in award history that it was granted twice to the same scholar. The past winners of the award include key domain scholars Donald Schön, Kees Dorst, John Gero, Gabriella Goldschmidt, and Eric Stolterman.
Fellowships
2021 Senior Fellow in the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) – Advance HE.
Major Research management and fundraising
- ResQ Design (2023-2026) – Questioning Responsible Design, Research Network (DKK 1.5 M). Independent Research Fund Denmark. Co-applicant, Initiator.
- Designerly ways of Teaching for Entrepreneurship in Higher Education (DEED 2019-2022), sponsored by the Independent Research Fund Denmark (DKK 5.5 mio). Principal investigator.
- DTRS11 (2015-2018). Organized and chaired the Design Thinking Research Symposium 11, with grants from DFF-FKK (DKK 79.200), the Carlsberg Foundation (DKK 60.000), and Otto Mønsteds Fond (DKK 40.000).
- CIBIS (2014-2018). ‘Creativity in Blended Interaction Spaces’, sponsored by Innovationsfonden (DKK 16 million). PI was AU/Kim Halskov. Co-applicant and manager of the CBS part of CIBIS, involving 2 post doc positions and 1 scientific assistant at CBS.
- FLUENTBRAND (2012-2014). Co-applicant and supervision of an international post doc position sponsored by EU 7th Framework/marie Curie (EUR 228.000)
- DESIRE (2007-2012) Headed the CBS part of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network funded by the EU 7th framework program (EUR 3 million). Responsible for managing international coordination with 5 European University partners led by Lancaster University (ref: Corina Sas), the CBS hiring and supervision of 2 PhD students and 1 post doc, planning and chairing an international conference, and PhD courses.
- CREATIVE ENCOUNTERS (2006-2012) Co-applicant, funded by the Strategic Danish Research Counsel (DKK 13 million). His activity included design and gastronomy field studies, and organizing international workshops, leading to a Cambridge University Press book he co-edited.
- Mental simulation in design (2006-2008), Post Doc (Carlsberg foundation, DKK 900.000).
International collaboration
Notable collaborators: Prof. Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh; Prof. Linden Ball, University of Central Lancashire; Prof. Rolf Reber, University of Oslo.
He organized and chaired the Design Thinking Research Symposium 11 (DTRS11). In a unique data-sharing format, the symposium involved that he collected longitudinal video data from a design team at a European Car Manufacturer in Scandinavia and China for 4 months (approx. 150 hours of video). A selection of the videos, along with transcription, an extensive technical report, and interviews constituted the dataset. All the material was then distributed to 106 leading international Design researchers who analyzed the data set with each their own set of methodological approaches and theoretical framing, and submitted papers for the symposium (held at CBS, November 2016). Publications from DTRS11 include a 29 chapter edited book (Taylor & Francis), and two journal special issues (Design Studies and CoDesign, both published in 2018).
PhD and Post doc supervision
Post Doc supervision: Morten Friis-Olivarius (CBS), Antonia Erz (CBS), Suzan Boztepe (CBS). PhD supervison: Main supervisor of Bader Onarheim (CBS), Morten Friis-Olivarius (CBS), Stefan Wiltschnig (CBS), Sille Julie Jøhnk Abildgaard (CBS), Kasper Skou Arendt (CBS). Co-supervisor of Claus-Cramer Petersen (DTU), Malene Leerberg (Kolding School of Design).
Editorial board membership
Design Studies; Co-Design; She Ji: The journal of Design, Economic, and Innovation; Journal of Cognitive Psychology.
Impact
He has a well‐established position in the interdisciplinary research fields of creativity studies, and design studies. The impact of his contribution to various scientific fields is evidenced in a total of >2800 citations; h-index:24; i10-index:40 (Google Scholar).