Karen Lauterbach
Associate Professor
Centre for African Studies
Karen Blixens Plads 16
2300 København S
I received my MA in International Development Studies and Geography from Roskilde University in 2000. I have taken part of my studies at Manchester Metropolitan University and Université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV. As a graduate student I interned with UNESCO (Dakar, Senegal). I have worked with a Danish NGO (DanChurchAid) responsible for development and relief work in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.
Education
2000: Master degree in International Development Studies and Geography, Roskilde University
2009: Ph.D. degree in International Development Studies, Roskilde University
Professional background
2015 - : Associate Professor, Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen
2014-2015: Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University
2011-2014: Assistant Professor, Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen
2008-2011: Head of Section, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
2004-2008: Ph.D. fellow, Roskilde University
2000-2004: Programme officer, DanChurchAid, Africa section
Membership of boards and administrative positions
2016 - 2020: Member and chair of Study Board of African Studies, University of Copenhagen
2012-16: Member of editorial board of Religion and Theology - Journal of Contemporary Religious Discourse
Research grants
'Refugees and Religious Institutions - Emergent Sites of Governance and Ordering in Africa', Postdoctoral grant, Danish Council for Independent Research | Social Sciences (2011-14)
'Looking for Wholeness in an Enchanted World: Healing, Prosperity and Ritual Action in African Charismatic/Pentecostal Churches', collaborative research project based at Lund University of funded by the Swedish Research Council and Lund Mission Society, post-doc (2012-17)
Knowledge of languages
Danish (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fluent), German (working knowledge).
Education
Ph.D., Cand.Scient.Soc
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Becoming a pastor. Youth and social aspirations in Ghana
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Religion and Displacement in Africa: Compassion and Sacrifice in Congolese Churches in Kampala, Uganda
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Making Sense of Religious Experience and the 'Problem of Belief' in Fieldwork
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