Brian Arly Jacobsen

Brian Arly Jacobsen

PhD, Master in Sociology of Religion

  • Karen Blixens Plads 8

    2300 København S

19992019

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Current research

  • Power of the Mosques - a three-year research project, fundet by the Independent Research Fund Denmark | Humanities.
  • Religion and localpolitic in Denmark.
  • The role of religion in the public sphere. A comparative study of the five Nordic countries (NOREL). Thematic group: Religion and State - Religion on official occasions. (http://www.kifo.no/index.cfm?id=266100). Finished
  • Muslims in Denmark an Europe. Organizations, institutions and the politization of Islam in the public sphere.

Primary fields of research

  • The relation between politics and religion in Danmark 1900-2010
  • Migration and religion in Danmark
  • Muslims and Islam in Denmark/Europe
  • Demography of Religion
  • The relation between state, nation and religion
  • Religion among Danes abroad
  • Civil religion in a Danish perspective

Teaching

  • Sociology of religion
  • Minorities, religion and society
  • Religion and the Nationstate
  • Civil religion in Denmark
  • Politics and religion
  • Discourse analyses
  • Quantitative methods in the sociology of religion
  • Qualitative methods in the sociology of religion
  • Innovation in humanities

Fields of interest

In addition to the research and teaching areas:

  • Policies of religion
  • Research Policy
  • Education policy

CV

  • Uddannet i religionssociologi (hovedfag 2003) og minoritetsstudier (sidefag 2003)
  • Akademisk medarbejder CVU Øst/Storkøbenhavn 2003-2005
  • Ph.d.-stipendiat Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier 2005-2008
  • Tilknyttet Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier som forskningsassistent og postdoc 2008-2012
  • Adjunkt på Institut for Kultur og Samfund, Aarhus Universitet 2012
  • Adjunkt på Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier 2012-2015
  • Lektor på Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier 2015-

Tillidshverv:

Knowledge of languages

  • Produktivt: Taler: dansk, engelsk og tysk; mindre godt fransk; skriver: dansk, engelsk og lidt tysk
  • Receptivt: Læser engelsk, svensk, norsk, tysk, latin og fransk; forstår de nævnte sprog og til en vis grad fransk

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • religion
  • sociology of religion
  • immigrants
  • immigration
  • Jews
  • religion and state
  • Muslims
  • Discourse analysis
  • Religion and Politics
  • Religion and local politics
  • Mosque
  • Islam
  • Church and state

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