Kirsten Busch Nielsen

Primary fields of research

Fields of Research 1988-2008

• Method in Theology in Roman-Catholic Theology
• Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Theological Anthropology, especially Hamartiology
• Ecclesiology and Theology of Sacraments

Current research

• Ecclesiology, especially a project on criticism of church and religion in European Protestant Theology
• Theology of Ministry
• Religion, Church and Politics in the 20ieth Century
• Studies in Contemporary Interpretations of Sin and Evil in Theology and Philosophy

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Education

1982 BA in Classical Greek, University of Copenhagen

1987 Awarded Gold Medal in Theology

1988 BA & MA in Theology, University of Copenhagen

1994 PhD (Theology), University of Copenhagen

2008 Dr.theol. [Danish Habilitation], University of Copenhagen

Academic Employment

1989-1994 Research Fellow, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen

1995-1999 Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of           Copenhagen

1999-2008 Associate Professor of Dogmatics, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen

2008- Full Professor of Dogmatics, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen

Administrative Posts and Other Academic Activities (partial list)

1985-1986 DAAD Fellow, Heidelberg University, Germany

1989 Research Fellow, Regis College, University of Toronto

1999-2002 Head of Department, Department for Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology,        University of Copenhagen

2002-2010 Head of Studies at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen (responsible      for four different BA and MA programmes and for continuing education programmes)

2011-2013 Vice-dean at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

1995-2007. 2010- Member of Editorial Board and Editor in Chief for Studia Theologica. Scandinavian Journal of Theology

2006- Member of Editorial Board of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Yearbook

1995- Member of several national and international academic boards (including The                     International Bonhoeffer Society, The Board of the Society for Ecclesiastical Law, the cross disciplinary network Forum for European Church Studies, Luther-Akademie Sondershausen Ratzeburg, Faith and Order (Plenary) Commission (WCC)

1999- Member of several national and international assessment commitees

2004- Supervisor of PhD programmes (Theology)

2011-2013 Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

2013- Dean at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.