Peter C. Kjærgaard

Short presentation

Peter C. Kjærgaard is Professor of Evolutionary History and Museum Director at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen.

CV

Academic positions:

• 2015- Museum Director, the Natural History Museum of Denmark , University of Copenhagen
• 2015- Professor of Evolutionary History, the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
• 2013-2015 Director of Centre for Biocultural History, Aarhus University
• 2010-2015 Professor of Evolutionary Studies, Aarhus University
• 2009-2011 Affiliate lecturer, Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge
• 2004- Associate Professor, Institute of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University
• 2000-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of History of Ideas, Aarhus University
• 2000 Lecturer, Department of History of Ideas, Aarhus University
• 1996-2000 PhD-fellow, Department of History of Ideas, Aarhus University
• 1996 Teaching Assistant, Department of History of Ideas, Aarhus University
• 1996 Lecturer in history and philosophy of science, Aarhus Nursing College
• 1994-1996 Lecturer in the history of Western culture, KaosPiloterne, Aarhus
• 1993-1995 Student Teaching Assistant, Department of History of Ideas, Aarhus University

Fellowships:

• 2012 Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology & Center for Behavior, Evolution and Culture, UCLA
• 2010-2011 Visiting Professor, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
• 2008-2010 Visiting Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies and Department for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. Affiliated to St John's College and Wolfson College, Cambridge.
• 2007 Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College and Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge
• 2007 Affiliate scholar, Department for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
• 2003 Visiting Fellow, Ilisimatusarfik, National University of Greenland, Nuuk
• 1999 Associate Member, Balliol College, University of Oxford
• 1998 Visiting Fellow, Wittgenstein Archive, University of Bergen
• 1997 Visiting Research Scholar, History of Science, University of Oklahoma
• 1991-1992 Visiting Student in histoire et philosophie des sciences, École normale supérieure, Paris

Selected grants and awards:

• 2013: Aarhus University's Research Foundation: Centre for Biocultural History
• 2013: Danish Ministiry of Education: Where do you come from?
• 2012: Feriefonden: Meet the family, Human evolution exhibit (with Moesgaard Museum)
• 2009: Carlsberg Foundation, Research Fellowship
• 2009: British Council Darwin Now Networks, Theories of Human Evolution (with R. Foley, R.E. Leakey and R. Wrangham)
• 2009: Faculty of Humanities, Aarhus University, Network for Science, Technology, Medicine and Climate Studies
• 2008: Carlsberg Foundation, Research Fellowship
• 2008: Danske Banks Initiativpuljer
• 2007: H.O. Lange Prisen 2007, National Science Communication Award (with H. Kragh, H. Nielsen and K.H. Nielsen)
• 2007: Carlsberg Foundation, Research Fellowship
• 2007: Danish National Science Foundation, FNU, Evolution
• 2007: University of Aarhus, Research Focus, Network for Science, Technology and Medicine Studies
• 2007: Villum Kann Rasmussen Foundation, Darwin and Evolution, a national exhibit (with The Danish National Natural History Museum, Copenhagen)

Offices:

• Member of the Board, GeoCenter Denmark
• Member of the Presidium, WWF Denmark
• Director of the Centre for Biocultural History (www.bioculture.au.dk), Aarhus University (2013-2015)
• Director of Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Studies (www.darwin.au.dk), Aarhus University (2009-2013)
• Chair of the Communication Coordination Committee, British Society for the History of Science (2006-2009)
• Chair of the Aarhus Network for Science, Technology and Medicine Studies (www.stm.au.dk, 2007-2011)
• Director of Darwin in Denmark (www.darwin.au.dk, 2006-2009, now Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Studies), evolution.dk (2008-) and darwinarkivet.dk (2010-)
• Member of the Climate Panel, Aarhus University (2007-2010)
• Member of the scientific advisory board of The Coordiation Unit for Resarch in Adjusting to Climate Changes for the Danish Government (2008-)
• Member of the Board of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Humanities, AU (2006-2007)
• Member of the Assessment Committee for Graduate Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, AU (2006-2007)
• Member of the steering committee for STEP - Science and Technology on the European Periphery (2002-2008)
• Research Director of the sub-section "Historical and comparative studies of the knowledge society", a sub-section of the AU' six research foci (2006-2008)
• Director of Academic Forum for Studium Generale, AU (2004-)
• Member of the Governing Board and Editor of The History of Science in Denmark (a five year research grant from the Carlsberg Foundation, 2001-2006)
• Director of the Section for Historical Studies and member of the steering committee, Danish Research School in Philosophy, History of Ideas and History of Science (2002-)
• Director of the Science Studies Programme, AU (2001-2005)
• Advisory editor, History of Science (2008-)
• Editorial Board, Aktuel Naturvidenskab (2000-)
• Member of The Academic Committee, Folkeuniversitetet in Aarhus (2002-)
• External Examiner in the National Corps of Physics (2000-)
• External Examiner in the National Corps of Medicine (2006-)
• External Examiner in the National Corps of Philosophy (2000-)

Peer review:

• National Science Foundation (USA) Swedish Research Council (Sweden)
• Journals: British Journal for the History of Science, Centaurus, Endeavour, History of European Ideas, Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Kultur & Klasse, Notes & Records of the Royal Society, Social Science and Medicine, Slagmark: Tidsskrift for Idéhistorie, Synthese, Victorian Periodicals Review.

Membership of Professional Organisations:

• Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
• British Society for the History of Science (BSHS)
• History of Science Society (HSS)
• Science and Technology on the European Periphery (STEP)
• Fellow of The Learned Society, Denmark

Partnerships:

• The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, University of Cambridge
• The Darwin Correspondence Project, University of Cambridge
• The Danish National Museum of Natural History, major Darwin exhibition for 2009
• Experimentarium, e-learning platform (computergame) on Darwin for Danish primary schools
• Danish Science Communication, evolution
• The Biological Society of Denmark

Meetings, seminars and lectures:

Peter C. Kjærgaard has organised more than 25 international seminars/conferences, he is a regular invited speaker and has participated in numerous international conferences at universities worldwide. He is often interviewed in the media.

Short presentation

Peter C. Kjærgaard er Professor i Evolutionshistorie og Museumsdirektør på Statens Naturhistoriske Museum