I work as a special consultant at the department of Health Promotion Research at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen. I am responsible for coordinating data collection, collaboration with key actors and ensure the progress of a treatment initiative on the Danish island of Bornholm that aims to improve access to health care and cross sectorial collaboration in the field of type 2 diabetes and coexisting chronic conditions on Bornholm. My earlier research has primarly focused on analysing governmental strategies in health policies on a structural level and the encounters between professionals and citizens. I work with both quantiative and qualitative data collection and analysis.

1. Health political strategies and modes of government: I explore how people with chronic disease are governed and govern themselves in the health system. I am particularly interested in health promoting strategies and lifestyle interventions and the ways in which these are linked to government and health politics.
2. Equity in health care: I explore how access and benefit of health care can be improved for people with long term chronic illness. My research interests include the encounters between the system, professionals and citizens, and how these encounters influence health equity.

Healthy together: Diabetes and coexisting chronic conditions on Bornholm (SDMB)
Aim: To increase access to and use of prevention and treatment for people with diabetes and coexisting chronic conditons. The aim is to develop and implement a model for cross-sectorial intervention that makes it easier to live with the diseases and reduces the risk of complications. Collaboration partners: Bornholm Hospital, General Practice Bornholm, Bornholm Region Municipality, The Danish Diabetes Association (local Bornholm branch)