Advisory board

Centre for Military Studies’ Advisory Board is contributing with knowledge, insight, experience and networks within the centre’s field of research. The task of The Advisory Board’s members is to help assure the centre’s continued development, high quality of production and broad national and international networks. The Advisory Board is composed by 12 members with relevant experience and expertise.

The current members are:

  • Head of Department, Chairman Signe Pihl-Thingvad, Department of Political Science, UCPH
  • Head of Office, Deputy Chairman Nikolaj Wædegaard, Danish Ministry of Defence
  • Head of Development Division Steen Wegener, Defence Command Denmark 
  • Deputy Head of Joint Operations Henrik Hegner Nielsen, Defence Command Denmark 
  • Prorector Jakob Grue Simonsen, IT University of Copenhagen
  • Professor Karen Gram-Skjoldager, Department of History, Aarhus University
  • Associate Professor Ingerid Opdahl, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Oslo
  • Research Director, Hanna Ojanen, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Tampere
  • Director Joachim Finkielman, DI Defence and Security Association, Confederation of Danish Industry
  • Deputy Secretary General Lene Krogh, Danish Red Cross
  • Chairman Poul Skadhede, Odense Maritime Technology Group
  • Associate Professor Tobias Liebetrau (employee representative), Centre for Military Studies, UCPH

Read more about the CMS Advisory Board here (in Danish).