Policy Fellows 2023-24

Anette Christiansen · Head of Department for Environment and Sustainability in Agriculture & Food

As department head for Environment and Sustainability in Agriculture & Food and a member of the 2030 panel, the green transition is high on Anette's agenda. She has more than 25 years of experience with sustainability and green transition in both the public and private sector, where especially global goal 12 on responsible consumption and production has been pervasive. For the past 15 years, the work has been focused on the food industry in Denmark, but also with a strong European focus.

In her policy fellowship, Anette works with interdisciplinary approaches to a sustainable transformation of the food industry, including with a focus on the intersection between development, legislation, implementation as well as social and value-based dimensions.

Emilie Hvidtfeldt · Head of C40's office in Copenhagen and Director of Climate Action Engagement

Emilie manages C40's office in Copenhagen and is responsible for C40's regional activities and relations. In addition, Emilie works across C40's sector-specific teams and networks in larger strategic projects to maximize knowledge sharing, communication and learning. Emilie has been with C40 since 2016, where she has had various areas of responsibility with organizational development and governance and as head of the C40 World Mayors Summit 2019. Before joining C40, Emilie worked with cities and climate initiatives in Copenhagen Municipality, Danish ministries and in the Danish green think tank Monday Morning.

In her policy fellowship, Emilie seeks input to strengthen political mobilization and leadership around climate action in general and specifically in relation to consumption emissions.

Helene Hagel · Climate and environmental policy leader at Greenpeace

Helene has been climate and environmental policy leader at Greenpeace since 2020. Before that, she was a climate and environmental policy adviser for Alternativet in Christiansborg, where she was involved from the start in 2015. Helene studied Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, where she wrote a thesis on climate policy and science. She has also done an internship at the UNFCCC in Bonn and studied climate studies at the UN University for Peace in Costa Rica. In addition, during her studies, she has, among other things, been on Politiken, in DR and on Information.

Jacob Christian Eriksen · Journalist and head of Politiken's School of Debaters and Critics

Jacob is head of Politiken's Debate and Critics School and a writer at Politiken and has a background as a climate and environmental journalist. He also works as a moderator, teacher and presenter. Previously, he has worked at, among others, Ingeniøren and DR. He is educated as Cand.comm. in journalism and international politics and economics at Roskilde University and has written a thesis on rhetoric and fact-checking journalism.

In his policy fellowship, Jacob explores methods for how Danish media can help facilitate a more engaging and constructive debate about the green transition.

Jeppe Bo Rasmussen · Chairman of the Board of Sustainable Cultural Life NU and head of public affairs and communication in the art field at the Bikubenfonden

Jeppe Bo Rasmussen has more than 10 years' experience as a political advisor in business, civil society, cultural life and the world of funds. In addition, he is the board leader of Sustainable Cultural Life NU, which wants to accelerate cultural life's contribution to the green transition. Previously, Jeppe has worked both with climate and energy policy for Danish Industry in Brussels and with global climate justice in Oxfam IBIS. In his work in both the Bikubenfonden and Bæredygtgt Kulturliv NU, he works with how new partnerships can stimulate and nuance political conversations, and how the arts and engaging communities in cultural life and civil society can make a decisive contribution to the sustainable society of the future.

In his policy fellowship, Jeppe works, among other things, with methodological approaches to show the importance of culture, the complexity of the green transition, think about future scenarios and motivate the general population.

Karl Kjær Bang · Head of social responsibility and strategy at PFA

Karl is head of social responsibility and strategy at PFA. In the past, he has, among other things, work with the green transition when he was head of office in the European Parliament, department director at Nykredit and special adviser to the government. Karl has a master's degree in political science from Aarhus University and later took management courses at Harvard Law School and Columbia Business School.

In his policy fellowship within green transition, Karl explores how PFA can contribute to the necessary societal changes by building on a strong foundation, considering new agendas and creating companionship internally and externally.

Karoline Amalie Steen · Head of office, Center for Climate and Business, KL

Karoline Amalie Steen is office manager in KL's Center for Climate and Business, where she, among other things, is responsible for KL's involvement in the Climate Alliance - a climate partnership between KL, the regions and Realdania, where all 98 come from planning to action. In addition to responsibility for the climate alliance and serving a number of political committees, Karoline is responsible in KL for planning, housing, the mobility area as well as business, tourism and culture and the leisure area. Before KL, Karoline spent 10 years in the Municipality of Copenhagen as an office manager with responsibility for, among other things, green growth, Copenhagen's C40 membership and strategic partnerships in the green area. Karoline is educated Cand. Scient.Pol. from the University of Copenhagen and started his working life in the Ministry of Finance in the area of transport and the environment, as well as a position as ministerial secretary. Karoline sits i.a. in the following boards or committees; Danish Urban Planning Laboratory, REG LAB, Center for Housing and Social Development, DBU's sustainability committee.

In her policy fellowship, Karoline works with ways to ensure broad support for the green transition, and how the municipalities can achieve a more facilitating and supportive role in the process.

Lisbeth Trinskjær · Chairman of the Folkehøjskolernes Forening

Lisbeth is chairman of the Association of Folkehøjskolernes in Denmark, member of the 2030 panel, member of the Democracy Commission, chairman of the Foundation Ungdomsøen and member of the board of the Center for Youth Research. In her work, Lisbeth is particularly concerned with the development of democracy, with young people's impact on the future and with the popular anchoring of the green transition.

In her policy fellowship, Lisbeth works with young people's capacity for change in the green transition and investigates how folk high schools can best work at the intersection between the personal and political levels of action.

Simon Wandel-Petersen · Deputy Head, Office for Green Diplomacy and Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Simon is deputy head of the Office for Green Diplomacy and Climate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has experience with Danish and international climate policy through his work in the Danish central administration. Previously, he worked as a climate diplomat in Brussels seconded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, strategic advisor in the Ministry of Climate Change and deputy head of the Office for Transversal Climate Policy. He holds a Master of Science in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen, where he currently pursues his professional interest in global climate policy as an external lecturer at the Department of Political Science.

In his policy fellowship, Simon focuses on how Danish companies can reduce their climate footprint outside the country's borders, and Danish climate policy during the Danish EU presidency in 2025.

Sisse Norman Canguilhem · Director of Partnerships, Policy and Strategy at the Council for Sustainable Construction

Since 2022, Sisse has worked as director of the Council for Sustainable Construction, which is a membership association with a focus on promoting sustainability in the built environment. She graduated from CBS in International Business and previously had a long international career with postings to Hong Kong and Geneva. Sisse has both experience from his work in the private sector, but also from a 14-year career as a diplomat. Here, in recent years, she focused on green transition and climate diplomacy, with a particular focus on the EU, the UN and exports.

In his policy fellowship, Sisse works to make the construction industry's efforts measurable and with new incentive structures with a focus on housing and construction for both politicians and consumers.

Sara Krüger Falk · Director of UN Global Compact Network Denmark

Sara Krüger Falk is the CEO of the UN's Global Compact Network Denmark, which she spearheaded establishing for the Global Compact in March 2018. She has extensive experience in driving systematic sustainable development through her roles in both the private and public sectors. Sara is chairman of the 2030 panel – a multi-stakeholder forum that advises the Danish Parliament on the work to promote the UN's 17 World Goals. Sara is a cand.scient.soc from RUC and has a master's in African studies from KU.

Anne Braa Ermose · Legal director at Microsoft with responsibility for Western Europe

Anne is legal director at Microsoft with responsibility for legal advice internally at Microsoft across 12 European countries and head of an in-house legal team. Anne is concerned with the intersection between IT and legal regulation. For the past 14 years, she has had several different roles at Microsoft, where software, cloud computing and regulatory affairs on a global scale have been the overarching themes, including as an employee in Microsoft's head office in Seattle, USA. Anne started her career as a clerk in the Ministry of Justice and then became a lawyer at Lassen Ricard in Copenhagen. She holds a law degree from Aarhus University and an LL.M. (e) from the University of Cambridge, England.

In her policy fellowship, Anne works with Denmark's and the EU's global position in the tech area in relation to regulation, economics, technological development, and security.

Caroline Hegelund · Head of Office, Office for Digitalisation, Economic Administration, Copenhagen Municipality

Caroline graduated with a MSc in Political Science from Aarhus University in 2003. She has worked with municipal management, organisation, development and strategy in, among other places, KL and has worked with digitization since 2017 and i.a. was head of KL's Innovation and Technology unit. She has been head of office in Copenhagen Municipality since 2021.

Through her policy fellowship, Caroline dives into Copenhagen Municipality's opportunities, challenges and dilemmas in a digital age with a focus on inclusion and user-driven digital development.

Ditte Bjerregaard · Souschef/ Deputy Tech Ambassador in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ditte has worked in the Danish Foreign Service since 2007 and works in her current role as Deputy Tech Ambassador with the Danish Foreign Service's TechPlomacy mission. The team brings together career diplomats, tech experts, entrepreneurs, security professionals and students. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' tech-diplomatic engagement.

In her policy fellowship, Ditte works with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' tech-diplomatic engagement with a focus on geopolitics, accountability, security and the development of new technologies.

Emil la Cour · Chief consultant and team coordinator in the Ministry of Culture's Tech office

Emil works as a chief consultant in the Ministry of Culture's Tech office with a particular focus on how technology affects our democracy, public conversation and the well-being of children and young people. Emil has previously worked at the Digital Agency with the opportunities and challenges that arise from the use of new technologies in the public sector.

In his policy fellowship, Emil explores connections between technology, democracy and culture with a view to supporting a knowledge-based development and implementation of policy in the area.

Grit Munk · Chief IT policy consultant at the engineering association IDA

Grit is chief IT policy consultant at the Engineers' Association, IDA. She has a Master of Science in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and a diploma in management from DTU. Grit was the coordinator of the SIRI Commission, which aimed to make recommendations on how Denmark can prepare for a world with AI. She is a member of various advisory boards, committees and forums for data ethics, cyber security, artificial intelligence and standardization. Grit is also a debater, advisor, IDA's expert on data ethics and host of webinars and conferences on e.g. AI, surveillance, IT security, rights and data ethics.

In his policy fellowship, Grit works with regulation and implementation of international legislation at national level, with a focus on the new AI Act, among other things.

Jenny Bøving Arendt · Director of Danish Grammar Schools

Jenny is a Master of Science in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and director of Danske Gymnasier. She has previously worked as head of department at the Danish Teachers' Association, head of office at the Environmental Protection Agency and as an adviser to Ritt Bjerregaard.

In her policy fellowship, Jenny works on how exam forms and curricula can be adapted so that they take into account the new digital reality, and how new technology can be used as a tool in teaching to strengthen students' digital technology understanding, education and critical sense.

Karina Pultz · Senior Adviser for Human Rights at Folkekerkens Nødhjælp

Karina Pultz has more than 10 years of experience promoting and protecting human rights online and offline in the Middle East, Asia and Africa in cooperation with local partners. Her areas of expertise are the interaction between human rights and tech, the rights-based approach to development and the protection of human rights defenders. She is the Norwegian Church Aid's Senior Adviser for Human Rights, and she is the professional leader of the working group "Tech for Human Rights". She has a background as team leader for the Middle East team at the Danish Institute for Human Rights (IMR) and is an external lecturer at Political Science at the University of Copenhagen.

With an overall focus on women and social platforms, Karina explores in her policy fellowship how public dialogue, democratic development and human rights issues are affected by new technology.

Kim Jesper Jørgensen · Director of the Ministry of Defence's Materiel and Procurement Agency and National Materiel Director

Kim is a lieutenant general in the Air Force and director of the Ministry of Defence's Materiel and Procurement Agency as well as national materiel director. He has officer training from the Air Force and has held a number of different jobs in the Armed Forces, including head of the Arctic Command 2016 – 2020, where he lived in Nuuk.

In his policy fellowship, Kim works with management of technological development of a complex organization with a particular focus on how innovation is promoted and organized in interaction between users, private companies, financing institutions as well as universities and other knowledge institutions.

Niels Tanderup · International director of cBrain

Niels is educated in political science with a master's in commerce and public administration as well as an executive MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology. Niels has spent his career in both the public and private sectors, including as Consul General and head of a trade department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, manager in Greenland's national airline and self-government, policy officer in the EU's Commission for Development Policy, deputy director for international cooperation in DI and most recently as director of global affairs at cBrain. Niels regularly writes debate articles for the Danish media and is an experienced lecturer on digital transformation, public-private partnerships, sustainable development and the digital bureaucracy.

In his policy fellowship, Niels focuses on international scaling of public transformation, including in relation to digital work processes, which can support and strengthen public institutions in low- and middle-income countries.

Signe Korsgaard · Head of the Project and analysis department, Children's Conditions

For the past 8 years, Signe has worked with projects and analyzes within the pediatric field in Børns Vilkår. She is responsible for the organisation's projects and program and for Børns Vilkår's analytical work, both of which are central elements in implementing Børns Vilkår's strategy that no child should be let down in Denmark. Signe has previously worked for a number of years with digitization within the social work field in a municipal context, both with a focus on strategic development as well as the implementation of digitization projects and programs.

In her policy fellowship, Signe works with how Børns Vilkår as a knowledge-based organization can strengthen decisions, efforts, recommendations, advice and statements with knowledge within the focus areas: neglect, school failure, digital failure and psychological dissatisfaction.