Personal profile
Research interests
My overall research interests revolve around gender equality and minority participation. For about the past decade, I have in particular specialised in connections between female outmigration from remote and rural areas, gender seggregation in the labour market and ineqaulities in access to jobs and education opportunities. Lately, I have also - as an extension of this - turned my attention to island studies, as islands often pose interesting examples of such processes. From September 2022-March 2023, I was employed by the Danish Veterans' Centre research the experiences of female veterans in the Danish Defence during deployments abroad. Since April 2023, I have been employed as DEI adviser to the Royal Danish Navy Command
External positions
gender advisor, Royal Danish Navy Command
1 Apr 2023 → …
senior researcher, Veterancentrets Videncenter
1 Sept 2022 → 31 Mar 2023
Chair of the Danish Association of Gender Researchers, Foreningen for Kønsforskning i Danmark
9 Nov 2020 → …
Associate professor, Aalborg University
1 Nov 2011 → 1 Sept 2022
Associate Professor, Aalborg University
Keywords
- GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
- Gendered population flows
- feminist geography
- Islands
- island studies
- rurality
- HM Sociology
- gender equality
- feminist theory
- feminist methodology
- labour market seggregation
- minority inclusion
- diversity
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Barrierer og mulige løsninger med henblik på at øge andelen af kvinder indenfor teknisk-naturvidenskabelig forskning
Faber, S. T. (PI), Nielsen, H. P. (CoPI) & Gemzøe, A. S. (CoI)
1/03/19 → 1/05/19
Project: Consultancy
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EQUIL: Equality in Isolated Labour Markets
Nielsen, H. P. (PI), Hayfield, E. A. (CoPI) & Arnfjord, S. (CoPI)
1/10/18 → 31/10/19
Project: Research
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Sustainable business and demography: Exploring critical links between gender youth and small-scale business development in fisheries and tourism in South Greenland
Nielsen, H. P. (CoI) & Rastad Bjørst, L. (PI)
1/09/17 → 31/08/18
Project: Research
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Facilitering, konkretisering og kvalitetssikring af arbejdet med formuleringen af en ny handlingsplan for Ligestilling og Diversitet på AAU (dækkende perioden 2017-2021)
Faber, S. T. (PI), Nielsen, H. P. (CoPI) & Gemzøe, A. S. (CoI)
1/03/17 → 30/06/17
Project: Consultancy
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Fighting to Become One of the Boys: Inattentive (Re)gendering of Military Professionalism Among Danish Soldiers
Nielsen, H. P., 28 Nov 2024, In: Armed Forces and Society. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How couples negotiate livelihoods in a Danish island setting: The role of history, geography and gender relations
Nielsen, H. P., 12 Feb 2024, In: Gender, Place & Culture: A journal of feminist geography. p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Kvindelige Veteraner: Erfaringer som soldat og tanker om en videre karriere i Forsvaret
Translated title of the contribution :Female Veterans: Experiences as soldiers and attitudes towards a future career in the Danish Armed Forces Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Theorising gender and tourism in island locations
Nielsen, H. P., 2023, A Research Agenda for Gender and Tourism. Chambers, D. & Wilson, E. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 23-42 20 p. (Elgar Research Agendas).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Belonging in an aquapelago: Island mobilities and emotions
Hayfield, E. A. & Nielsen, H. P., Jan 2022, In: Island studies journal. 17, 2, p. 192-213 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
18 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Global Island Feminisms Symposium
Nielsen, H. P. (Participant)
14 Aug 2025 → 15 Aug 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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En køn historie: job, mobilitet, køn og karriere i Nordjylland
Nielsen, H. P. (Speaker)
3 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Kampen for at blive én af drengene
Nielsen, H. P. (Speaker)
18 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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DEI indsatser i Søværnet
Nielsen, H. P. (Speaker)
24 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Danish female veterans
Nielsen, H. P. (Speaker)
25 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Farvel til forskerdrømmen/Farewell to the dream of being a researcher
13/12/24
1 item of Media coverage
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