Service & engagement

Research as a collective and public endeavour.

Alongside research and teaching, I contribute to research leadership, peer review, funding evaluation, community building, and public understanding of AI.

Research leadership

Head of the Copenhagen Section, Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, 2025–
Research Leader for Natural Language Processing (AAU-NLP), Department of Computer Science, 2025–
Led the precursor to AAU-NLP as an informal group, 2022–2025
Lab Director and Principal Investigator of AI:SECURITY, co-led with Qiongxiu Li, within AAU's AI:X Labs, 2025–

Academic community

Action Editor for Computational Linguistics, 2026–
Member of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS), 2025–
Member of The Young Academy (Det Unge Akademi), 2023–2025
Area Chair for NeurIPS, 2026, and ACL Rolling Review, 2024–
Associate Editor for Data Science and Engineering, 2024–
External reviewer for ERC Advanced and Synergy Grants and selected European national funding agencies, including NWO, SNSF, DFG, and the Spanish State Research Agency’s Artificial Intelligence Call (2025)

Research policy

Working Group Chair, Use of AI in Science for Policy, SAPEA / European Commission Scientific Advice Mechanism, 2025
Member of Innovation Fund Denmark's Industrial Researcher Committee, 2025–2028

Public engagement

50+ press and media records on the AAU Research Portal
Expert commentary for national broadcasters including DR and TV2, spanning AI safety, education, and language technology

Media and speaking

For expert commentary or invited talks.

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