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NEW VICE-DEAN FOR RESEARCH AT ARTS

Søren Michael Sindbæk, Professor of Archaeology at the Department of Culture and Society, begins his new position as vice-dean for research at Arts on 1 April.

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Professor Søren Michael Sindbæk will start as vice-dean for research at the Faculty of Arts on 1 April. Photo: Arts

Søren Michael Sindbæk is a Professor of Archaeology at the Department of Culture and Society, but now he is replacing archaeological research with management at the Faculty of Arts.

In a news release from Arts, Arts dean Maja Horst emphasises that Søren Michael Sindbæk has a solid academic background and is an experienced and recognised researcher.

Søren Michael Sindbæk is looking forward to his new role as vice-dean:

“As vice-dean, I want to work towards making even better use of our organisational framework to benefit research. This includes identifying and developing opportunities across fields and departments and within the graduate school”.

“At the same time, I want to work towards enhancing the visibility of researchers from the Faculty of Arts in relation to external organisations and foundations,” Søren Michael Sindbæk says.

DISCOVERED A VIKING AGE RING FORTRESS

Professor Søren Michael Sindbæk has done important work on the Viking Age and the Middle Ages. Among other things, he has studied the importance of trade routes and how urban communities have developed. In this connection, Søren Michael Sindbæk has helped uncover the role played by Denmark's oldest trading town, Ribe, in the very early Viking Age.

Søren Michael Sindbæk can also proudly say that he co-discovered Denmark’s most recently found Viking age ring fortress, together with archaeologist Nanna Holm Gade. The ring fortress is called Borgring and is located near Køge. It dates back to the time of the Viking king Harald Bluetooth in the 10th century and was discovered in 2014.

Søren Michael Sindbæk is also deputy director of the DNRF Centre of Excellence UrbNet - Centre for Urban Network Evolutions and has served on the Independent Research Fund Denmark's Council for Culture and Communication since 2024. 

Søren Michael Sindbæk starts on 1 April and will replace Anne Marie Pahuus, she stepped down as vice-dean last October to focus fully on her research.

This text is machine translated and post-edited by Cecillia Jensen.