Curriculum vitae Hans Henrik Knoop
Current position
Hans Henrik Knoop is Associate Professor of Psychology at the School of Education, University of Aarhus, Denmark & External Researcher at Universe Research Lab – an international research centre focused on collecting, producing and conveying knowledge about learning, creativity, education and innovation. Among others, Universe Research Lab is supported by the Nordea Danmark Foundation, the Bitten & Mads Clausen Foundation and the Egmont Foundation with a budget of approximately 5 Mio Euro for the period 2007-2012, and with professor Howard Gardner, Harvard University, and professor Svein Sjøberg, Oslo University, on the Board.
Research & professionel experience
In the past 10 years Hans Henrik Knoop has been involved in research cooperation with colleagues at Harvard University, Stanford University and at Claremont Graduate University in the GoodWork® Project and as researcher he has participated in development projects for LEGO (1998-2004), Danfoss Universe (2005-), SIS Akademi (2004-) and Royal Greenland Academy (2006), among others. In 2006-2007 he contributed to the Danish TV-channel DR2’s programs on talent development in schools, and he was the scholarly anchor of the Danish TV-channel TV2’s reality documentary series 'Plan B' concerning efficient education – a program that received international attention in being nominated for the highly prestigious television Golden Rose of Montreux in 2007.
Development projects
As academic expert he has contributed to Danish ministerial committees on cross-curricular competencies (2000-2001), pedagogical appliance of IT (2002-2003), pedagogical planning (2004-2005), talent development (2005), the Government’s Committee on School Initiation (2005-2006) and the Danish Evaluation Institute’s project concerning teaching environment in primary and secondary school (2006).
Hans Henrik Knoop is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) (2007-).
He has carried out research-based consultancy for a large number of institutions and municipalities in Denmark (1994-) and internationally he has been involved in major EU-financed development projects in Latvia (1993-) and Lithuania (1995-1998) as well as contributing to evaluation of development projects for EU (1997-1998).
Hans Henrik Knoop is a requested speaker, who has presented his work through more than 800 invited keynotes and lectures in Denmark and at conferences in many countries.
Selected publications
Andersen, P. Ø. & Knoop, H. H. (red.) (2002): Børns liv og læreprocesser i det moderne samfund. [Childrens’ Lives and Learning in the Modern World]. Copenhagen: Billesø & Baltzer. 2002.
Andresen, B. B. & Knoop, H. H. (2003): Pædagogisk brug af IT i folkeskolen [Pedagogical Use of ICT in School]. Copenhagen: Danish School of Education Press.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. & Knoop, H. H. (2008): Kompleksitet - universelt ideal og global trussel [Complexity - Universal Ideal and Global Threat]. In: Lyhne, J. & Knoop, H. H. (red.): Positiv Psykologi – Positiv Pædagogik [Positive Psychology – Positive Pedagogy]. Copenhagen: Dansk psykologisk Forlag.
Knoop, H. H. (2002): Leg, læring og kreativitet – hvorfor glade børn lærer mere. København: Aschehoug. Translated to English: Play, Learning & Creativity – Why Happy Children are Better Learners. Copenhagen: Aschehoug.
Knoop, H. H. (Ed.) (2004): Children, Play, and Time: Essays on the art of transforming stress to joyful challenges. Copenhagen: Danish School of Education Press.
Knoop, H. H. & Lyhne, J. (red.) (2005): Et nyt læringslandskab – Flow, Intelligens og det gode læringsmiljø. [A New Landscape of Learning – flow, intelligence and good learning environments]. Copenhagen: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag.
Knoop, H. H. (2007): Control and Responsibility: A Danish Perspective on Leadership. In: Gardner, H. (ed.). Responsibility at Work: How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Knoop, H. H. (2007): Wise Creativity and Creative Wisdom. In: Craft, A., Gardner, H. & Claxton, G (eds.) Creativity, Wisdom and Trusteeship . Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Knoop, H. H. & Gardner, H. (2001): Good Work in a Complex World. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University.
Lyhne, J. & Knoop, H. H. (red.) (2008): Positiv Psykologi – Positiv Pædagogik [Positive Psychology – Positive Pedagogy]. Copenhagen: Dansk psykologisk Forlag.
Lassen, L., Boström, L. & Knoop, H. H. (red.) (2007): Læring og Læringsstile – om unikke og fælles veje i pædagogikken. [Learning and Learning Styles – about unique and common ways in pedagogy]. Copenhagen: Dansk psykologisk Forlag.
Co-Editor of the Danish journal Kognition & Pædagogik [Cognition & Pedagogy] for Dansk psykologisk Forlag.
For a complete list of publications please click here.
Contact
hhk@universeresearchlab.com
Tel. +45 2095 4960