Sigrid is no longer working at Nordregio. For contact or more information please contact nordregio@nordregio.org
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Sigrid is an economic geographer specialising in regional development and the spatial barriers to technological diffusion and innovative activities. She has, e.g., researched the variations in the regional peripheries and which regions and groups are challenged in digital transformation. She employs both quantitative and qualitative tools in her work.
Academic qualifications
- Ph.D. in Economic Geography and Innovation Studies, Aalborg University (2019 – 2023), Title of dissertation: “Technological change and regional inequalities: Spatial diffusion of Artificial Intelligence across Danish regions”
- M.Sc. (Research) in Urban and Economic Geography, Utrecht University (2017-2019)
- B.Sc. Regional planning and Human geography, Lund University (2012-2015)
- Exchange undergraduate stay, Concordia University, Canada (Fall of 2014)
Languages
- Danish (Native)
- English
- Swedish
- Norwegian
Prior positions
- Ph.D. Candidate in Economic Geography and Innovation Studies, Aalborg University (2019 – 2023)
- Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Gothenburg University, Department of Economic Geography (Fall of 2022)
- Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, London School of Economics, Department of Economic Geography and the International Inequalities Institute (Spring of 2022)
- Research assistant, ReDy: Center of regional dynamics and disparities (Fall of 2019)
- Analyst, Dansk Bygningsarv / BARK Rådgivning, Copenhagen (2016-2017)
- Student assistant, Danish Town Planning Institute, Copenhagen (2015)