The latest edition of Kraks Blå Bog has just been released. Among the new names is Professor Mette Løvschal from the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies.

The human relationship with nature is the central theme in Mette Løvschal’s research, which is used in many different contexts. She is particularly focused on two global challenges: Firstly, the extensive enclosure of land, which limits the mobility of both animals and humans. Secondly, the collapse of community-based grazing practices, which according to her research, have helped maintain a diversity of cultural landscapes over centuries. Both challenges are important in relation to the climate crisis, as her research documents that the distance between humans and nature is growing.

Throughout her research career, she has received significant recognition - most recently in the form of the H.M. Queen Margrethe’s Science Award and the Victor Albeck Award, which she received for her interdisciplinary research in prehistoric landscapes. From today, she is also added to this year’s edition of the traditional Blue Book, which contains biographies of notable Danes.

“I am honored to be among the newly inducted. I see it as an important recognition of my work,” says Mette Løvschal.

About Kraks Blå Bog

Kraks Blå Bog is Denmark’s most well-known and cited reference work with reliable information about significant Danes. The reference book has been published annually since 1910 and is continuously updated with the cooperation of the included individuals.

About Mette Løvschal

Ph.D. from Aarhus University. Professor at the Department of Culture and Society at Aarhus University. Leading research developer, Moesgaard Museum. Recipient of several awards, including Sapere Aude Research Talent 1 (2015), and Aarhus University Research Foundation’s Ph.D. prize (2015). Recipient of multiple research grants, including from the Danish Independent Research Fund, the Carlsberg Foundation, and an ERC grant for the project ANTHEA (Anthropogenic Heathlands: The Social Organization of Super-Resilient Past Human Ecosystems). Research published as highly cited articles in, among others, Current Anthropology, World Archaeology, Anthropological Review, and PNAS. A wide range of research dissemination publications, including publications through Cambridge University Press and Aeon.

Translated to English from the original article by AU communication. Read it here in Danish