By Jeannette Bylov, journalist, AAU Communication

Anne Marie Kanstrup has been selected because she has both the professional and personal competences that match the job and because she complements the existing executive management.

- We selected Anne Marie Kanstrup because she has a strong profile and a substantial background for doing the job. She has in-depth knowledge of AAU, great commitment and a clear vision for the education area. Her special competences will help to advance efforts such as the establishment of the cross-cutting unit for PBL and the continuation of digitalisation in education. I am certain that Anne Marie will play a significant role in how we best develop our programmes to match the needs of the labour market, a major concern of both policy makers and education seekers. Going forward, AAU must look carefully at how we can offer programmes that are even more engaged with the real world. I am convinced that our new pro-rector will be instrumental in ensuring this, Rector Per Michael Johansen says.

Draws on solid aau experience

Anne Marie Kanstrup is a familiar face at AAU. Since 2001, with one detour at University College of Northern Denmark (UCN), she has been at the university as a PhD student, a Professor with special responsibilities in the Department of Communication and Psychology, and most recently as a Professor in the Department of Planning. She now looks forward to engaging with the job of spreading AAU's knowledge to the rest of the world.

Video

Meet AAU's new pro-rector, Anne Marie Kanstrup