By Charlotte Tybjerg Sørensen, AAU Communication and Public Affairs
Photo: Aalborg University

The Nils Klim Prize is among the most prestigious Nordic research awards for young scholars and is awarded by the Holberg Committee on behalf of the Norwegian Parliament.

Majse Lind is an associate professor in clinical psychology. Lind receives the prize for her interdisciplinary research on mental health, with particular focus on disorders among young people and older adults. Her work examines, among other things, how the stories people tell about themselves can be used to identify and treat psychological challenges such as personality disorders and identity related problems.

Lind’s research also includes groundbreaking work with artificial intelligence aimed at detecting early signs of identity difficulties.

She has published more than 50 scientific articles and is Co Director of the interdisciplinary initiative AI:MIND at Aalborg University, which seeks to promote young people’s mental health through conversational AI.

Read more about AI:MIND here.

“Being recognized for my research, as with the Nils Klim Prize, feels deeply rewarding,” Lind says.

“As a young researcher, much of the work happens quietly—driven by curiosity, commitment, and long-term belief in the importance of the questions one asks. To have that work acknowledged in this way is incredibly affirming.”

Read more about Majse Lind’s research here

The Chair of the Nils Klim Committee, Professor Andreas Føllesdal, University of Oslo, states that Majse Lind is “a most worthy recipient of the Nils Klim Prize for her outstanding, original, innovative and interdisciplinary contributions to psychological research on topics of the utmost importance.”

The Nils Klim Prize will be awarded at a ceremony in Bergen on 4 June.