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2011-12: SOEREN BUNDGAARD BROEGGER
Soeren is to take an MSc in Financial Mathematics at the LSE. He has two previous Bachelor degrees from Aarhus, one in Economics and the other in Physics. His subject will be the pricing of derivatives, specifically looking at the mathematical evaluation of risk. He believes his work will be of help not only to practitioners but also regulators in their quest to avoid the financial disasters the western world experienced recently. His tutor says: “Soeren quickly distinguished himself as the most serious and bright student in the class”. Another Professor at Aarhus: “he is one of the best students I have taught in 17 years in academia”.
2011-12: CECILIE DINESEN
Cecilie is to take an MSc in Development Studies (Programme of Violence, Conflict and Development) at SOAS. Her previous studies in CPH were in Public Health. Her ambition is to better understand the social, economic and political context in which issues of public health (typically HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria) have to be addressed. We picked her not only for her academic and personal skills (“independent minded scholar with strong analytical skills and exceptional flair for quantitative research methods”, “strong collaborative skills and positive spirit”) but also because of the personal commitment she has demonstrated through her work at the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims in DK preceded by work in Rwanda and extensive travel in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
2011-12: KRISTIAN KLAUSEN
Kristian is to take an MPhil in Politics at Oxford where he is already in place completing an MSc in Asian Studies. His future work will focus on “central/local relations” in China. Rapid economic evolution accompanied by piecemeal political reform is leading to corporatist and predatory behaviour locally which damages the provision of social welfare. Chinese authorities are already looking outside China for better models and Denmark can be a source. He has been involved in the establishment of the new Sino-Danish Centre for Research and Education in Beijing. His academic work “showed a very high level of knowledge about the intricacies of the Chinese State and its relationship with the economic system”. He also has good working skills in Mandarin.
2011-12: EMIL DALEGAARD LANGBALLE
Emil is in the process of taking the 2year Masters in Documentary Direction at the NFTS (National Film and Television School). Few students are accepted for this course (8 out of 200 applicants). Emil was one of the only two students to be the choice of all the members of the selection panel. The NFTS say “we are very lucky to have him as part of the course”. He has a background in news coverage in Denmark (TV2), feels he can “sniff” a good story but wants to be able to be able to dig deeper. He sees his time at the NFTS as giving him the opportunity to improve his “dramatic and narrative abilities”. His ultimate goal is “to put both countries (DK and the UK) on the map when it comes to powerful films about social issues”.
2011-12: HALFDAN LYNGE-MANGUEIRA
Halfdan will be in his second year of a DPhil (Political Science) at Oxford. His previous degrees in the same discipline were from the University of CPH. The topic of his thesis is election fraud. Honest elections are the cornerstone of democracy and yet more or less concealed manipulation of the process is rife in many countries with little rigourous academic study of the phenomenon. He sees an opportunity to narrow the widening gap between academics and practitioners in the fields of comparative democratisation and democracy promotion. Halfdan has worked for the United Nations Development Programme in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Mozambique. His wife is Ethiopian.
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