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Jesper Aagaard Petersen

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Jesper Aagaard Petersen

Vice-Dean Research
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Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

jesper.petersen@ntnu.no
+4773598312 +4747398511 Paviljong C, Rom 135, Dragvoll
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I am the Vice-Dean of Research at the Faculty until 2025. As Vice-Dean Research I have the following responsibilities in close collaboration with the Rectorate, Faculty management and Departments: 

  • Build research and development as core activities through strategic leadership
  • Lead and develop doctoral education
  • Lead the faculty Research Committee and other arenas for research and innovation
  • represent the faculty in research contexts locally, nationally and internationally
Key words are research culture, research strategy, research politics, research ethics, research funding and internationalization horizontally and vertically throughout the organization.
 
My background is in Religious Studies. My work is primarily in the fields of Religious Education, theory and methodology, and contemporary religion in the West. I am specialized in modern Satanism and alternative currents, RE as theory and practice, and the study of religion in general.
 
Current fields of interest include
  • Conspiracy thinking in school and society (I co-manage the research group KONSPISK)
  • Science as replacement religion, including teacher values in school, secularity and non-religion, secular apocalypses
  • the academization of Religious Education
  • transgressive art and religion
  • religion and popular culture

Competencies

  • Apokalypse og dommedag
  • Discourse analysis
  • Discursive practice
  • Esotericism
  • Faith and Science
  • Internet
  • New Age
  • New Religious Movements
  • Occultism
  • Religion and popular culture
  • Religious education
  • Satanism
  • Science Studies
  • Social science methods
  • Syncretism
  • Theory in the science of religions

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
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2021

  • Bergane, Jean; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2021) Alt henger sammen! Konspirasjonsteorier og hva vi kan gjøre for å forebygge dem.
    Website (informational material)

2020

  • Løset, Sveinung; Oestvang, Janne; Pedersen, Eilif; Mathisen, Karina; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Kummen, Jon. (2020) Rapport om utvidelse av forskerlinjer ved NTNU. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Report

2019

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2019) Religionsfag distribuert som meningsskapende mulighet i en flerfaglig praksis . Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Østern, Tone Pernille; Dahl, Thomas; Strømme, Alex; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Østern, Maria Anna-Lena Viola; Selander, Staffan. (2019) Dybde//læring - en flerfaglig, relasjonell og skapende tilnærming. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

2017

  • Østern, Tone Pernille; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) Ph.d. i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid – en philosophiae doctor uten forskning?. Universitetsavisa
    Feature article

2016

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Holt, Cimminnee. (2016) Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Lewis, James R; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) The Invention of Satanism. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic monograph
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) Satanism in Denmark. Brill Academic Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2015

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Satanisme i Norge? Å ja, black metal…. religioner.no
    Popular scientific article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Vantroens fremtid? Om et ikke-troens trosmangfold. Humanist : tidsskrift for livssynsdebatt
    Popular scientific article
  • Ödlund, Christine; Börjesson, Johan; Arnesen, Trond; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Planteprat. Panel/samtale. Om planters kommunikasjon og økologi vs økokrise vs teosofi. Helaften med kunstneren Christine Ödlund. Panel/samtale med forskere.
    Art exhibition
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Contemporary Satanism. Routledge
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2015) Old Nick on the 'Net: On Satanic Politics. OUPblog
    Popular scientific article

2014

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Sataniske pikesmykker?. religioner.no
    Popular scientific article
  • Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Cult of Carnality: Sexuality, Eroticism and Gender in Contemporary Satanism. Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Operation Mindfuck, Viking Edition: How Fear of the Satanic and Cartoon Exoticism Fueled the Prank of the Century.
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Art, Anarchy and Apostasy – en samtale mellom Martin Palmer og Jesper Aagaard Petersen. Art, Anarchy and Apostasy
    Other presentation
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Carnal, Chthonian, Complicated: The Matter of Modern Satanism. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2013

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online. Equinox Publishing
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) The Carnival of Dr. LaVey: Articulations of Transgression in Modern Satanism. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) The Devil's Party: Satanism in Modernity. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Moderne satanisme: En religionsvidenskabelig rejseparlør. Religion. Tidsskrift for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Da Satan kom til Tromsø. PluRel - en blogg om religion og samfunn (UiO)
    Popular scientific article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Bracketing Beelzebub: Introducing the Academic Study of Satanism. International Journal for the Study of New Religions
    Academic article

2012

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2012) Satanism. Cambridge University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Goetisk gru. Helvede i populærkulturen. Kritisk forum for praktisk teologi
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Alteritet og transgression: "Post-kristen" og "post-satanisk" satanisme.
    Website (informational material)
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) The Seeds of Satan: Conceptions of Magic in Contemporary Satanism. Aries
    Academic article

2011

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Between Darwin and the Devil. Modern Satanism as Discourse, Milieu, and Self. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (245)
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2011) "Smite him hip and thigh": Satanism, violence and transgression. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2010

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2010) "We demand bedrock knowledge". Modern Satanism between secularized esotericism and "esoterizised" secularism. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
    Academic article

2009

  • Hjelm, Titus; Bogdan, Henrik; Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Nordic Satanism and Satanism Scares: the Dark Side of the Secular Welfare State. Social Compass
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Hypersymmetric Asymmetry: Distance and Engagement as Critical Concepts. Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology. Ashgate Ashgate
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern Satanism. Cambridge University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2008

  • Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2008) The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism. Prometheus Books Prometheus Books
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

2005

  • Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2005) Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2005) Modern Satanism: Dark Doctrines and Black Flames. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2002

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2002) Binary Satanism: The Construction of Community in a Digital World. Syzygy (Stanford, Calif.)
    Academic article

2001

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2001) Den satans lyst! Kærlighet og sex blant satanister. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Østern, Tone Pernille; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) Ph.d. i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid – en philosophiae doctor uten forskning?. Universitetsavisa
    Feature article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Satanisme i Norge? Å ja, black metal…. religioner.no
    Popular scientific article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Vantroens fremtid? Om et ikke-troens trosmangfold. Humanist : tidsskrift for livssynsdebatt
    Popular scientific article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2015) Old Nick on the 'Net: On Satanic Politics. OUPblog
    Popular scientific article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Sataniske pikesmykker?. religioner.no
    Popular scientific article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Moderne satanisme: En religionsvidenskabelig rejseparlør. Religion. Tidsskrift for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Da Satan kom til Tromsø. PluRel - en blogg om religion og samfunn (UiO)
    Popular scientific article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Bracketing Beelzebub: Introducing the Academic Study of Satanism. International Journal for the Study of New Religions
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Goetisk gru. Helvede i populærkulturen. Kritisk forum for praktisk teologi
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) The Seeds of Satan: Conceptions of Magic in Contemporary Satanism. Aries
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2010) "We demand bedrock knowledge". Modern Satanism between secularized esotericism and "esoterizised" secularism. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
    Academic article
  • Hjelm, Titus; Bogdan, Henrik; Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Nordic Satanism and Satanism Scares: the Dark Side of the Secular Welfare State. Social Compass
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Hypersymmetric Asymmetry: Distance and Engagement as Critical Concepts. Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2002) Binary Satanism: The Construction of Community in a Digital World. Syzygy (Stanford, Calif.)
    Academic article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2001) Den satans lyst! Kærlighet og sex blant satanister. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
    Academic article

Artistic productions

  • Ödlund, Christine; Börjesson, Johan; Arnesen, Trond; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Planteprat. Panel/samtale. Om planters kommunikasjon og økologi vs økokrise vs teosofi. Helaften med kunstneren Christine Ödlund. Panel/samtale med forskere.
    Art exhibition

Books

  • Østern, Tone Pernille; Dahl, Thomas; Strømme, Alex; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Østern, Maria Anna-Lena Viola; Selander, Staffan. (2019) Dybde//læring - en flerfaglig, relasjonell og skapende tilnærming. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Lewis, James R; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) The Invention of Satanism. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic monograph
  • Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) The Devil's Party: Satanism in Modernity. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology. Ashgate Ashgate
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2008) The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism. Prometheus Books Prometheus Books
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2005) Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2019) Religionsfag distribuert som meningsskapende mulighet i en flerfaglig praksis . Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Holt, Cimminnee. (2016) Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) Satanism in Denmark. Brill Academic Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Contemporary Satanism. Routledge
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Cult of Carnality: Sexuality, Eroticism and Gender in Contemporary Satanism. Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Operation Mindfuck, Viking Edition: How Fear of the Satanic and Cartoon Exoticism Fueled the Prank of the Century.
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Carnal, Chthonian, Complicated: The Matter of Modern Satanism. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online. Equinox Publishing
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) The Carnival of Dr. LaVey: Articulations of Transgression in Modern Satanism. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2012) Satanism. Cambridge University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2011) "Smite him hip and thigh": Satanism, violence and transgression. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern Satanism. Cambridge University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2005) Modern Satanism: Dark Doctrines and Black Flames. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Løset, Sveinung; Oestvang, Janne; Pedersen, Eilif; Mathisen, Karina; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Kummen, Jon. (2020) Rapport om utvidelse av forskerlinjer ved NTNU. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Report
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Between Darwin and the Devil. Modern Satanism as Discourse, Milieu, and Self. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (245)
    Doctoral dissertation

UTSTILLING

  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Art, Anarchy and Apostasy – en samtale mellom Martin Palmer og Jesper Aagaard Petersen. Art, Anarchy and Apostasy
    Other presentation

Information material

  • Bergane, Jean; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2021) Alt henger sammen! Konspirasjonsteorier og hva vi kan gjøre for å forebygge dem.
    Website (informational material)
  • Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Alteritet og transgression: "Post-kristen" og "post-satanisk" satanisme.
    Website (informational material)

Outreach

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2018) Megapolisomancy: Metaphor and Magic in the Metropolis. Academia Ordo Templi Orientis Magick, Mysticism and Art , Hotel Oriente, Barcelona 2018-06-24 - 2018-06-24
  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Nielsen, Carsten Viggo. (2018) Røre i andedammen: Receptionen af dansk ondskabskult 1973-2018. Chaos-redaktionen Chaos symposium 2018 , Lunds universitet 2018-05-04 - 2018-05-05

2017

  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) “I believe in as much as possible”: Notes on the reception of A. Crowley in late 1960s Danish counterculture. Academia Ordo Templi Orientis Academia Ordo Templi Orientis 2017 Conference , Monte Verita, Ascona 2017-08-26 - 2017-08-26
  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) The Satanic Milieu: Mapping and Modelling Double Deviance. ESSWE and Universität Erfurt 6th Intl conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism , Augustinerkloster, Erfurt 2017-06-01 - 2017-06-03

2015

  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) «I fucking love science»: Naturvitenskap som identitetsmarkør på sociale medier. SiPP (NTNU), YES (NTNU) og ALT (HiST) Ungdomsseminariet i Trondheim , PLU, Moholt 2015-09-24 - 2015-09-24
  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Educating the public: Making sense of popular science television in Norway. International Association for the History of Religions IAHR XXI World Congress , Erfurt Universitet 2015-08-23 - 2015-08-29
  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Natur og kultur i klasserommet: Gjensidighet i naturfag og religionsfag?. IHKR Et religionsfag for fremtiden , Universitetet i Bergen 2015-10-14 - 2015-10-15

2014

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Operation Mindfuck, Viking Edition. Metamorf/TEKS HERE TO GO II , Dokkhuset, Trondheim 2014-05-30 - 2014-05-31

2013

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) SATANS YNGEL: Okkult, Ondsinnet & Orgasmisk. Martin Palmer Forum Nidrosiae , Tulla Fischer, Trondheim 2013-02-28 - 2013-02-28
  • Interview
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Jakobsen, Hanne Østli. (2013) RLE må bli ikke-religiøst. forskning.no forskning.no [Internet] 2013-04-19
  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Når kundskab krænker: Religionsfaget mellem værdipolitik og videnskabsfag. NTNU NOFA4 , Hotel Royal Garden, Trondheim 2013-05-29 - 2013-05-31
  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) "Nobody likes to be fooled": Negotiating the "alternative" in Norwegian public debate. European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism ESSWE4 , Göteborg 2013-06-26 - 2013-06-30

2012

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) En fjern torden: Kristne dommedagsforestillinger på det store lerret. Kosmorama Kosmorama , Trondheim 2012-03-21 - 2012-03-21
  • Academic lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Megapolisomancy: Metaphor and Magic in the Metropolis. Meta.Morf 2012 Here To Go: Art, counterculture and the esoteric , Nova Kino, Trondheim 2012-10-20 - 2012-10-20

2010

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2010) Sabbath on Angel Dust, Motörhead for zombies: Transgressive Music and the Paradox of Society. Rockheim og Forum Nidrosiae Svart helg på Rockheim! , Rockheim 2010-11-12 - 2010-11-12

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