Projects per year
Personal profile
Research areas
I am an associate professor in pedagogy and design in the Lab for Play and Design at Design School Kolding, where I handle a special subject area on young people and play. I have a Ph.D. in Child and Youth Culture from the Department of Cultural Studies, University of Southern Denmark. Keywords in my research are: anthropology, play, youth research, institutional analyses, pedagogy, participation, communities, self-organization, neo-materialism, phenomenology, urban studies, place, ethnographic method, design ethnography, ethics. I am particularly interested in materials, material-based communities and experiments and improvisation with multimodal materials and practices, Reflexive method use is a major field of interest for me, where methodical work with design processes, senses, materials, places, spaces and people is the subject of analytical attention. At the School of Design, I am the initiator of an effort on ethics and design with a view to reflecting and developing ethics sensorially and situationally.
I am responsible for a research and development project at Efterskolen Play on the Design and Construction line, where we research how young people play through design education and multimodal experiments.
In close collaboration with professor Helle Marie Skovbjerg, Jess Uhre Rahbek, Ane Bjerre Odgaard and Jeppe Bundsgaard, I am engaged in a new design research project which is about establishing a playful transition from kindergarten to school. The project is financed by Denmark's Free Research Foundation. During this project we have a close collaboration with professor Lisa Grocott, Shanti Sumartojo and Stacy Holeman Jones, Monash University, Australia.
I am a Danish editor at the Nordic Journal of Youth Research and initiator of the current interview series "Nordic Youth Researchers - a retrospective with today's brushstrokes". I can recommend curious readers to look at the first interview with Professor Kirsten Drotner.
I am a PhD supervisor and thesis supervisor at the School of Design. In addition, I am part of the censor corps for educational anthropology, Aarhus University. I am available as both assistant and main supervisor for PhD students.
I have been a visiting researcher at the Department of Science, Arctic University of Norway (2018, 2019), assistant professor at the Department of Cultural Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (2011-2019), The Swedish School for Sport and Health Science (2015), Roskilde University research program Space, Place, Mobility and Urban Studies (2013) and University of British Columbia, Department for Education (2012).
Research area
- City
- Design
-
Unge, leg og materialer - designetnografiske eksperimenter i efterskolekontekst
Sand, A.-L. (PI)
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
-
Må jeg være med? - leg, inklusion og fællesskab i skolen
Sand, A.-L. (PI)
15/08/2019 → 01/06/2022
Project: Research
-
Gadeidrættens potentialer for unges demokratiske deltagelse og kulturskabelse (finansieret af Carlsbergfondet)
Sand, A.-L. (PI)
01/01/2015 → 30/12/2018
Project: Research
-
Matrikelløse rum: En undersøgelse af selvorganiserede måder at bruge byen på
Sand, A.-L. (PI)
01/03/2011 → 24/05/2014
Project: Research
Research output
-
From an ethics of the eyes to ethics of the bodies: Rethinking ethics in design research through sensory practices
Sand, A.-L., Vinding, M., Kremer, M. & Tanggaard, L., 24 Jan 2024, In: Design Studies. 95, December, p. 1-18 18 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
-
Hvor farver punkerne hår? En samtale med professor Kirsten Drotner om etableringen af ungdomskulturforskningen i 1970ʼerne
Sand, A.-L., 10 Oct 2024, In: Nordisk tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning. 5 , 1, p. 1-7 7 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
Open Access -
Legens bevægelser i skolen
Skovbjerg, H. M., Jensen, J.-O. & Sand, A.-L., 2024, In: Forskning i Pædagogers Profession og Uddannelse. 8, 1Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Pedagogues’ participation in play as a pathway to inclusive environments
Skovbjerg, H. M., Hansen, J. H., Jørgensen, H. H., Sand, A.-L., Bekker, T. & Gibson, J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Inclusive Education.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
-
Can I Design for Play? How Pedagogues Design for Children’s Play Situations in School
Sand, A.-L., Skovbjerg, H. M., Jensen, J.-O., Jørgensen, H. H. & Bekker, T., 30 May 2023, In: The Design Journal . 30 May, p. 1-30 30 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Activities
-
Censorkorpset Pædagogisk Antropologi
Sand, A.-L. (Participant)
1 Jul 2024 → 1 Jul 2028Activity: Other activity types › External teaching and subject coordination
-
Design School Kolding (Organisational unit)
Sand, A.-L. (Member) & Skovbjerg, H. M. (Chair)
1 Apr 2024 → 1 Jan 2026Activity: Membership › Membership in committee, council, board
-
Workshop with Shanti Sumartojo, visiting professor from Monash University, Australia
Sumartojo, S. (Organizer), Skovbjerg, H. M. (Organizer), Høgh-Mikkelsen, M. (Participant), Rahbek, J. U. (Participant), Lausen, L. A. (Participant), Sand, A.-L. (Participant) & Legaard, J. F. (Participant)
25 Oct 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
-
Introduction to 3D print
Høgh-Mikkelsen, M. (Participant), Cabral, A. C. (Organizer), Sand, A.-L. (Participant), Herriott, R. (Participant) & Hijkoop, V. (Participant)
9 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
-
Playful writing for playful writers
Kinch, S. (Organizer), Sand, A.-L. (Organizer) & Legaard, J. F. (Organizer)
1 Oct 2022 → 30 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference