Agnes Ida Benedicte Nicolaisen

Background

Nicolaisen, Agnes Ida Benedicte was born on June 10, 1940 in Copenhagen. Daughter of Ebbe Morten and Lisbeth Edelberg.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Copenhagen University, 1961. Master of Arts, Aarhus University, 1971.

Career

Associate professor cultural sociology Copenhagen University, 1971-1991, associate professor anthropology, 1991-1997. Senior researcher Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, since 1997. Vice chairman executive board International Cooperative, DANIDA, since 1996.

Chairman board Soren Kierkegaard Research Center. Member advisory board Council for Development Research, 1981-1987, 93-99. Chairman board Information on International Development Cooperative, since 2000.

Achievements

• Agnes Ida Benedicte Nicolaisen has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors World Wildlife Fund, since 1987, Foundation of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik, since 1988, Humanity in Action United States/Denmark/Holland/Germany. Member permanent forum on indigenous issues United Nations, since 2000. Member Worldwide Diabetes Foundation, Asia House Foundation.

Member Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies.

Interests

• Ornithology, classical music.

Connections

Married Arne Johannes Nicolaisen (deceased 1961). Married Abraham Pais, March 15, 1990.