With a degree in archaeology, my research focus lies within the Nordic Bronze Age (c. 1700 - 500 BCE). I have extensive international and national field-work experience as an archaeologist and I have for more than a decade worked as a cultural heritage professional as archaeological curator in the museum sector.
I have mainly published within topics of the Nordic Bronze Age, and here especially focused on identity, mobility, and landscapes. However, as a cultural heritage professional, public engagement, citizen science and popular dissemination are also key aspects of my scientific work.
Research Projects
2026 - 2028: BODYBIO – Bodily Biographies of the Bronze Age (co-PI)
The project integrates osteological, isotopic, morphometric, and proteomic datasets to reconstruct embodied identities and their material entanglements from fragmentary human remains. The project is a cross institutional and cross sector collaboration between Museum Vest, Moesgaard Museum, and AU (Augustinus grant 2025-1118 awarded to PI Laura Ahlqvist, Museum Vest).
2024-2026: Sheep, Wool and Landscape in the Nordic Bronze Age (PI).
The project combines biomolecular analyses (zooMS and aDNA) of sheep remains with analyses of archaeological landscapes and textile analysis to investigate the origins a nordic woolen textile production and address if the famous oak coffin textiles -such as the Egtved woman’s - were local or traded. My role will synthesise the project’s results but also oversee WP2 with integration of historical maps, archaeological records, terrain models, and palaeoenvironmental datasets into GIS-based spatial analysis. The project is a cross institutional and cross sector collaboration between Vejlemuseerne, Museum Sønderjylland, and Globe Institute, UCPH (Augustinus grant ref. 23110107 awarded to Louise Felding as PI, Vejlemuseerne - now AU).
2022-2025: Transitions– Gender, Ideology and Power in a Period of Transformation c. 1300 BCE (PI).
This project examined gendered ideological and socio-economic transformations during the transition from the Early to the Late Nordic Bronze Age. The project was a cross-institutional collaboration between Vejlemuseerne and Moesgaard (KFU grant FORMW.2022-22 awarded to Louise Felding as PI, Vejlemuseerne).
