My primary research area is Lutheran theology in the 16th, 20th and 21st centuries. Studies on Luther's theology of gift has opened my interests towards the relationship between theology and social and cultural development, and towards the relationship to other confessions. In recent years, I have focused on the relationship between doctrine and consolation in the reformers Luther and Melanchthon and on the inherent social imaginaries in theology and their impact on practice.

Teaches dogmatics at both bachelor and master level. 

Head of the interdisciplinary centre: LUMEN - Center for the Study of Lutheran Theology and Confessional Societies.

Vice-president for Luther-Akademie Sondershausen-Ratzeburg e.V.

Member for the board: TARF (Theologischer Arbeitskreis für reformationsgeschichtliche Forschung).

Chair of the local committee for 15. International Congres for Luther Research

Member of the Theological Working Group for The Council on International Relations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark.

Member of the Joint Working Group between the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church.

Member of the Baptism Commission for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark.

Member of the Theological Working Group behind the Presidency of the Lutheran World Federation.