Søren currently holds a position as a professor at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies at the School of Culture and Society and has extensive knowledge of managing research and securing external research funding.

A recognised professor with extensive research experience will be working to provide the best possible conditions for all researchers at the Faculty of Arts.

Søren Michael Sindbæk has a PhD from Aarhus University and was an associate professor at the University of York from 2009 to 2012, after which he returned to Aarhus University with a Sapere Aude project. In 2014, he was appointed professor MSO, and in 2021, he became a professor specialising in historical archaeology. Søren Michael Sindbæk has worked closely with a number of museums and cultural institutions, and he has served on the Independent Research Fund Denmark’s council for humanities since 2024.

As part of his current position, Søren Michael Sindbæk has been affiliated with the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), where he has explored, among other things, how Viking Age towns around the world were connected and what these extensive networks meant for their development.

“I’m delighted that we were able to offer Søren Michael Sindbæk the position among a strong field of applicants. Søren Michael Sindbæk has a solid academic background and is an experienced and recognised researcher. Together with the dean’s office and the faculty leadership team, I’m truly looking forward to our future collaboration,” says Dean Maja Horst.

Søren Michael Sindbæk looks forward to contributing to the development of research at Arts and to drawing on his extensive knowledge and expertise with regard to research, collaboration with foundations and research organisation.

“As vice-dean, I will be committed to ensuring that we make even better use of our organisational framework for the benefit of research. This includes identifying and developing opportunities across fields and schools and within the graduate school. At the same time, I will work to enhance the visibility of Arts’ researchers in relation to external organisations and foundations. I’m especially looking forward to exploring the wide range of research taking place across the faculty’s many departments,” says Søren Michael Sindbæk.

Søren Michael Sindbæk will assume the role of vice-dean for research on 1 April 2025 and will therefore leave his position at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies.