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My research interests include:

• Medieval church buildings and their land- and cityscape settings 
• Church furnishings and imagery of the Middle Ages and the early modern period
• The Reformation and its impact in the arts

The geographical focus of my research is Western Europe and a main characteristic is the comparative approach. Most of my research concerns Scandinavia, the Low Countries, Germany and the Iberian Peninsula. 

Through my involvement in Future for Religious Heritage, I also work on the challenges and opportunities of religious heritage at present.  

I frequently give lectures on topics related to my research. I have worked together with the Church of Norway (Bjørgvin Diocese) on different projects since 2016. During my years in Groningen (Netherlands, until 2016), I was involved in the work of the foundations for Old Groningen and Old Frisian Churches. 

Topics in my teaching include:

• Medieval art and architecture
• Liturgy and the arts
• Christian cultural heritage
• Iconography
• Cultural history of Christianity 

NB my present work at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ does not include teaching. I was a visiting professor at the University of Girona (Spain) in 2021-2023. From 2004-2015, I taught as an Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), where I was elected as University of Groningen Teacher of the Year in 2013.

Recent and ongoing research projects include:

• The survival of medieval art in Lutheran churches in Germany (book expected in 2025)
• Church heritage around the North Sea (edited volume published in 2024, with Anja Rasche and Kerstin Petermann)
• Visiting professor (Cátedra del Prado) at the Prado Museum in Madrid (Spain) on "the arts of the altar" (book published in 2023) 
• The medieval church art collection of the University Museum of Bergen (catalogue published in 2022, with Stephan Kuhn)
• Swedish medieval tabernacle shrines in their European context (book published in 2021, with Peter TÃ¥ngeberg)