Tenna Jensen (TJ) works with cultural analytical and historical studies of perceptions and practices of health and health promotion in Greenland and Denmark since 1900 - and she has a special interest in the interplay between science, politics and everyday life in the welfare state.

TJ has extensive experience in developing, leading and working on interdisciplinary research and development projects involving citizen engagement, co-design and municipal partners.

TJ is head of the research team on the independent study of the "IUD case" and other contraceptive practices in Greenland and at continuation schools in Denmark with Greenlandic pupils in the years from 1960 to 1991.

In recent years, TJ has been involved in and led a number of projects covering topics such as physical work environment, treatment effects of substance abuse treatment and well-being enhancing sports communities. She is also involved in aging research and has previously been the project leader of the research and development project Aging in the Arctic. TJ is also actively engaged in working with capacity building in research in the field of welfare and public health - among other things through her work as head of Ilisimatusarfik's Centre for Arctic Welfare. TJ has previously led and worked on a number of projects on aging and health in a Danish context.

TJ is employed as senior researcher at the Center for Public Health in Greenland, University of Southern Denmark; head of Ilisimatusarfik's Centre for Arctic Welfare at the Institute of Culture, Language & History and the Institute of Society, Economics & Journalism, Ilisimatusarfik - and adjunct associate professor at Greenland Center for Health Research, Institute of Health & Nature, Ilisimatusarfik. TJ is currently supervising 2 PhD students at Ilisimatusarfik.

Research centre

Ilisimatusarfik's Centre for Arctic Welfare

Greenland Center for Health Research

Research projects

IUD case assessment