Empirical theology and empirical church research examines, among other things, the real, contemporary religious and ecclesiastical picture in Greenland and the real theological, ecclesiastical and religious challenges that exist in the present or near future. This may include, for example, which religious denominations and spiritual-ideological perspectives and activities are present, how the country's population is distributed among these and how these different religious or ideological communities relate to each other.

A special research interest and focus is directed towards the denominations and ecclesiastical trends that have been present in the country or are still here.

But a very special interest and focus is directed towards the Greenlandic National Church, of which almost 95% of the country's population are registered as members. Both in terms of its current perspectives and practices and its post-colonial process towards finding an identity, practice and place in the near-future Greenlandic society.

Gimmi Olsen is currently in a PhD program engaged in a research project that with a qualitative-investigative design takes a closer look at the role of the Greenlandic national church as a social actor in the welfare society. With a particular focus on how the church and its key representatives actually relate or want to relate to the most prominent social problems in society, as well as what external expectations are placed on the church in this regard.