Jesper Aagaard Petersen

About

I am the Vice-Dean of Research at the Faculty until 2025. As Vice-Dean Research I have the following responsibilities in close collaboration with the Rectorate, Faculty management and Departments:

Build research and development as core activities through strategic leadership
Lead and develop doctoral education
Lead the faculty Research Committee and other arenas for research and innovation
represent the faculty in research contexts locally, nationally and internationally

Key words are research culture, research strategy, research politics, research ethics, research funding and internationalization horizontally and vertically throughout the organization.

My background is in Religious Studies. My work is primarily in the fields of Religious Education, theory and methodology, and contemporary religion in the West. I am specialized in modern Satanism and alternative currents, RE as theory and practice, and the study of religion in general.

Current fields of interest include

Conspiracy thinking in school and society (I co-manage the research group KONSPISK)
Science as replacement religion, including teacher values in school, secularity and non-religion, secular apocalypses
the academization of Religious Education
transgressive art and religion
religion and popular culture

Publications

2021

Bergane, Jean; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2021) Alt henger sammen! Konspirasjonsteorier og hva vi kan gjøre for å forebygge dem.
Website (informational material)

2020

Løset, Sveinung; Oestvang, Janne; Pedersen, Eilif; Mathisen, Karina; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Kummen, Jon. (2020) Rapport om utvidelse av forskerlinjer ved NTNU. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Report

2019

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2019) Religionsfag distribuert som meningsskapende mulighet i en flerfaglig praksis . Universitetsforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østern, Tone Pernille; Dahl, Thomas; Strømme, Alex; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Østern, Maria Anna-Lena Viola; Selander, Staffan. (2019) Dybde//læring - en flerfaglig, relasjonell og skapende tilnærming. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

2017

Østern, Tone Pernille; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) Ph.d. i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid – en philosophiae doctor uten forskning?. Universitetsavisa
Feature article

2016

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Holt, Cimminnee. (2016) Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Lewis, James R; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) The Invention of Satanism. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
Academic monograph
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) Satanism in Denmark. Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2015

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Satanisme i Norge? Å ja, black metal…. religioner.no
Popular scientific article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Vantroens fremtid? Om et ikke-troens trosmangfold. Humanist : tidsskrift for livssynsdebatt
Popular scientific article
Ödlund, Christine; Börjesson, Johan; Arnesen, Trond; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Planteprat. Panel/samtale. Om planters kommunikasjon og økologi vs økokrise vs teosofi. Helaften med kunstneren Christine Ödlund. Panel/samtale med forskere.
Art exhibition
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Contemporary Satanism. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2015) Old Nick on the 'Net: On Satanic Politics. OUPblog
Popular scientific article

2014

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Sataniske pikesmykker?. religioner.no
Popular scientific article
Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Cult of Carnality: Sexuality, Eroticism and Gender in Contemporary Satanism. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Operation Mindfuck, Viking Edition: How Fear of the Satanic and Cartoon Exoticism Fueled the Prank of the Century.
Popular scientific chapter/article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Art, Anarchy and Apostasy – en samtale mellom Martin Palmer og Jesper Aagaard Petersen. Art, Anarchy and Apostasy
Other presentation
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Carnal, Chthonian, Complicated: The Matter of Modern Satanism. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2013

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online. Equinox Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) The Carnival of Dr. LaVey: Articulations of Transgression in Modern Satanism. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) The Devil's Party: Satanism in Modernity. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Moderne satanisme: En religionsvidenskabelig rejseparlør. Religion. Tidsskrift for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Da Satan kom til Tromsø. PluRel - en blogg om religion og samfunn (UiO)
Popular scientific article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Bracketing Beelzebub: Introducing the Academic Study of Satanism. International Journal for the Study of New Religions
Academic article

2012

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2012) Satanism. Cambridge University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Goetisk gru. Helvede i populærkulturen. Kritisk forum for praktisk teologi
Academic article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Alteritet og transgression: "Post-kristen" og "post-satanisk" satanisme.
Website (informational material)
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) The Seeds of Satan: Conceptions of Magic in Contemporary Satanism. Aries
Academic article

2011

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Between Darwin and the Devil. Modern Satanism as Discourse, Milieu, and Self. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (245)
Doctoral dissertation
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2011) "Smite him hip and thigh": Satanism, violence and transgression. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2010

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2010) "We demand bedrock knowledge". Modern Satanism between secularized esotericism and "esoterizised" secularism. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
Academic article

2009

Hjelm, Titus; Bogdan, Henrik; Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Nordic Satanism and Satanism Scares: the Dark Side of the Secular Welfare State. Social Compass
Academic article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Hypersymmetric Asymmetry: Distance and Engagement as Critical Concepts. Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier
Academic article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology. Ashgate Ashgate
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern Satanism. Cambridge University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2008

Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2008) The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism. Prometheus Books Prometheus Books
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

2005

Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2005) Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2005) Modern Satanism: Dark Doctrines and Black Flames. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2002

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2002) Binary Satanism: The Construction of Community in a Digital World. Syzygy (Stanford, Calif.)
Academic article

2001

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2001) Den satans lyst! Kærlighet og sex blant satanister. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
Academic article

Journal publications

Østern, Tone Pernille; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) Ph.d. i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid – en philosophiae doctor uten forskning?. Universitetsavisa
Feature article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Satanisme i Norge? Å ja, black metal…. religioner.no
Popular scientific article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Vantroens fremtid? Om et ikke-troens trosmangfold. Humanist : tidsskrift for livssynsdebatt
Popular scientific article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2015) Old Nick on the 'Net: On Satanic Politics. OUPblog
Popular scientific article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Sataniske pikesmykker?. religioner.no
Popular scientific article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Moderne satanisme: En religionsvidenskabelig rejseparlør. Religion. Tidsskrift for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Da Satan kom til Tromsø. PluRel - en blogg om religion og samfunn (UiO)
Popular scientific article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Bracketing Beelzebub: Introducing the Academic Study of Satanism. International Journal for the Study of New Religions
Academic article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Goetisk gru. Helvede i populærkulturen. Kritisk forum for praktisk teologi
Academic article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) The Seeds of Satan: Conceptions of Magic in Contemporary Satanism. Aries
Academic article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2010) "We demand bedrock knowledge". Modern Satanism between secularized esotericism and "esoterizised" secularism. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
Academic article
Hjelm, Titus; Bogdan, Henrik; Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Nordic Satanism and Satanism Scares: the Dark Side of the Secular Welfare State. Social Compass
Academic article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Hypersymmetric Asymmetry: Distance and Engagement as Critical Concepts. Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier
Academic article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2002) Binary Satanism: The Construction of Community in a Digital World. Syzygy (Stanford, Calif.)
Academic article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2001) Den satans lyst! Kærlighet og sex blant satanister. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
Academic article

Artistic productions

Ödlund, Christine; Börjesson, Johan; Arnesen, Trond; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Planteprat. Panel/samtale. Om planters kommunikasjon og økologi vs økokrise vs teosofi. Helaften med kunstneren Christine Ödlund. Panel/samtale med forskere.
Art exhibition

Books

Østern, Tone Pernille; Dahl, Thomas; Strømme, Alex; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Østern, Maria Anna-Lena Viola; Selander, Staffan. (2019) Dybde//læring - en flerfaglig, relasjonell og skapende tilnærming. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Lewis, James R; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) The Invention of Satanism. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
Academic monograph
Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) The Devil's Party: Satanism in Modernity. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology. Ashgate Ashgate
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2008) The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism. Prometheus Books Prometheus Books
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2005) Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2019) Religionsfag distribuert som meningsskapende mulighet i en flerfaglig praksis . Universitetsforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Holt, Cimminnee. (2016) Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) Satanism in Denmark. Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Contemporary Satanism. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Cult of Carnality: Sexuality, Eroticism and Gender in Contemporary Satanism. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Operation Mindfuck, Viking Edition: How Fear of the Satanic and Cartoon Exoticism Fueled the Prank of the Century.
Popular scientific chapter/article
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Carnal, Chthonian, Complicated: The Matter of Modern Satanism. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online. Equinox Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) The Carnival of Dr. LaVey: Articulations of Transgression in Modern Satanism. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2012) Satanism. Cambridge University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2011) "Smite him hip and thigh": Satanism, violence and transgression. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern Satanism. Cambridge University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2005) Modern Satanism: Dark Doctrines and Black Flames. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Løset, Sveinung; Oestvang, Janne; Pedersen, Eilif; Mathisen, Karina; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Kummen, Jon. (2020) Rapport om utvidelse av forskerlinjer ved NTNU. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Report
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2011) Between Darwin and the Devil. Modern Satanism as Discourse, Milieu, and Self. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (245)
Doctoral dissertation

UTSTILLING

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2014) Art, Anarchy and Apostasy – en samtale mellom Martin Palmer og Jesper Aagaard Petersen. Art, Anarchy and Apostasy
Other presentation

INFORMASJONSMATR

Bergane, Jean; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2021) Alt henger sammen! Konspirasjonsteorier og hva vi kan gjøre for å forebygge dem.
Website (informational material)
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Alteritet og transgression: "Post-kristen" og "post-satanisk" satanisme.
Website (informational material)

Outreach

2018

Academic lecture

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2018) Megapolisomancy: Metaphor and Magic in the Metropolis. Academia Ordo Templi Orientis Magick, Mysticism and Art , Hotel Oriente, Barcelona 2018-06-24 - 2018-06-24
Academic lecture

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Nielsen, Carsten Viggo. (2018) Røre i andedammen: Receptionen af dansk ondskabskult 1973-2018. Chaos-redaktionen Chaos symposium 2018 , Lunds universitet 2018-05-04 - 2018-05-05