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Curriculum Vitae for Morten Brænder
Occupation Assistant Professor (2010- )
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
Research Area: Why they serve – a comparative study of the motivations of soldiers,
humanitarian aid workers and private military contractors
Ph.D. Scholar (2006-2009 )
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
Research Area: Civil Religious Justifications in Military Online Diaries
Ph.D.-Courses: Research Design, Quantitative Methods, Academic Writing,
Quantitative Narrative Analysis
Student research fellow (2003)
Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University
Project title: Civil religion and Holy War
Student teacher (2001)
Department of the History of Ideas, Aarhus University
Course Subject: Medieval Philosophy
Formal Education Ph.D. (2009)
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University (2009)
Dissertation title: Justifying the Ultimate Sacrifice, Civil and Military Religion in
Frontline Blogs
Master of Arts (2005)
Department of the History of Ideas, Aarhus University
Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University
Other Education Didactics of Adult Education (2006)
Centre for Higher Education (CVUalpha)
Sociology and Qualitative and Quantitative Methodology (2002-2004)
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
History of the Idea of Europe and States, Nations and Nationalisms (2001),
Department of European Studies, AarhusUniversity
Study Sojourns Ph.D.-sojourn (2007)
Center for the Study of Religion & Department of Sociology, Princeton University
Sponsor: Professor Robert Wuthnow
Language courses (2002)
Université Nice-Sophie Antipolis, France
Summer University (2001)
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Teaching
Qualifications
Language skills
Political Theory
Context-sensitive approaches in the study of the History of Ideas
Basic & Advanced Quantitative Analysis
Advanced Qualitative Analysis (narrative analysis & discourse analysis)
States and non-state actors in Conflict
Civil religion in America and abroad
Online-sources in social sciences
Soldier motivation
Fluent in Danish and English, working knowledge of German and French, and
some knowledge of New Testament Greek
Biographical Data: Born the 17 th of February, 1975; Married to Lisbeth Brænder;
Children: Svend William Brænder, born the 13 th of August, 2003
Esther Margrethe Brænder, born the 4 th of February, 2007
Hedvig Vera Brænder, 22 nd of November, 2010

Selected Publications
Year Publication Publication type
2011 ”Fortællinger fra fronten. En narrativ analyse af civilreligiøse elementer i
militære blogs” pp- 206-228 in Politica 43 (2)
(”Frontline stories: A narrative analysis of Civil Religion in Military Blogs”)*
Peer-reviewed
article
2009 ” ’Fare, fare, krigsmand’: Den skjulte religion i krig” pp. 38-49 in Økonomi og
Politik 82 (2).
(” ’London Bridge is Falling Down’: The Hidden Religion in War”)
Peer-reviewed
article
”In the Name of the Father(s): dimensions of Civil Religion in War Accounts”
pp. 71-83 in Peter Lodberg (ed. ): Religion and Normativity: Religion, Politics,
and Law Aarhus: Aarhus University Press
Justifying the Ultimate Sacrifice: Civil and Military Religion in Frontline
Blogs Århus: Politica2007
2007 ”Civilreligion og sammenhængskraft” pp. 56-67 in Peter Lodberg (ed.)
Sammenhængskraften - replikker til Fogh. Århus: Århus Universitetsforlag
(Civil Religion and Social Cohesion)
Antiterrorismens idéhistorie: stater og vold i 500 år (co-edited with Mikkel
Thorup). Århus: Århus Universitetsforlag
(The History of the Idea of Anti-Terrorism: States and violence in 500 years)
”Korstogstankens reformulering i 1600-tallets England” pp. 75-92 in
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift 49
(“The reconceptualisation of the Crusade Idea in 17 th Century England”)
Anthology
contribution
Book
Peer-reviewed
article
Book (edited)
Peer-reviewed
article
2005 ”Hellig krig og civilreligion: Om den religiøse volds forskydning fra kirkens til
nationens domæne” pp. 135-150 in Distinktion 10
(“Holy War and Civil Religion: The Displacement of Religious Violence from
the Ecclesiastical to the National Sphere”)
Peer-reviewed
article
*English translation of article and book titles in parentheses
Selected paper presentations
Place and time of presentation
Paper
American Sociological Association (ASA), “Mercenaries and soldiers: For money or for Love of
Las Vegas, August 20-23, 2011
Country”
European Consortium of Political Science “For the Nation or the Outfit? The Impact of Experience on
(ECPR), Reykjavik, Iceland, August 24-27, the Combat Motivation of Modern Servicemen”
2011
Midwestern Political Science Association
(MPSA), April 2-5, 2009
“Justifications of the Ultimate Sacrifice in Online
Discourse: The influence of combat experience on
National Religion and Primary Group Affiliation”
Princeton University, The Center for the
Study of Religion, November 15, 2007
Nordic network for academics / Nordic
Summer University, Symposium:
“Establishing Power, Law and Order”, Oslo,
March 9-11
“Blogging for Justification : Civil Religion in U.S. Military
Blogs”
“Legio Patria Nostra”