CV

• 1947, August 16:  Born in Brønderslev
• 1963-66: A-Level (Studentereksamen, Birkerød Statsskole)
• 1969, April 25: Married to Ulla Marie Bondebjerg (born Christensen)
  Children: Katja Bondebjerg, born June 2, 1971 and  Jon Bondebjerg, born October 24, 1973. Eight grand children.
• 1973: MA (Cand. mag) in Scandinavian and Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen
• 1970-73: Teaching assistant in Danish Literature, Department of Nordic Literature and Languages, University of Copenhagen
• 1973: Assistant professor, Roskilde University
• 1974-76: Ph.d scholarship,Working Class Culture  and Communication, University of Copenhagen
• 1978: Ph.D dissertation passed, University of Copenhagen
• 1976-78: assistant professor in Literature and Media , University of Copenhagen
• 1978-1988: Associate professor, Department of Nordic Literature and Languages, University of Copenhagen
• 1986: Fullbright Lecturer and researcher, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA,
• 1988-1996: Docent (associate professor with special qualifications), Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen
• 1996-99: Research Professor, The Visual Construction of Reality, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen
• 1999-2000: NORFA-Guest Professor, Department of Media Science, University of Bergen,
• 2000- 2015: Professor, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen
• 1/9 2015 -: Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen

Research prizes

• 2014: The Research prize for Humanities, University of Copenhagen
• 2016: The SMID-prize for a valuable contribution to media research, Association of Media Researchers in Denmark

Research projects

• 1978-1980: SFH-supported project Dansk arbejderkultur 1870-1948/Danish Working Class Culture 1870-1948.
• 1978-1984: Group leader volume 7, 1900-1945, SFH-supported Dansk litteraturhistorie/History of Danish Literature.
• 1988-1998: Leader of the working group Media and Popular Culture, International Association of Mass Communication Researchers
• 1988-1990: Member of the Scandinavian research project Television in Transition, supported by Nordic Council for Humanistic Research.
• 1990-1996: participant in SFH-supported project Dansk mediehistorie/Danish Media History
• 2000-05: Co-Director with Peter Golding, UK of the European research project Changing Media-Changing Europe, supported by The European Science Foundation.
• 2002-04: Leader of  the Danish research project Media and Democracy in the Network Society (MODINET), financed by the Danish Research Councils.
• 2006-2009: Leader of the European research group, Media Democracy and European Culture, financed by Europa i Forandring/A Changing Europe, University of Copenhagen
• 2013-2016: Co-director (with Andrew Higson, UK og Caroline Pauwels BE) of the European research project Mediating Cultural Envounters through European Screens (CEMES)

Editorial work

• 1977-82: Reviewer of literature, film, and media at the newspaper Socialistisk Dagblad
• 1978-82: Co-editor of journal Kultur & Klasse
• 1989-94: Co-editor of journal Mediekultur
• 1993-1998: Contributor (film and media) to Den store danske Encyklopædi/The Grand Danish Encyclopedia.
• 2001-09: Lead editor of Northern Lights. Film and Media Studies Yearbook
• 2013-2017: Member advisory board for Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
• 2015-: Member advisory board for Journal of Popular Television
• 2006-: Member advisory board for Studies in Documentary Film
• 2012 –:2017 Member advisory board of Journal of Popular Television
• 2013-2017: Associate editor af Palgrave Communications
• 2013-2016: Associate editor of Media and Communication
• 2013- 2020: Co-editor of book series Palgrave European Film and Media Studies.

Administration

• 1982-85: Head of Center for arbejderkulturstudier/Centre for Working Class Culture Studies, University of Copenhagen
• 1984-86: Shop steward for the academic staff and member of Liaison, Committee University of Copenhagen
• 1987-1990: Member of board, Association of Danish Media Researchers (SMID)
• 1990-94: Head of Department of Film, TV and Communication
• 1991-97: Member of Statens Humanistiske Forskningsråd/Danish Research Council for he Humanities;  Chairman (1994-96).
• 1994-97: Member Standing Committee for the Humanities, European Science Foundation
• 1995-96: Chairman of the Committee of Heads of the Danish Research Councils
• 1995-96: Member of Europeans Heads of European Research Councils (EUROHORCH)
• 1996-2000: PhD coordinator Department of Media, Cognition and Communication
• 1996: Member Danmarks Forskningsråd/Research Council of Denmark
• 1997-2000: Chairman, Det Danske Filminstitut/The Danish Film Institute.
• 1997-2001: Member of Statens Kunstfonds repræsentantskab/Danish Arts Council
• 2001-02: Head of Department of Media, Cognition and Communication
• 2008-11: Head of Center for Modern European Studies (CEMES)