Selected papers & presentations

Publications

Across two decades I have contributed to the development of statistical standards and frameworks — including GSBPM, GAMSO and European quality reporting. Below is a selection of papers and conference presentations.

  1. 01

    The Use of Administrative Data in Social Statistics in Denmark – Towards More Cooperation and Integration

    Paper presented at the IAOS Conference on Reshaping Official Statistics, Shanghai, China, 2008.

  2. 02

    How do end users of statistics want metadata?

    Co-author: Lars Thygesen. Workshop on Statistical Metadata, Geneva, 2011.

  3. 03

    How to fulfil user needs – metadata, administrative data and processes

    European Conference on Quality in Statistics — Q2012, Athens, 2012.

  4. 04

    How to fulfil user needs – from industrial production of statistics to production of knowledge

    Statistical Journal of the IAOS 00 (2013) 1–13, IOS Press.

  5. 05

    Implementation of Eurostat Quality Declarations at Statistics Denmark with cost-effective use of standards

    Co-author: Lars Thygesen. European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics, Vienna, 2014.

  6. 06

    Fulfilling user-needs, improving quality and efficiency using GSIM and other standards

    Workshop on Implementing Standards for Statistical Modernisation, UNECE, 2016.

  7. 07

    Fulfilling user-needs and improving through statistical standards and Nordic Cooperation

    Nordisk Statistikermøde, Stockholm, 2016.

  8. 08

    Towards common metadata using GSIM and DDI 3.2

    IASSIST Quarterly, vol. 40 no. 2 (2016).

  9. 09

    Coordination and the role of quality and standards in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

    Co-author: Lars Thygesen. European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2022.

  10. 10

    Epistemological foundation, coordination, the role of quality and tools in the implementation of the indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's)

    Paper presented at the Luhmann Conference: Scientific communication. Observed with social system theory. (Dubrovnik, Croatia September 2022) · Mar 29, 2023

  11. 11

    A New Approach to Organisational Change Using Social Systems Theory and Generative AI

    Paper presented at the Luhmann Conference: Guiding distinctions. Observed with social systems theory, IUC, Dubrovnik, Croatia. 9-12 September 2024.

  12. 12

    Making Programs Work: Applying Luhmann's Social Systems Theory to Quality Management and AI in Statistical Organizations

    Paper presented at the Luhmann Conference: Programmes. Observed with social systems theory. (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 9–12 September 2025).

  13. 13

    Generative AI in Organisations: Better and Faster Decision Processes? A Systems-Theoretical Background for the Design of AI-CATCH

    Paper for the Wolfson Tool Factory Workshop on co-production of theory-based management and consulting tools, Cambridge University, 23 April 2026. See also the introduction in the Insight post: Generative AI in Organisations: Better and Faster Decision Processes?

  14. 14

    From Standards to Practice: AI as a Communication Partner for Guided Problem Solving & Guided Learning in Statistical Organisations

    Paper presented at the IAOS Conference, 12–14 May 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania — “Navigating the Data Revolution: Innovations and Impact in Modern Statistics”. Co-author: Lars Thygesen.