Svend Brinkmann Ph.D.

Svend Brinkmann, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and qualitative methods at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, and the author of Stand Firm: Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze. Winner of the prestigious Rosenkjær prize, Svend travels widely to host events and lecture on the key problems of modern life. He has appeared in various television documentaries, and presented Danish television’s "Live Fast!" programs and the "Meaningful Life" series on Danish Radio 1. Svend has studied psychology and philosophy at Aarhus and Oxford Universities, and his research is particularly concerned with philosophical, ethical, and methodological issues in psychology. In recent years he has been studying the impact of psychiatric diagnoses on individuals and society and is deeply engaged in cultural critique.