Kim Toft Hansen

Kim Toft Hansen is associate professor in Media Studies at Aalborg University, Department of Culture and Communication, where he teaches media and communication studies at all levels. As a researcher, he has participated in several international projects, including the DETECt – Detecting Transcultural Identity in European Popular Crime Narratives (H2020, 2018-21), GEMINI – Gender Equality Through Media Investigation and New training Insights (CERV, 2023-25), and What Makes Danish TV Drama Series Travel? (DFF, 2014-18). Presently, he leads the project GAIYA – Generative AI in Education for Young Adults: A Gender-Inclusive Nordic-Baltic Perspective (Nordforsk, 2026-30). He has worked intensively with and published about serial drama for several years, including publications like Peripheral Locations in European TV Crime Series (with Valentina Re), European Television Crime Drama and Beyond (co-edited with Sue Turnbull and Steven Peacock), and Locating Nordic Noir: From Beck to The Bridge (2017, with Anne Marit Waade). His recent ventures have focussed on the role of generative AI in research and teaching, including the recent article “Media production studies for the digital age: AI-driven analyses of Jonas Risvig’s Danish young adult content” (2025).