Thomas Højrup (1953-) is DPhil in Ethnology at the University of Copenhagen. He has been head of department of Archeology and Ethnology, teacher at the Danish Academy of Defence, researcher at EUCIS, and member of several commissions and thinktanks of different Danish governments. As full professor in Ethnology his main research themes are theory of science and culture theory, state and life-mode theory, material culture, social culture, political culture, and spiritual culture. He is research leader at the Danish Centre for Sustainable Lifemodes.