Lykke Friis
Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Copenhagen
Lykke Friis was appointed Prorector at the University of Copenhagen on 1 March 2006. She joined the University of Copenhagen from a position as Head of European Politics at the Confederation of Danish Industries. Prior to that, she held positions at the Danish Institute of International Affairs as Head of Research, at the European Parliament as Holder of a Robert Schuman Scholarship and at the Danish Ministry of Business Affairs. From 2003 to 2006, Lykke was head of European Politics at the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI). She was in charge of a secretariat which coordinated DI’s European politics and assisted in DI’s other EU-related tasks. In her job as Head of Research at the Danish Institute of International Affairs, Lykke coordinated part of the research work at the institute, while also publishing scientific articles herself.
