With a master's of science in economics, Merete Konnerup is an independent consultant whose specialties include research-based and economic analysis, knowledge transfer, evidence-based policy and practice, research synthesis methods and strategic research leadership.

Konnerup was the first director of the Nordic Campbell Centre at SFI in Copenhagen, Denmark – the Campbell Collaboration's first regional centre.  From 2002 - 2009, she built it up from scratch and developed it as a cornerstone of the collaboration. Under her guidance, the centre developed close links with our Social Welfare Group and our Users Group in particular.

She also played a key role in the centre's successive "What Works?"  Conferences (2002-2008), which engaged many practitioners and policy-makers in the theory and practice of evidence-based policy. The decision of the Danish Parliament in 2008 to award the centre permanent funding is testimony to Merete's pioneering work.