Professor Ken Arnold is an international leader in the museum sector with over 30 years of experience in directing and investigating museums. He now focuses on developing the role of the University of Copenhagen’s (UCPH) research museum, the Medical Museion.

Professor Arnold aims to make the Medical Museion a “platform for social engagement,” a place where patient-orientated research and engagement in stem cell topics for interest groups and targeted groups of the public takes place. This approach will be explored in reNEW’s other nodes – Leiden and Melbourne – where collaborations with cultural institutional partners within academia and beyond are planned.

Professor Arnold is principal investigator at the reNEW Centre for Stem Cell Medicine’s PREPARE team in Copenhagen and the director of the Medical Museion. He is also professor in public health at the UCPH.

Prior to joining the academic work, Professor Arnold worked as head of cultural partnerships at the Wellcome Trust in London, where he directed co-produced international cultural programs and the creative vision of the Wellcome Collection that opened in 2007. He holds a PhD in history from Princeton University, USA, and diploma in museum studies from Leicester University, UK.