Since 2003, Anette Kolmos has been employed as a Professor of Engineering Education and Problem-based Learning at the Department of Planning at Aalborg University. The aim of her studies has, among other things, been to research and disseminate knowledge and information regarding problem-based learning to the rest of the world. For one thing, this resulted in Kolmos becoming the chairman of a UNESCO project on problem-based learning in 2007.[2] Later, she was entrusted with the leadership of the only Danish UNESCO category 2 center: Aalborg Center for Problem Based Learning in Engineering, Science and Sustainability.[3]
In 2009, Anette Kolmos joined the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI, as president of the organisation.[4] Here, she became the first, and so far only, female president of the large organisation.
Additionally, Kolmos has also been working as a visiting professor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and UTM University Technology Malaysia.[5]
In 2013, Anette Kolmos was honored with the IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education. She received the award for her efforts in her development and research within the field of engineering education.[6]
In 2015, she also received the SEFI Fellowship Award for "deserving service for engineering education in Europe".[7] In 2023, SEFI further awarded Anette Kolmos withe the Leonardo da Vinci medal.[8]
Anette Kolmos has been a continuously active researcher and has published more than 250 research articles.[9] Furthermore, she is an editor at the European Journal of Engineering Education.[10]
