Monika Janfelt is a highly experienced coach and strategic advisor. By helping you find direction in your work life and develop your talent, Monika enables you to take your career in the direction that is right for you.

“I’ve always been interested in how we build up our professional identities, how we use the abilities we have and how we form our work lives in relation to the time, labour market and the society in which we live.”
I work with universities, researchers and leaders in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland as well as with private clients. I do courses and workshops on career issues and strategy for PhD students, postdocs, professors and research leaders as well as individual coaching. My own Nordic background and many years of working in the Nordic countries – both as a researcher and consultant – have given me a deep understanding of the research and academic sector.
I held positions as a researcher at Åbo Akademi University and associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark and have many years of experience as a coach and career consultant. In addition to my academic achievements, Fil.lic. and Fil.dr. (diss.) from the Åbo Akademi University in Finland, I am an EMCC-accredited systemic coach and certified test user and I also hold qualifications in business psychology and career counselling. I am currently the driving force behind Moveo Nordic™.
Monika Janfelt has written prolifically over the years: books, articles and reports, as well as contributions for anthologies and encyclopaedias.
Books
YOU AND YOUR PHD – Essential career advice for doctoral students


Book: paperback, stitch bound
Language English
Pages: 200
Year of publication: 2021
Publisher: Moveo Publishing
Price: 271 DKK
ME AND MY PHD JOURNAL


Journal (career diary): stitch bound
Size: 14,5 x 20 cm
Pages: 80 plain pages, FSC-certified paper
Year of publication: 2021
Publisher: Moveo Publishing
Price: 60 DKK
CAREER – The Art of Moving On


Translated from the original danish Karriere – kunsten at flytte sig
A book with solid information that helps you in your career and inspires you in how you can work on career development in your workplace. The book has been well received by readers and reviewers and is rich in cases, practical advice and experience.
Book: paperback, stitch bound
Language: English
Pages: 227
Year of publication: 2018
Publisher: Moveo Publishing
Price: 299 DKK
KARRIERE – Kunsten at flytte sig


A book with solid information that helps you in your career and inspires you in how you can work on career development in your workplace. The book has been well received by readers and reviewers and is rich in cases, practical advice and experience.
Book: paperback, stitch bound
Language: Danish
Pages: 240
Year of publication: 2017
Publisher: Moveo Publishing
Price: 299 DKK
Other publications
Books, articles, contributions to anthologies, encyclopedias, podcasts and media interviews.
Marit Helena Hem & Monika Janfelt, red.: Portraits of female professors – reflecting on their ways to become and be professors. To be published in 2026.
Monika Janfelt: You and your PhD – Essential career advice for doctoral students. Moveo Publishing (2021).
Monika Janfelt: “Biblioteker – med eller uden bøger?” BogMarkedet. Fagblad for den danske bogbranche, 16.5.2019.
Monika Janfelt: Career – The Art of Moving On. Moveo Publishing (2018).
Monika Janfelt: ”Lederen som karrierefacilitator”, Ledelse i Udvikling 2 (2018), s. 22-24.
”Sådan navigerer du på et arbejdsmarked i konstant forandring”, Pharma 1 (2028), s.16-17.
Monika Janfelt & Anders Høeg Nissen: ”Karriereveje og vildveje”, work flow podcast episode 31 med Anders Høeg Nissen 30.11.2017.
”En karriere kan også gå til siden”, Perspektiv – Bibliotekerforbundets fagmagasin, November (2017), s. 42-44.
”Strategi handler om prioriteringer” Magisterbladet Natur & Kultur September (2017).
”Coach: Mange magistre famler i deres arbejdsliv”, Magisterbladet 27.9.2017.
TV2Fyn 28.9.2017.
Monika Janfelt: Karriere – kunsten at flytte sig. Moveo Publishing (2017).
Monika Janfelt: ”10 trin til talentudvikling”, Lederweb, Væksthus for ledelse (2015).
Monika Janfelt: ”Postdoktorer i Norge og deres karriereveje”, LinkedIn 2015.
Monika Janfelt: ”Postdoc og hvad bagefter?”, LinkedIn 2015.
“Inspirationskatalog. Med fokus på psykisk arbejdsmiljø og dialog for universiteter og forskere.” Udg. af akademikerne, Styrelsen for videregående uddannelser, 2014.
“Fokus på karriereudvikling af fremtidens ledere” Nyhedsbrev fra OUH og SDU, september 2014.
Trine Bovbjerg, Monika Janfelt, Hanne Dauer Keller: ”Arbejdsmiljø- og karriere – To Ph.d.-udfordringer”, Dansk Universitetspædagogisk Tidsskrift”, nr. 15 (2013): 1-16.
“Tænk på jeres fremtid” Ny Viden Syddansk Universitet, 3 (2013), s. 20-21.
“Antallet af ph.d.er boomer” Djøfbladet 11 (2013), s. 18-19.
Monika Janfelt: “Career developmentprogramme for PhD students”, Unpublished Report University of Southern Denmark (2013): 1-13.
Astri Andresen, Ólöf Gardarsdottir, Monika Janfelt, Cecilia Lindgren, Pirjo Markkola, Ingrid Söderlind: Barnen och välfärdspolitiken. Nordiska barndomar 1900-2000, Serie framtider, Institutet för framtidsstudier Dialogos Förlag (2011).
Monika Janfelt: Anni – en sömmerska och hennes samhälle. Labyrinth Books (2009).
Monika Janfelt: ”Lærende relationer – coaching og undervisning”, Dansk Universitetspædagogisk Tidsskrift”, nr. 5, (2008): 30-32.
Monika Janfelt: Att leva i den bästa av världar. Föreningarna Nordens syn på Norden 1919-1933. Carlsson (2005).
Monika Janfelt: ”Den nordiske idé”, Højskolebladet 11 (2004): 29-30.
Monika Janfelt: “War in the Twentieth Century”, Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood. In History and Society, Ed. Paula S. Fass, Thomson Gale, New York (2004): 875-881.
Monika Janfelt: ”Klasserejse og kvindeliv”, Rubicon 3 (2002): 51-52.
Monika Janfelt: ”Krigsofre eller fremtidstrusler?”, Rubicon, Tema krig, (marts 2002): 99-101.
Monika Janfelt: ”Föreningarna Norden mellan nordism och nationalism”, Mångkulturalitet och folkligt samarbete, red. Krister Ståhlberg, Forskningsprogrammet Norden och Europa, Nordisk Ministerråds serie Nord nr. 29 (2000): 15-33.
Monika Janfelt: ”Godhetens dilemma. Medmänsklighet och realpolitik i det internationella hjälparbetet”, Tvärsnitt 2 (2000): 28-39.
Monika Janfelt (red.): Den privat-offentliga gränsen. Det sociala arbetets strategier och aktörer i Norden 1860-1940, Nordisk ministerråd, Nord nr. 9, (1999).
Monika Janfelt: ”Ambulanshjälp till Finland 1918. Nordisk Röda Kors-aktion mellan privat och offentlig nödhjälp”, Den privat-offentliga gränsen. Det sociala arbetets strategier och aktörer i Norden 1860-1940, Red. Monika Janfelt, Nord nr 9 (København 1999): 301-326.
Monika Janfelt: ”Den mångfaceterade barmhärtigheten och godhetens problematik”, (foredrag holdt ved De Svenska Historiadagarna i Åbo september 1999, publicerad i Aktuellt om Historia (Lund 1999): 44-46.
Monika Janfelt: Sally Salminen, biografi i Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (København 1999).
Monika Janfelt: Eva Moltesen, biografi i Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (København 1998).
Monika Janfelt: Stormakter i människokärlek. Svensk och dansk krigsbarnshjälp 1917-1924, Diss., Åbo Akademi Universitet (1998).
Monika Janfelt: ”Helene – Wienerbarn No. 292”, Siden Saxo 2 (1997): 41-48.
Monika Janfelt: ”Historia utan hjälphjul”, Läraren, organ för Finlands Svenska Lärarförbund 4 (1995).
Monika Janfelt: ”20-talets krigsbarn efterlyses”, Helsingborgs Dagblad 13/4 1995.
Monika Janfelt: Barn av ett krig. Krigsbarnsverksamhet som humanitär insats i Sverige och Danmark efter första världskriget, upublicerad licentiat avhandlingÅbo Aademi Universitet (1994).
Monika Janfelt: ”Barnförflyttningar och samhällen i kris”, När imperier faller. Studier kring riksupplösningar och nya stater. Red. Max Engman, Atlantis (1994): 175-202.
Monika Janfelt: ”Krigsbarn – då och nu”, Jakobstads Tidning 28/7 1993.
Monika Janfelt: ”Svensk krigsbarnsverksamhet 1919-1922”, Historisk Tidskrift för Finland 3 (1990): 465-498.
Monika Janfelt: ”Svensk Underofficersförbundets efterkrigshjälp – krigsbarnsverksamheten 1920”, Perspektiv på Tjänstemän, Årsbok 1988, Tjänstemanna rörelsens Arkiv och Museum TAM, Stockholm 1988: 49-55.
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