Louise Villefrance Perner

Professional expertise
Louise Villefrance Perner is a project developer at the Bevica Foundation’s Universal Design Hub. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Copenhagen, where she specialised in quantitative analyses of historical population and health data. Louise has several years of experience from the university, archive and museum sectors, where she has worked with communication, knowledge organisation and research. In particular, she has been involved in building and developing databases and has extensive experience in analysing and communicating the knowledge they contain.
Contact Louise regarding the Bevica Foundation’s knowledge bank.
Role in the Bevica Foundation’s Universal Design Hub
With a background in history and many years of experience in organising and analysing complex knowledge, including databases, Louise contributes to creating overview and new perspectives within the hub. She draws on her historical insight to identify patterns and connections across time and disciplines, and to understand phenomena as shaped by their historical and social contexts. This approach strengthens her work with both comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. In addition, she uses her experience to structure and analyse knowledge and data, ensuring that complex information becomes clear and usable for diverse target groups.
Responsibilities in the Bevica Foundation’s Universal Design Hub
Louise has day-to-day responsibility for the knowledge bank in the Bevica Foundation’s Universal Design Hub, where she works to systematise, qualify and communicate knowledge about universal design. Her work includes the operation, development and updating of the Foundation’s knowledge bank, as well as the production and dissemination of quantitative and qualitative professional analyses. She also contributes to collecting, developing and communicating knowledge from the Scholarship Programme, the research network and the Foundation’s partnerships.