Torben Tranæs is Executive Director of Research and Professor at SFI, The Danish National Centre for Social Research. As Executive Director of Research, he is responsible for research quality at SFI. Previously, Torben Tranæs was the Research Director at the Rockwool Foundations Research Unit where he had responsibility for research and specific projects.
Torben Tranæs holds a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and has for years done research on industrial relations, crime, migration and integration, and equality of opportunity and distribution. Torben Tranæs is appointed co-chairman at the Danish Economic Council, colloquially often referred to as the "wise men”.