Titulaire du prix 2011 Elite Researcher délivré par le Ministère des Sciences, de la Technologie et de l'Innovation danois, elle travaille actuellement sur trois domaines principaux:
la cyber-sécurité (cf. par ex. L. Hansen et Helen Nissenbaum, "'Digital Disaster, Cyber Security, and the Copenhagen School", International Studies Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 4, 2009)
L. Hansen et Helen Nissenbaum, "'Digital Disaster, Cyber Security, and the Copenhagen School", International Studies Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 4, 2009
Hansen, L & Buzan, B (eds) 2007 , International Security: Vol 1. The Cold War and nuclear deterrence, SAGE library of international relations, vol. 1, Sage Publications, Incorporated, Los Angeles.
Lene Hansen et Ole Wæver(en) (eds.), European Integration and National Identity: The Challenge of the Nordic States, London: Routledge, 2002
"Gendered Communities: The Ambiguous Attraction of Europe." In: Morten Kelstrup et Michael C. Williams (eds.), International Relations Theory and the Politics of European Integration: Power, security and community, London: Routledge, 2000, p. 131-148.
Hansen, L 2000, ' The Little Mermaid's Silent Security Dilemma and the Absence of Gender in the Copenhagen School ', Millenium, no. vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 285-306.
Hansen, L 2011, ' Theorizing the image for Security Studies: Visual securitization and the Muhammad Cartoon Crisis ',European Journal of International Relations, vol 17, no. 1, pp. 51-74; Hansen, L 2011, ' The politics of securitization and the Muhammad cartoon crisis: A post-structuralist perspective ', Security Dialogue, vol 42, no. 4-5, pp. 357-369; Hansen, L 2008, ' Images, Identity and Security ', Nordicom Review, no. 2, pp. 53-56
Cf. par ex. "Gendered Communities: The Ambiguous Attraction of Europe." In: Morten Kelstrup et Michael C. Williams (eds.), International Relations Theory and the Politics of European Integration: Power, security and community, London: Routledge, 2000, p. 131-148.; Hansen, L 2001, ' 'Gender, Nation, Rape: Bosnia and the construction of security ', International Feminist Journal of Politics, vol 3, no. 1, pp. 55-75.