He earned both his Master’s degree and Ph.D. degree from University of Copenhagen at respectively Musicology and Minority Studies. Andreas Otte’s regional interest lies within Greenland and the North Atlantic. Theoretically his music research is concerned with concepts such as globalization, nationalism, cosmopolitanism and performance of place. Apart from his academic interest in the Greenlandic music scene, Andreas Otte participates in this scene as both a fan and as a musician.