Born on 5 December 1964, Hauge attended Tårnby Gymnasium and Skottegaardsskolen in
Kastrup before studying economics at the
Copenhagen Business School where she graduated in 1992. She then went on to study anthropology at the
University of Copenhagen in 1996, leading to an M.Sc. in 2002. Thereafter she earned two doctorates (a Ph.D. in 2008 and a Post.doc in 2011), both from Copenhagen University. While working as a consultant for
VELUX (2009–15), she completed work on an "Anthropological study and analysis of the importance of outside fresh air in the home". At the Technical University of Denmark (2012–16), she included the importance of user experience among her courses on management engineering. As an anthropologist, Hauge has focused her work on the social effects of natural phenomena, especially how they impact people's everyday lives. Her work has included an analysis of how Germans and Danes view the importance of daylight as a basis for emphasizing the importance of light in a socio-cultural context. ==Selected publications==