Curator of digital museum practice at Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, working to provide free access to, and encourage re-use of, the museum's digitised collections. She is a frequent speaker and moderator at international digital heritage conferences. A conference organiser herself, she has set the agenda for openness in the Danish GLAM community at the international Sharing is Caring seminars in Copenhagen. She has published substantial research in the area of digital museum practice, among others the anthology Sharing is Caring. Openness and sharing in the cultural heritage sector (2014). Merete serves on the European Association Management Board, the OpenGLAM Advisory Board, and the ARTstor Museum Advisory Counsel.