[3] Margit Warburg received the University of Copenhagen's 1976 gold medal for answering an economic problem in Christian studies.

Her inaugural lecture was entitled Sociology of Religion and the globalization (Danish: Religionssociologien og globaliseringen).

[9] She helped create the University of Copenhagen's inter-faculty research project "Religion in the 21st Century" (2003–2007), co-chaired its steering group, and has headed the Department of Religious History.

One focus of Warburg's research is the effect on Danish society and identity of increasing religious diversity.

[20] Warburg is a member of the Advisory Committee on Religious Denominations which reports to Denmark's Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs, and she has co-chaired the Research Network on New Religions (RENNER).